• The King of Limbs is the gift that keeps on giving.
• We give Kanye props for not rushing a release despite a video leak in December.
• Tweens everywhere are about to learn where [vampire] babies come from.
• Is it just us or is My Morning Jacket EVERYWHERE?
• Marc Anthony wears many hats.

• Eminem must hate Audi as much as he loves Chrysler.
• Oh, no biggie. Just getting mildly electrocuted.
• We are totally available next time Grace Potter is looking for someone to do tequila shots with.
• We find it a little hard to believe that Shaq actually had 10 great music moments.
• Kaiser Chiefs have a sneaky little marketing ploy for their new album.
• It’s a girl!
• Helloooo new Coldplay.
• $3 million in Born This Way losses? Whatever, that’s chump change.
• That’s okay, we’d rather see Ryan Gosling in front of the camera anyway.

The Good

Lady Gaga tops charts with Born This Way

Leading up to the release of Born This Way, experts predicted Lady Gaga would sell 850,000 units in the album’s first week. The actual number turned out to be considerably higher. Gaga’s little monsters gobbled up 1.11 million copies last week, jettisoning the pop star to the top of the charts. Can anyone topple the queen now? Looking at you, Bieber.

Trent Reznor and Karen O cover Led Zeppelin

Psst. Over here. While Sony is busy pulling down unauthorized YouTube clips of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, featuring an edgy cover of “Immigrant Song” by Trent Reznor and Karen O, allow us to direct your attention to this link, where you can still listen to the track.

The Bad

Gil Scott-Heron remembered with memorial service

Gil Scott-Heron—influential protest poet and soul singer—passed away last week. This week family, friends and fans gathered for a memorial service at New York’s Riverside Church and a public viewing at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home. The artist died last Friday at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York. His cause of death has not been disclosed. R.I.P.

Sean Kingston injured in jet ski accident

Jamaican-American hip hop artist Sean Kingston was seriously injured along with a female companion after his jet ski crashed into the Palm Spring Bridge in Miami this week. Kingston’s condition has stabilized and he is expected to make a full recovery, as is his companion.

The Ugly

Avril Lavigne drops f-bomb at baseball game

Avril Lavigne’s love of salty language landed her in hot water this week when she unleashed a string of expletives at a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game. The Canadian singer unleashed the f-bomb after technical difficulties interrupted her set. She later apologized for going off in front of youngsters, and the Tampa Bay Rays management team followed it up with a formal apology. What the hell, Avril?

Amy Winehouse back in rehab

When Amy Winehouse’s dad told her her drinking was out of control and she should go back to rehab, she didn’t say no, no, no. She simply swilled one last shot of Smirnoff vodka en route to the Priory Clinic, where she’ll stay until doctors give her the OK to leave. Good girl.

Miscellany

• Kanye West’s ex, Amber Rose, pissed at VIBE magazine cover story
• Coachella adds second weekend to festival
• Adele gets laryngitis, cancels shows
• Coldplay releases new single, “Every Tear Is A Waterfall”
• Justin Timberlake dishes on Britney in Vanity Fair
• Meet Katy Perry’s #1 fan
• Incubus announces tour dates
• Erykah Badu sings with My Morning Jacket at Sasquatch
• Kardashians cover Katy Perry

• Um, this is literally the greatest comic book idea we’ve ever heard.
• That’s funny, Liam Gallagher, most people tend to think you’re the “miserable c—”.
• The Foo Fighters just keep releasing awesome videos.
• It’s been too long since Lily Allen entertained us with a Twitter feud.
• First Rihanna’s “S&M” video gets banned in 11 countries, now this.
• Lady Gaga’s music: fun pop tunes or “Japanese dripping water torture”?
• This upcoming Three Stooges movie just keeps sounding better and better.
• If only the cast of Jaws had this information…

• Arctic Monkeys are too vulgar for America.
• iCloud is coming! Finally!
• When Fish Ride Bicycles should be in the running for best album title ever.
• Adele postpones North American tour dates after being diagnosed with laryngitis. Girlfriend’s been belting it out too loud.
• 1.11 million ain’t nothing to sneeze at.
• But really, is “Country Bieber” a compliment?
• Mass brawls and Killers tribute bands… wait, what?
• All we have to say is, Justin Timberlake better not be off the market for long.

• So to clarify… Tupac isn’t alive and well in New Zealand?
• Brace yourselves, brooding indie rock fans. New Coldplay single is en route.
• Want to see Panic! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie and his nasty broken ankle? Of course you do!
• Yet another Bravo reality show that we’re embarrassed to admit we’re pumped for… PS, it features an OurStage artist!
• Coachella 2012 expands to two weekends. Next step: commandeering the entire month of April in 2013.
• Get well soon, Sean Kingston!
• Gaga could top T-Swift in first week sales, but nobody beats N*SYNC.
• Don’t hate, but we’re really looking forward to some new Green Day material.
• …and Rancid is promising hitting the studio by the end of the year. This is a good day.

