Hutton Supancic, Getty Images Splitting the difference between SXSW's film and music streams, Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle and longtime collaborator Rick Smith of Underworld held an "in conversation" panel, a good deal of which centered around their first and most famous work, "Trainspotting," which rode the ecstatic wave of dance ...

YouTube Billy Corgan, the erstwhile alt-era icon and Smashing Pumpkins frontman, has been at least as focused on wrestling as music for the past few years. So perhaps his awesomely absurdist TV ad for Chicago furniture supplier Walter E Smithe, which acts as a backdoor viral ad for his wrestling concern Resistance Pro, should be less ...

AP | Getty | Getty Music fans and critics alike enjoy annually complaining about the Grammy Awards' winners, losers, surprises and snubs. But sometimes the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences gets it really wrong. Consider this year when the unknown (and untalented) keytar-wielding Al Walser somehow landed a Best Dance ...

Norman Wong When Stars new album The North came out earlier this fall, outspoken singer Torquil Campbell made any number of political pronouncements to the press, right up to warning about Canada's creeping fascism. So it was a little surprising to press play and hear none of those opinions made their way into the album's songs. We asked ...

LIGHTS Facebook Lights is a pretty and successful pop star. But that's now. Back when she was known as Valerie Poxleitner, she was just another teenage girl whose light was dimmed by bullies for the crime of being different. "In high school I not only didn't have a whole lot of friends, I went to a lot of different schools because we moved ...

Getty The Red Hot Chili Peppers have always seemed somewhat juvenile, what with their topless torsos and sock-clad, er, chili peppers. But when we say "always," we mean it -- the iconic alt band has been around since 1983. So it shouldn't be a huge surprise that lead singer Anthony Kiedis is turning 50 today, but it still kinda is. ...

Getty (x3) | Youtube It really sucks to have your birthday on Christmas, since so many people who aren't even having a birthday get freaking presents and it totally is your actual birthday and, well, blergh. But what if your birthday was a day of unbridled hedonism where everyone dresses up in cool costumes and either hits the streets for ...