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American Idol Finalists

An admission: I haven't been into American Idol for a while. I was on board during the first season and continue to support my girl Kelly Clarkson... but since then, my interest has waned...

Your 'Getting Ready' Playlist

Now that she's coached you through writing final papers, here's a fun playlist from amazing intern Allison, just in time for spring and summer nights out:: "Now that I am officially done with finals,...

Get Yoav on your Radar

I've been meaning to write about eclectic singer-songwriter Yoav for a while& and last week when I was watching "One Tree Hill" (guilty pleasure -- if anyone wants to dissect the relationship of Peyton...

Girls Rock!

Hayley Williams, from Franklin, Tennesseeâ¿¿s Paramore, is most certainly a girl who rocks. (Donâ¿¿t you agree?) I asked the feisty frontwoman to give me her list of top femme-fronted bands and hereâ¿¿s what she...

500 Songs for Kids

One of the most amazing charities I've encountered in my time at Teen Vogue--and editing the 'Giving Back' column, I see a lot--is the Songs for Kids Foundation, started by Josh Rifkind. Josh, when not...

Songs for Studying

I am honored to introduce you to Allison, my amazing features intern. Allison has been at Teen Vogue for two semesters and she absolutely rocks. Today, she's guest-Music-blogging about her method for getting through...

Band crushes

I tend to get band crushes--do you? My crushes consist of listening almost exclusively the one band for weeks at a time. I've been having some concurrant crushes happening in the past few months,...

Out now!

Out today is the fourth album from Manchester band, Elbow. It's called The Seldom Seen Kid and it's definitely grand. The members of Elbow have always been about big, sweeping, risk-taking sounds. It is that...

Five Times August tunes in

Austin, Texas' Five Times August (AKA Brad Skistimas) knows a lot about TV. His smooth pop songs (like "It's Not Over" and "Better With You") have been on The Real World, Laguna Beach, One...

Postcards from the Hotel Café Tour: Part Two

Cary Brothers, ringleader of the Hotel Café Tour, has been taking candid shots of his tourmates (including Ingrid Michaelson, Sara Bareilles, Joshua Radin, Dan Wilson, and Meiko, among others) for us since the start...

Coming Soon! Santogold.

A few months ago, I got to interview Santi White for my May MusicBlogger column. (On stands now. Or, at the very least: soon.) Santi sings under 'Santogold'--a nickname she got in high school...

Rooney goes Retro

Last week, I was in American Eagle, returning a weirdly-fitting dress and I saw something behind the register that completely pulled me out of my return-related grumpiness. It was a Rooney video. Nothing makes...

Notes from the Road: Ferras and A Fine Frenzy wrap up in Atlanta

The final installment of the Ferras/A Fine Frenzy tour report has the two talents checking in from a recent stop in Atlanta. Without further ado… Ferras: "Atlanta was awesome!!! We started off the day...

Leona Lewis talks Shop

The lovely Leona Lewis, whose US debut album Spirit comes out April 8th (on J/Syco) checked in from the road with a list of her favorite places to shop in both London and LA....

When concerts go wrong...

I don't have an April fools trick for everyone& but I can present a guest-blog from one of the funniest girls I know: Sloane Crosley! Sloane just wrote a book, I Was Told There'd be...

Postcards from the Hotel Café Tour

A Fine Frenzy and Ferras aren't our only friendly road warriors checking in with their cross-country adventures. The amazing Cary Brothers leading the Hotel Café Tour, which kicked off at the start of March....

Notes from the Road: A Fine Frenzy and Ferras take Boston

The A Fine Frenzy/Ferras tour bus is still rolling& This week, Alison Sudol and Ferras check in from Boston: Alison: "When we got to Boston, Jesse and I went out looking for the basics: food...

Coming soon!

One of the absolute best perks about covering music is getting to hear albums early. After a bit of a dry spell, I've gotten some really amazing albums the past few weeks that I...

Kate Voegele talks One Tree Hill

I donâ¿¿t know about you, but one of my guilty TV pleasures is One Tree Hill. I watched it the first few seasons and then kind of fell off in season three. But this...

Cobra Starship's personal VMA's

A few months back, the rowdy gang Cobra Starship stopped by my office to tell me all about their new album, Viva la Cobra. And after talking about the music, the...