Month: December 2014

How Broken Social Scene Helped ‘Sugar, Sugar’ Songwriter Make Unlikely Comeback

Andy Kim co-wrote one of the most famous pop songs of all time at age 16. Now, at 62, he is right back where he started: trying to find his place in an ever-changing music landscape that seemingly has no room for him. However, for the first time in the Montreal native’s roller-coaster career, he’s presenting…


Fall Out Boy share their ‘Drunk History’ with Panic! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie – watch

Fall Out Boy have shared their Drunk History, presented by Panic! At The Disco frontman Brendon Urie….


Ed Sheeran is Spotify’s Most-Streamed Act for 2014

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is the year’s most streamed artist on Spotify, while Eminem tops the list in the United States….


Grammys 2015 Preview: Beyonce, Sam Smith & Other Artists Vying for Album of the Year Honors Dish on Their Discs

Having trouble keeping track of what’s nominated for Album of the Year at the 2015 Grammys? Billboard breaks down the five nominees….


Thom Yorke shares new song ‘You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry’ – listen

Thom Yorke has shared a new song, entitled ‘You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry’. Click below to listen to the track, via Stereogum. The song accompanies the Boxing Day Bandcamp release of his second solo album ‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’, which initially came out on filesharing service BitTorrent earlier in 2014…


Wale and A-Trak Release Festivus Mixtape Featuring Chance the Rapper, Pusha T, A$AP Ferg, More

Just in time for the holidays, Wale and A-Trak have released a new, collaboration-filled mixtape titled Festivus.  The eleven-track offering features contributions from Chance the Rapper, Pusha T, A$AP Ferg, Ab-Soul, and Fat Trel, among others. Download it via Datpiff, and listen below….


The Top 30 Christmas Songs Are All Old

[From Christmas Eve] This is the last day for Christmas songs until next year, but here’s something worthing thinking about. With all the great songwriters that are currently in the business, it’s a wonder that there hasn’t been any new Christmas songs of note in decades. This Washington Post chart shows that the majority of…


Hot 100 Chart Moves: Nicki Minaj Passes Madonna, ‘Voice’ Finalists Debut

As previously reported, Taylor Swift‘s “Blank Space” leads the Billboard Hot 100 for a sixth week, while Mark Ronson‘s “Uptown Funk!,” featuring Bruno Mars, at No. 3, tops the Digital Songs chart. Who else soars on the Hot 100 this week?…


Alberta Adams, Detroit’s ‘Queen of the Blues,’ Dies at 97

Alberta Adams, one of the last of the great post-World War II era blues singers, passed away on early Christmas morning in Detroit at the age of 97 after a long period of failing health….


Zoe Kravitz’s Band Lolawolf Finds Its Bold, Sexy Electro-Pop Beat

“When I’m with these guys, it’s like coming home,” Zoë Kravitz says after her band, Lolawolf, finishes soundchecking for a sold-out show at Brooklyn’s Rough Trade record store. The actress and singer is exhausted after a week of little sleep, and she stays curled up on the dressing room couch, her head resting against drummer…