Welcome to "This Day In Miley Cyrus," where we fill you in on all the ill ish that America's Sweetheart has been getting up to. Today, we're talking Bangerz tour butt selfies and Arctic Monkeys covers. Read More »
Broken Bells kicked off Letterman's week-long tribute to the Beatles in the biggest way that a duo possibly could. Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer (of The Shins) took on the Fab Four classic "And I Love Her" in a performance that could be read as a nod to Burton's past. Read More »
If you were most people, you saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bruno Mars perform during the Super Bowl half-time show. If you are a denizen of the Internet, you might like to get all huffy over something that no normal person would ever be outraged about in real life. If you are the middle bit of this particular Venn diagram, then the news that RHCP were miming to a pre-recorded track with live vocals courtesy of Anthony Kiedis must have felt like Christmas morn. Bassist Flea has one word to all of you who "caught" los Chi-Peps faking it: good. Read More »
Franz Ferdinand are cowing to years' worth of shouting a-hole's frustrations and playing a set list made entirely of fan requests for their set at the BBC Radio 6 Music festival. Read More »
Kings of sadsack pop The Cure are all set to drop a new album in the coming months. 4:14 Scream will serve as a sequel to their last album, 2008's 4:13 Dream. Read More »
Bieber has been catching a lot of heat from authorities lately, going so far as to have his plane held and searched before being aloud to enter the US. And it doesn't look like it will stop anytime in the near future. According to TMZ, the troubled pop star has landed on the United States' Homeland Security watch list, meaning that he will be searched every time he enters the US. Read More »
The Oscars may have tipped their hand on who's taking home the Best Original Song trophy. Pharrell has been asked to perform his nominated track "Happy," the superproducer/occasional solo artist's contribution to the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. Read More »
Though it didn't get much love from the end-of-year-list building set,surprisingly consistent shoegazers Yuck put out one of 2013's best albums in Glow & Behold. And the English dream-poppers are showing no signs of slowing down. Read More »
For those decrying the lack of rock at the Super Bowl (and the short amount of screen time that RHCP received) you should know that there was plent of guitar music in the general vicinity of East Rutherford, New Jersey this Super Bowl weekend. The Foo Fighters played a Bud Light-sponsored parking lot gig in Manhattan prior to the big game. Read More »
Oh, man. You can only make so much self-serious and angsty music (while adopting a needlessly bristly outer persona), before someone decides to take you down a few pegs. Following NIN's release of Hesitation Marks and Trent Reznor's performance at the Grammys, Freddy Scott decided to give the king of mainstream industrial attitude a "This Is The Hook"-style deconstruction. Read More »
Sad news from the world of dubstep: Benga is retiring to focus on his family. Though not a familiar name to those who cut their teeth on the amped-up wobble of later acts like Skrillex, Benga is considered by many to be one of the pioneers of the bass-heavy, fluctuating style of EDM. Read More »
"All the time" is a good time for music in New York, but with the focus of the Super Bowl shining down on East Rutherford, let's just say the concert schedule got a little more cramped. The Foo Fighters played a parking lot, Drake played a TV channel's party and Jay Z and Beyonce teamed up on stage for Direct TV. Read More »
Previously, MStars brought you the news that Dylan Farrow had published an open letter in the New York Times detailing alleged abuses she suffered when she was a child at the hands of filmmaker Woody Allen. Now, Allen's lawyer has responded, calling the accusations a "story engineered by a vengeful lover." Read More »