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April 10 has officially been named Nirvana Day in Hoquiam, Washington, a town four miles from Kurt Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen. Read More »
Guwop superfans (I'm sure you're out there), the day you've been waiting for is finally here. Gucci Mane is ready to put a particularly nasty 2013 behind him with his new album, The State Vs. Radric Davis 2: The Caged Bird Sings. Read More »
I hope your holidays went well and that you got everything you wanted. However, if your Yuletime was dissapointing in any way, here's a late present that's guaranteed to satisfy: new music from Killer Mike and El-P's Run The Jewels. DJ Qbert produced the excellent bonus track "Pew Pew Pew" for the upcoming UK Run The Jewels release from the "tag team of the godd*mn century." Read More »
If there's one thing you can say about shoegaze revivalists Yuck, it's that they know how to match their music videos to the tracks they accompany. Read More »
Miley Cyrus is not at all apologetic for introducing the former champion of promise rings Joe Jonas to weed. In a recent interview, the pop provocateur (and frequent marijuana advocate) defended her decision using a classic bit of "he's his own man" logic. Read More »
The Talking Heads are such a major influence on so many bands that you'd think every piece of music the art-rockers ever made has been cataloged, pored over, re-packaged and sold. However, as this recently unearthed track from a pre-77 live show illustrates, you'd be wrong. The track is an instrumental (referred to by the band as "Theme") and David Byrne and Co. performed it at their CBGB gig with Television. Read More »
Any claims that "Wrecking Ball" or "Blurred Lines" was the song of 2013 are hereby rendered irrelevant by this Daft Punk supercut from Stereogum. As someone paid to keep up with the machinations of the music blog hype machine, I've seen and reported on many of these covers, videos and promotional stunts. Still, even I was unaware of the global reach of the robot's monster disco jam. HALESTORM? That Dame Guita trad folk cover? And don't even get me started on the awesomeness of that Rosh Hashanah song. Read More »
Beyonce has been coming out on top of a lot of things recently. Whether it's releasing an incredibly polished pop album in a year full of disappointing flops or breaking sales records with an album that received no promotion, Bey has risen once again to meet her King title. Now you should prepare for B to conquer the philanthropy/feels part of your brain. Read More »
The golden-throated Sharon Jones and her backing band, the Dap-Kings, have taken on the greatest James Bond theme of all time: Shirley Bassey's "Goldfinger. Read More »
Matt Smith officially made his exit as the 11th (fine, 12th) Doctor and made way for Peter Capaldi in last night's The Time Of The Doctor Christmas Special. Gathered below are a few observations on the Raggedy Man's last adventure. Read More »
Good lord, they just keep coming. Migos have released "Charles Barkley", a track that manages to move the hyperkinetic rap group forward (for Quavo and crew, the JRPG indebted beat and accompanying flow are rather low-key) and give superfans another immediately accessible street track. Read More »
Metallica has released the entirety of their hour-plus concert in Antarctica. Metallica became the first band not made up of research scientists to perform at the bottom of the world on December 8 and now fans can watch the band's performance inside a solar powered dome. Read More »
It's like he waited for Kanye's silly comments. Kendrick Lamar has released a music video for "Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst", the centerpiece from his instant classic album good kid, m.A.A.d city. Read More »
