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Watch Ashanti perform her emotional song 'Scars' for The Boombox's Off the Record series.

The rap world may be focused on Lil Boosie, but fellow Baton Rouge, LA rapper Kevin Gates hopes to grab some attention tomorrow when he drops his new album 'By Any Means'. Before the LP hits stores tomorrow, Gates gives ...

Lady Gaga shares futuristic image from her upcoming tour.

The singer was sentenced to two years probation, anger management therapy sessions and community service over an altercation with a photographer last July.

MIT researchers have ranked the most famous Canadians, and guess what? Soar-ry, Justin Bieber, but the No. 1 slot belongs to Avril Lavigne! (Not surprising, eh?)

Summer festival season is just around the corner and it looks like Eminem will be headlining one of the biggest festivals in the midwest -- Lollapalooza in Chicago, Ill.

Last week, Pusha T, Dum Dum Girls, and Lydia Loveless played

A judge ordered Mr. Brown to be held in a Los Angeles jail until a probation hearing. Mr. West pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge. And Tyler, the Creator was released on bond after being charged with inci...

Classic Rock presents the premiere of US three-piece Mount Carmel's third album Get Pure ahead of its release via Alive Naturalsound next month on CD, vinyl and as a digital download.

Hear former Hot Water Music frontman's fifth album ahead of release and UK tour

Goldfrapp is releasing her new album Tales of Us on March 24th with a remix bundle, including work from Twin Shadow, WAWA, Red Top, and Blood Diamonds. Blood Diamonds remixed the new track "Thea," following his last rele...

There are many ways to promote an album, but we have to give Jason Narducy originality points for the way he's getting the word out about his band Split Single, which also includes Spoon's Britt Daniel and Superchunk'...

Daughter of late guitar legend chats with Mikal Gilmore about recently published memoir, "Please Be with Me."

Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar is teaming up with Metallica vocalist-guitarist James Het

Justin Bieber claimed after a shaky sobriety test in Florida that he was suffering from a hairline fracture in his right foot and made condescending comments to officers, according to a Miami Beach police document releas...

Rappers hit out at changing nature of annual festival, which takes place in Austin, Texas     

While the Deftones are Chino Moreno's main squeeze, his focus as of late has been that electronic-based mistress known as  (a...

In the wake of the recently announced reissue of Spiderland and band documentary Breadcrumb Trail, Slint have announced a series of U.S. tour dates. Along with a few previously announced festival dates, these are the fir...

The trio known as RATKING are a hip-hop group, but as an early collaboration with Eric Copeland (Black Dice) and the recent single “Canal” have shown, they definitely lean more toward the experimental side of things ...

Scott Asheton, drummer for the influential punk rock band the Stooges, died March 15. He was 64. His daughter, Leanna Asheton, confirmed the death and said the cause was a heart attack. She did not say where he died.

Singer-songwriter was not happy with audio quality of 1978 album     

When Brooklyn trio Lolawolf (Zoë Kravitz, James Levy, and Jimmy Giannopoulos) released the single “Drive,” it sounded a bit like something you’d find on the soundtrack to the film Drive. But while the song already...