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 »

After last year's Grammys, when Arcade Fire performed dodging Mat Hoffman bike-tricks and then immediately won the Album Of The Year award, the award show has a high standard to live up to when it…   Read Story »

On the heels of Jack White's new album announcement as well as the unveiling of Blunderbuss's first single "Love Interruption," we thought it was time to revisit the hits -- not the literal ones,…   Read Story »

Did you know Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto came out this week? The band played Letterman and Colbert and Today and Jools and Ellen and we threw a party in their honor. The launch celebration continues…   Read Story »

When not beefing with Bush or showing us his bushy beef, Kanye West makes music. The Bon Iver-guesting "Monster" has been floating around for awhile. You've also maybe watched the 35-minute "Runaway"…   Read Story »

"Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" -- with its themes of heartbreak, distance, betrayal and its thumping beat -- is ideally suited to Robyn. It was a late 2009 single from Alicia Keys's The Element…   Read Story »

The two performed a very special rendition of "Empire State Of Mind (Part II)" on last night's Report. As Videogum pointed out, being white is hard, sure, but it can be so beautiful, too! Watch at…   Read Story »

With "Empire State Of Mind" Jay-Z's cast himself as the Jeter generation's Billy Joel. His NYC's all about pills ("MDMA got you feeling like a champion, the city never sleeps, better slip you an…   Read Story »

The Bond between Jack and Alicia is strong. And by that I mean it has massive pecs and its name is Daniel Craig, because if we are talking musical bonds then no it is not strong. The musical bond…   Read Story »

With the Jack & Coke commercial and requisite sell-out/contract interpretation issues behind us, today we finally get to Jack and Alicia bond, James Bond. Billboard told us the White Keys track…   Read Story »