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The last I heard from Spanish DJ duo Cookin' Soul was their excellent bachelor pad bomp on Fiend's 2012 track "PSA Your Lady." So, I'm glad to hear they are still plugging away at their easy-listening beats at the end of 2013. Their latest team-up is with critically adored, perennially under-the-radar rapper Freddie Gibbs on his new track "Thug Till It's Over." Read More »
Some people are just the worst, As we previously wrote, Dev Hynes (better known by his stage name of Blood Orange) lost all of his worldly possessions and his dog in a terrible apartment fire. The mother of Hynes' girlfriend started a crowdfunding campaign to help the singer get back on his feet. Of course, this left the perfect opening for Guardian contributor Holly Baxter to decry rich people abusing crowdfunding for selfish reasons. Read More »
Robin Thicke has been named "Sexist Of The Year" in a poll conducted by the End Violence Against Women Coalition, proving that the 60 some-odd groups that comprise EVAWC weren't trying very hard/ were really looking for some pageviews. Read More »
Beyonce's "Grown Woman" music video largely reiterates the themes of the Pepsi commercial in which it premiered. The video finds Queen B staring down her past (this time through strangely edited home video instead of mirror demon Beys) and showing her evolution from young talent show standout to full-blown world-beating diva. The first three minutes are a VHS-like stroll through Beyonce's past, but that isn't the reason you should watch her latest video. Read More »
According to Billboard, Beyonce's new album Beyonce will spend a second week on top of the US album charts, shifting between 260,000 and 280,000 units so far this week. The album has been exclusively sold through iTunes, though it is expected to hit physical retailers between Dec 18 and 22. These physical sales will, in theory, add to her total this week. Read More »
Last time we reported on the potential for jailed Pussy Riot members to be freed from prison, it came with a lot of "if's." IF the amnesty bill passes and IF it is determined that the jailed PR members fall under the new law. Well, we're happy to report that both of those variables have been accounted for and the two remaining jailed members of PR will return home. Read More »
While much of the world has been swept up in a wave of King Bey fever, there are a few places who are less than happy with Beyonce's surprise, digital-first release of her new album: namely, Target. The bastion of old media didn't like that Bey's record-smashing album was released exclusively through iTunes and they let B hear it. Read More »
Oh, Lord (Willin'). Pusha T is working on a new album, and he'll be bringing along long-time Clipse associates Pharrell and Chad Hugo (better known as The Neptunes) along for the ride. Read More »
Daft Punk and Kendrick Lamar are both nominated for Album Of The Year Grammy awards, so it makes sense that the Academy would ask them to perform some of those year-defining tracks. Still, it's nice to see the robots and K-Dot getting one of the biggest stages in all of music. Read More »
While HAIM's debut album is showing up high on year-end lists across the land, I can think of at least one person who isn't a fan of the sister trio. Johnny Marr bashed the band behind "The Wire" in his recent column for NME. Read More »
According to Billboard, Miley Cyrus and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have been added to Dick Clark's annual New Year's Rockin' Eve. Cyrus and the "Thrift Shop" rap group will perform live in Times Square alongside host Ryan Seacrest. Read More »
While Dave Mustaine has spent the last few years being kind of a d-bag, at least he can still laugh at himself. Mustaine and the rest of his influential heavy metal group Megadeth donned ugly sweaters and gamely appeared in a commercial for a fake Megadeth Christmas album. Read More »
Yuck have released a new video for their Glow & Behold track "Lose My Breath," that's a mix of incredibly trippy and warm and fuzzy (which, coincidentally is a good description of the band as a whole). Read More »
