As Breaking Bad runs full steam ahead toward its season finale this week (are...are you crying?), the thought on a lot of folks' minds - beyond, "OMG WAT GUN HAPPEN?"- has been what Vince Gilligan will do next. The esteemed creator and producer took to Conan to reveal what he'll do next. Read More »
Christina Aguilera has revealed that she contributed a song to the Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack titled "We Remain." Given that title and post-Xtina's penchant for rafter-scraping chunks of optimism, expect a powerful song of truimph from The Voice judge. Read More »
Paris Hilton has given us the first continous snippet of her upcoming Cash Money debut single "Good Time" and -as someone who really did like her 2006 album Paris - it sounds really, really bad. Read More »
Man, that would be one catty ass headline if she wasn't, you know, actually starting a Vegas residency. Britney Spears teased the music video for her new single "Work Bitch" via Instagram. Read More »
As if a new album from Nick Diamond's band Islands wasn't enough, the band also put out an amazing Behind The Music-style parody to hype the release. For the Ski Mask promo, the band recruited Bill Hader, Michael Cera, Jon Daly and more to lay ridiculous praise upon the album. (Here's where I put the obligatory reminder that Nick Diamond was a member of The Unicorns, a band that lasted half as long as his still-surviving Islands group). Read More »
Schoolboy Q has released the latest single off of Oxymoron titled "Banger (Moshpit)". The TDE member is at his Yawk-iest on the track that - when taken along with "Collard Greens" - gives us hope that Q will make good on his promise. Read More »
It's really happening, y'all. Hot Boys are reuiniting (for 2 Chainz music video "Used 2") *twerks off in the general direction of New Orleans*, Chainz assembled the non-incarcerated (#FreeBG) members of Hot Boys for the B.O.A.T.S II: Me Time clip. Tity Two Necklace also copped the flow from Hot Boy standout Juvenile's "Back That Azz Up" for the song. Check out some BTS photos and video of the shoot below. Read More »
Amazing throwback rockers HAIM have already given us an album full of incredible tracks (Days Are Gone, which is streaming over at NPR), but they were gracious enough to take Miley's more-stunt-than-song break up jam "Wrecking Ball" and turn it into one more. Read More »
Animal is at it again, poking fun at indie bands' schtick via a fake compilation CD commercial. Their latest, Indie Kidz Songs sees children's tunes performed (not really) by blog favorites like Grimes, Danny Brown, Pixies and Alt-J. Read More »
Don't lie, we've all wanted to look at smooth as Jay Z did on the cover of Reasonable Doubt. And it looks like this Christmas, we'll finally get the chance. HOV is teaming up with Barney's to create a curated holiday clothing line. 25% of all proceeds will go toward the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation. Read More »
2013 may well go down in history as the year of unexpected returns. David Bowie and My Bloody Valentine both reappeared to release new albums in the first quarter of this year and lauded high-concept backpackers Deltron 3030 are about to drop their first album in over a decade called Deltron 3030: Event II. Read More »
Thanks to a particularly eventful Lollapalooza set, I will always see a tiny, shove-y girl getting her nose jacked up by the swinging elbow of a dancing fatbro every time any version of Passion Pit's "Carried Away" plays. There is a remix of the track on Pit's new EP (Constant Conversations) by Dillon Francis. Given that it's somehow ONLY WEDNESDAY, I really needed this. Read More »
Man, if Cribs was still a thing, dudes who were satisfied with just having the DVD on the TV would feel the need to step their game up right about now. The music video for "Hold On, We're Going Home" off Drake's new album Nothing Was The Same paired the '80s synth lines with an era appropriate Scarface homage, and A$AP Rocky came along for the ride. Read More »