Ray Padgett

Punk rock has long been the soundtrack of frustrated adolescence, but even the brattiest of genres must grow up eventually. L.A. punk fans celebrated a…

Didn't get tickets to Jay-Z's secret show Wednesday, or his 9/11 benefit tonight? Well Hova is giving you a third chance to see him in…

It's fitting that Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson made their live performance debut last night on French television. After all, Yorn recently said that Parisian…

London-based electronica duo Zero 7 may have lost vocalist-turned-solo-star Sia two years ago, but they have found a worthy replacement: Brit folk singer Martha Tilston.

Recently SPIN declared the Avett Brothers a "Breaking Out" artist after hearing the southern trio's modern revitalization of traditional folk and bluegrass sounds.Their banjo beat…

Listen up, ladies. 50 Cent is generously offering a "Baby By Me" in his latest song.

Florida punks Against Me! are hard at work on their follow-up to 2007's career-making album New Wave -- we named it our album of the…

MGMT are out in full force on Kid Cudi's latest single, "Pursuit of Happiness." Listen below.

Jay-Z announced 21 dates of a fall tour that takes him to arenas and college campuses throughout the United States and Canada, with more stops…

Here's the strangest music news to hit the Internet this week:…

After more than two months of star-studded tribute galas, homicide investigations, and ghost sightings, Michael Jackson was finally laid to rest at 9:43 P.M. PST…

Radiohead may never release another full-length album, but that certainly isn't stopping frontman Thom Yorke from dropping plenty of new material. On his band's website…

The Blueprint 3 hasn't even hit shelves yet -- wait 'til next Friday for that -- but Jay-Z is already hard at work on his…

DJ AM, a.k.a. Adam Goldstein, had eight undigested OxyContin pills in his stomach, and a ninth in his mouth, when police discovered his body August…

It makes sense that a rapper who goes by The Game should be an avid video gamer. His love for long-running basketball franchise NBA2K, in…