• Amy Winehouse re-enters rehab. So much for, “No, no, no.”
• Get pumped, little monsters.
• So much metal. \m/
• Death Cab for Cutie on VH1′s Storytellers. Is Ben Gibbard the cutest person ever, or what?
• Apparently, the correct way to wake someone from a coma is just poking them furiously. Thanks, Courtney Love!
• Trent Reznor + Karen O = inevitable awesomeness.
• Herds of buffalo stampeding as the earth crumbles? The new video from Justice sure is interesting.

The Good

Timberlake and Samberg edify audiences about “The Golden Rule”

What would a Justin Timberlake hosting gig on SNL be without a digital short with Andy Sandberg and some Cross Colours overalls? This latest masterwork introduces the helicopter technology into the art of lovemaking, and includes a very special musical guest. Oh, and if you stick around after the video is over, you’ll get to see Michael Bolton dressed as a pirate.

Mitch Winehouse resurrects music career

Mitch Winehouse, or Amy’s pop, is returning to a music career he left in the ‘70s in order to raise his children. The 61 year-old cab driver just released Rush of Love on Janey Records. The record features covers of jazz and lounge songs and four originals. None of which include the lyrics, “I tried to make her go to rehab and she said no, no, no.”

The Bad

Beyoncé takes a page from Lorella Cuccarini for BMAs

Beyoncé took some heat this week when it was discovered that her multimedia performance at the Billboard Music Awards was suspiciously similar to a performance by Italian pop star Lorella Cuccarini. Beyoncé responded tout suite, saying she had seen Cuccarini’s performance and contacted the producers to collaborate with her on her own interactive video. Personally, we like Beyoncé’s video piece more, but with a hook borrowed from Major Lazer and a performance borrowed from Cuccarini, you can hardly call her innovative on this one. You can watch the two videos side by side below, thanks to the magical powers of the Internet.

Taylor Swift releases video for “The Story of Us”

Awkward run-ins with an ex are a rite of passage, one that’s captured by Taylor Swift on her new video for “The Story of Us.” The track is rumored to be inspired by her messy break-up with John Mayer. Hang down your head, John. Voyeurs can check out the video below.

The Ugly

Joseph Brooks commits suicide

Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Joseph Brooks, famous for his perennial ballad “You Light Up My Life,” died this week in what has been ruled a suicide by asphyxiation. Brooks was set to go to trial for thirteen counts of rape at the time of his death. He was 73 years old.

Mick Jagger forms supergroup

What do you get when you put Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart, Damian Marley, Joss Stone and A.R. Rahman in a room? Urdu-reggae-soul? Rasta-Bolly-Brit? We’ll all find out soon enough when the supergroup, dubbed Super Heavy, drops their LP in September.

Miscellany

• Lady Gaga’s Born This Way expected to sell 850,000 copies in first week
• Billie Joe Armstrong’s son, Joey, starts band
• Lenny Kravitz joins Hunger Games cast
• Alanis Morissette records anniversary song for husband
• Justin Bieber has a new tat
• Jason Trawick no longer Britney Spears’ agent
• Bono and The Edge to perform alongside Spiderman cast for American Idol finale
• Eminem and Bieber dominate Billboard Music Awards
• Scarlett Johannson and Massive Attack collaborating
• Pete Doherty sentenced to six months in jail
• Silverchair announce indefinite hiatus
• Vinnie Vincent arrested for assault
• Bon Iver album leaked through iTunes
• Gregg Allman to write memoir
• Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars and Sofia Coppola to marry this summer
• Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks releasing new album produced by Beck
• Sum 41′s Deryck Whibley collapses onstage in Japan

• When you’ve locked lips with multiple Hollywood heartthrobs at age 20, you kinda lose the right to whine about your love life.
• Parrotheads in 3D… sounds like a bad Pixar film.
• Diction is very important in show biz.
• Yes, Courtney Love, we really want to know.
• Nothing says Christmas music like leather and monsters.
• What’s the point of releasing track listings?
• Yeah, and yesterday we had tea with Mother Teresa.
• THIS IS AMAZING.

• No offense T-Swift, but aren’t most of your songs written during “crazy, emotional” times?
• Dust off those leather pants – The Darkness are touring the world and releasing a new album in 2012.
• Hey Diddy, just a heads up: Most people don’t change their name every time they get sick.
• Bieber has a new fragrance, and we’re betting it’s every bit as pretty as he is.
• The new Blink 182 album is so close we can almost taste it.
• Because you can never have too much Bob Dylan.
• We might like this even better than The Lonely Island’s “Jack Sparrow.”
• Watch your back, Adele. Gaga is gunning for you.