WINNER OF THE WEEK Vampire Weekend It's hard to believe an indie-rock band with such a nuanced sound has scored its second Number One album in a row – Contra sold 124000 copies during its first week in 2010 and the new Modern Vampires of the City trumps that with...

The National played three shows in small New York clubs yesterday celebrating the release of their sixth album Trouble Will Find Me in unique style The first venue announced on Twitter was a tiny bar (and flower shop) in Ditmas Brooklyn called Sycamore ("Care to to join us for a liquid...

A bonus track from the Japanese version of Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories has emerged online and is available for listen at NO BPM LIMIT  Daft Punk All Hail Our Robot Overlords The track "Horizon" is an instrumental that is the most meditative track on the disco-charged new album which came out...

The New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk strategy has sparked a heated national debate in the last two years with attention-grabbing statistics on both sides Critics point to data showing that the aggressive search tactic is used in hugely disproportionate numbers on innocent black and Latino New Yorkers Mayor Michael Bloomberg...

It was an emotional night for Blake Shelton on The Voice After performing a moving tribute to the Oklahoma tornado victims alongside wife Miranda Lambert the Oklahoma native learned that his team would remain fully intact He didn't lose anyone (Neither did frenemy Adam Levine) 'The Voice' Rolling Stone's Complete Coverage If you...

The Wolverine will slash through theaters this summer and in this new trailer for the Marvel superhero movie Hugh Jackman's Logan – aka the X-Man Wolverine – travels to Japan and revisits his past Summer Movie Preview 2013 'The Wolverine' Logan first awakens from a nightmare in which he has stabbed longtime...

With a new album out next week John Fogerty played his new single "Mystic Highway" last night on the Late Show With David Letterman The rock & roll veteran sang with the hint of a beatific smile at the corners of his mouth strumming away on a Fender Telecaster for...

Before Tony Hale landed the role of Buster Bluth on Arrested Development in 2003 he was a largely unknown actor best remembered for dancing to Styx's "Mr Roboto" in a 1999 Volkswagen commercial He more than held his own in the show's large ensemble of veteran actors though and since the...

Bassist Trevor Bolder who played with David Bowie's Spiders From Mars Uriah Heep and Wishbone Ash died yesterday after a long fight with pancreatic cancer He was 62 Uriah Heep announced Bolder's death on their website Bolder joined Bowie's backing band in 1971 replacing Tony Visconti on bass in time to...

Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June after canceling a pair of performances last week due to health issues The Associated Press reports  Franklin 71 pulled out of performances on May 20th in Chicago and May 26th at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut and a spokesperson for the singer says...

Artist Femi KutiSong "No Work No Job No Money"Album No Place For My Dream "It's sad to see the amount of people that are begging" Femi Kuti tells Rolling Stone "And what is worse is those that are said to have caused this terrible period have walked away free or in...

Matt Damon took quite a pledge in February Until everyone has access to clean water and sanitation he's promised not to use the bathroom Damon's semi-serious Toilet Strike is meant to raise awareness of a very real public health crisis A staggering 780 million people across the world – one...

In the new issue of Rolling Stone Jonah Weiner goes in-depth with the mysterious French duo Daft Punk about why they are so bound to their signature robot helmets Turns out beyond flash and pure entertainment – although they don't deny that spectacle is an important part of the intrigue...

The death of Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek has touched many in the music community Punk pioneers X shared their thoughts today and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong Slash and Skrillex mourned his passing on Twitter with heartfelt and reflective posts X who had four of their albums produced by Manzarek were...

Many huge mainstream artists have been backed in concert by full orchestral accompaniment Jay-Z mixed hip-hop with strings at Carnegie Hall last spring and Phish's Trey Anastasio noodled on his guitar alongside several metropolitan city orchestras on a cross-country tour a few months prior However few have slid so comfortably...

Prior to the Academy of Country Music Awards show in 2007 Hootie and the Blowfish front man Darius Rucker shared a little secret about himself He really dug Hee Haw And just as he professed his love for the banjo-heavy variety show Rucker announced his transition from earworm college pop to modern...

Chief Keef was arrested earlier this week in Atlanta for disorderly conduct just two months after his release from custody The 17-year-old Chicago rapper – real name Keith Farrelle Cozart – was taken into custody yesterday and booked one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct According to The Chicago Tribune he...

Eminem's music publisher has filed a lawsuit against Facebook and its ad agency claiming the social media site lifted the rapper's music for an online ad Eight Mile Style filed a complaint yesterday in Detroit federal court alleging that Facebook copied music from Eminem's 2000 track "Under the Influence" for an...