We may be getting closer to Janet Jackson’s long-rumored new record. Though the legendary R&B singer said any news about her forthcoming 11th studio LP would come straight from her (WHICH NEITHER CONFIRMS OR DENIES ANYTHING, PEOPLE), new, scattered evidence suggests it is on its way. On a tip from Jackson fan forum the Janet Club, Stereogum called a brick-and-mortar…

Avicii and Volvo now share more than just their Swedish heritage….

In the warren of tunnels under London’s Waterloo station, four Las Vegans are filling a confined space with extraordinary energy. If tearing the roof off is a well-worn cliché, Imagine Dragons are pile-driving their way underground, Daniel Platzman’s drum beats blasting through the bricked space like sonic booms….

On May 19th, a day before the Who’s 50th-anniversary tour arrives at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, Pete Townshend will celebrate his 70th birthday. “I’m not going to make a big deal out of it,” he says, before adding, somewhat mysteriously, “I’ve made a few promises to myself that I want to keep private. I…

There’s something new about EDC this year (besides the lack of overlapping artists between it and other regional mega-festival Hard Summer)….

The excitement surrounding this week’s premiere of Montage of Heck, the documentary on Kurt Cobain, along with the popularity in recent years of similar features on Jimi Hendrix and Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, has proven that narratives focusing on musicians who died young and under tragic conditions never lose their attraction….

Having already conquered radio, Pitbull is now aiming to take over your smart TV with the launch of two new original series on Endemol Beyond USA, the digital content arm of production giant Endemol Shine North America (with distribution across more than 20 platforms including YouTube, Yahoo, AOL, Roku, TiVo, DailyMotion and Amazon Fire TV)….

Some digital startups turn entrepreneurs and their investors into millionaires. The nine-year run of streaming service Grooveshark, which succumbed to legal woes and agreed to shut down on April 30, arguably enriched lawyers more than anyone. How much did Florida-based parent company Escape Media outlay while keeping the service afloat? Experts believe that Escape was…

There is a long and mixed history of musicians taking stands, writing songs and doing concerts to support causes. But it really is news when the usually reclusive and apolitical Prince pens a new tune and schedules a benefit concert in reaction to the recent unrest in Baltimore….

David Byrne is going to Washington. The music legend has been appointed to the board of directors of SoundExchange, the Washington D.C.-based organization that collects digital performance royalties in the United States….