5. M.I.A. at the Superbowl Some of us had a good year, some of us had a bad year, and some of us got upstaged at the Super Bowl when M.I.A. flipped the bird in the middle of our set. Madonna falls solidly into that last category. In the endless string of calculations that Madge’s career has become, her secret cadre of Kabbalah oracles couldn’t possibly have predicted that M.I.A. of all people would take the opportunity to make a statement on the world’s largest stage. Except, there she is in ... [Read more]

Last year Frank Ocean had a better year than any of us. In the short span of under 12 months he went from being an unknown member of an obscure skater collective called Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Them All to being named one of GQ’s Men of the Year. Ocean wrote a track for Beyonce, released his own addictive, multi-genre sampling mixtape Nostalgia Ultra and sang on two tracks from Jay Z and Kanye West’s hip-hop opus Watch the Throne. In a Tumblr post to his five-years-ago self Ocean wrote: Hey ... [Read more]

Officially known as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Coachella is hands-down one of the year’s best festivals in terms of weird names, multiple days of camping in hard to reach locations, and most importantly, killer line-ups. Founded in 1999, Coachella has the benefit of over a decade of debauched chicanery under its belt and clearly understands the needs of the post-hippie, including but not limited to clean, stocked Porta-Potties, gourmet snacks, and of course, the hipster crack... [Read more]

THIS WEEK: Lindsay Lohan has it locked up…ugly sweaters rule…Tyson channels Cain… • Rather than go on a second night in a row hopped up on steroids and antibiotics, “black James Taylor” Frank Ocean postponed his New York show with the hope of salvaging the rest of his debut solo tour and his million-dollar voice. Fans who showed up to the Bowery early got a free hat. • Drake’s eagerly-awaited sophomore album Take Care leaked this week to rave reviews proving once and for all that music is... [Read more]

Not one to be out-dished, Hova took the opportunity to meet with Adele about a potential collaboration. Jay’s M.O. of hooking up with the latest young thing in the room is no secret. He recently met with Frank Ocean of Odd Future somewhere on the East coast where Jay and Kanye West were putting the finishing touches on Watch the Throne, which is rumored to be coming out on Monday, July 4. Check out Jay waxing philosophical on his book Decoded.