Spoon have begun streaming their eighth record They Want My Soul which spans the group’s signature indie rock and excursions into electro-pop in advance of its August 5th release date via iTunes Radio The group recorded the album which it’s releasing on its own Loma Vista label with producers Joe…
How do you like him now? For the second year in a row Toby Keith has topped Forbes magazine’s list of the highest paid country artists Keith’s bounty this year? A cool $65 million The hefty sum is derived from profits from Keith’s own record label Show Dog – Universal his…
Amid the exquisite domed acoustics of Duke University’s Baldwin Auditorium in Durham North Carolina a small voice haltingly emanated from the stage “I am delighted (and nervous) to welcome you all to the first evening of our celebration of ourselves” The voice belonged to Merge Records co-founder and Superchunk bassist…
More than three decades after the horror classic The Evil Dead sprang forth from The Book of the Dead to spawn two sequels and a 2013 reboot the franchise will return as a TV series The original movie’s writer and director Sam Raimi has teamed with his brother Ivan and the…
At the turn of the decade it seemed as though Timbaland — the producer behind many of the biggest beats of the previous 15 years — had finally quieted down Now at age 42 he’s back on top In the past year and a half he has co-produced nearly all of Justin…
Paul McCartney will continue to add to his Archive reissue series with two Wings albums this fall The group’s 1975 LP Venus and Mars which contains the single “Listen to What the Man Said” and the following year’s Wings at the Speed of Sound home to “Silly Love Songs” and…
Tim McGraw’s highly anticipated Sundown Heaven Town album will make its debut September 16th but the wait is over for the cover art and track listing for the set which will be available to pre-order at iTunes Amazon and the singer’s website starting Tuesday July 29th Co-produced by McGraw with…
A number of notable female musicians actresses and artists have banded together to support a Kickstarter to launch the School of Doodle a free online high school for imagination for teenage girls Courtney Love Kim Gordon Cat Power Pussy Riot Sia and Yoko Ono are among those backing the project who have contributed…
On Sunday Lily Allen convinced police escorts to place her in handcuffs for a staged photo at the Gold Coast airport in Australia prior to her performance at the Splendour in the Grass festival Now authorities are investigating the incident claiming the officers breached standard protocol according to Billboard Top 50 Tweeters…
Welcome to Young Guns our series exploring the most notable guitarists from the next generation of legends For more interviews with the guitarists inspiring us right now click here WHO A 28-year-old guitarist who grew up in Morningside Heights on New York’s Upper West Side Dave Harrington is dance-music wunderkind Nicolas Jaar’s partner in…
