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The Odd Spectacle of Musicians Being in Other Musicians' Weddings

Everyone loves a good wedding -- the booze, the food, the outfits, the awkward drunk uncle dance. But truth is, nuptials are even more fascinating when famous musicians are involved. (What do their drunk uncles look like doing "The Birdie Song" dance?!) Here are five musicians and singers who have p ... More >>

Justin Bieber's Believe: A First Listen

Like my colleague Andrew Stout, I have mostly managed to avoid Justin Bieber for what I'm pretty sure are good reasons. He's a typical "innocent" white male singer trying to represent universality to nonwhites and nonmales. Then there's his musical blandness: bits that crept through my defenses of " ... More >>

Welcome Blue Ivy Carter! The Top Six Weird Baby Names We Love

This week, the world oohed and aahed as news of the birth of Beyonce and Jay-Z's baby girl emerged (we bet Ms. Knowles managed to look radiant even during that heinous labor process). Then stories started emerging that the couple were calling their new offspring Blue Ivy. Hmpf. Blue and Ivy on their ... More >>

McFAIL: Eight Case Studies of McDonald's Gone Horribly Wrong

Lushie Peach/Flickr​McDonald's thrives on sameness ― essential when serving approximately 47 million customers daily. Ideally, items get served in the same amount of time and with the same quality and cashier friendliness at every location, a sort of Stepfordian vision of perfection. The last th ... More >>

Santogold: pop's new Gwen Stefani

Flo Rida, Soulja Boy, Britney Spears Among Top Ten Downloads of the Week

Burying The Corps

Presenting Group Hug 2006, a free mix-CD offered as consolation for everything wrong in the world

Weighting ...

Ryan Reynolds recalls his fat years in Just Friends

For Those About to Rock

Guitar Hero cranks rhythm-gaming up to 11.

OK Then, Music Awards!

The biggest party thrown in celebration of local music all year

OK Then, Music Awards!

The biggest party thrown in celebration of local music all year

Weekly Obsessions

Things we were obsessing about on April 6, 2005

Hawaii Oh No

The Hawaii West fails as a dive bar, but Bouncer still figures out what makes Gavin Newsom cool

Turn Around, Bright Eyes

Indie icon Conor Oberst grows up -- and blows up

The Gospel Truth

Exquisite noise at Slim's

OK Then, 2004!

A dark year for America resulted in a great year for music

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

OK Then, 2004!

A dark year for America resulted in a great year for music

Lindsay Lohan

Speak

OK Then

Ashlee-gate proves that George Bush's incompetence has corrupted our nation's pop singers