• Lorde Talks 'Hunger Games, 'Nirvana in Recent Interview, Taking Her Time with New Album

    Lorde has been pretty busy since her debut album, "Pure Heroine," dropped last year. The "Royals" singer has been parodied on "South Park," performed with Nirvana at the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and was even charged with curating the soundtrack for "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1." In a recent interview with "Rolling Stone's" Brian Hiatt, Lorde talked about her many adventures in music, which included a tour stop in her native New Zealand last month. "It definitely feels like a bit of a victory lap," she said. The singer got the Hunger Games gig in July and it has taken up a lot of her precious time.
  • 10 Bands That Were Started With Former Bandmates

    Bands break up all the time, but just because a group of musicians have decided not to work together anymore as a unit, it doesn't mean that none of the members will never work together again. Here are 10 examples of bands that were started with former bandmates.
  • Kurt Cobain's Mixtape Before Nirvana's 'Bleach' Has Surfaced [LISTEN]

    Any bit of unreleased work by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is just another glimpse into a world of one young man's passion for making music. In a recently discovered tape that the singer made in 1988, it's evident that there was more to Cobain than what would come in a year later with his band's first release, Bleach.
  • 7 Indie Bands Who Had Incredible Major Label Debuts

    A major label deal may seem like a dream come true for any musician, but for many independently minded artists, major labels have often suppressed their true creative voices, resulting in sub-par work. These seven artists, however, still managed to deliver incredibly strong albums for their major label debuts.
  • 8 Classic Albums That End With Acoustic Songs

    When sequencing the songs on an album, musicians tend to place something particularly poignant and emotionally powerful for the last track, and what better way to do this than to write a simple song on acoustic guitar? Here are eight classic albums that end with acoustic songs.
  • Dave Matthews, Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic Post Twitter Selfie

    Yes, it’s true. Dave Matthews and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic have posted a selfie to Twitter … and the world is totally excited! At least, Twitter is. The iconic bassist posted the photo to the social media platform last night, saying he ran into the Dave Matthews Band frontman at Boeing Field in Seattle, WA. Matthews is currently riding high – not only because he and the bassist ran into one another – but also because his band’s debut major label album Under the Table and Dreaming just turned 20 years old.
  • 5 Non-Metal Musicians Who Love Metal

    Heavy metal isn't exactly everyone's cup of tea, but metalheads are far from the only people who listen to it. In fact, there are plenty of decidedly non-metal musicians who are big fans of the genre. Here are five non-metal musicians who love metal.
  • 12 Legends Covering Songs By Other Legends [LISTEN]

    It's pretty common for an up-and-coming artist to cover a song by a legendary artist to get themselves going, but there have been many times where these covers of classic songs have come from other legendary artists. Here are 12 legendary artists who have covered other legendary artists.
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