Big Apple Music Scene — Have you ever watched Carrie Prejean or Miss North Carolina bumble up on the pageant stage and thought, "Well, I could do better than that?" New York has a long tradition of "beauty" contests, even though many of them ("Miss Coney Island," "Miss Will... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Morning Benders @ Emo's in Austin (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * Real Estate @ PS1 * Narrows @ Cake Shop * Earth Day @ Grand Central * Mike Doughty @ (le) Poisson Rouge * Kings Go Forth... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Grace Potter played a short 15 minute set in an even shorter shiny purple dress in the middle of Times Square in honor of Earth Day this morning (they went on around 11:30am). The Earth Day festivities continue as... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Stella Connelly "Little 7 yr. old Stella Connelly with the help of songwriter performer "Hoop the Last Folk Singer" is sending an important message to everyone this Earth Day 2010. Earth day is every day! The message is passed along... more info

AOL Music — (April 12) -- Manhattan's busy subway stations at Grand Central Terminal and Times Square were to be the sites of a foiled al-Qaida "martyrdom" operation around the Sept. 11 anniversary last year that called for rush-hour bombings aboard packed train... more info

Pitchfork — This spring, the indie classes of 2009 and 2010 join forces. During the early winter months of those years, both the Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Surfer Blood released really sunny albums full of melodic zip, and now they're going on tour togethe... more info

MTV.com News — Producer also talks about the possibility of reuniting with Jay-Z.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Adam Stewart and Akshay Bhansali Eminem Photo: Universal It seems like the only time Just Blaze isn't in the sky these days is w... more info

MTV.com News — 'It was very important for me to have one show where I could do an official dedication' to AM, A-Trak says.By MTV News staff, with reporting by Akshay Bhansali DJ A-Trak Photo: MTV News MIAMI — On Thursday night, Travis Barker, A-Trak, Li... more info

Pop Crunch — American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi is throwing her support behind her father’s bid to become the newest U.S. Senator from New York. Former Republican congressman Joe DioGuardi, 69, is expected to formally throw his hat into the ring in Grand Centra... more info

Mjsbigblog — Kara ‘Idol’-izes former GOP congressman dad “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi thinks her father, a former GOP congressman from Westchester County, will beat the competition for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s seat. Joe DioGuardi, 69, is expec... more info