Music News
Watch PARTYNEXTDOOR's 'Recognize' Video Featuring Drake
The Boombox - 14 Aug 2014 15:57
With a cameo from Kylie Jenner, the OVO Sound stars enjoy the good life out in Los Angeles in the video for their 'Recognize' collaboration.
Minaj 'sued by concert producers'
Music News - 14 Aug 2014 04:30
Nicki Minaj is reportedly the target of a new suit filed on behalf of IMP Entertainment.
Wiz Khalifa: I like to inspire
Music News - 14 Aug 2014 04:30
Wiz Khalifa's new song True Colors has a "message behind it".
Aerosmith cancels show over mystery illness
Music News - 14 Aug 2014 02:30
Aerosmith's drummer has reportedly fallen ill.
5 Bands Named After Movie Characters
SF Weekly - 14 Aug 2014 21:01
In a somewhat bizarre turn of events, David Lynch and Duran Duran have collaborated on a movie together. The film will comprise of the '80s Brit legends performing live in Los Angeles, paired with images of Lynch's inter...
Black Alley headlines Neo-Soul Night at Carter Barron Amphitheatre
Washington Post - 14 Aug 2014 20:01
Black Alley, which headlines Friday's Neo-Soul Night at Carter Barron Amphitheatre, has a lot of soul in its sound, but it's more accurate to call the band's style neo-go-go. The Washington group began in 2007 as a strai...
Listen to Zella Day's stunning new single 'Compass' [405 Premiere]
The 405 - 14 Aug 2014 19:05
Los Angeles based songstress Zella Day has been capturing hearts one outstanding single at a time, and her newest, 'Compass', is no exception. She takes a step back from the sun-drenched synth lines of 'East of Eden' and...
Big Ups - "Justice" Video
Stereogum - 14 Aug 2014 17:16
Into the January wasteland, the New York punks Big Ups released Eighteen Seconds Of Static a bracing debut album that didn’t get anywhere near the attention it deserved. They’ve just made a video for the album track ...
Concepts x Converse Chuck Taylor 1970s 'Zaire Leopard Camo'
The Boombox - 14 Aug 2014 16:57
CNCPTS have yet another collaboration on deck and this time around they are taking on a pair of Converse Chuck Taylors. The theme this time is "Zaire Leopard Camo" and these things are certainly built for war.
AObeats give TLC and Missy Elliot the 'Dirty Dirty' Flip
Ear Milk - 14 Aug 2014 23:52
Never a bad day for a throwback track, and the man AObeats just gave TLC and the rap queen of our younger years MIssy Elliot a modern makeover. As Missy might have said, AObeats flipped it and reversed it, giving the sin...
Abigail Washburn and Béla Fleck to Release Debut Album
Rolling Stone - 14 Aug 2014 23:51
The family that picks together sticks together. Abigail Washburn and Béla Fleck have been trading banjo riffs since 2005, when both joined the left-field folk band Sparrow Quartet. Now, after a decade of shared gigs and...
Music Review: Fabian Almazan Takes 'Rhizome' Project to Village Vanguard
The New York Times - 14 Aug 2014 23:43
The pianist Fabian Almazan took his "Rhizome" project to the Village Vanguard, explaining how all music, like people, has commonalities under the surface.
Watch Let's Active Reunite For The First Time In 24 Years
Stereogum - 14 Aug 2014 23:40
North Carolina’s Let’s Active were one of the definitive ’80s jangle-pop bands. Though they broke up in 1990, they reunited to play the Be Loud! ’14 Cancer Benefit last Saturday at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC....
Gene Simmons' Depression and Suicide Comments Anger Nikki Sixx
Rolling Stone - 14 Aug 2014 23:31
No one will ever accuse Kiss' Gene Simmons of not speaking his mind. One day after Simmons and his Kiss Army were ordered to surrender by the Black Lips, resulting in an ill-fated "learn English" jab by Simmons, the bass...
Flying Lotus and Adult Swim Reveal Captain Murphy's Origin Story
SPIN - 14 Aug 2014 23:22
Flying Lotus is on his game right now. With anticipation for his October album, You're Dead!, building via word of features by Kendrick Lamar, Herbie Hancock, and Snoop Dogg -- not to mention the insane
TV Party: The Unicorns Talk I'm Alan Partridge
Stereogum - 14 Aug 2014 23:11
How old were you when the Unicorns broke up? It was ten years ago, so it would be your age minus ten. Oh my god. Were you even born yet? If you’re taking your age and subtracting ten and getting a number below zero, it...
crowdsource premieres sample-happy, euphoric "Go Like This"
Ear Milk - 14 Aug 2014 22:52
By day, North Carolina's Phil Torres is the published author behind A Crisis Of Faith: Atheism, Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humanity. But he's also a talented musician, having produced three albums under his ...
The Week In Pop: In Praise Of Wiz Khalifa's Polarizing Pop Career
Stereogum - 14 Aug 2014 22:47
Some rappers tell jokes, others are jokes. (Big Sean, that lovable cornball, is an amalgam of the two archetypes.) Ever since Wiz Khalifa floated on a cloud of kush smoke from the mixtape underground into top 40 rotation...
Nike Kobe 9 Elite Low 'Beethoven'
The Boombox - 14 Aug 2014 22:47
If the release of another Nike Kobe 9 Elite is music to your ears then this latest colorway is just for you. The "Beethoven" version of the sneaker is set to hit shelves this weekend and here is a look at the upcoming re...
My Brightest Diamond - "Lover/Killer"
Stereogum - 14 Aug 2014 22:44
Shara Worden, better known as My Brightest Diamond, will put out the new album This Is My Hand next month. We’ve already heard the absurdly confident opener, “Pressure,” which threw at us everything from queasy syn...
Electric Würms - "Transform"
Stereogum - 14 Aug 2014 22:40
Electric Würms has basically become the outlet for Wayne Coyne and Stephen Drodz’s ideas that are too weird even for the Flaming Lips. Pretty soon they’ll put out their new EP titled Musik Die Shwer Zu Twerk. We’v...
Lady Gaga And Tony Bennett To Perform 'Cheek To Cheek' Live On PBS In October
Idolator - 14 Aug 2014 22:39
Jazz lovers, Little Monsters and Bennetters (I don’t know, maybe it’s a thing?) unite! Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga are taking their Cheek To Cheek to the whole next level! Following the release of their long-awaited j...