Well, this is interesting. Phish covered The Apples In Stereo's The New Magnetic Wonder track "Energy" at their show in Saratoga, New York on July 5. Apparently, the assorted crunchies gathered had never heard the 2007 song from the Elephant Six band because aPhishianados have been blowing up the band's Twitter account. Read More »
Here's something I never thought I'd write. Check out Paul McCartney in the video for this experimental electronica band. Macca provides guest vocals for the Bloody Beetroots' new track "Out of Sight." Strangely enough, layering the Beatle over their dub-tempo drums and interesting instrumental arrangements actually works. P-Mac comes off sounding like a world-weary Alex Clare. Read More »
It should come as no surprise that Beyonce, Jay-Z and their daughter Blue Ivy celebrate the 4th of July a little different than the rest of us. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say they put a high-end twist on the things we all do. For example, Bey puts on uber-patriotic clothing...but then she does a photo shoot in front of her antique Rolls Royce. Check out the just released photos of Jigga, Bey and baby's Independence Day below. Read More »
Apparently, being CEO of a major record label is not enough to make ends meet, just ask Roc-A-Fella CEO Damon Dash who has been hit with a $2.8M bill from the IRS regarding back taxes from 2005-2011. Read More »
Around Independence Day, it's natural for people to reflect on "The Star Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key's battle-recounting hymn that has served as the USA's national anthem since 1916. While most people see a song that they have sang since grade school and maybe swell with a bit of pride, at least 250 people saw an opportunity for change. That's the number of people who have signed a 'We The People' petition to replace Key's composition with Miley Cyrus' "Party In The U.S.A." Read More »
Chris Brown's "Fine China" is...well, it's just tops. So pop songtress Jessie J was taking on quite a task when she decided to perform an acoustic cover of the lead single off Breezy's new album X during a set for The Sun.' Read More »
Mudhoney To Perform Atop Space Needle In Seattle Read More »
George Clooney, Stacy Kiebler Split: Break Up Occurs After Couple Spends Independence Day Apart Read More »
It looks like the robots are contiuining their domination of the zeitgeist in 2013. We had the uber-hyped urelease of Random Access Memories, the inescapable single "Get Lucky" and even, sponsored race uscars. Now (just in case you mistakenly thought you might one day be as cool as Daft Punk) the robots are getting their own action figures. Read More »
Gotye: 'Somebody That I Used To Know' Singer Reunites The Basics, Releases Straightforward Rock Jam 'So Hard For You' Read More »
Uh-oh. It looks like "Bugatti" rapper Ace Hood is on the hunt for formerly huge fad rapper Soulja Boy. The beef seems to stem around comments that Soulja Boy made after the bezel fell off of one of Ace Hood's watches (things that quality watches typically don't do). Read More »
Femcee/ former American Idol judge Nicki Minaj will grace the cover of August's Marie Claire. The feature seems to focus mostly on her drama-heavy stint on the singing competition. Minaj is the first female rapper to feature on Marie Claire's cover. Read More »
Little Monsters everywhere might be a bit confused. Lady Gaga, in a lead up to her ARTPOP release, has changed her Twitter profile pic back to the default egg pic and updated her bio to read as follows."This interface has been shutdown temporarily. Please check back for updates." It is likely that this is all a stunt to help build buzz on the lead up to ARTPOP. After all, as Mashable points out, Lady Gaga has a history of egg imagery with her releases. (Still, it takes gumption to walk away from 38 million followers). Read More »