Denver's stately Ellie Caulkins Opera House hosted the kickoff of Death Cab for Cutie's intimate theater tour last night, beginning a 22-date jaunt that finds the indie-pop band collaborating with San Francisco's Magik*Magik Orchestra.
South by Southwest is right around the corner, and Coachella's already prepping its polo grounds for a two-weekend extravaganza, which means it's time to look forward to that third major warm-climate festival: Bonnaroo.
There are many award-worthy artists on the ballot this year -- even some not named Adele, Bruno, Nicki, or Katy. Here's who we think will grab the gold on Feb. 12 (and who would if we had our way).
LL Cool J talks to HLN's Showbiz Tonight about being the first person to host the Grammys in seven years.
You might think you have all the answers to the 2012 Grammys -- who's nominated, who's gonna win, who's gonna perform, who's gonna make awkward banter with LL Cool J, who's gonna make an overt pass at the newly single Katy Perry -- but trust us, there are still more questions than there are answers.
The online realm is replete with a vast cornucopia of information, just waiting to provide the hungry masses with nourishing nuggets of knowledge -- or (as in "The Hunger Games") scary-ass weapons of mass destruction.
Even though Kanye West walked off with the most Grammy nominations Wednesday night, the chatter backstage was all about Adele.
The biggest stars in music tell CNN how it feels to be nominated for the 54th annual Grammy Awards.
Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone discuss repeating success, where the band got its name and their childhoods.
TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone speak in soft, measured tones offstage. Onstage -- and on record -- their voices mesh in everything from punky shouts to doo-wop singalongs.
Fans of "Twilight" bring their sleeping bags and tents to camp out for the latest in the film series.
By now, the "Twilight" movies' soundtracks are their own micro-environments, nurturing new acts and extending the lives of old ones in an indie-centric bio-dome.
Nate Query is having what he calls a "Spinal Tap moment."
Inspired by the ocean, Colin Meloy and Nate Query talk about the Decemberists' new sound.
Grab your tent and your sunglasses -- the summer music festival season is upon us once again.
The Lollapalooza festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary this summer with a three-day event at Chicago's Grant Park on August 5-7th with headliners Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse and My Morning Jacket.
Whoever was working the smoke machine last night at the Music Box in Los Angeles waited until Paul Simon's second encore to turn the thing on.
Fans wandering through the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival this weekend will encounter an ambitious array of audiovisual installations created by bands including Arcade Fire, Animal Collective and Interpol.
It's 24 hours before Death Cab for Cutie shoots the video for its new single, "You Are a Tourist," and the mood on the set is tense. The following day, the indie rock quartet is attempting to shoot the first-ever scripted music video to be broadcast live as it's shot in a single take.
Death Cab for Cutie members say marriage helped them find a balance on their upcoming album, "Codes and Keys."
Fresh off their Grammy and Juno victories, Arcade Fire played a surprise show on Tuesday at the Hotel Oloffson in earthquake-battered Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
When the Flaming Lips took the stage toward the end of the annual Tibet House benefit show at Carnegie Hall last night, there were none of the mirror balls or laser beams that typically end a Lips show -- but the band had a different surprise in store. After a stunning take on rarely played "Soft Bulletin" track "Feeling You Disintegrate," frontman Wayne Coyne invited composer Philip Glass to the stage's grand piano. "We've been rehearsing with him all day," Coyne said. "And he's pretty f--ing cool."
Arcade Fire wins Album of the Year at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.
Arcade Fire manager Scott Rodger has responded to allegations by media mogul Steve Stoute and record industry gadfly Bob Lefsetz that the band closed out the Grammy Awards this year with a second performance because the Recording Academy knew the group would win the ceremony's final award for Album of the Year.
Christina Aguilera tumbled, Bob Dylan strained to be heard and Lady Gaga turned up in an egg costume -- just one of the many memorable moments from the 53rd annual Grammy Awards.
The country stars nab record and song of the year, while Arcade Fire earns album of the year
Cold War Kids take us on a tour of their creative center, a rehearsal space in San Pedro, California.
Nathan Willett from Cold War Kids throws open the French doors, steps onto the balcony of his band's rehearsal space and shows off the fabulous view of...a plumbing yard. Trucks and PVC pipes dot the property, and is that a toilet in the corner of the lot?
It's been almost a decade since Bright Eyes' "Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground," the epic 2002 album that established Conor Oberst as the pain-strumming poet of emo and the newest of the New Dylans.
Longtime friend and former girlfriend Jenny Lewis escorts the nominee
Arcade Fire and Cee Lo Green are among the other acts who will take the stage at the Staples Center
5. Arcade Fire, "We Used to Wait"
5. Jamey Johnson, "The Guitar Song" 1: What does Jamey Johnson keep under all of that hair? Songs. Nashville's gruffest and grittiest star turns out to be its most reliable traditionalist, a Music Row pro who can write a song for every emotional season. Johnson pulled out a whole slew of them -- 25, clocking in north of 105 minutes -- for his double-disc fourth album: acoustic confessions and rugged boogie blues, big weepers and grim reapers, cover tunes and novelty ditties, not to mention "California Riots" and "Playing the Part," a pair of fiercely funny, unrepentantly redneck swipes at the frou-frou blue states.
The marketing machine is not at the forefront of Corin Tucker's mind.
Weigh in on the major Grammy nominees before the Feb. 13 ceremony in L.A.
CNN's Denise Quan goes behind the scenes with the Grammy nominees.
IBM is trading at an all-time high. That's not a misprint.
Renee Fleming lowers her famed soprano voice to cover Muse's Endlessly and other indie-rock and pop songs on her new CD. She talks to CNNs Shanon Cook.
Renée Fleming's new album "Dark Hope" has found the light, having earned the operatic soprano a spot on the Billboard Top 200 chart for the first time.
In the early to mid-'90s, in the post-"Nevermind" glory days of rock, "alternative" became mainstream and teens and 20-somethings across the United States formed bands, looking for stardom.
The star-making series pulls in indie rock's heaviest hitters for the third CD
Tired of sleepy indie rock? Quasi might be your answer.
The Oscar-nominated actress is headed to New York for the April 24 show
Johannesburg's BLK JKS introduce us to their indie-rock sound.
The Best New Artist Grammy nominees aren't afraid to say no to Jay-Z or take on a foreign power
They may be nominated for a Grammy as best new artists, but the band paid their dues
The name "Vampire Weekend" describes the band perfectly: distinctive and eccentric.
Vampire Weekend talks to CNN about their sophomore album and how they came up with their band's unusual name.
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