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Chris Ford
Johnny Marr, Ryan Adams and Others are Painting Guitars for Charity
Rock stars Johnny Marr and Ryan Adams are among a small group of artists contributing their artistic flair to a good cause.
Vinyl, Something Solid In an Increasingly Ephemeral World
More and more of our world is being converted into electronic signals.
What Does Your Musical Taste Say About Your Intelligence?
A "scientist" used Facebook "likes" and SAT scores to put together a chart implying a correlation between intelligence and musical taste.
Throwback Thursday: Nirvana Live From Krist Novoselic’s Mom’s House
Kurt Cobain loved the walls of Krsto and Maria Novoselic's home so much that he placed the microphone where he could examine the walls while he performed.
Throwback Thursday: Watch Queens of the Stone Age Perform On ‘Jools Holland’
Today's Throwback Thursday features Queens of the Stone Age on the show 'Later ... with Jools Holland' playing the lead single from 'Rated R.'
U2’s Bono Happy With iTunes Release of ‘Songs of Innocence’ Despite Backlash
When Apple gave iTunes users U2's newest album, 'Songs of Innocence,' for free, millions of people became angry.
Dave Grohl Explains Premise for Foo Fighters’ TV Series, ‘Sonic Highways’
At this point, you're either really excited about the upcoming Foo Fighters documentary series, 'Sonic Highways,' or you're tired of hearing about it.
Michael Stipe to Get His Own Art Display at NYU
When former R.E.M. frontman Micheal Stipe dropped out of the University of Georgia to pursue music back in the '80s, he probably didn't imagine that one day he'd get to teach an art class at NYU.
Watch Radiohead’s Philip Selway Perform with the Dap-Kings On ‘The Tonight Show’
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood aren't the only members of Radiohead keeping busy these days.
Throwback Thursday: Weezer Perform ‘Undone — The Sweater Song’ In 1994
To be fair, lots of people who were around in 1994 had embarrassing haircuts.