New Phoenix Album Set for April Release
December 6th, 2012 No comments »
French indie-rockers Phoenix have finished the follow-up to their 2009 breakout album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix It should be released in April said Daniel Glass – head of the group's label Glassnote – at today's Spotify event Glass tossed out the Phoenix announcement at the very end of the conversation mentioning that...
Spotify Rolls Out New Social Features With Frank Ocean, Metallica
December 6th, 2012 No comments »
When Spotify has something to say they do it in style – so much so that the company's big news today was in danger of being overshadowed by Q&As with Glassnote Records CEO Daniel Glass Napster founder (and Spotify investor) Sean Parker and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich as well as Frank Ocean...
Danny Brown Kicks Off Art Basel With Shepard Fairey
December 6th, 2012 No comments »
As the annual orgy of parties surrounding Art Basel Miami Beach – North America's largest annual art fair and currently the most popular excuse to spend a December week in South Florida – got into full swing Wednesday night one of the most intriguing soirees on offer paired Danny Brown...
Jay-Z Shows ‘Where I’m From’ in New Documentary
December 4th, 2012 No comments »
As if eight inaugural dates at Brooklyn's brand-new Barclays Center weren't enough today Jay-Z dropped Where I'm From a new documentary on YouTube that chronicles the massive undertaking that made those shows possible Packed with behind-the-scenes footage the 24-minute film documents everything from the rehearsals to building the stunning stage...
The-Dream: New Beyonce Music Coming ‘Before the Super Bowl’
December 4th, 2012 No comments »
Beyoncé will "definitely" be ready with new music before she takes the stage at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans for her Super Bowl halftime show on February 3rd frequent collaborator The-Dream tells Billboard When asked whether she had new songs on the way The-Dream responded "Definitely She's got her stuff going...
Ke$ha: Cold Cereal No More!
December 4th, 2012 No comments »
Admittedly there are times when longtime lovers of pop music might feel that all that really needs to be said has already been said When all the innovation—all the glorious unexpected inspired madness that results in perfect pop music—has reached its peak When truly all that can be done has...
Backstreet Boys Talk ‘More Personal’ New Album
December 4th, 2012 No comments »
Once again a quintet with Kevin Richardson having rejoined Nick Carter AJ McLean Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell the Backstreet Boys are well into recording their follow-up to 2009's This Is Us their first album with all five members since 2005's Never Gone "We're about 75 percent through" Dorough tells Rolling...
Santa Seeks Revenge in Killers’ ‘I Feel It in My Bones’
December 4th, 2012 No comments »
For seven straight years the Killers have celebrated Christmas with a new single and this year is no different the band hit the studio during their UK tour to record "I Feel It In My Bones" with Ryan Pardey It's a sequel of sorts to their excellent 2007 offering "Don't...
Tom Morello: Rage Against the Machine May Not Play Again
December 4th, 2012 No comments »
"This is the first Rage Against the Machine release of any kind in 12 years" Tom Morello says of XX a 20th anniversary box set including their remastered 1992 debut album and original demos The set also features DVDs capturing full live shows from their first public performance in October 1991...
Dan Aykroyd Reconvenes Blues Brothers for House of Blues’ 20th Anniversary
December 4th, 2012 No comments »
To mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the first House of Blues in Cambridge Massachusetts Dan Aykroyd and the Blues Brothers will open for Texas rockers ZZ Top Tuesday at the venue's Los Angeles Sunset Boulevard location The actor will inhabit his legendary alter-ego Elwood Blues alongside Jim...