So yes: It's probably, at least on some level, a cynical ploy for a titanic celebrity to maintain control over her own image and to remind the world she still exists. Still, Beyoncé's Tumblr, which…   Read Story »

Earlier today, Sleigh Bells stopped by Zane Lowe's BBC show and aired a couple of acoustic tracks they'd recorded for a Maida Vale session. One was an unplugged version of the single "Comeback Kid,"…   Read Story »

A day after broadcasting their sold out NYC T5 show on YouTube, Sleigh Bells brought their Marshall stacks and tourist guitarist Jason Boyer to the considerably more intimate SNL studios across town.…   Read Story »

Thanks to reader memoryboy for sending us this link to Triple J radio, wherein Chairlift and DR rap star Victor Vazquez aka Kool A.D. cover Beyoncé's "Party." (This is also titularly poetic, since…   Read Story »

Last night, Jay-Z played a benefit for United Way of New York City and The Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation at NYC's Carnegie Hall -- he plays again tonight -- and though most of the public was…   Read Story »

Our annual list of late night television's best performances has quickly become an annual exercise in big-upping Jimmy Fallon's music talent booker. Way to go, person responsible for pointing those…   Read Story »

In what's become something of an annual holiday tradition, Norwegian artist and Stereogum buddy Sondre Lerche has once again gifted us with a cover of one of his favorite songs of the year. In…   Read Story »

The Gummy Awards rollout continues today with Your Top 10 Music Videos Of 2011, and while there's not a lot of surprises here, it's a strong list capped by a beyond-worthy champion. There's a little…   Read Story »

Beyoncé's video for the new song "Dance For You" is made up to look like an old film noir, but all those genre touchpoints are really just distractions. The video, it turns out, is really just five…   Read Story »

A couple months ago, Beyoncé took to Fallon to perform a live version of song of the year/video of the year candidate "Countdown" with Fallon's houseband, the Roots. Though recorded in July, it…   Read Story »