Earlier this week, Beck announced that his latest album Morning Phase will arrive in February 2014 — but on November 24th, he’ll bring songs from his 2012 sheet-music release Song Reader to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles as part of a partnership with eyeglass company Warby Parker. Tickets go on-sale on Sunday, November 3rd. Beck’s father,…

Jason Schwartzman is nervous. A regular on the indie film scene, the actor-musician takes the reins co-hosting Sunday’s first YouTube Music Awards, which celebrate the artists and songs that YouTube users have turned into global hits, at New York City’s Pier 36. Filmmaker Spike Jonze, best known for films like Being John Malkovich and Adaptation,…

Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is set to be released November 5. The album was also made available for streaming through iTunes Radio yesterday (November 1). Eminem discusses the making of this album during an interview with Rolling Stone. “I feel like right now I’m probably working harder than I’ve ever worked in my…

Former Warner Music Group recorded music chief Lyor Cohen has named his new label ‘300’ and completed his distribution deal with Atlantic, he revealed to Billboard in an interview in this week’s magazine. Cohen is starting 300 with his fellow ex-Warner Music colleagues Todd Moscowitz (ex-Warner Bros president) and Kevin Liles (ex-EVP Warner Music). All…

Check out a cool film about music enthusiasts who play vinyl records and find out why they prefer the medium and discover the essence of vinyl and the art of listening in the process….

I take back what I said about remaining quiet: Laurie Anderson can use as many words as she wants honoring her late husband, Lou Reed. (Still feels weird to write.) Sweetly, however, she chose very few in an obituary published in the East Hampton Star, a small-town Long Island, New York, newspaper. Here it is,…

  Sunday night’s live-streamed YouTube Music Awards will take place at New York’s pier 36, and the list of celebrities guesting the stage include everyone from Katy Perry to Tyler the Creator to Arcade Fire. Nominees for the inaugural set of awards were announced last week– only six categories in total — ranging from Artist…

Before you get your copy on November 5th, be sure to enjoy a full album stream below courtesy of Mr. Mathers’ himself. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Tracklisting): 1. “Bad Guy” (Prod. by S1, M-Phazes) 2. “Parking Lot (Skit)”…

In this video, Gaz Williams takes a deep look at the just-released Maschine Studio and Maschine 2.0: With two new AMOLED screens and a more integrated control surface, Maschine Studio is now the flagship hardware in the range, with a major software upgrade in V 2.0 which also is compatible with the existing Maschine Hardware, there’s…

In a “crowdsourced” interview conducted on Reddit yesterday — called AMAs, or Ask Me Anythings — Matthew Adell, CEO of dance music retailer and news destination Beatport answered a wide range of questions, many directed at the surprisingly retro download rules his company abides by, some at the perceived valuation bubble surrounding EDM and all…