• Kanye West 'Swish' Leaks: Tracklist Features Bruno Mars, Big Sean

    Kanye West's new album Swish still doesn't have a release date, new single or other further details but the Yeezus follow-up has already potentially leaked online. Last night (July 7), a fan on Reddit posted a low-quality version of Mr. Kim Kardashian's latest effort and a potential tracklist has followed suit with guest spots from Bruno Mars, Big Sean and Paul McCartney.
  • Grateful Dead's 'Fare Thee Well' Concerts Earns Estimated $55 Million

    The Grateful Dead has never been about the money...but the "Fare Thee Well" concert seems to have provided quite enough to supplement its members' retirements (in case they don't continue with their other acts). Although AEG Live hasn't opted to reveal any of the financial information for the two weekends of the concert series, Billboard has compiled its own estimate and concluded that the band made, at the very least, $55 million over the last two weeks.
  • Snoop Dogg, Amitis Sued for Blasphemy for Religious Imagery in 'King' Video

    Snoop Dogg has inadvertently gotten himself wrapped up in controversy after starring in a music video that has inspired a lawsuit from the Indian Zoroastrian community, alleging that the clip features blasphemy and should be blamed. The video for "King" comes from Iranian-American pop performer Amitis, and features the rapper sitting on a throne, smoking a joint with the religious imagery in the background, which brought allegations of blasphemy.
  • Caitlyn Jenner Feels "Free" in Latest 'I Am Cait' Trailer

    The 30-second clip begins with a sentimental exchange between Jenner and her mother, who reveals in the video, "My first feeling was, I lost my son. But then I thought, you know what - I'm gaining." Jenner warmly embraces her daughter Kylie, cheerily uses a knife to uncork a champagne bottle and encourages a gathering of youth that they're all beautiful.
  • Judge Denies Suge Knight Request To Dismiss Murder Charges

    There had been a glimmer of hope when one of the main eye-witnesses in the murder case against rap mogul Suge Knight flip-flopped on his story and decided not to testify about the murder of the alleged victim, Terry Carter. Despite the flip-flop by the witness, Cle "Bone" Sloan got into an alternation with Suge Knight and was run over by the Death Row Records founder just moments before Knight allegedly ran over Carter. Sloan refused to testify about the incident at a preliminary hearing in April and thus, Knights attorneys moved to try and dismiss the case. Today, July 7, Superior Court Judge Stephen A. Marcus rejected that as a good reason to dismiss the case.
  • Caribou's Daphni Moniker Shares Spacey Free Download 'Vikram'

    Dan Snaith, better known as Caribou, has unleashed his Daphni side project for a brand new free download titled "Vikram." The new tune fits with the spacey and more psychedelic side of Snaith's production with long and subtle builds that don't necessarily give a dramatic payoff, but rather leads the listener on a journey of different eclectic sounds.
  • Subway Pitchman Jared Fogle: FBI Searches His Home

    As part of an investigation, the FBI stormed into the Zionsville, Indiana house of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle, stealing the computers of the man who shed over 200 pounds by eating the company's sandwiches.
  • PREMIERE: Slim Wray's "The Way I Get By" Off 'Post No Bills'

    Garage surf-rock trio Slim Wray's forthcoming EP, Post No Bills, out July 14, proliferates that 1960's beach babe sound. Recorded in Bunker Studios in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Post No Bills is the gritty, cymbal-heavy, blues infused answer to Brain Wilson's surf pop.