October 10, 2011 – Kaitlin Olson, costar of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which returns to ?FX for its seventh season this month, on the soundtrack to her life. What was the last concert you attended? Arcade Fire at Coachella. ?Régine Chassagne is a tiny little person with the most powerful voice. My husband [costar Rob McElhenney] and I love "Wake Up." Is there a song that you associate with a first kiss? The boy I was in love with in college knew how much I liked Madonna's "Crazy for You," so we were dancing at a party and the song came on and he kissed me. I just got little butterflies. I'd like to kiss to that song right now to be totally honest with you. Find Rob. Oh no, not Rob. Do you recall the first album you bought with your own money? Run-DMC's Raising Hell. I got into them because I was supercool. Or trying to be. Your son's name is Axel.

August 14, 2011 – Tavi Gevinson, the 15-year-old fashionista behind the website ?Style Rookie, on the ('90s-heavy) soundtrack to her life. What was the last concert you attended? A Kathleen Hanna tribute show in Brooklyn last December. Kim Gordon reading the "Riot Grrrl Manifesto" was really special. It made me tear up a little bit. Name a song you've listened to in the past 24 hours. "Oogum Boogum" by Brenton Wood. Who's your favorite pop star? I love Justin Bieber. My a cappella group sang "Baby" this year. What song would you like played at your funeral? Nicki Minaj's verse in [Kanye West's] "Monster," because I have it memorized and I rap it all the time. My friends know this, so there's a personal connection. Do you recall the first album you bought with your own money? Jukebox by Cat Power.

August 3, 2011 – Michael Ian Black is the first to admit that he isn't technically "very famous," which is why he called his first stand-up special precisely that. "I try to keep the bar as low as humanly possible," says the comedian, who is perhaps not immediately recognized as the star of a number of short-lived TV shows, including The State, Stella, and Michael & Michael Have Issues (all co-starring Michael Showalter), as well as a regular talking head on VH1's I Love The... series. "I feel like I'm just proceeding at my normal pace of -- I don't want to say mediocrity, but I'll say it: Mediocrity." Jokes aside, the humbly funny Very Famous, premiering Saturday on Comedy Central, kicks off his autumn-long Black Is White tour and coincides with the tenth anniversary of Wet Hot American Summer, a movie from Black's resume that is probably more beloved now than when it was released.

June 13, 2011 – Name a song you've listened to in the past 24 hours. "Yonkers" by ?Tyler, the Creator. This single launched me into the world of Odd ?Future. I'm so fascinated. They're kids, man. What was the last concert you attended? I saw Sleigh Bells at the Hollywood Bowl, and I was really concerned their sound couldn't fill the space. They seem like they would have the most power in a smaller venue where they could sonically assault you. But they were amazing. Who would you like to portray in a rock biopic? There was a time when I was going to play Iggy Pop. It scared me then, and it scares me now. I would hate to be responsible for fucking that up, but I would still love to do it. What was the first album you bought with your own money? Prince's Batman soundtrack. That may not be the best offering from Prince, but I'm a huge fan. I took my mother to see him for Mother's Day.

May 17, 2011 – Aussie actress Rose Byrne, costar of 'Bridesmaids' and 'X-Men: First Class,' on the soundtrack to her life. What was the last concert you attended?I went to see the Kills at [Manhattan's] Don Hill's. Fuck, man, they went on so late. I was delirious by 2 A.M. They're very mysterious and messy, but the mess is weirdly polished. Name a band that a costar turned you on to. [X-Men's] Zoe Kravitz played the Black Keys in her trailer. I tried to go and buy the album. What happened to all the record stores in New York City? If you were to curate a festival, who would be on the bill? I'd open with Lucinda Williams and Ryan Adams, together. Then, I would get Prince and Beyoncé so everyone could cut loose and dance. And then I'd bring it home for a more spiritual ending with Radiohead. Speaking of, who comes after Radiohead on your iPod? The Rakes.

March 29, 2011 – Monday night's screening of Hit So Hard, a documentary chronicling the debilitating drug addiction of former Hole drummer Patty Schemel, began nostalgically with everyone waiting for Courtney Love to arrive. "We'll see if she shows up," said founding guitarist Eric Erlandson. "Patty will be disappointed if she isn't here to support her." For the first time in 13 years, all four members of the band's most classic line-up -- Love, Erlandson, Schemel, and bassist Melissa Auf der Maur -- were expected to "reunite" in the theater at New York City's Museum of Modern Art, although no one could agree on what, exactly, that meant.

March 13, 2011 – Simon Pegg, co-writer and star of the extraterrestrial buddy comedy 'Paul', on the soundtrack to his life Name an album that's guaranteed to get you laid.Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada. It's an ambient, candles-lit sort of thing. Whom would you want to portray in a rock biopic?I've always really liked Dave Grohl. During the Nirvana days, he was a charismatic personality, and obviously, that's come through since he formed the Foo Fighters. I don't for a second think that I have the chops to play him. I'm certainly not as ruggedly handsome or as good at drumming. What was the last concert you attended?Dan le sac vs. Scroobius Pip at the Koko [in London].

February 14, 2011 – Home sweet home: Hadley, MassachusettsExpect: Debt-dodging indie urchins boasting unlikely ghetto passMust hear: Sun Bronzed Greek Gods(Astralwerks/Burning Mill), out now "Every day, it's a struggle to get drunk," says Dom, 23-year-old frontman for the band of the same name. "We can't pay our rent, but we get food stamps. That's pretty awesome." The "we" in question are drummer Bobby, 23, bassist Erik, 23, and guitarist Cosmo, 26, who, with their similarly unkempt hair and blank stares around SPIN's conference room and refusal to provide surnames (Dom-the-singer prefers anonymity as he dodges hospital bills and college loans), do little to betray their slacker attitude.

February 11, 2011 – Anna Faris, costar of this month's Take Me Home Tonight, on the soundtrack to her life. Name a song that you've listened to in the past 24 hours?Best Coast's "Boyfriend." Isn't [Bethany Cosentino] supposed to be the coolest person in the world right now? What's the first album you bought with your own money?Whitney Houston. My first concert was supposed to be Whitney in Seattle, but I was doing a play that night. I was Scout in a production of To Kill a Mockingbird. That was probably my last dramatic role. If you were to portray someone in a rock biopic, who would it be?Karen O. I love the way she writhes onstage. Amy Winehouse would also be a blast and could lean towards the comedic. What was the last concert you attended?Grizzly Bear and Phoenix at the Hollywood Bowl. Take Me Home Tonight is named after Eddie Money's hit and set in the '80s.

February 10, 2011 – Home sweet home: Kent, OhioExpect: Black Keys-approved, smart-ass country-rock ingénueMust hear: Tell Me (Nonesuch), out now It's hilariously personal," says singer-songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield of her sophomore album, Tell Me, though the "hilarious" part is easy to miss: Mayfield's drowsy vocals are almost too tender to be this wry and too wry to belong to someone so young. Yet at 21, the home-schooled Ohio native is a seasoned veteran, having performed with her family's bluegrass band since she was eight. Each of the songs on this stunning collection -- produced, like her 2008 debut, by Black Keys singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach, who discovered her via MySpace when she was only 16 -- could out-maudlin Cat Power's Chan Marshall, though her nationwide tour, which includes a stop at South by Southwest in March, isn't likely to feature similar onstage meltdowns.