Joe McElderry has beaten Olly Murs to win 2009's X Factor tonight (December 13).

So yeah, we already knew Yeah Yeah Yeahs' first single from forthcoming third album It's Blitz! wasn't going to be a Smashing Pumpkins cover. Instead of cybernetic walls of guitars, the New York trio's "Zero" puts Karen O's ever-expressive voice-- vulnerable murmurs, tough-girl sneers, breathy whimpers, sultry come-ons, Prince-ly high notes, etc...

Langerado Music Festival, the perennial early bird on the yearly festival circuit, has announced the initial lineup for its seventh annual event.So far, that lineup includes Death Cab for Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, Broken Social Scene, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Girl Talk, Tortoise, Bad Brains, the Pogues, George Clinton & Parli...

The explosion of online music-video content has brought with it a corresponding surge of videos that really aren't much fun to watch. The clip for Portishead's "Magic Doors" is one example, but the resurgent English trio are far from the only guilty parties. At least the music, from this year's Third, is exquisite: eccentrically clonking percus...

The traveling hip-hop extravaganza Rock the Bells may be but a reverberation in our ears 'til the next round is announced, but quite a few of the featured players from the annual run have made moves to keep the good vibes rolling long after festival season's up. They're taking part in the Rock the Bells Online Charity Auction, put on by tour org...