“Music” on The Daily Caller

Ten years ago, Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot came out, an album that The Atlantic‘s Spencer Kornhaber is calling “the best rock record of the new millennium” in this piece, which burns a little too hotly in its adoration of the alternative-rock band. No doubt about it, the album was a milestone for Wilco, which formed in 1994 from the remaining members of the band Uncle Tupelo. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the band’s bestselling album to date, was not only a commercial success, reaching 13 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, but the critics loved it. Rolling Stone, for instance, ranked it number three on its list of top albums for the 2000s — high praise for a record that was initially rejected by Wilco’s original recording label, Reprise Records. (more)

I once had a dog that bit Scott “Wino” Weinrich. (more)

CHICAGO (AP) — Young people want their music, TV and movies now — even if it means they get these things illegally. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna’s not finished with stadiums. (more)

If you’re a conservative or tea partier or libertarian or war veteran who lies awake at night wondering why there’s no band out there that really understands you, The Daily Caller has you covered. (more)

If you’ve ever tried listening to music on a web site, you’ve probably had the experience of waiting … and waiting … for a song to start. (more)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Digital music service Spotify arrived in the United States on Thursday, aiming its addictive, free song service at American listeners in the hope that they will then pay for more features, just as nearly 2 million have done in Europe. (more)

It’s time to abolish country music. Just ban it outright. It has become a toxin in American culture, retarding the cerebellum of the body politic. (more)

“Run the World (Girls),” the new single by superstar Beyonce, is the worst pop song of all time. More toxic than Rebecca Black’s “Friday,” insipid enough to make Paul Anka’s “She’s Having my Baby” look like Mozart, the song is a greater threat to America’s reputation in the world than the recession, Weinergate and Abu Ghraib combined. Upon hearing it, or rather being battered by it, one is left wondering if popular music can ever recover. It is so aggressively awful it threatens to become a black hole that sucks better pop music into its dark vortex. (more)

In its long history of empowering nuisances that shatter civility, the ACLU has chalked up another victory. (more)

LimeWire has finally agreed to pay $105 million for promoting illegal filesharing after a protracted five-year legal battle with record execs. (more)

The White House has more than 132 rooms, but it isn’t the world’s largest home for a head of state. The Jefferson Memorial’s dome is majestic, but it’s average-sized. The escalator at the Wheaton Metro stop in suburban Washington may not be famous, but unlike the White House or the Jefferson Memorial, it does boast a superlative — it’s the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere. (more)

Hollywood beauty Jennifer Lopez recently snagged the 22nd annual “World’s Most Beautiful” cover spot, and the singing superstar said she was “happy and proud” after the initial shock wore off. (more)

Newsflash: the music industry is struggling due to online theft. Okay, that’s not news. It has been going on for years as billions of our songs have been stolen online. So you can imagine that songwriters and musicians from Nashville to Los Angeles and everywhere in between are suspicious of government regulations that not only harm our ability to protect our songs from online theft but jeopardize our ability to create new opportunities that will save jobs in an industry that was already facing enormous hardships. (more)

After weeks of speculation, Nicki Minaj has at last been confirmed as the replacement for Enrique Iglesias on Britney Spears’ upcoming Femme Fatale tour. (more)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Taylor Swift might not be able to count on the men in her life, but her fans have yet to let her down. And on Sunday, they rewarded her with one of the biggest prizes in country music — The Academy of Country Music’s entertainer of the year award. (more)

Pop singer Britney Spears is being sued by her former business partners for breach of contract, fraud and deceit, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. (more)

After more than a decade, Beyoncé’s father, Matthew Knowles, will no longer be managing her career. Although the songstress abruptly axed her own father as her manager, she insists the split was amicable and that their familial relationship remains strong despite the professional changes. (more)

Following his Wednesday meltdown at ABC’s “Good Morning America” after Robin Roberts asked about his 2009 assault on Rihanna, Chris Brown trashed his GMA dressing room, smashing a window and leaving shirtless. (more)

The recent devastation in Japan has brought celebrities together to do their part. At the forefront are those in the music industry, with Universal Music Group announcement that they would be releasing a digital only compilation album with the label’s biggest stars to benefit relief efforts. (more)