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Karla Starr

Why MySpace Music Won’t Succeed

Music

Why MySpace Music Won’t Succeed

Rupert Murdoch’s toy is trying to go legit; mayhem may ensue, and success may not.

Can Indie Acts Give It Away?

Music

Can Indie Acts Give It Away?

Life in the post-In Rainbows music business.

Flight of the Conchords at SP20

Arts & Culture

Flight of the Conchords at SP20

Saturday, July 12

Ratatat

Arts & Culture

Ratatat

Monday, July 7

BOAT

Arts & Culture

BOAT

Saturday, July 5

Were Kanye and Beck Separated at Birth?

Music

Were Kanye and Beck Separated at Birth?

Let’s consider the evidence.

Thousand-dollar wedding:Danger Mouse (left) and Cee-Lo.

Music

Gnarls Barkley’s Switch from ADD Workouts to Xanax Meditations

Will it help them evade one-hit-wonder status?

Grounded: The road may go on forever, but the bank account sure doesn’t.

Music

Music Biz’s Latest Villain: the Price of Gas

Bands are scaling down their crews and itineraries.

Arts & Culture

Tim Fite

Tuesday, April 8

Arts & Culture

Nada Surf, the Builders & the Butchers

This alt-rock band is still popular

Arts & Culture

Eric Alterman

A guide to arguing back at Coulter & Co.

Arts & Culture

Lisa Lutz

A second adventure for a dysfunctional family of detectives

This Charming Man

Arts & Culture

This Charming Man

The romantic rush of Swedish pop

Arts & Culture

Justice

Monday, March 24

Love to Hate Him

Arts & Culture

Love to Hate Him

Check out his brilliant first novel, the handsome bastard

Arts & Culture

Joshua Ferris

Check out his brilliant first novel, the handsome bastard

Arts & Culture

David & Nic Sheff

Father/son revelations of the cost of drug abuse

What's So Weird About Madonna in the Rock Hall of Fame?

Music

What’s So Weird About Madonna in the Rock Hall of Fame?

She's been through as much blood, sweat, and sex with Dennis Rodman as anyone else in there.

Arts & Culture

Pinback

Thursday, February 14

Arts & Culture

The Bravery

Friday, January 25