My friend Nick Sylvester was, in my opinion, one of the best music critics in the world a few years ago, but he’s largely quit writing about music and instead focused on making and releasing it. Sylvester plays drums in the heaving postpunk trio Mr. Dream (we posted their new song “Making Muscles (Powered By [...]

Last month, we learned that Common had once again teamed up with No I.D., the producer behind his classic 1994 album Resurrection, for a new full-length called Nobody Smiling. They’ve already shared one song, “War,” and now Common has teamed up with the Black Hippy livewire Ab-Soul, his distant descendent in the pol...

Almost 20 years ago, Common (then Common Sense) released Resurrection, the classic sophomore album that he recorded with the great Chicago producer No I.D. Right now, Common is again linking up with No I.D. to make a new LP called Nobody Smiling, a concept album about the violence and hopelessness in the worst neighborhoods of [...]

Collisions between indie rock and the advertising world are commonplace now, and today we get Chan Marshall singing “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” in an ad for Apple. It’s really effective, too, if you’re willing to let a TV commercial move you. Watch below. Here’s the full-length &...

Miley Cyrus may not have earned any Grammy nominations, but her music videos were certainly the year's most popular. The most commonly viewed videos of 2013, according to new rankings released by Vevo, really offer few surprises. "Wrecking Ball" and "We Can't Stop" top the list, while the las...