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In the words of 'Ye himself, "what the f**k they gonna do now?" That thought had to be going through some Houston-ites minds as they came out for the second weekend of Kanye West "New Slaves" projections only to by turned away by local authorities. Read More »
While Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories has been in stores for a week now (and it's masterful, pre-launch buzz-building campaign has been viewed, dissected and praised), it appears the robots have a few more promotional tricks up their sleeves. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter made a rare in-the-helmet appearance at Le Grand Prix de Monaco as part of a cross-promotional deal between the Lotus Formula One team and Columbia Records. One of the Lotus team cars even raced with a Daft Punk Logo on the hood. Read More »
In "inexplicably not that big a deal in the United States" news, Kylie Minogue has just released her first new music since last year's "Timebomb," the infectious "Skirt." Keeping with a Memorial Day-ish tradition (both "Timebomb" and 2010's "All The Lovers" were both released around the holiday) Minogue dropped the Nom de Strip produced track via Soundcloud. History shows us that these tracks tend to be the first off of a new album for Minogue, so keep your ears peeled for new jams from the Aussie songstress. In the meantime, you can listen to "Skirt" below: Read More »
Well, this is just sad. During Katherine Jackson's negligence suit against AEG Live, it has come out that the concert promoters were well aware of Michael Jackson's deteriorating health during his "This Is It" tour. The case has just revealed an incriminating email that was sent on June 19, 2009, just five days before Jackson's death. Read More »
Last week, Kanye West debuted his scorching, angry "New Slaves" by projecting it onto the side of 66 buildings throughout the nation. He then went on to perform a terrifying/awesome Saturday Night Live set with the same song. However, if seeing it on SNL isn't real enough for you, and you'd like to experience the action firsthand, it appears you're in luck. Kanye will be projecting the song onto 25 more buildings throughout the world. Read More »
Jessica Sanchez- the American Idol runner-up who just finished a stint on Glee and released her first album Me, You & The Music- will perform at the National Memorial Day concert. Sanchez will sing "God Bless America" at the event honoring servicemen and women. Read More »
After having invective spat at her via Chief Keef's Twitter regarding her critique of Sosa's song "Hate Bein' Sober," "Firework" singer Katy Perry has officially apologized. Read More »
Post-dubstep bleep-bloop blue-eyed soul producer James Blake played an excellent concert at Washington, D.C.'s equally excellent venue 9:30 Club on May 12. Thanks to the awesome people over at NPR Music the concert can be viewed in full in glorouis HD. Read More »
It seems that J. Cole doesn't want to take the chance of being upstaged. Though most modern rap albums are filled with posse cuts, "it" artists and general abuse of the words "featuring", "ft." or "feat.", the world of new album Born Sinner will be strictly Cole's. Read More »
Cheer up, Little Monsters! Your ARTPOP mother Lady Gaga may be returning from hip surgery as soon as August 3 for a performance with Beyonce in Brooklyn. Read More »
After the massive hype that surrounded Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories (including teasers, leaks, streams and a massive launch party in Wee Waa, Australia) it should come as no surprise that the album is on pace to break several digital records. Read More »
As the reigning king of "mainstream hip-hop as an art form" arguments, Kendrick Lamar has a few choice words about rap's drug du jour. In an interview with MTV News, K-Dot called Molly (a slang term for MDMA, if you haven't left the cool underside of your rock for a bit) "not that cool," claiming the drug has led to a rash of unoriginal and corny songs. Check out the interview below, if just to find out which one of Kendrick's many voices is his own: Read More »
Well, this is exciting. Digable Planet's 1994 classic Blowout Comb is being re-issued on vinyl via Light In The Attic records. The follow-up to Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) was the jazz-rap group's last album together. Read More »
