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DJ Earworm created a mash-up of the top 25 hits of 2009 that’s making the rounds. If you haven’t already watched it, you can do it here. It’s very catchy! Enjoy, and HAPPY NEW YEAR! 0

In this episode, Seattle’s Ehren Ebbage shares the story behind his song, “Snakes.” Almost all of my songs are written with at least one degree of separation; a real life experience inspires an idea but the names and dates are changed to protect identities, so to speak. Snakes is one of the few that are [...]

In this episode, Portland, Oregon’s The Dimes share the story behind their song, “Paul Kern Can’t Sleep.” (As told by lead singer, Johnny Clay.) “Paul Kern Can’t Sleep” is the story of a WWI vet who was shot in the head in battle. Doctors were able to save him, but the bullet struck the part [...]

Vic Chesnutt, discovered by REM’s Michael Stipe and regarded with respect by many of the biggest names in the music industry, passed on on Christmas Day from a drug overdose. It isn’t yet known if it was accidental or deliberate. (From the full article at RollingStone.com)Neutral Milk Hotel’s reclusive Jeff Mangum released a statement that [...]

Billboard’s got some amazing year-end round-ups right now, and looking at them inspired us to see what else was out there. It turned out that everyone is doing it, so why shouldn’t we? In the spirit of comprehensive coverage, here are the Top 10 Top 10s for music in 2009: Billboard’s round-up of round-ups. Charts, [...]

So either you’ve had a lovely Christmas and now you’re cruising the Internet looking for something to do in the wake of eating and exchanging gifts, or you don’t celebrate Christmas and can only eat so much Chinese food and see so many movies. However you spent your day today, you’re here now and you [...]

While tearing up at an old episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition on CMT, I caught an ad for The Singing Bee that had nothing to do with Mario Lopez Joey Fatone and made an appeal to the viewer to preserve the integrity of song lyrics by watching and participating in the show. It got [...]

Brittany Murphy, one of the stars of the 90′s teen classic Clueless and ex-girlfriend of Ashton Kutcher, died this morning from cardiac arrest. According to Yahoo’s OMG: “A Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman told Access (Hollywood) that they responded to a 911 call made from the 1800 block of N. Rising Glen Road — the [...]

In this episode, These United States, from Washington, DC, and Lexington, KY, share the story behind their song, “The Important Thing.” (As told by lead singer, Jesse Elliott.) This is the most straightforward song I’ve ever written. I couldn’t say exactly what it’s about. A lotta people assume it’s Love. Just as many have asked [...]

In this episode, Oregon’s “The Comforters” share the story behind their song, “Lazy Sundays.” I would love to be able to say that when the muse strikes, I just have to get out of the way, that I’m merely a conduit for the song to get out. The truth is, I’m more like that annoying [...]

You’ve probably seen the now-famous image above and others documenting Kevin Federline’s transition from “K-Fed” to “K-Fat,” but with the help of Celebrity Fit Club on VH1, he’s really slimmed down. According to Yahoo’s OMG, “Most of that fat is apparently in the past now: Federline has reportedly lost 50 pounds as a contestant on [...]

In this episode, Seattle’s “The Soft Hills” share the story behind their song, “Molten Change.” Molten Change consists of two parts: A and B. In part A there are several layers of experience juxtaposed together, happening all in the mind of a man named, Ashely. The story begins with Ashely peering into his psychic landscape [...]

Susan Boyle, the big winner of “Britain’s Got Talent” who’s taken YouTube by storm with the video of her first performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” from “Les Miserables,” is celebrating the success of her first album, “I Dreamed a Dream.” According to Billboard: This past week, Boyle’s “Dream” held on to the No. 1 [...]

Carrie Underwood’s “Cowboy Cassanova” warns the ladies against a troublesome cowboy, but she’s definitely not the first girl (or cowgirl) to fall in love and get burned. Here are some other tales of love gone wrong from some formidable female singers… 1. Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight.” This classic heartbreaker about a woman who spends [...]

While watching a re-run of VH1′s “100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs” today, Queen Latifah’s “Ladies First” really stood out to me. Her current CoverGirl look (see above) is a pretty dramatic shift from where she was when All Hail The Queen came out in 1988. She’ll be hosting the People’s Choice Awards again in January, [...]

Devendra Banhart’s new album, “What Will We Be,” came out last week, and Stereogum is offering a free stream of samples from it. If you’re new to Devendra, you might remember him as having dated Natalie Portman and featured her in the video to his trippy song, Carmencita. Here’s the video for Carmencita, which is [...]

In this episode, Swedish almost-legends Spärhusen share the story behind their song, “Apples & Fish.” Also featured is a video of the band performing the song live at the premiere of season two of Illeana Douglas’ Ikea-based Web series, Easy to Assemble, which features the music of Spärhusen and celebrities like Justine Bateman! Sparhusen was [...]

Today it’s officially December, and you know what that means: crazy holiday sales, commercials for products you’ve never heard of before but think you might need, and tons of holiday-timed albums on the shelves. Although record labels are pushing out albums in all genres to sync with gift-buying, the holiday albums you’ll see this month [...]