• 7 Classic Albums That Are Way Too Long: The Notorious B.I.G., Fleetwood Mac, and more

    An album should ideally be no longer than 50 minutes, but artists regularly push this boundary and give us albums that are well over an hour long. There are some instances where this works (somehow, all two hours of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is worth hearing), but most of the time, these albums are simply too long. Here are seven classic albums that should have been much shorter.

  • Seven great movie scores by rock musicians: Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, and more

    Since Hollywood always seems desperate to get people to go to the movies, it’s strange that they wouldn’t hire popular musicians to score their films more often, as that could draw in a completely different group of people that otherwise wouldn’t care about a particular film. I’m sure there are plenty of Nine Inch Nails fans who are anticipating David Fincher’s Gone Girl simply because Trent Reznor co-wrote the score. Here are seven other rock (and alternative) musicians who wrote excellent film scores.

  • The Decemberists, Yo La Tengo, Jeff Tweedy and more to appear on 'Parks and Recreation'

    In the current season of Parks and Recreation, Amy Poehler's character (Leslie Knope) is working on a unity concert in an attempt to mend relations with the newly merged towns of Pawnee and Eagleton. According to The AV Club (via Consequence of Sound), the show's season finale (airing April 24) will feature several notable musicians performing the concert as members of fictional bands. Wilco's Jeff Tweedy has been cast as well as The Decemberists and Yo La Tengo.
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