At Coachella Saturday night, R. Kelly joined headliners Phoenix for mashed-up versions of "1901"/"Ignition" and "Chloroform"/"I'm A Flirt." Check out video below and photos of the live collaboration…   Read Story »

Many commenters called us out for not including Father John Misty's Fear Fun on our list of the Top 50 Albums Of 2012, and you know what? You might have a point there. So we can begin the healing…   Read Story »

Last week, IFC premiered the new episodes from R. Kelly's cult phenomenon Trapped In The Closet, a television event pre-empted with a a luxe NYC screening event. Today, IFC posted a new chapter of…   Read Story »

Over the weekend, the long-promised new episodes of Trapped In The Closet aired on IFC, and, as you might imagine, it was a completely confusing, endlessly entertaining installment gleaming with the…   Read Story »

The world has come a long way since the Who released Tommy in 1969. Tomorrow night, a stage adaptation of the Flaming Lips' seminal 2002 rock opera Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots will premiere at…   Read Story »

Virtually the entire music-blogging universe (except me) is at CMJ right now, so you'll have to forgive the indie music universe for neglecting to drop too many videos in the past seven days. I…   Read Story »

On Black Friday, R. Kelly's celebrated Trapped In The Closet video series will return on IFC. Here's the money quote from Kels: 'Trapped in the Closet' is forever," he continued. "I've got like a…   Read Story »

When the tracklist for G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer hit last week, something that immediately got me sweating out of excitement was the leadoff pairing of Chicagoans Kanye and R. Kelly for a track…   Read Story »

A day after Kanye and Co. dropped "Clique," the G.O.O.D. Music crew is back with the tracklist for the forthcoming Cruel Summer, a record that's out in a couple of weeks. Personally, I didn't need to…   Read Story »

Yeasayer Chris Keating took some shots at R. Kelly and EDM in a recent Rolling Stone interview. Behold: I think he [Ocean] is a good new face for the R&B world right now, to kind of usher out…   Read Story »