When we talked to Bob Mould about his new album Beauty & Ruin, the legendary punk-rocker compared it to a series of Polaroids that tell the story of the emotionally chaotic year that unfolded after his father’s death. Now you can hear that progression “from loss to reflection to acceptance to future” play o...

The most interesting narrative of Fleetwood Mac -- one every music writer hopes to chronicle and every fan dreams about when reading between the lines of "Rumours" -- involves romance and adultery. The stories behind lyrics of heartbreak and betrayal and love and acceptance are well-documented, but in recent interviews with Lin...

You know a film is one of the "great ones" when even a cameo from Young MC can't derail it. Up in the Air may have went scoreless on its six Oscar nods, but the films still ranks as one of my favorites from the 2000s decade. Aside from a star turn from Anna Kendrick, a spot-on screenplay, and what I consider George Clooney's finest hour, the fil...

Every year, the people behind the Tribeca Film Festival also hold the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, a ceremony designed to honor “those whose ideas have broken the mold to create significant impact.” This year, one of the honorees is the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine, an iconic beat-programming gadget that did a ton to h...

Last night, the Junos, Canada’s fiercely national answer to the Grammys, held its 43rd annual awards ceremony. Arcade Fire weren’t there because they were performing at Lollapalooza Chile, but they still took home the night’s biggest award, winning Album Of The Year for Reflektor. (CBC reports that they sent in a ta...