Month: February 2015

Watch Taylor Swift’s “Style” Music Video: Smoke, Waves and Shifting Faces

Taylor Swift is showing off her haunting style in her latest music video. The singer released the video on Friday for “Style,” her third single off 1989….


A Quick Tribute To Zane Lowe Before He Fucks Off To America

Yesterday it was announced that Zane Lowe would be leaving Radio 1, ending his run of nearly twenty years in the UK as a radio and TV broadcaster. He’s leaving for a very nice sounding job at Apple, launching their new iTunes radio service. Zane transformed the Evening Session, essentially a specialist indie show, into the…


The Breakfest Club: Amber Rose


Roc Nation Gets Into Film/TV Management

Since its inception, Roc Nation has been taking over the world step by step, and they just unveiled another power move. It’s been recently announced that Roc Nation, alongside Three Six Group (home to Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, and Deadmau5) would be forming Three Six Zero Entertainment, which will serve as a full-service management company…


Claude VonStroke Music Production Masterclass – Ableton Live


ANNIE MAC TO TAKE OVER ZANE LOWE’S RADIO 1 SHOW

In a new announcement from the BBC, Annie Mac has been confirmed as the new presenter of Radio 1’s weekday evening show. The current host is Zane Lowe, who will be leaving on March 5 to go work for Apple in America….


Florence Welch reveals ‘chaotic’ year and ‘nervous breakdown’ behind new album

Florence Welch appeared on BBC Radio 1 this evening (February 16) to discuss her new album, ‘How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful’. ‘How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful’ is the third album from Florence + The Machine and follows 2009 debut ‘Lungs’ and its follow up ‘Ceremonials’ which arrived two years later. Produced by Markus…


Jimmy Page to receive Rock’N’Roll Soul Award at NME Awards 2015 with Austin, Texas

Jimmy Page will be honoured with a special one-off award, the Rock’N’Roll Soul Award, at the NME Awards 2015 with Austin, Texas. Page, pictured with Royal Blood, will be at the ceremony, which takes place at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday (February 18), to collect the award in person. Tickets are available now….


Russia’s Vkontakte Takes Baby Steps Toward Copyright Respect

The Russian social network VKontakte, a local Facebook equivalent that has an outsized and international reputation for piracy, has begun taking steps toward legitimate operation and as the Russian streaming market is in its formative stages and has room for bigger players. Last week, VKontakte, owned by Mail.Ru Group, removed an option for streaming user-uploaded…


Sufjan Stevens Shares “No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross”

Sufjan Stevens has shared a new single, “No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross”, from his forthcoming record Carrie & Lowell. Listen to it below. The lyrics are in the YouTube description. Joyful Noise Recordings will release 100 copies of the “No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross” lathe-cut single. Carrie & Lowell is out March 30 in…