Black Box

Most pop stars wait until the end of their shows to release glittering colored paper over the heads of the audience; Beyoncé did it 20 minutes into hers. Read More

Back in the 1980s, the New Music Seminar was a major alternative-music convention in New York, an annual bash that drew more than 6,000 people and, in the days before the Internet, let talent scouts for record labels get a look at hundreds of emerging bands at dozens of nightclubs. Read More

Anyone already familiar with alt-poppers Bear Driver will know their debut album hasn't come easy. Read More

Two of cable's most successful brands are once again paving the way to the future with a bold, industry-leading strategy. Read More

Time once again for a musical journey 'round the globe with the Music Alliance Pact. Quick Before It Melts joins over 30 other international music blogs to bring you the best their country has to offer each month, then posts the whole she-bang on each others' site for all to enjoy. Read More

Keith Buckley ( Every Time I Die ) wrote a tribute to Adam "MCA" Yauch. Read More

May Day in Berlin turned out to be relatively calm: only 117 injured police and 119 arrests. Read More

The 105 th annual Bethlehem Bach Festival gets under way this afternoon with a lecture at Zoellner Arts Center and two concerts of Bach Cantata's at the historic Packer Memorial Church on Lehigh University 's campus. Read More

ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER MacArthur Park, East Ninth and Commerce streets. Read More

Spun off from Justin.tv and launched little more than a year ago, Socialcam is a social video app that gives users a ridiculously easy way to shoot a video, upload it to the app's niche-focused community and then share it to other social sites if they'd like. Read More