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The holidays can be rough. As if enduring bad weather, spending tons of money and sitting through Target commercials weren’t bad enough, it's the one time of year you're obligated to spend with family. Whether you're returning home for the first time since last year or just preparing yourself for this year's onslaught of fights, our latest Super Specific Weekly Playlist gives you Songs for Survivi

YouTube Outdoor Christmas lights displays set to rock music have become national phenomena. It all goes back to an enterprising electrician who hooked up thousands of lights outside his suburban Ohio home and synchronized them to ‘Wizards in Winter’ by the symphonic metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra. (It was ...

No matter what you think of his music -- really, it's not everyone's cup of PCP tea -- Ariel Pink deserves credit for being an observant listener. What else could explain the precision of his uncannily awkward, badly-tracked-Betamax vibes...

These 10 songs will help you get through the winter blahs...

Very few indie rock artists have been as busy as Jack White over the past decade. In addition to fronting the White Stripes, the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather (plus recently launching a solo career), White has written and produced records for country star Loretta Lynn and rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson, and he wrote and sang a James Bond theme with Alicia Keys...

Nothing brings out bargain-hunting shoppers quite like Black Friday, which falls annually on the day after Thanksgiving and officially marks the opening of the holiday shopping season. Black Friday is a day of deep discounts at retailers that has been known to cause long lines -- and with them, a frenzy of activity that can lead to violent outbursts from shoppers fighting over the best deals, and

The dust has settled on another M For Montreal. Besides slight fatigue, a healthy stash of exotic chocolate and several live reviews, what we’re left with are some serious crushes on great new bands. The following five Canadian acts stood out from the pack for one simple reason: good music. Here...

Rock festivals are more popular than ever, and it can be tough for the devoted music lover to keep track of them all. But never fear, because your pals at Diffuser are here to help!

Oasis were Britpop's most commercially successful band in the '90s. They hit the Top 5 in the United States (and No. 1 almost everywhere else) with their 1995 album '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' And they somehow hit the Top 10 on the pop charts with the terrific 'Wonderwall' in a year dominated by guys like Coolio and Montell Jordan. Oasis were also one of the most a...

Thanksgiving is great, what with the gluttony and sloth and all, but we're even more jazzed about Record Store Day Black Friday 2012. An offshoot of regular Record Store Day, which takes place annually on the third Saturday in April, Black Friday lures music freaks into independent shops with the promise of scoring super cool releases -- generally limited-edition vinyl pressings. It'...