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With one week left on his Event Horizon tour EARMILK caught up with producer/DJ MiMOSA for a quick chat before he hit the road. The always down-to-earth Tigran Mkhitaryan, known for delivering sounds from down-tempo hip-...

Watch the surreal video from garage punk band Slaves for Where's Your Car Debbie?' exclusively on NME.com.     

Kelly Clarkson shares her awkward and funny holiday card.

Although he's still often associated with his role as Michael from 'The Wire,' Tristan Wilds has generated legitimate buzz as singer Mack Wilds in his debut EP, 'New York: A Love Story.' The buzz led him to 'The Arsenio ...

Today Jon Moodie from bluesy-rock-alt combo Jon and The Jones tells us about their catchy new single 'Firebreather'.

Made for those mysterious, sensuous, and late night mingles on the dance floor, deep house maestro KANT's freshest rework will you have you feeling vibes and making moves. The Copenhagen-born DJ and producer has been sti...

Thursday, Dec. 12 Internet basics workshop, learn how to do a search. 9:30 a.m., Hillcrest Heights Library, 2398 Iverson St., Temple Hills. Free, registration required. 301-630-4900. New Carrollton book talk, a librarian...

This post is presented by Virgin Mobile who encourage you to #BreakFree. It seems that this year, moreso than ever, artists who were fed up with a lack of support from the music industry have turned to their fans and ask...

The BoomBox highlights the Best and Worst Hip-Hop Moments of 2013.

Chance the Rapper's 'Acid Rap' mixtape has received critical and fan acclaim in 2013, but few supporters know about his work before the hype. Two mixtapes -- 'Good Enough' and 'Back to School Pack' -- have been unearthed...

Early-’90s running buddies Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip got back together for the new single “Thank You” last month, and both of them sounded better on it than they had in years. So it is good news indeed that the two ar...

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra said Wednesday that it ended the 2013 fiscal year with a small surplus after raising $18.9 million in contributions.     

Damon Albarn offered a tiny taste of his first-ever solo album today through a twenty-second teaser

Jordan Lee, a.k.a. Mutual Benefit, has spent the past few years living in Ohio, Austin, and Boston spreading his musical message. He allocated the majority of his time to the road, playing his songs for music lovers in i...

The young British dance duo Disclosure pretty much exploded our collective mind with their debut album Settle this year; it’s one of our top five of 2013. And next week, they’ll follow it up with a U.S.-only digital ...

Back in ’08, Canadian rock band Tokyo Police Club was rocketing to popularity. When they filmed a music video in my high school (that’s my friend Alex playing the bully), everyone was buzzing about how there were roc...

On Tuesday, the Kennedy Center announced the appointment of Deborah Rutter, the president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, as its next president; she will succeed Michael Kaiser in the fall of 2014. Through...

One Direction are heading to Sesame Street! The Story Of My Life singers are gonna be singing and dancing with Big Bird and the gang in 2014. Obsessed!

The advance videos for “Wallstreet” and “Moments” suggested After The Smoke’s free psychedelic hip-hop mixtape Microwaves would be a dank, grimy, but ultimately colorful sonic cityscape. And indeed it is all of...

You dropped a bomb on me baby, and by baby I mean Los Angeles beloved Steven Ellison, who also happens to go by Flying Lotus. While I may be quoting a funk band and not FlyLo himself, this unexpected release was a welcom...

Last month, Dev Hynes released the silky, woozy, generally excellent Cupid Deluxe, his second album as Blood Orange, and it was one of our favorite LPs of the year. Today, Hynes posted a non-album track, “West Drive (P...

Academy Award winner Barrie Osborne is co-producing "Gloria," which is shooting in Mexico and Brazil. MEXICO CITY – Lawyers representing Mexican pop icon Gloria Trevi have sent a cease-and-desist letter to the producer...