Wilco, The Strokes, Lupe Fiasco, The Decemberists, and many many others headed down to New Orleans for the week-long New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The festival started in the 70s, and it's…   Read Story »

Here is John Legend putting his mark on Adele's powerful sass-soul single "Rolling In The Deep," from her head-turning XL LP 21. The last time someone put a transformational spin on "Rolling" it was…   Read Story »

A few hours ago Kanye wrapped up another day of owning the internet by performing at NYC's 550-person capacity Bowery Ballroom. The show was announced Tuesday morning, went on sale quickly…   Read Story »

John Legend & The Roots released their covers album Wake Up! back in September. We posted live video of their Arcade Fire cover around the same time. The studio version didn't end up making the…   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 »

Having promised to cancel G.O.O.D. Friday after a hacker (?) leaked the apparently unfinished Bon Iver-sampling "Lost In The World," this morning Yeezy forgave the Internet and tweeted a new song…   Read Story »

Arcade Fire were the stars of the Terry Gilliam-directed first installment of American Express, VEVO, and YouTube’s five-part UNSTAGED series. They show up in this new edition, too, via John Legend…   Read Story »

Early this morning/very late last night, Kanye West held a secret show at New York's the Box. He brought out a some big guests (John Legend, Estelle, Consequence, and Pusha T) and went through old…   Read Story »

Cinematic wartime clip from everyone's favorite late night talk show house band, call it How I Got Over Private Ryan, or something. How I Got Over is out via Def Jam. Reminder: Questo is…   Read Story »

The Roots' forthcoming How I Got Over will feature John Legend and Jim James, as well as a sample of The Milk-Eyed Mender's "Book OF Right-On." Newsom didn't re-record it -- she appears in sampled…   Read Story »