May 17, 2013 - By Laura Aguirre
Kanye West is going the extra mile to make sure that his forthcoming album has a special release. Tonight the rapper debuted a brand new song, and he did so by projecting his face on 66 different buildings around the world. We’ve got a video of that below. Also FYF Fest revealed its lineup. The roster includes bands like My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and MGMT. All that and more below.
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May 16, 2013 - By Travis Woods
Anyone who is a fan of Henry Rollins’ various incarnations as a performer—be it the musclebound singer of a former incarnation of Black Flag, or fronting his own Rollins Band; the actor; the funny, angry and politically-driven spoken word artist; the host/curator of his own wildly eclectic radio show—has likely the noticed that the man hasn’t performed a lot of live music as of late. Curious as to why? Rollins addressed the issue in his latest column for the L.A. Weekly.
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May 15, 2013 - By Laura Aguirre
Nine Inch Nails just got a little smaller. Bassist Eric Avery, who joined the band earlier this year, has quit the band. This news comes two months before the start of Nine Inch Nails’ 2013-2014 world tour.
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May 14, 2013 - By Laura Aguirre
The Local Natives have announced a massive seven-month tour across the world. This will be in support of their sophomore album, Hummingbird, which the band released this past January. The tour will kick off in Australia this week, then they’ll head to North America in June, and Europe in July. They’ll come back to the States in early September and then cross the pond again in mid-October.
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May 13, 2013 - By Travis Woods
Poor Justin Bieber has been having something of a rough patch these days. Despite his rabid and fervent army of Beliebers, he’s been getting into more and more skirmishes with the paparazzi, and is-get this, you guys—coming off just a little bit like a spoiled, out of touch, and entitled rich kid. And it seems that the rest of America is more or less getting sick of him, according to a recent music-related survey from Public Policy Polling, who also testing Americans about their feelings on Lady Gaga, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift and more.
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May 10, 2013 - By Laura Aguirre
The star of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ latest music video is a blood-thirsty mosquito that feeds on little children. It’s beautiful, disgusting and totally worth watching. We have the clip for you below. Also, Courtney Love announced a brief U.S. tour, but don’t get your hopes up Hole fans because she’s going solo. We also have some updates on Kanye West‘s forthcoming album. All that and more below.
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May 09, 2013 - By Travis Woods
It’s somehow all rather fitting that Andy Kaufman—prankster, cult figure, and performance artist—would release his first comedy album a whopping 19 years after his cancer-related death in 1984. After all, the anti-comedian often toyed prankishly with his public image, and often spoke of faking his own death, so it makes an oddball kind of sense that he would only now, nearly two decades after his death, finally get his own comedy album.
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May 08, 2013 - By Laura Aguirre
Prostitutes and Catholic priests are the subjects of David Bowie latest music video. The singer once again loaded up his video with famous faces – Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard take the lead in “The Next Day,” the title track from Bowie’s recently released album.
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May 07, 2013 - By Laura Aguirre
Atoms For Peace, The Cure, Muse, Kings of Leon and Depeche Mode are all headliners at this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. The Texas-based festival is following the Coachella-format, meaning it’ll happen over two weekends for the very first time since its inception 12 years ago.
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