WATCH: Kelly Clarkson Covers White Stripes, Kings of Leon

The "Idol" alum also reinterprets tunes by the Black Keys and Alanis Morissette live in New York City. Check out video here!
Kelly Clarkson

If "Since U Been Gone" didn't win you over, maybe this will: Tuesday night in New York City, on the third stop of her 35-date "All I Ever Wanted Tour" U.S. tour, teen-pop sensation Kelly Clarkson covered the White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Alanis Morissette, and the Black Keys! Watch video below.

In the Studio: Black Keys and Mos Def!

WATCH: The blues-rock duo and the New York rapper record their collaborative new album!
Dan Auerbach / Mos Def

From Karen O's star-studded Wild Things soundtrack to Thom Yorke's new band with Flea, it's an awesome year for supergroups and dream collabos.

Mastodon Cover ZZ Top, Flaming Lips Sing Madonna

Read about a new covers album that also features Adam Sandler playing Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane."
Mastodon

Mastodon interpreting ZZ Top? The Black Keys playing Captain Beefheart? The Flaming Lips covering Madonna's "Borderline"?

Black Keys Frontman Launches Solo Album

Click here for details on Dan Auerbach's eclectic debut record and supporting tour!
The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach

Like Scott Weiland, Conor Oberst, Anthony Green, and many others before him, Dan Auerbach, guitarist/vocalist of Akron, OH, blues-rock duo the Black Keys, is going solo with the February 10 relea

Black Keys Collaborate with ZZ Top!

Wait, is this a facial hair convention? The two blues-rock outfits unite with producer Rick Rubin in Los Angeles. Click for details!
ZZ Top (left) and the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach (right)

The Black Keys will join ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons to pen new material in a Los Angeles studio this weekend, where ZZ Top are recording their forthcoming back-to-basics blues rock album with producer Rick Rubin. [Via Billboard.com]

'Gossip Girl': The Music Grows Up -- OMFG!

The show has moved smartly from radio hits to indie discoveries. But SPIN's Abby Everdell says the new soundtrack album proves there's still room to mature.
The Cast of Gossip Girl

In anticipation of this week's episode of Gossip Girl, I spent a few minutes surfing its music channel on YouTube, where the featured songs of each episode are posted along with a short description of the various scenes (e.g. "Chuck and Nate lounge in grass").

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