Albums you should be looking forward to this spring: Are you looking for something new and different to listen to? Let us help you weed through all the new music that is scheduled to come out. Here's our take on what is worth giving a listen to.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Mosquito” April 16

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have had a few brushes with mainstream success in the form of singles like “Maps” and “Heads Will Roll,” but on their latest release they sound more edgy and experimental than ever, yet manage to also be completely entertaining and engrossing at the same time. It’s clear from this record th...

I’ve been picking “Best Of” albums for ten years now, and while I’m keenly aware of how subjective the process is, there are a couple of essential rules that must be followed—rules like: Do I think this album will be worthy in a few years? In 2004, my top 3 albums were Absolution by Muse, A Grand Don’t Come for Free by The Streets, and The Grey Album, that now legendary mashup of Jay-Z/Beatles songs by Danger Mouse. I’d say I hit the jackpot with that trio. Invariably, there will always be albums that won’t hold up; like organic material this is unavoidable. But if I think about 2010 in gen...

Which band or artists have the best music releases of 2010 so far? That is open to discussion, but here's are a few of our picks. Agree? Disagree? Did we miss your favorite release? Let us know what you think!

Vampire Weekend - Contra

The melded World Beat/Pop sounds of New York band Vampire Weekend, and their second studio release Contra, has already spawned hit singles "Giving Up The Gun," "Horchata," "Holiday," and - oh yeah - that hugely popular song about "Cousins."

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Canadian band Arcade Fire continues to dominate with their brand of Alternative Rock, ...

Snoop Dogg is making the most of his time in Britain after a three-year visa ban was lifted - he played a free show for U.K. volunteers on Thursday.

The Beautiful hit-maker incurred the wrath of border officials in 2006 when he was arrested following a fracas at London's Heathrow Airport, and was denied entry in 2007 when authorities labeled him a threat. The hip-hop star's case was eventually reversed earlier this year after his lawyers cited his charity and community work as proof of his decency.

Now Snoop Dogg, real name Calvin Broadus, has acknowledged fans who have also done servic...

Jay-Z paid tribute to the Beastie Boys with a rousing rendition of their hit song No Sleep Till Brooklyn as he opened his set at the All Points West Festival in New Jersey on Friday night.

The rap superstar was announced as a last minute replacement for the hip-hop group at the event after Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, aka MCA, was diagnosed with cancer in the salivary gland. The trio subsequently cancelled all of its scheduled concerts to allow Yauch to undergo treatment.

Jay-Z - who hails from the same New York borough as the rap trio - made sure Beastie Boys fans were not completely le...

The Jonas Brothers, Fall Out Boy and Tokio Hotel have been nominated for Worst Band by the British NME Awards. Meanwhile, British rockers Oasis are the toast of the British music scene after landing seven nominations.

Oasis lead the pack, and they are shortlisted for the coveted Best British Band prize. They'll compete with Bloc Party, The Last Shadow Puppets, Muse and Radiohead. Oasis, Muse and Radiohead will also fight it out for the Best Live Band honor, along with The Killers and Kings of Leon.

Meanwhile, the band's "Dig Out Your Soul" is among the nominees for Best Album, a...

New York indie band TV On The Radio has beat icon Bob Dylan and rockers Coldplay to top Rolling Stone magazine's Best Albums of 2008 poll. The group's fourth studio album Dear Science triumphed over Dylan's second place LP Tell Tale Signs - The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 and Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, ranked seventh, in the publication's top 50 hitlist.

Lil Wayne's multi-million-selling album Tha Carter III was the highest-placing hip-hop album at three, beating Nas' untitled LP - which sits at number 43, and rap duo The Knux, whose album Remind Me in Three Days…i...

Lil Wayne's multi-million-selling album Tha Carter III has been named the Best Album of 2008 in the year's first pop poll.

The rapper's hit album beat Girl Talk's "Feed The Animals" release and TV on the Radio's "Dear Science" in the new Blender magazine hitlist.

The top 10 are:

1. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

2. Girl Talk - Feed The Animals

3. TV on the Radio - Dear Science

4. Metallica - Death Magnetic

5. Hot Chip - Made In The Dark

6. Robyn - Robyn

7. Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

8. Randy Newman - Harps & Angels

9. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

10. Fa...

Coldplay have triumphed at the 2008 Q Awards in London - the rockers picked up

two prizes at Monday's ceremony, including the Best Act In The World

Today award.

The Violet Hill hitmakers were also presented with the award for Best Album for their latest LP Viva La Vida.

Coldplay were originally nominated in four categories, but lost out on Best Track to British band Keane for their single Spiralling, and Best Video to Vampire Weekend for A-Punk.

Meanwhile, Welsh soul star Duffy was named Breakthrough Artist; Kaiser Chiefs

took home Best Live Act; The Last Shadow Puppets...

Rockers Coldplay are leading the nominations for the 2008 Q Awards, garnering four nods for the London ceremony.

The band's hit single Violet Hill is up for Best Track and Best Video, while their LP Viva La Vida will compete in the Best Album category.

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' disc Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!, The Last Shadow Puppets' The Age of the Understatement, and Vampire Weekend's self titled release are also in contention for Best Album.

Coldplay will also fight it out for the title of Best Act In The World Today, but will face stiff competition from Oasis, Muse, Metall...

British rockers The Verve returned to America for the first time since their split a decade ago to perform at the Coachella Festival in California on Friday night - and frontman Richard Ashcroft told the faithful the band is back for good.

During a hits set, featuring the anthems "The Drugs Don't Work" and "Bittersweet Symphony," Ashcroft introduced "a new song" titled "Sit & Wonder" and then told the "hardcore" fans that had showed up for the pre-headliner slot on the opening day of Cochella there would be more new material to come.

He explained, "Most bands, when they reform, th...

The critically acclaimed UK soul singer Adele has signed in the states with Columbia Records, who -- in a joint venture with XL Recordings, Adele's worldwide label -- will release the emerging artist's debut album, 19, in summer 2008.

Born in London on May 5, 1988, Adele (née Adele Adkins) has been the toast of the UK music press and record buying public since the October 2007 release of her first single, "Hometown Glory," an autobiographic heart-rendering ode to London.

In December 2007, Adele became the first recipient of the Brit Awards' newly inaugurated Critics Choice prize, ...

Do you hate Vampire Weekend yet? Join the club. The "indie" band is selling out shows, garnering rave reviews, playing on "Saturday Night Live," and spinning every hour on rock radio, all while sporting spiffy cardigans and speaking like Scrabble champs. They're even featured in an ad on MTV defining an Oxford comma. Who are these guys? Where did they come from?

To the casual fan, the band appears to be an overnight success, which is far from the case. It all started back in October 2006 when Matt Yanchyshyn casually mentioned the fledgling New York group Vampire Weekend in an art...

Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Thompson is recovering from a head injury sustained after he was hit by a car with the help of veteran rocker Tom Petty.

Thompson was involved in a collision with a vehicle outside the Hoxton Hotel in London following last Thursday's NME Awards, and taken to the Royal London Hospital.

And now the percussionist is recovering with the aid of takeout food and some words of wisdom from Petty's 1996 song "Walls."

Thompson writes on the band's MySpace.com webpage: "I would sincerely like to thank everyone who lent me their support and good vibes. I fe...