The indie music hipsters at Pitchfork are taking a look back at the decade that was, through popular music. They have also compiled a list of the decade's Top 500 songs, Top 50 music videos, and musicians have their say.
Last week the internet was abuzz with the heartfelt story of a rapper getting her PhD paid for by Warner Music, thanks to a forgotten contract clause. However, Slate have debunked the story as a pack of lies.
It's a dramatic story, fit for the stage. On closing night of Opera Australia's Fidelio, the lead is ill and the understudy interstate. Luckily, an opera diva steps in, saving the performance and possibly the boss's job.
Forty years after his death, police are reopening the investigation into the death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, with new evidence unearthed by the Daily Mail suggesting foul play may have been afoot. Can they get some satisfaction?
Following weeks of rehearsals, 13,957 people in Mexico have broken the world record for the most people dancing Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' dance.
Rolling Stone put together the story of the Beatles' breakup, told through snippets of old photos and interviews with Paul McCartney and John Lennonand. It wasn't all Yoko's fault...
This decade will go down in music history, not for the tunes created but for the technological changes. Mp3s have reaffirmed that the music industry is about more than just capitalism, writes Eric Harvey.
Tim Dunlop chats to Sydney singer Genevieve Maynard about her band, the Tallboys, new album The Hollow Way, being too old for Triple J and the joys of Twitter.
A coroner has ruled Michael Jackson's death as a homicide. Read the search warrant and affidavit for the offices of the singer's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, which states the singer died with "lethal levels" of the powerful anesthetic Propofol in his system.
What are music shops looking like in the Big Apple? Well, stuff the music shops, it's the Apple store that's getting all the traffic...
