Beat Angel Brian Smith's 10 Greatest Atrocities in '96
A recap of the releases that made it worthwhile to own a CD player in 1998
Constant Elevation (Astralwerks)
Africa Raps: Senegal, Mali, and the Gambia (Trikont)
KKFR-FM Power 92.3
Louis XIV kicks it with Kreme at the Marquee, then parties at Shake! with William Fucking Reed
The covers that reveal
The covers that reveal
The covers that reveal
The covers that reveal
Rolling Stone, that music magazine that felt it necessary to feature the ladies from MTV's The Hills on the cover of its May issue, just released its list of top 50 albums of 2008. Wouldn't you know it; they put Bob Dylan at number two. Why not number one, Rolling Stone? Maybe because they realize ... More >>
The first batch of bands for the hottest music festival around, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has been leaked. Confirmed Artists: the Killers, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Bug, Buraka Som Sistema, Crystal Castles, Drop The Lime, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Girl Talk, the Hold Steady, ... More >>
Jonathan McNamaraSee more shots in our Arizona Porn Star Ball slide show.We gotta admit it: the 1st Annual Arizona Porn Star Ball wore us out.The feral festivities started at 9 p.m. and lasted well beyond last call. The list of special guests was longer than John Holmes' tool, and included adult fil ... More >>
Luke HolwerdaIt's been an interesting career for Bankhead/Atlanta-based rapper T.I. He's currently weathering the brunt of charges brought against him for illegally owning three unregistered firearms, a part of his life he was not shy to mention while onstage at the Celebrity Theatre on Sunday night ... More >>
DJ mashes beats from South Beach to South America
Rock icon goes . . . hip-hop?
These mix masters won't play "Hey Ya!" -- promise
They Say I'm Different/Betty Davis
(Light in the Attic)
Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006
OutKast’s Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the old South
Your three-month forecast of the summer's top movies
Music's "designer dogs"
The Craft
(Anti)
Oddly, it's not so bad
SF author Tamara Palmer digs deep into the Dirty South's rap explosion
SF author Tamara Palmer digs deep into the Dirty South's rap explosion
Martin Lawrence in a crappy kid movie? Whassup with that?
A bad case of sequel fever can never Be Cool
A bad case of sequel fever can never Be Cool
A bad case of sequel fever can never Be Cool
Wanna see members of the Rat Pack buy drinks for wannabe supermodels? Check out The Merc.
Wanna see members of the Rat Pack buy drinks for wannabe supermodels? Check out The Merc.
Wanna see members of the Rat Pack buy drinks for wannabe supermodels? Check out The Merc.
Aside from OutKast, most of 2003's best black music bubbled underground
In 2003, a rockist retread ruled techno, while a new beginning hijacked hip-hop
What a bad feeling - and taste - Honey leaves behind
OutKast partners Andre 3000 and Big Boi diverge wildly on their two-CD duel Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
The hawks and doves of the local music scene
Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't
Drinkin' Grand Marnier, smokin' pot. It's the life God chose for Nappy Roots.
Cee-Lo breaks from the Mob in a solo quest to save hip-hop
Timbaland and Organized Noize are making the music go bang, and rap radio's never sounded so good
The Roots return to the Valley, fresh off an effort helping to bridge the gap between electronica and hip-hop
Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K
