Mystery novelist Ian Rankin reviews the year in pop for the BBC. Excerpt:

Goldfrapp's...

WFMU's blog points out two sites, each offering a unique, yet complementary, visual...

The Tacoma News Tribune reports on the current state of the latest Camper Van Beethoven...

Here's a gallery of fifty-two album covers (by bands ranging from U2 to...

David Rees, creator of the popular Get Your War On comics, salutes...

I found this amazing website of mothers who protest music called Mothers Against Noise.

Their definition...

...spending Christmas Eve in a car."

A few tunes to make your Christmas Eve more (or less) Christmas-y:

1.) "The...

Harry's Place invites readers to share their favorite music blogs, through...

Things are hotting up in France's file-sharing debate:

A...

boingboing links to this...

The "music like water" model is "gathering steam," while the "burgeoning middle and lower classes" of musicians clash with the "chum" amongst the upper...

The Times They Are A-Changing, Twyla Tharp's new musical based on the...

Coldplay's Chris Martin does his part to combat global warming.

WFMU posts a cool, cool clip of Captain...

It's been bouncing crazily all over the internets for the last few days, but in case you haven't seen it yet, the Saturday Night Live clip of the "Chronic-WHAT-les...

Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner has signed a deal with MTV to create a reality...

Just in time for the holidays, The New York Times Magazine takes a look at Chip Davis,...

Anachronistic music in period movies often irritates me enough to ruin an otherwise fine film experience. The same goes for most fantasy or sci-fi films...

Stylus Magazine's staff post their annotated list of the top ten filthiest songs, a. k. a. "ten songs...

A shocking tale:

A LONG-forgotten film showing the near-fatal electrocution of Keith Richards...