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In its relatively short tenure, The Moody Theater has hosted its share of legends (current and future), and Wednesday night was no exception with the amazing Diana Ross gracing the downtown stage…

Madonna @ MSG (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) According to Billboard….

One of the most random SXSW showcases this year was Billboard’s, which featured an opening set by rising indie stars Polica (who also played Hotel Vegan on Friday, and who Pitchfork acknowledged for the very first time today), hip hop singer-sonwriter, producer The-Game (who also played the Pitchfork official showcase), and…

Weird but true (and awesome)… Billboard reports:Hello, Austin. We have what you’re looking for. Lionel Richie, whose timeless hits include “Easy and “Endless Love,” will headline Billboard’s annual showcase at South by Southwest’s Music Festival on March 14 at Austin’s ACL Live…

Billboard has named HoZac, Drag City, Kranky, and Jagjaguwar in its top 50 independent US labels list. Check out a blurb about each, directly below…

Viscous blue light drowned the stage as the highly anticipated headliner, The Rosebuds, captured attention and hearts with “Go Ahead”, an indie-rock summer anthem, plagued with melancholy, but overflowing in beauty…

“With Soundgarden grinding out giant slabs of sludgy metal on one end of Grant Park in Chicago, Arcade Fire closed out Lollapalooza with an epic batch of songs from their three critically-acclaimed albums…

The National @ The High Violet Annex (more by David Andrako)Combine the downward trend of album sales with a week of no major releases and what do you get…

New York band Vampire Weekend sees its sophomore set “Contra” debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 124,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan…

Moby @ Issue Project Room benefit 4/24 (more by Toby Tenenbaum)How’s it going? The album just came out and it would be #1 euro charts if not for michael jackson re-releases…