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Apr 25th, 2012 5 Comments
Last night, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon played host to the one guest who might potentially be more exciting than another Jawbox reunion: Barack Obama, the President of the United States of America.…   Read Story »
Apr 16th, 2012 1 Comment
The 27th annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductions took place in Cleveland Saturday night, and while there were a lot of no shows -- Faces' Rod Stewart, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, Chili Pepper John…   Read Story »
Mar 5th, 2012 3 Comments
Bruce Springsteen's new recession-special album Wrecking Ball is out tomorrow, and it mostly concerns America's widening gulf between rich and poor. Appropriately enough, then, he's posted a…   Read Story »
Mar 2nd, 2012 6 Comments
We're deep into Bruce Springsteen Week on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, a five-night celebration of all things Boss that started with Springsteen himself rolling through to play a couple of new…   Read Story »
Feb 24th, 2012 1 Comment
You know who doesn't play a whole lot of rock festivals? Louis C.K., that's fucking who. In fact, the general-consensus greatest comedian in the world today never plays music festivals, presumably…   Read Story »
Feb 9th, 2012 8 Comments
?uestlove was throwing Twitter shots at Justin Vernon just a few months ago, but all that is long-buried. Last week, when he was in town for Saturday Night Live, the Bon Iver frontman stopped by the…   Read Story »
Feb 3rd, 2012 1 Comment
Last night, Jimmy Fallon's Late Night show, in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl, played host to rap legend Nas, who performed his blistering comeback single "Nasty" with the Roots backing him up. In…   Read Story »
Jan 18th, 2012 50 Comments
MTV reports that President Obama has "a wish list" of campaign supporters for his upcoming 2012 run for re-election and points to a document obtained by The Tennessean. The list includes, among…   Read Story »
Jan 10th, 2012 2 Comments
We're outsourcing Where's The Beef? today to Videogum to address ?uestlove's critical comments on Tina Fey's inability to bond with her Philly peers. Kelly, take it away! UPDATE: This was a publicity…   Read Story »
Dec 29th, 2011 29 Comments
Back in the day, when two artists didn't like each other, they'd deal with it in relatively low-profile ways: A snippy backstage comment, or a pointed interview comment. Maybe they'd toss in a…   Read Story »



































