R. Kelly went full crooner on last year's not-praised-enough Love Letter, so it's probably no surprise that R&B's most famous oddball returns with the disco-tinged "Share Your Love," the first single…   Read Story »

R&B titan R. Kelly has been a bit quiet ever since he released his magnificent retro-soul album Love Letter at the tail-end of last year. He's had good reason: He went through emergency tonsil…   Read Story »

As you may have heard, country music lifer Hank Williams, Jr. has parted ways with Monday Night Football, the TV show he spent 20 years singing the intro for, just because he made a totally calm and…   Read Story »

Or: Krell covers Kells. Stereogum40's R&B ambassador How To Dress Well files this session filmed by the yourstruly crew, an up-close and exceedingly personal one-shot take on the bittersweet…   Read Story »

Although Sam Amidon's frequently contributed banjo and guitar to the whispered elegance of Thomas Bartlett's Doveman project, he's a fiddler first, and a man with a distinctive voice his own. The…   Read Story »

SPOILER ALERT: R. Kelly likes sex. Watch at Videogum.   Read Story »

The Hannah Montana argument worked! Read more at CNN.   Read Story »

To date we haven't weighed in on the R. Kelly case, but now that the jury's deliberating, it looks like a good time as any to ponder it and what sorts of ramifications it'll have for how we go about…   Read Story »

Expect to see a lot of R. Kelly's this Hallow's Eve? Or maybe you think the Trapped In The Closet fun's all played out? Oh, shit. (See, that never gets old.) Lest you think the parodies have run…   Read Story »

Although Meet The Press occupies a slot in the Stereogum TiVO queue (true), it took the writers at The Daily Show to break down this Senator Larry Craig scandal in a manner that we could process:…   Read Story »