Each week, Lizzy Goodman guides you through the dirty streets of rock and roll. In New York City the year does not begin on January 1; it begins the...
The suffocating summer humidity is waning, the Pirates are back below .500, and Brady Quinn is getting reps, which can only mean one thing: It's time ...
Music is ubiquitous and confusing. Twice a month, Eric Spitznagel stares into the bottomless chasm of new (and old) songs, albums and musicians that p...
Digging through an artist's catalog to construct word clouds based on his lyrics is always a revelatory experience. It feels like you're delving into ...
Yesterday was surprisingly strong for late night music on a Monday. Bon Iver kicked off "StePhest Colbchella '011: Rock You Like a Thirst-icane" on ...
Yesterday was surprisingly strong for late night music on a Monday. Bon Iver kicked off "StePhest Colbchella '011: Rock You Like a Thirst-icane" on ...
The ukulele -- colored by island connotations and seemingly limited in emotional range by that breezy, easy sound -- has seen a resurgence of late, mo...
SEATTLE — With just a few hours left before I had to catch a plane out of town, there was one more stop I had to make on my whirlwind Seattle music ...
Ever since they first stepped into the spotlight, Paramore have faced accusations that they are some sort of pre-fabricated band built up around sin...
When we talked to Matt Damon at the press day for the Coen Bros.' awesome Western " True Grit ," he told us that he "really, really, really" wants t...
Christmas gives plenty of people a number of reasons to celebrate, but Eddie Vedder has one extra thing to raise a glass to today, as it is his birt...
Has there ever been a band more unfairly maligned in the history of rock music than Stone Temple Pilots ? The California quartet — anchored by a pair...
Justin Bieber 's "Never Say Never" promises to be one of the biggest film events of the early part of 2011, but the 16-year-old Canadian singer could ...
Perhaps there's something in the air. Yesterday, Wake-Up Video devoted itself to Creed , one of the most maligned and hated-on bands of the modern er...
Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines will perform an acoustic set to support the West Memphis Three on Saturday (Aug. 28) in Little Rock, Ark. Eddie Ved...
The original run of "MTV Unplugged" began way back in 1989 as a showcase for bands who wanted to show off their musicianship via the power of acoust...
While most of us have to wait (im)patiently to sink our teeth in to the big screen adaptation of " Eat Pray Love ," the "Glee" cast was lucky enough...
Every day a multitude of stars wander through the halls of MTV News to talk about their latest projects and goof around with our intrepid corresponden...
On Tuesday (May 24), Stone Temple Pilots will drop their new self-titled album, which represents their comeback after nearly a decade on the rocks a...
This Saturday night (March 13), Pearl Jam will take the stage at 30 Rockefeller Center's Studio 8H and rock out on "Saturday Night Live" for the fou...