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Producers Tailoring Mixes for iPods
Mon Sep. 24, 2007 1:50 PM PDT

Teacher Fired For Giving Student Brilliant Comic Book
Fri Sep. 21, 2007 5:42 PM PDT

Friday a Viable Day for Music News
Fri Sep. 21, 2007 11:06 AM PDT

The Dust-Off: Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Thu Sep. 20, 2007 5:29 PM PDT

Beasties to Add Lyrics to Mix-Up
Thu Sep. 20, 2007 11:19 AM PDT

Pitchfork's Gender (and Name) Imbalance
Thu Sep. 20, 2007 10:43 AM PDT

Daytime TV Providing New Cross-Promotional Opportunities for Today's Music Stars
Wed Sep. 19, 2007 3:23 PM PDT

Kanye West Pummels 50 Cent (and Slaughters Kenny Chesney) in Sales Race
Wed Sep. 19, 2007 11:36 AM PDT

iTunes Losing Download Dominance?
Tue Sep. 18, 2007 2:41 PM PDT

Tuesday: Doozy of a Music News Day
Tue Sep. 18, 2007 11:03 AM PDT

Top Ten Stuff 'n' Things - 9/17/07
Mon Sep. 17, 2007 7:43 PM PDT

New York Magazine Gently Mocks Meg White's Breakdown
Mon Sep. 17, 2007 6:39 PM PDT

Music Movies Making Impact at Toronto Fest
Mon Sep. 17, 2007 11:37 AM PDT

Visa Problems Keeping More British Artists from U.S.
Mon Sep. 17, 2007 11:06 AM PDT

M.I.A. Terrible on Letterman
Fri Sep. 14, 2007 1:34 AM PDT

Preview New Joe Strummer Documentary
Thu Sep. 13, 2007 4:17 PM PDT

Madonna and Britney Spears Threatened with Beheading
Thu Sep. 13, 2007 2:01 PM PDT

If Our Government Was Run By K-Tel
Thu Sep. 13, 2007 1:08 PM PDT

Kanye West is Awesome
Wed Sep. 12, 2007 5:31 PM PDT

White Stripes Cancel Entire U.S. Tour, Cite "Anxiety"
Wed Sep. 12, 2007 1:03 PM PDT

Led Zeppelin Announce Reunion Show, Crash Website
Wed Sep. 12, 2007 12:35 PM PDT

A Brief History of the Corporate Anthem
Tue Sep. 11, 2007 6:32 PM PDT

Sales of Kanye West's Gradution Appear to be Ahead of 50 Cent's CURTIS
Tue Sep. 11, 2007 3:30 PM PDT

Albums Out Today and a Word From Critics
Tue Sep. 11, 2007 2:31 PM PDT

Tuesday: Confusing Music News Day
Tue Sep. 11, 2007 1:20 PM PDT

Appeals Court Set to Hear "Wardrobe Malfunction" Case
Tue Sep. 11, 2007 12:07 PM PDT

Top Ten Stuff 'n' Things - 9/10/07
Mon Sep. 10, 2007 11:00 PM PDT

50 Cent vs. Kanye: The Oasis vs. Blur of Our Time?
Mon Sep. 10, 2007 5:27 PM PDT

MTV VMAs: Actually About the Music
Mon Sep. 10, 2007 1:46 AM PDT

Neato Viddys on the Intertubes: Bugs
Fri Sep. 7, 2007 4:11 PM PDT

Friday is Thy Day for Music News
Fri Sep. 7, 2007 1:06 PM PDT

New Music: Stateless
Thu Sep. 6, 2007 10:52 PM PDT

Bono Pays Tribute to Pavarotti
Thu Sep. 6, 2007 1:29 PM PDT

NY Times: MTV Looking Kind of Desperate
Thu Sep. 6, 2007 1:10 PM PDT

BBC Radio 1 Celebrates 40 Years of White People
Wed Sep. 5, 2007 1:34 PM PDT

New iPods Have WiFi! Somebody Give Me $399!
Wed Sep. 5, 2007 1:09 PM PDT

Since Nothing Else Important Going on in World, Congress Takes on Hip-Hop
Wed Sep. 5, 2007 12:20 PM PDT

New(-ish) Music: Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators
Tue Sep. 4, 2007 10:29 PM PDT

Klaxons Win Mercury Prize
Tue Sep. 4, 2007 3:06 PM PDT

Preview New Sigur Ros Documentary
Tue Sep. 4, 2007 2:06 PM PDT

Winehouse Shows Up For Mercury Prize Ceremony
Tue Sep. 4, 2007 12:44 PM PDT

Led Zeppelin Reunion Gig For Real?
Tue Sep. 4, 2007 9:53 AM PDT

Friday a Wry Day for Music News
Fri Aug. 31, 2007 11:15 AM PDT

Radiohead's Kid A Meant to Be Listened to With... Radiohead's Kid A?
Thu Aug. 30, 2007 6:05 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton Nabs Prestigious 50 Cent Endorsement
Thu Aug. 30, 2007 5:07 PM PDT

Thurston Moore Says Maybe Sonic Youth Should Have Broken Up
Thu Aug. 30, 2007 2:33 PM PDT

Life Imitates Art: Little Britain vs. Larry Craig
Wed Aug. 29, 2007 2:12 PM PDT

Chart Beat: Albums
Wed Aug. 29, 2007 12:16 PM PDT

Tuesday? Peruse Music News Day
Tue Aug. 28, 2007 2:36 PM PDT

Buju Banton Calls Protestors "Stupid"
Tue Aug. 28, 2007 1:50 PM PDT

Coachella 2009

Scenes from the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival.

Mon Apr. 20, 2009 11:08 AM PDT

Book Review: Remix

Should file sharing be safe, legal—and taxed? The Al Gore of the copyright muddle, Lawrence Lessig offers a fresh vision for making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy.

November/December 2008 Issue

Jukebox

Cat Power. <i>Matador</i>.

January/February 2008 Issue

10 Ways to Stay Hip: San Francisco Summer Edition

A weekly cultural reference to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose. (Even in the bitter-cold San Francisco summer.)

Wed May. 30, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer

By Chris Salewicz. <i>Faber and Faber</i>. $27.<br /> Both scholars of punk history and casual fans should enjoy this surprisingly frank and entertaining biography of legendary Clash frontman Joe Strummer.

May/June 2007 Issue

10 Ways to Stay Hip: Coachella Edition

A weekly cultural reference to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Fri Apr. 27, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

10 Ways to Stay Hip: April 23 Edition

A weekly reference to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Mon Apr. 23, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

10 Ways to Stay Hip

A weekly reference on cultural production to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Fri Apr. 13, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

10 Ways to Stay Hip: April 10 Version

A weekly reference on cultural production to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Thu Apr. 12, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

10 Ways to Stay Hip

A weekly reference on cultural production to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Sun Mar. 25, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

10 Ways to Stay Hip

A weekly reference on cultural production to keep your mind fresh and your limbs loose.

Mon Mar. 19, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Party Ben's Music Picks: March Madness Edition

Whether you buy CDs or download, these are some upcoming releases you ought to check out.

Wed Mar. 7, 2007 1:00 AM PST

Party Ben's Music Picks (For People Who Still Buy CDs)

All those cool bands you've been hearing about, and a few you've never heard of - but will.

Fri Feb. 2, 2007 1:00 AM PST