Hopefully by now you've heard Smother, the third album from Wild Beasts. As with all their records, it feels like it comes out of nowhere. And as always, I have trouble finding reference points to…   Read Story »

Red has been leaking bit by bit -- three songs here, four songs there -- and so far we're all a little less than enthused. Remember when people were enthused, though? Way back when we first sampled…   Read Story »

SNL will probably take a few cracks to top last week's Kanye cameoing fun, though the Seth Rogen/Spoon ep had its moments. Like Seth and Kristin Wiig's annoying-child cover of Winehouse's "Rehab."…   Read Story »

Another banner day for Brit. Via CNN:A court has ordered pop singer Britney Spears to give up custody of her children effective Wednesday at noon. Spears' former husband, Kevin Federline, is to…   Read Story »

Following in the footsteps of Andrew ?Dice? Clay might not be the best career move, but Kevin Federline has never seen an opportunity for self-promotion he didn?t marry -- er, jump on. And so we turn…   Read Story »

You have to feel bad for K-Fed; even when trying to do something worthwhile -- whether it's poorly-chosen publicity stunt or an attempt to make light of himself -- he just ends up pissing people off.…   Read Story »

Zach Galifianakis is one of those guys we love to see as much of as possible, and Late World With Zach was essential late night viewing for its brief summer run. But we had no idea that, before…   Read Story »

While we're almost done with thinking about the year that was, we can't let it go by without recapping the year in our favorite concerts. Most of the shows we saw were in the LES ('cause it's closer…   Read Story »

And Jess is just so candid! Yankovic's masterful questioning gets the right words to come out of Jess's mouth -- even if her lack of grammar skills mean she don't talk so good. If you dug Al's…   Read Story »

Hate to start Friday morning with the heavy questions ... but can you believe how quickly Brit squandered every ounce of good will she accrued in the week after her divorce? Does it not awe you to…   Read Story »