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Could Jennifer Lopez and Mariah Carey both be heading to Las Vegas for residencies in 2015? Rumors have been swirling about J.Lo moving to Sin City for months and Mimi’s stint as a showgirl was recently announced by E!...

Rita Ora scandalized the entirety of England with her cleavage this week -- and she’s not stopping there, it seems! In a new campaign for Adidas Originals’ Superstar shoe design, the “I Will Never Let You Down” p...

Fergie‘s comeback didn’t quite pop the way some of us hoped, but “L.A. Love (La La)” is turning out to be something of a grower -- hanging around the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 for the last few weeks. It’s...

Listen to alternate theme songs for some of your favorite TV shows that are pretty, pretty good.

Stars show support for Charlie Hebdo tragedy

While Neil Young was shilling Pono at this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show, he talked a little bit about his next album in an interview with Rolling Stone. He’s recording it with Willie Nelson’s sons...

A response to the killings at Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical newspaper, was woven into the New York Philharmonic's program on Thursday.

A recently produced mashup of songs by Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Parmalee and others shows that some contemporary country hits share similar sonic traits. But is it deceptive?

2015 looks to be even more fruitful, as a number of acts spent last year putting in major work in the studio and on the road and are now positioned to become household names. These guys, and some ladies too, have consist...

A new subscription based service mails out new LPs to record collectors.

Nicki Minaj has announced that MTV will air a new documentary called My Time Again on 1/18 at 10PM. It’s a sequel to her 2010 documentary My Time Now, which also aired on MTV, and will feature a behind-the-scenes look ...

Kendrick Lamar is not mad at Iggy Azalea or Macklemore, for that matter.

Kevin Joye isn't a household name quite yet, but touting himself as Atlanta's best kept secret, the young rapper might just become a name we will remember very very shortly. The eight track mixtape is his official debut ...

The New Orleans rapper let his fans know that he was having sex with his cousin. But is he telling the truth or laughing at us?

Debuted unofficially at their massive show at Madison Square Garden, Above & Beyond's latest single from their forthcoming artist album We Are All We Need was debuted to acclaim on Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 show last month...

Krystal Klear and Yasmin bring together a spectacular dance number titled "One Night Only," and with its eclectic mix of colors and Yasmin being a general badass, the music video is as fun as the track is. "One Night Onl...

Each week this year Jens Lekman is going to #bless us with a new song as he's in the process of writing and recording his new album. Last week we got the first of those, and he's kept true to his word with his new song w...

Chuck Berry wrote a handful of the most famous hits in rock & roll history. But have you ever heard the disco version of "Havana Moon" he put out in 1979? German label Bear Family has set out to honor every twist and wei...

This piece is part of SF Weekly's new weekly hip-hop column, Moment of Truth, beginning now with a conversation with Pep Love and then continuing every Tuesday here at All Shook Down. Moment of Truth will seek to address...

As protesters continue to gather in New York City following a grand jury decision not to convict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, the victim's daughter Erica and family member Steven Flagg have released a tr...

My 2014 in rock, etc., was like most of those before it: rich in surprise, assurance, discovery and loss, some of it close: Ian McLagan of the Small Faces and Faces; Paul Revere of the Raiders; singer Doc Neeson of Austr...

Slick production, out-of-the-box lyrics and a trippy vibe have become Willow Smith's signature sound as of late, which she uses on the newly-released song 'Heart.'