My star turn in Wiimbledon, the first-ever Nintendo Wii tennis tournament in Brooklyn.
Canadian singer-songwriter Feist goes mainstream on her third album, The Reminder
The quintessential video history of Conor Oberst, mastermind of Bright Eyes
The Future of Music: A piece where I predicted the rise of Spotify back in 2007.
Analyzing Britney Spears’ first No. 1 hit since “Baby One More Time”
Documenting the legendary rock band R.E.M. as they launch their final album
Common embraces old-school hip-hop on the Grammy-nominated Finding Forever
The history of NYC’s legendary CBGB and the efforts to save it
From the Flaming Lips and Arctic Monkeys to Morrissey and Wolfmother, this is SXSW 2006
R. Kelly allegedly got caught on a sex tape with an underage girl
Chicago emo-punks Fall Out Boy had a banner year in 2006
The definitive video history of SXSW, Austin’s annual music festival
Coverage of the first U.S. gig for Hypernova, rockers from Iran
English bands struggling to crack a star-spangled ceiling
Ruinedmusic.com, where the heartbroken vent about awkward music associations
A recap of celebrities gone wild in 2006, from Britney Spears to Mel Gibson
In this MTV News clip, I explain the genocide in Darfur, a region in Sudan
The Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled for same-sex civil unions