If a male artist goes from YouTube sensation to being courted by every major label, he is in charge. But if an emerging female artist gets asked to contribute to the Girls soundtrack, she must be a sell-out, a puppet, mangled to sell something the corporations already own.
The closing gala for this year's New York Indian Film Festival (HuffPo), held in a banquet hall above NYU's Skirball Auditorium, was alive with artist...
Do you recognize this adorable little blond from somewhere? We'll give you a hint, the young lad would grow up to be a gender-bending rock star with a...
MOSCOW -- A Russian court denied parole on Thursday to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group.
The ruling came despite letters that singers Paul McCar...
Today is the birthday of Steven Patrick Morrissey, that devilish Smiths frontman who dazzles us year after year with his sharp tongue and gorgeous hai...
The MVR is a unique approach to music video production. 20 bands are paired with 20 filmmakers at random. They have just one weekend to write, film and edit a music video.
We don't normally post videos of this nature, but this "Get Lucky" cover by three Redditors warmed our Friday morning and might help you get ready for...
Vampire Weekend, "Modern Vampires of the City" (XL Recordings)
After releasing two bouncy albums of reggae-flavored pop laced with African rhythms, V...
A low-quality version of Daft Punk's highly anticipated comeback album "Random Access Memories" leaked yesterday, prompting a rash of excited tweets a...
Critics don't hold back when it comes to Lana Del Rey. The 26-year old singer has been called "a highly medicated Fiona Apple," targeted for supposedl...
Musician Josh Ritter, who refused to perform again at a private Christian college because of the school's anti-gay beliefs, is now the target of backl...
Who knew the Yeah Yeah Yeahs could be so literal? The video for the band's newest single, "Mosquito," has debuted, and it features, well, a mosquito. ...
The Flaming Lips' epic album, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots," details a fictional fight between the female heroine, Yoshimi, and a crew of colorful...
Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" has been called many things (electronic dance music's savior, EDM's demise, pure funk, completely derivative), but a soothing ...
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Pixies' second album, "Surfer Rosa," a seminal LP that has gone down in Rolling Stone history as one of the 50...