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The new Kasper Holten production at Covent Garden takes a modernist approach to Mozart's opera.     

Nicki Minaj has blessed Instagram with a slew of new selfies that has the Internet abuzz. It appears the Queen Bee has gone au natural.

Last night, The Fly Magazine celebrated its 15th birthday by holding the first ever Fly Awards at London's historic Kentish Town Forum.

The tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who stars in a production of "Werther" opening at the Met on Feb. 18, is deeply cautious about the roles he agrees to sing in New York.     

It's not official yet, but the news of the week is DMX taking up George Zimmerman's challenge to meet him in the boxing ring. The rapper spoke on-camera for the first time since the announcement when a FOX News crew caug...

NYC based R&B electro duo ASTR released their debut EP Varsity on Neon Gold Records, delivering a unique sound that intricately combines the best of pop sound, R&B beats, and electronic vibes together. The duo is compose...

Last October, NME published its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time” — of ALL TIME — which, they promised, would be their last word on that particular subject (verbatim: “final, definitive, definitely ...

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In most weeks, any of the top 3, maybe top 4 songs on this list could have made a valid claim for the No. 1 spot. But the song that did take home the gold did so with authority: “Rap song of 2014 thus far, easily,” s...

Occupy Your Mind is a brand new track from Villagers, written by Conor O'Brien and produced by James Ford (Haim, Arctic Monkeys).

After a 6 month delay, indie-rock band KILTO TAKE are set to finally launch their eagerly awaited, powerful debut album

Eurythmics has released a preview of their version of The Beatles classic 'Fool On The Hill'.

Elton John's Rocket Pictures will produce and release an animated version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's second musical

The pianist Danilo Pérez played a set of material at the Jazz Standard that broke free of easy definitions.     

Last month we got Special Explosion’s “Clotheslined,” and now we’ve got another cut from the Washington state rockers’ upcoming EP, The Art Of Mothering. On “Hide,” the basic formula is still there, as glor...

The West Coast has been producing star talent through the years with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Nipsey Hussle, Kid Ink and Odd Future buzzing in the scene. But of course, we can't forget the greats of the Left Coast i...

A new work by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho is played twice in its pairing with Bach's Partita in D minor as part of a series at the Miller Theater.     

The K-Pop goddesses of SPICA deliver serious throwback sass in the new "You Don't Love Me" video, and the results are making our brains EXPLODE with '50s soul-pop glee.

Hazel Wilde has a delicate voice that is well suited to the songs of disappointment and defeat on Lanterns on the Lake's new album, "Until the Colours Run." But such hushed ballads as "Green and Gold" and "Picture Show" ...

Shonna Tucker spent nearly a decade performing and writing songs with the Drive-By Truckers ("I'm Sorry Huston," "Home Field Advantage") before splitting to pursue a solo career. As a result, her first solo album, "A Tel...

Truly, this is a golden era of musicians fighting fans onstage, and of videos of said fights appearing on the internet. Earlier this week, we got Action Bronson duffing out a security guard in Portland. And on Tuesday ni...

When Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman died of liver failure last year the band's fans mourned alongsid