Altsounds — With influences from Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Glass, to their peers such as Arcade Fire, Daft Punk, and Sufjan Stevens, the eleven piece orchestral rock band, Emanuel And The Fear, create extravagant and climactic, intelligent and complex arrangeme... more info

MTV.com News — Celebrities take to Twitter to remember the late author of the classic 'The Catcher in the Rye.'By Josh Wigler J.D. Salinger in 1951 Photo: Evening Standard/Getty Images The death of author J.D. Salinger has prompted emotional reactions fr... more info

Dlisted — Keebler cookies will not taste as sweet today thanks to this sad picture of the sad tiny nugget (copyright: Chelsea Handler) known as Gary Coleman leaving the jail house in a wheelchair. Gary was arrested this past weekend and charged with domestic a... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonMuhly, who shared conducting duties with Nicholas Collon, had planned the programme, framing four of his own works with pieces by the two composers who perhaps have influenced him more than any others: Philip Glass (the solo-piano H... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- This month, January 26, 2010, Gentle Giant gets the re-release on three CDs: In A Glass House (originally released 1973), Free Hand (1975) and The Power & The Glory (1974) on their own Alucard label (via EMI Music's... more info

Guardian Music — As they await their big break, today's young artists are having to make ends meet with day jobs. How are they coping?How does the average ­artist make a living? If you're Damien Hirst, of course, you need only flog a couple of sharks in formaldehy... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about songs that give you the shivers. This time we want tracks about famous people from the pastThe last week has been a sombre one, unavoidably so. It was touching too though, an example of why RR is a real community and one with ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-15 Los Angeles, CA - Largo03-25 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater 03-27 Savannah, GA - Savannah Music Festival 03-29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 03-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 04-15 Pomona, CA - The Glass House04-16 Indio, CA - Coachella ... more info

Live Daily — Experimental alt-rock outfit Portugal. The Man [ tickets ] has worked up a late-winter/early spring tour of North America as the group continues to back a pair of 2009 studio sets and a forthcoming new album, "American Ghetto." The new round of da... more info

Live Daily — Following a month-long European run, indie songstress Kaki King [ tickets ] will take on the US this spring as she continues touring behind last year's EP, "Mexican Teenagers." The Brooklyn-based guitarist/singer/songwriter will begin the 27-city ... more info