Ladies and gentlemen, the hardest-working dancing android in show business, Janelle Monáe.

I just don’t get the noise the young people listen to these days.

St. Vincent has actually managed to get me interested in music recorded within the last decade.

The Beatles Rock Band really is Harmonix’s masterpiece, and should be required for anyone who still doubts the appeal of grown-ups playing with plastic guitars.

“The P.I.S.S is by far the most together group in the show biz.”

Omodaka’s already-outstanding videos get even cooler when pushed through the Yooouuutuuube filter.

Kutiman’s YouTube mash-up project “ThruYOU” is simply brilliant.

A post on Boing Boing was the first I’d heard of Omodaka, a collaboration from a Japanese electronic musician putting out some of the most amazing videos I’ve ever seen. (You can read more about the artist on this modern Japanese music guide). He’s got six videos available on YouTube, and pretty much every one [...]

I feel like I’m late to the party with this one, but: She & Him: Volume One is just a great, fun record. (Evidence that I’m late to the party: I’m still calling them “records.”) Like just about everybody else who saw the movie, I’ve had a crush on Zooey Deschanel since she sang “Baby [...]

Mike Doughty’s got a new album out, it’s called Golden Delicious, and I was already hooked just from hearing the 30-second samples. I’m a monstrously big fan of Soul Coughing. My first take on Haughty Melodic (Doughty’s first “real” solo album) was unfair disappointment that it didn’t sound like Soul Coughing, but over time it [...]