Carrie Brownstein

Fred is the crazy record collector that we all know and love (or hate).

The final season of Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen’s IFC show Portlandia premieres on January 18. Every season features guest appearances by impressive musicians, and some of the Season 8 guests have been revealed…

There hasn’t been a new season of Curb since 2011 — it returns in October on HBO.

Plus: Chance the Rapper, Aziz Ansari, Common, Riz Ahmed, Snoop (and Martha Stewart), Portlandia, and more nominations.

Jane’s Addiction, Jimmy Page, St. Vincent, Elton John, Laura Jane Grace, Anthrax, Devin Townsend, Dillinger Escape Plan, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Q-Tip, Joe Russo, Ozzy Osbourne, and more react to Chris Cornell’s death.

Quasi (aka Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss) have put together a new compilation protest album called Battle Hymns that features tons of exciting guests. It’s a pay-what-you-want download, and proceeds benefit Planned Parenthood, ACLU, and 350.org.

The Fred Armisen-hosted ‘SNL’ finale also featured Larry David, a new Lonely Island digital short, Maya Rudolph…plus watch a web-exclusive with Paul Simon

From Death By Audio to Home Box Office, from ‘Gilmore Girls’ to ‘Game of Thrones,’ here are some indie rock musicians who showed up in popular TV shows.

Also: Paul McCartney, Marc Almond, Carrie Brownstein, Questlove, The Mountain Goats, Nikki Sixx, Nigel Godrich, Chaka Khan, and more

NPR’s All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts host and unflagging show-goer Bob Boilen has a new book coming out, titled Your Song Changed My Life, where he talks with 35 musicians about the music that inspired them. Artists interviewed for the book include Jimmy Page, St. Vincent, Jónsi of Sigur Rós, Justin Vernon, Cat Power, David Byrne, Dave Grohl, […]