Pop Justice — The other day we received an envelope containing a Shayne Ward album sampler. Album samplers send to be four or five songs long. Sometimes they are longer in order to include all the great 'trax' on offer. On this occasion, the magic number is three.... more info

Guardian Music — PICK OF THE WEEK Zola Jesus I Can't Stand (Souterrain Transmissions) If seems unlikely that anyone feeling unlucky in love would turn to forbidding goth siren Zola Jesus – a woman who looks as if she spends half her waking life as a bat and keeps t... more info

Idolator — Lady Antebellum’s serious and somber clip for their single “Hello World” joins the ever-growing list of music videos featuring car crashes – Nickelback’s “Someday“, Coldplay’s “The Scientist“, Adele’s “Chasing Pavements” and... more info

Metalsucks — We’ve gotten a lot of e-mails these past few days about My Darkest Days’ video for “Porn Star Dancing.” I don’t know why the sudden interest in this clip — it’s been around for weeks, we just never posted about it before. In any case, t... more info

Mjsbigblog — Read mozart4898’s detailed recap of last night’s Idols Live concert in Toledo OH *** So, after several months of the season, and a couple months more of tour, I was lucky enough to get to attend the American Idols Live 2010 conc... more info

Guardian Music — (Polydor)After being crowned as the face of Madonna and Lourdes's new fashion range, 17-year-old Gossip Girl Taylor Momsen turns her attention to rock stardom. Momsen sure can sing, but the album is unconvincing; an accomplished if uninteresting blen... more info

Unreality Music — What is the point in that little blippy bit at the beginning of this song? Hmm… anyhoo, shall we crack on? Songs that complain about stardom are built upon the foundations of a rather large... more info

Metalsucks — I’m a hypocrite. I give bands like Linkin Park and Nickelback shit for basically writing the same album over and over and over again, but I don’t have a problem  (or at least have less of a problem) with bands like Slayer, Children of Bodom, and... more info

MTV.com News — Their #1 album and Lollapalooza-closing set solidified their position atop the rock heap, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery Win Butler of The Arcade Fire performs at Lollapalooza Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/ Getty Images On Wednesday... more info

MTV.com News — Ludacris, Eve, Ashanti, Dixie Chicks have also dealt with the issue in their clips.By Gil Kaufman Rihanna in Eminem's "The Way You Lie" music video Photo: Danny Mayer/ Eric Ford/ On Location Photos The shocking images of domestic violence i... more info