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Nicole Scherzinger won't let any haters take her down in "Boomerang." Nicole Scherzinger has worked SO hard in her post-Pussycat Doll life (she has nine of those, right? Couldn't resist!!). With several years of recordin...

Scottish band slate 'Babel' and dismiss comparisons between the two bands

As we pass the midway point in Ta-ku's 25 Nights For Nujabes, he continues to crank out tunes dedicated to the late Nujabes without fail. Each song is different in its own respect, though each are haunted by Nujabes' inf...

Paul Banks: Quite Enough [ft. El-P] Today, a new hip-hop mixtape has surfaced from Paul Banks-- yes, that Paul Banks, of Interpol fame. It's called, um, Everybody on My Dick Like They Supposed to Be, and features El-P, T...

Beyonce Knowles is rumoured to be among performers at the 2013 Academy Awards after producers confirmed a tribute to movie musicals would include her 2006 hit film Dreamgirls.

The punk band joke about Dave Grohl producing their comeback album

MS MR's "Fantasy" more than lives up to its title. Pop music has been on an insular, solipsistic streak these days, where personal drama is everything. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course -- we've all go...

The British soul singer Jessie Ware, recently nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize, is advancing on the United States after her recent full-length album, "Devotion," and a new EP.

UPDATE: The video has been taken down. The Knife have shared the doozie of a video for their new single, "Full of Fire". Directed by feminist porn creator Marit -stberg, at almost 10 minutes, it's technically a short fil...

Situated in Soho is a little group called FAMnyc. They are not your average producers; they don't make music, they don't lay beats, but they produce. They make things, unique things - products and experiences. They bring...

When you're with Cris Cab, anywhere can be "Paradise." We don't know if you've noticed, but Cris Cab is totally killing the music game right now. (We didn't include him on our Most Criminally Overlooked Artists Of 2012 l...

'Ready To Die' is the band's first studio effort since 2007's 'The Weirdness'

Justin Vernon will perform at this year's Coachella Festival, but not with Bon Iver. He'll appear with his Wisconsin-bred blues side project the Shouting Matches. It's a two-piece band that also includes Brian Moen of Pe...

Over the last few years the electronic music industry has exploded, as demand for the genre continues to grow exponentially across the globe. 2013 promises to be even bigger than 2012, and, as you may have noticed, the d...

Season after season, pop music increasingly overwhelms us. Venues keep sprouting. Unknowns swarm their stages. It gets a bit dizzying. Deep breath, Washington. There are plenty of sonic security blankets to swaddle yours...

"One Way Trigger" is The Strokes' first single since 2011. BRB, KVELLING. Look, we're going to be frank with you here. Occasionally as music writers we tend to get a little -- what's the phrase? -- overly hyperbolic abou...

The pop star's involvement with Katy's Kettle Corn extended to the packaging, to which she added a pink and purple spotlight and a heart dotting the "I" in Popchips.

Katy Perry is making us LOL like crazy with all that polyester on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." We've seen Katy Perry dress up in some pretty HILARZ outfits before (remember her "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)" nerd motif, th...

The rap festival Paid Dues will take place in San Bernardino, California on March 30 this year, featuring the Black Hippy crew as a centerpiece. In addition to Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul, and Jay Rock, the fest...

Fans of Blu & Exile's sound will hear traces of it in Dag Savage's carefree "When It Rains". They should, primarily because Dag is composed of one-half of that fabled hip-hop group, Mr. Exile himself. Joined by emcee Joh...

After taking over as bandleader on the Matt Damon-hosted late-night show, the singer performed "Easy" from her forthcoming album.

The New York band are set to release their fifth album later this year