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Grammys' Best New Artist Farce: Why Some Acts Don't Deserve the Award

Getty Images Imagine you're at a car dealership and you ask the salesman to show you the best ... Read More »

12 Artists to Watch in 2012

Check out Spinner's picks for 12 artists to watch in 2012. ... Read More »

Zooey Deschanel's Income: What She Could Buy in a Month (Math!)

Thanks to TMZ, we now know that soon-to-be-divorcee Zooey Deschanel earns $95,000 a month ... Read More »

Best Songs of 2011: Listen to Our 60 Favorite Tracks of the Year

Getty Images If you read our list of the Best Albums of 2011, you know we went through a ... Read More »

Black Keys on Spotify: Service Isn't a 'Feasible' Way to Make a Living

The Black Keys declined to make their latest album 'El Camino' available for online streaming. ... Read More »

Smashing Pumpkins Reissue Nostalgia: Remembering the 'Gish' Tour 20 Years Later

It was 1991 - the year punk broke! - and I was a 16-year-old stranded, as I saw it then, in the cultural wasteland of suburban New Jersey ... Read More »

'Nevermind' Originality: What Influenced (And Was Influenced By) Nirvana's Classic

On the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's 'Nevermind,' we look at five albums that influenced, as well as five that were influenced by, the classic 1991 collection. ... Read More »

Doobie Brothers' Pat Simmons Reflects on '82 Farewell, 'Personal' Rock Hall Snub

The Doobie Brothers' Pat Simmons discusses the band's 1982 farewell concert, its legacy and why it's not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Read More »

Kim Davis' Best of the 2000s

The '00s for me were all about diving into and becoming obsessed with as much new music as possible. ... Read More »

Joshua Ostroff's Best of the 2000s

As a hippie offspring who grew up during the birth of hip-hop, was in high-school for the alt-rock ... Read More »

Jessica Robertson's Best of the 2000s

Oh, the '00s. You were a decade that Hot Topic only dreams about, when Death Cab for Cutie could ... Read More »

Mike Spinella's Best of the 2000s

This past decade's music was set to the beat of a digital landscape, giving artists and their ... Read More »

Dan Reilly's Best of the 2000s

In the future, some pop culture historians might recall the 2000s as the time when 'American Idol' ... Read More »

Adam Horne's Best of the 2000s

Before the 2000s, independent music was largely reserved for the avid concertgoer, the mixtape ... Read More »

Melissa Olund's Best of the 2000s

With the music of the 1990s forming my high school soundtrack, I can only describe the music of the ... Read More »