Perez Hilton — Congratulations! On Sunday, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' lead singer Karen O took to Instagram to confirm that she and her husband Barnaby Clay had welcomed a baby boy into the world. LOVES it! Related: You Won't Believe How SMALL Coco Austin's Baby Bump Is ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Karen wrote on Facebook:Shortly after we brought him home I held him in my arms and listened to Roberta Flack singing this tune I felt my heart exploding in my chest with a love... more info

Stereogum — Karen O is now a mother. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman and her husband, director Barnaby Clay, just welcomed their first child into the world, a brand new baby boy. Tonight, Karen posted this very cute pic along with a short note on Instagram: Short... more info

Stereogum — Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O released her skeletal acoustic solo album Crush Songs last year, and she’s made videos for its songs “Ooo” and “Day Go By.” And as Pitchfork points out, director Asli Baykal has just made a new clip for �... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek has reactivated his Maximum Balloon solo project for a second album due out at some point on his Federal Prism label. (Maximum Balloon's debut came out in 2010.) No details beyond that it's... more info

Stereogum — Master producer Dave Sitek’s solo project Maximum Balloon has laid dormant since the release of their self-titled debut back in 2010, but he’s revived it with a new single and the promise of a new album. “Let It Grow” brings back Karen O and ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In the world of muckraking journalism, Nellie Bly is the equivalent of the computer science pioneer Ada Lovelace -- a woman who helped invent her craft, and who did it better than the men who achieved more fame for similar work decades and centurie... more info

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Stereogum — Karen O wrote an original song for today’s Google Doodle honoring the 151st birthday of groundbreaking investigative journalist Nellie Bly. Most of the song is concerned with chronicling Bly’s 72-day trip around the world in emulation of Jules Ve... more info

Stereogum — Over the weekend, the late Lou Reed was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame alongside Green Day, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bill Withers, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Patti Smith introduced Reed, and his widow, ... more info