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Your Old Droog Infatuated with MSNBC's Tamron Hall on 'On the News'
The Boombox - 5 Aug 2014 23:55
Phantom rapper Your Old Droog has an infatuation with news anchor Tamron Hall. Hear his soulful rap ballad 'On the News.'
Lively: I truly felt cool
Music News - 5 Aug 2014 06:30
Blake Lively felt "truly cool" for the "first moment" in her life when Beyoncé asked her to be in the Run music video.
ArtsBeat: Met Opera Foresees a Rise in Annual Deficit
The New York Times - 5 Aug 2014 23:54
The Metropolitan Opera, which is in the midst of tense labor negotiations that are threatening the coming season, said in a financial disclosure filing last week that its deficit in the fiscal year that ended July 31 wou...
HANAH - "Out of Touch" Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Stereogum - 5 Aug 2014 17:06
HANAH’s first single, “Out Of Touch,” is a shining example of electronic minimalism. Backed by a skittering beat and syrupy synths, New York-based Hannah Taxman has created an enticing and sensual debut. The track ...
Grande 'breaks up with Brooks'
Music News - 5 Aug 2014 03:45
Ariana Grande and her boyfriend Jai Brooks have supposedly split for the second time.
Zammuto - "IO"
Stereogum - 5 Aug 2014 23:47
Nick Zammuto is getting ready to release his new album, Anchor. He’s already dropped the singles “Great Equator” and “Hegemony,” and now he’s giving us “IO.” The music here hews closely to Zammuto’s str...
Tei Shi - "No Angel" (Beyoncé Cover)
Stereogum - 5 Aug 2014 23:11
Tei Shi is a Brooklyn-based bedroom-pop type with roots in both Canada and Colombia, and last year, she self-released her Saudade album; we posted her track “Nature Vs. Nurture.” She’s now recorded her own version ...
Rapper Lil Durk pleads guilty to gun charges
Miami Herald - 5 Aug 2014 23:02
Chicago-based rapper Lil Durk has pleaded guilty to two weapons charges, but won't go to jail.
Deep Purple's Ian Gillan: It's 'Unconscionable' to Reunite Old Lineup
Rolling Stone - 5 Aug 2014 19:30
"To the general public in America, the lifespan of Deep Purple probably finished with our 1984 album, Perfect Strangers," frontman Ian Gillan says. "America's been a world of its own since the beginning. I think people h...
Watch Disclosure And Sam Smith Play Jimmy Kimmel
Stereogum - 5 Aug 2014 16:06
“Latch,” Disclosure’s first single from debut album Settle, was released in the UK on 10/08/12 — about 21 months ago. The album itself came out 05/31/13 — about 14 months ago. And when we named “Latch” one ...
Thom Yorke plays secret DJ set to 30 people at Leopalooza
Gigwise - 5 Aug 2014 10:06
He played a small signature show in Cornwall
Fred Armisen Forms Punk-Rock Supergroup With Members of Guns N' Roses, Stray Cats
SPIN - 5 Aug 2014 23:57
Members of bands including Guns N' Roses, the Stray Cats, and the Alarm will join forces with musician-turned-comedian-turned-
'Portlandia's' Carrie Brownstein to Finish Nora Ephron Script 'Lost in Austen'
Hollywood Reporter - 5 Aug 2014 23:53
Good Universe has come aboard to produce the feature with Columbia and Sam Mendes' Neal Street Productions.
Mr. Twin Sister announce new album, stream new song 'Blush'
The 405 - 5 Aug 2014 23:45
The dream-pop collective formerly known as Twin Sister, , have been hard at work on their follow-up to 2011's In Heaven. The fruits of their labor are their self-titled sophomore album, which is due out on 23 September v...
Watch Spoon's Intimate "Inside Out" Performance For Fallon
Stereogum - 5 Aug 2014 23:33
I recently described They Want My Soul single “Inside Out” as “like looking at a reflection of a Spoon song on the face of the water.” The song’s excellence goes deeper than its floaty, shimmering production, t...
The Civil Wars Break Up: Hear Farewell Song & Read Their Goodbye Messages
Hollywood Reporter - 5 Aug 2014 23:32
The band's self-titled 2013 album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Carlos Serrano & Caveat drop feel-good remix of Beyonce's hit "Drunk in Love"
Ear Milk - 5 Aug 2014 23:29
DJ/mash-up phenomenon Carlos Serrano teamed up with fellow San Diegan producer Caveat to drop this bass-influenced remix of Beyonce's "Drunk In Love". There's been a ton of remixes of this track, but this one really stan...
Zammuto Explores Titanic Kraut-Pop on 'Io'
SPIN - 5 Aug 2014 23:27
Over the course of his career with the Books, Nick Zammuto wove found sound samples into abstract compositions that were as infectious as they were jittery...
The Civil Wars officially part ways, share free download of their 'You Are My Sunshine' cover
The 405 - 5 Aug 2014 23:26
The Civil Wars have been on an indefinite hiatus for the last few years now - 2012 to be exact - but today they've made their split permanent. As a farewell gift, the band have shared their cover of 'You Are My Sunshine'...
Critic's Notebook: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Joins Mostly Mozart
The New York Times - 5 Aug 2014 23:18
The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra will perform two Handel operas at the Mostly Mozart Festival, one with an assist from the Mark Morris Dance Group.
Music Review: Martin Frost at the Mostly Mozart Festival
The New York Times - 5 Aug 2014 23:09
The clarinetist Martin Frost performed at Lincoln Center twice on Monday, with the Emerson String Quartet and as part of A Little Night Music at the Kaplan Penthouse.
Arcade Fire Cover Dead Kennedys, Impersonate California Governor Jerry Brown
SPIN - 5 Aug 2014 23:08
Arcade Fire have been embellishing their Reflektor tour with geographically appropriate cover songs, and now the Canuck band adds to that repertoire a version of Dead Kennedys'