Explosions in the Sky might make you swoon but when it comes to real fireworks these songs got the gusto. And by that I mean they really like the word "boom." Stay safe with them those there fireworks and don't fall for the old hold-this-roman-candle-I-just-quick-have-to-send-a-text maneuver. Happy 4th of July!! more ›

In a few hours, the Year of the Rabbit will be back-kicking its way into 2011 with all the hippity hoppity hooliganism and excessive mating that the name suggests. While you still can, check out what you may have missed during the Year of the (Eye of the) Tiger. more ›

"It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring..." Wake him up, and wake yourself up, with these videos--mostly of the cheesy flashback variety--where rain reigns as motif supreme...and leads to lusting, contemplating, navel-gazing, and, thankfully, dancing. We apologize in advance for causing any hard-to-dislodge earworms. Blame it on the rain! more ›

Before the Halloween candy bins are even broken down, retailers start to set up the Christmas trees and trimmings in their fluorescent-lit aisles. Yesterday, one more sign of the impending holiday blitz, and our society's possible insanity: KOST-FM has gone to their all-holiday music programming already. Franklin Avenue caught the flip: "The switch happened on Thursday mid-morning, with Barry Manilow's "White Christmas," which is apparently a station tradition. (Why? I dunno.)" Ready or not, it's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas. Any early picks for what song in KOST's holiday rotation you'll grow tired of the fastest? Or which holiday song never fails to give you the warm fuzzies? more ›

Arcadia High School doesn't want to mess around when it comes to, well, songs that reference all kinds of messing around. Songs that are in heavy rotation right now on the radio and on the iPods of many high schoolers include ones that "glorify prostitution, casual sex, and inspire some major bumping and grinding on the dance floor," explains MomLogic. more ›

Coldplay will be in town this weekend and are scheduled to perform live at the Grammys, Sunday night at Staples Center. But the Brit band might get hit with something besides a round of applause. Guitarist Joe Satriani, who believes the band lifted the melody of their mega-hit (aka overplayed snoozefest) "Viva la Vida" from his nowhere-near-a-hit "If I Could Fly," is prepped to serve them with legal papers, and has a team willing to trail the boys in the band around all weekend because "the Grammys are the easiest forum at which to strike while the iron is hot," reports Fox News. Apparently Coldplay has dodged the servers, so Satriani's legal eagles want to pounce--ideally when the cameras are rolling, giving viewers one reason to tune in to another televised entertainment industry circle jerk. [h/t: Daily Swarm] more ›

Up in San Francisco at MacWorld today (SFist coverage here), Apple Computers announced a slew of new fun Mac toys, but one of the big news hitting pertinent to the music industry is the pricing change. Executive Phil Schiller said iTunes songs would come in three pricing tiers: 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. Record companies will choose the prices, which marks a significant change, since Apple previously made all songs sell for 99 cents. more ›

Silver Jews is coming to town. On just the second tour of a 20-year career, DC Berman and his familial touring band will visit LA tonight behind its sixth recording, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea. more ›

Everyone's a songwriter when there's something big going on. YouTube is busting at the seams with song parodies of candidates and campaigns; some mourn for better choices, some simply sing their support, and some poke lots of fun at the candidates' foibles. more ›