- Michael Jackson Wins Record-Breaking 23 American Music Awards by iMusicDaily.com
- Adam Lambert Defends His AMA’S Performance by iMusicDaily.com
- Trent Reznor, Death Cab, John Mayer, Ministry, MMJ & More Included On Fourth Bridge School Disc by Fly High, Duluth!
- Kelis: "Acapella" Surprise Release + New Album News by HardCandyMusic.com
- Creedence Clearwater Revisited Helps Benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation by New Music Reviews
- Lupe Fiasco Dropping New Mixtape on Thanksgiving by Sixty4Harmony
- Adam "MCA" Yauch of Beastie Boyz Starts DVD Subscription Service by TwentyFourBit
- New Beyoncé Album in 2010? by iMusicDaily.com
- P Diddy Spends 3 Million Dollars On His Birthday Bash! by iMusicDaily.com
- 2009 American Music Awards Recap: A Night of Missed Notes by The Round Table
- Westboro Baptist Church Target Pop-Punk by Strange Glue
- U2 To Headline Glastonbury 2010 by Neon Filler
Top Music News
Reviews
- Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Mom & daughter go head to head about Paramore's album and we've got the video! - Rihanna - Rated R
Leave expectations & speculations about this album at the door, unless they involve dark, moody dubstep riddims. - Lydia Lunch - Big Sexy Noise
The wild child hasn't mellowed with age & neither has her music, including a cover of Lou Reed's "Kill Your Sons" - Florence + the Machine: Lungs
Florence Welch embodies Kate Bush, Karen O and Shirley Manson all rolled into one - KISS, Buckcherry @ Oakland Coliseum, 11/22/09
The spectacle that is KISS still has the power to impress
Overheard on MOG
Those darn Monkees! They grabbed all the good songs, didn't they???
I need to improve my Portuguese or Spanish to figure out their website
...Alex Chilton has to be the most over-rated under-appreciated artist in rock.
You two just stunned me.
I'm down with Hendrix
every time I hear it, I see giant trucks crawling over mountains.
Just give me some quality earbuds and decent mp3. oh, you did...thanks!
More Cowbell: The Dubious Rise of Music's Weirdest Instruments
Is it not enough that a kid shows up with a guitar and songs written from the heart? Sadly, not if the other kid shows up with a bouzouki, woodblocks, and The Polyphonic Spree in full orchestral force. If musicians taught us anything, it's that songs start out simple so they can end up complicated. For better or worse, here are beyond-basic musical instruments used to great effect or affectation in popular music.… MORE >
Features
- A Video Timeline of Solange Knowles' Unlikely Indie Ascendance
Solange steps out of big sis' shadow while everyone else is clamboring to be like Bey - Music Production Tips & Tricks From The Pros Ft. Pete Rock, Quick, Kanye, Ryan Leslie & More
Top producers droppin' so much knowledge you might need to take notes! - Are The Strokes the Most Important Band of the Decade?
NME named their debut as the best of this decade. What makes it so signicant? - Rushmore Yankees: Five Bands That Rip Off Wes Anderson
A sampling of the bands who have taken at least a bit of their schtick from Wes Anderson. - Blinded by the Hype: Reexamining The xx's Debut Album
Revisiting the album for a fresh perspective after the hype has died down.
Editor's Picks
- MOG Artist of the Day (11.23.09): JAVELIN
The dopest beats the dollar bin has to offer courtesy of this Brooklyn duo. by Band of the Day - MOG Artist of the Day (11.20.09): COCK SPARRER
Oi! Get to know some of the most underrated old-school punk known to man. by Band of the Day - MOG Artist of the Day (11.19.09): AIR FRANCE
The Swedish's duo's dreamy Balearic tunes are a must-listen. by Band of the Day - MOG Artist of the Day (11.18.09): DIZZEE RASCAL
The British "Boy in da Corner" continues to push hip-hop forward. by Band of the Day - MOG Artist of the Day (11.17.09): TUNE-YARDS
Newcomer Merill Garbus's wonderfully bizarre avant-pop. by Band of the Day
Front Row Footage
- Lady Gaga 11.23.09 AMA Performance (Photos & Video)
- DJ Quik x Snoop Dogg x Mistah F.A.B. x Too $hort 11.21.09 @ Warfield, San Francisco (Videos)
- Solange Knowles 05.22.09 Covering Bjork’s “It’s Oh So Quiet” In London (Video)
- Warren Haynes (of Gov't Mule) + Deep Purple 11.17.09 In Amsterdam (Photo & Video)
- Fever Ray 09.29.09 @ Webster Hall, NYC (Video)
- Brother Ali 11.18.09 In Chicago (Video)
Watch
- Late Show Roundup - 11/23/09
Death Cab for Cutie on Kimmel, Elvis Costello Performs With the Roots - Crookers - "No Security" feat. Kelis
The electro duo goes on a wild hunt for some deer meat. - Depeche Mode - "Fragile Tension"
The '80s legends make their first proper appearance in a video ever. - The Temper Trap - "Fader"
The UK buzz band performs inside a cage of light. - Timbaland - "Morning After Dark" feat. SoShy and Nelly Furtado
The rapper-producer and his new protege protect a lovely young lady from a group of dangerous men. - Wyclef Jean - "Born a Shotta"
The rapper sees things through a different lens in his new video.
Essential Listening
- T.I. feat. Brandon & Big Kuntry – "Let Em Talk" [Single]
T.I.'s been in jail for 8 months, but the new tracks keep comin! - Camera Obscura's Holiday Single "The Blizzard" [Stream]
Camera Obscura kicking off the holiday season w/ new music - Wale – “Beast” (Prod. 9th Wonder) [Single]
Hot hip hop property Wale staking claim to the game. - The Brian Jonestown Massacre Stream Entire New Album Online
Get it while it's hot folks! - La Roux - Quicksand (Mad Decent Remix)
The homies at Mad Decent throw some darkness over La Roux’s track - Ras Kass – Quarterly (Mixtape)
After numerous leaks, Ras Kass finally released his Quarterly project - Dada Life - Let's Get Bleeped Tonight (Tiesto Remix)
The tables are turned w/ remixers getting remixed.
Featured Mogger
CMA Awards: Whose Choice is It?
Modern country music owns a huge chunk of the American musical landscape. While jazz and blues percolated from north to south, and rock 'n roll anchored down the coastlines; the huge underbelly of the nation - from the Appalacian hills to the Rockies - were headin' out honkey tonkin' any given weekend. From the generations of the (Hank) Williams family through Willie and Waylon and the iconic Mr Strait, country music has been there to empathize with the love-lorn dirt road truckers set for along time, and it's not letting up. …
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