Daft Punk love robots. The French electro duo -- Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter -- don robo-masks during their tricked-out shows and music videos. And they're taking their love of the futuristic a step further, writing the score for the upcoming film Tron Legacy.

The music world lost Mark Linkous -- better known by his recording moniker, Sparklehorse -- after he took his own life Saturday, March 6. Here at SPIN, we were honored to have Mark as a guest in our in-office concert series, SPINhouse Live, back in February 2007.

Vampire Weekend's SPIN-approved new release, Contra, may have topped the album charts, but the New York band isn't too big to turn down a gig at a house party!

With a performance Wednesday on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, soul songstress Erykah Badu debuted her first new song in two years, "Window Seat," the lead single off her forthcoming album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh), out March 30.

Tuesday night, with a new lease on his freedom, Lil Wayne joined Jay-Z's sold-out concert at New York's Madison Square Garden, performing with Young Jeezy, Drake, and Nicki Minaj!

Ramble John Krohn -- better known as RJD2 -- is a Philly-based DJ-producer whose lengthy career has earned him a spot among underground hip-hop’s elite. This year he released The Colossus, which SPIN gave a four-star rating.