Nicole Oran

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  • Prince Schedules Three Special Shows at Mohegan Sun

    Prince always comes up with a new way to surprise fans with live performances, either by giving a certain city multiple shows in a row, or even announcing a performance the day of. This time, Prince has scheduled a trio of shows at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, according to Rolling Stone.

  • Seth Rogen and James Franco spoof Kanye West’s “Bound 2″ video

    Kanye West's music video for Bound 2 was released last week and stirred up a lot of attention, considering his soon-to-be-wife and reality TV star Kim Kardashian appeared topless, straddling him on a motorcycle. Now Bound 3 has been released, but it features different couple.

  • Beck Performs 'Song Reader' in L.A. With Jack Black, John C. Riley and More

    It wasn't the conventional approach to releasing new tracks when Beck put out Song Reader last year, 20 songs in the form of sheet music in a book published by McSweeney's. Even though fans couldn't listen to the collection directly, many people adapted the songs and took advantage of YouTube to share them.

  • Snoop Dogg Never Listened to 'Doggystyle' All The Way

    It's been 20 years since Snoop Dogg's debut LP Doggystyle was released on Nov. 23, 1993 and sold 800,000 copies in the first week. This was the first time an artist made the Billboard 200 album charts at #1 with their initial record. But apparently, even though so many other people were listening to it, Snoop never took the time to listen to the entire record all the way through.

  • Wu-Tang's GZA Big Bang Theory Rap

    Rappers have made have made speeches to motivate the eager young minds of students before, for example Kanye and then there is now a fellowship at Harvard in honor of Nas. Now Wu-Tang Clan's GZA is doing the same after he made a stop at the University of Toronto to give a guest lecture about 'Consciousness, Creativity and Music'.

  • 'Breaking Bad' Score Available on Vinyl

    'Breaking Bad' fans are pretty diehard, and anyone who watched the show knows how haunting (and exciting because it’s starting) the opening theme song is. Well starting on Nov. 26 you can listen to the opening song again and again on vinyl and drive yourself crazy.

  • DIIV Calls Out Grimes About What's Really Vegan

    Apparently Grimes isn't vegan enough for New York band DIIV. It all started when Grimes posted on her Tumblr that she loved the new Anchorman themed Ben and Jerry's butterscotch ice cream called Scotchy Scotch Scotch, released to promote the upcoming sequel.

  • Ezra Koenig Stands up for the Selfie

    As Oxford Dictionary recently announced, the word of the year is "selfie." It's clear that the extreme use of Facebook and Instagram have made the word what it is today. Some people use the social media platforms to declare that they hate it when people take selfies, but others are quite fond of the photo phenomenon, even if it's been going on for a while.

  • Ol' Dirty Bastard's Audition (Maybe) for Mr. Ed Remake in 2004

    Apparently back in 2004, Comedian Drake Sather was trying to create a remake for FOX of the 1960's show Mister Ed. Now with an audio recording to back it up, it seems the rumors could possibly be true that Ol' Dirty Bastard, before he passed away, had auditioned for the role of the talking horse.

  • Beck's Journey Creating 'Morning Phase'

    Creative rocker Beck recently announced his upcoming album Morning Phase will be released on Capital Records, which will be out in February. This is the first record since his 2008's Modern Guilt. Rolling Stone took a closer look at the artists new project and

  • Amy Winehouse BIopic Ruled Out by Her Father

    It appears that after the Hollywood biopic about Amy Winehouse is being strongly objected by her father Mitch Winehouse. Rumors about the potential movie have been going on for a while since she died in July 2011.

  • Arcade Fire's New "Afterlife" Video [WATCH]

    Arcade Fire has received quite a bit of attention lately, not only for buzz on the album Reflektor, but the news about the formal wardrobe requirements at their shows (and now the retraction). But there's more. The Montreal band just released a new video for the song "Afterlife."
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