OutKast's new double album is a critic's dream -- a self-indulgent but thrilling mixture of Southern funk, indie rock and art music.

It’s not clear who that is exactly — but it means the Justice Department won’t be doing anything important

When musical opposites attract, great things can happen. Also, weird things

Amid a messy $200 million dispute with Sony, Michael Jackson adopts temporary blackness and summons Al Sharpton to his cause. But racism hasn't torpedoed your career, Michael: Your music sucks.

When I first played Faust for my classmates they reacted with laughter -- then anger that such music even existed

Young died peacefully, surrounded by his family, after living with dementia for several years

After being found in cardiac arrest, Tom Petty has been taken off life support, sources say

I love a salad, but I do not want a whole salad on my sandwich

Drake became the most overexposed man in music this year, reaching a saturation point reminiscent of early Beatles

"The schools were just canceled out here in California, which is way overkill," Nunes says

The awards remain clueless about metal, R&B and Americana -- but amazingly, it's hard to argue with the major picks

The post-punk band that exploded out of the New York scene in 2002 is still going strong with "Marauder"

Zip it, Chuck Klosterman! Rock critics want you to reexamine the much-hated band. Don't -- they're still loathsome

Boney M: Still thumping the dance floor in the subcontinent.