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What do Gorillaz, Raphael Saadiq, and TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek have in common? They've all collaborated with Sweden's Little Dragon. How did these stylish and seductive electro-poppers become so in demand?

From Friday Lights to Wednesday night at Radio City Music Hall-here's how Austin, Texas' finest instrumental-rock quarter blew up. Plus: The greatest moments in wordless rock.

With Jack and Meg White in the rearview, it's now safe to call Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince rock's most compelling duo with a mysterious past. And with their irresistible new album, they might not remain mysterious much longer.

Taints, glory holes, and burn victims-everything was fair game on TV's funniest-ever sketch series. Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Jack Black, Sarah Silverman, and Patton Oswalt, among many others, tell the uproarious tale.

Classic horror scores spook a new generation of electronic musicians

L.A. rap collective howl at the moon

Let's put it this way: Dance-punk impresario (and aspiring hotelier) James Murphy is more ready to say goodbye to his band than we are.

The hardest-working blues brothers in show business finally get the recognition they deserve. From everyone but the local trophy engraver.

When the indie label behind seminal records by Pavement, Guided by Voices, and Belle and Sebastian celebrated its coming-of-drinking-age with a weekend blowout in Las Vegas, we were (more or less) first in line. And we've got the exclusive, behind-the-scenes photo gallery to prove it

Goodbye, cancer allegories and existential gloom. Hello, ray-gun shoot-outs with Day Glo vampires. How My Chemical Romance scrapped their album, lost their drummer, and ended up turning those frowns upside down