• Rob Lowe Likens Ariana Grande to Dixie Chicks After 'I Hate America' Comments

    Ariana Grande may have apologized for licking a donut and proclaiming "I hate America" in a leaked video from a pastry shop, but not everyone is buying that the "One Last Time" singer is a true patriot. After the 22-year-old singer's comments made waves around the Internet, Rob Lowe is dismissing her along with The Dixie Chicks.

  • Sony Music Defends Spotify Payout Process Amid 19 Entertainment Lawsuit

    Sony Music has defended its Spotify payout process after being sued by American Idol-affiliated outfit 19, which manages artists like Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson. Sony claims that taking equity in the streaming giant to the tune of 6 percent under its current deal and keeping some profits from artists are all within their contractual right.

  • Kurt Cobain Documentary 'Montage of Heck' Makes Theatrical Return

    After seeing its release on a film festival circuit, a quick debut in theaters and a premier on HBO, Brett Morgen's Montage of Heck will make its theatrical return in August. Selected cinemas will show the film via Abramorama beginning August 7, having already booked slots at Los Angeles' ArcLight and other Arclight locations around the country as well as New York's IFC Center.

  • Coheed and Cambria Halt Sci-Fi Concept for New Album 'The Color Before The Sun'

    For over a decade, Coheed and Cambria have channeled their artistic drive not only into their music but into their ongoing science fiction story "The Amory Wars," paired with the progressive rock band's first seven studio albums. Stepping away from their conceptual storyline, the band decided to take a different direction for their latest LP due out October 9 via 300 Entertainment, The Color Before the Sun.

  • Marianas Trench, Sting Songstress Ivy Levan Rock NYC Irving Plaza Ahead of New Albums: Review

    New York City experienced an incredible night of music on July 8, 2015 thanks to the talents of Marianas Trench and Ivy Levan. The Canadian pop rockers shared some new tracks and blew the roof off of Irving Plaza for a packed house of loyal fans, old and new, who also fell in love with the night's pop songstress opener. Levan's upcoming album, No Good features a song collaboration with music icon Sting, but we learned this week that she's ready to take over the world all on her own! Find out more about this amazing concert in our review below.

  • Meek Mill Sells 5x as Many Records as Miguel, James Taylor on Albums Chart

    Yesterday we showed during our summary of the Billboard 200 that Meek Mill and 'Dreams Worth More Than Money' sold nearly five-times as much as any other new title on the list. The same trend applies to actual album sales, where the album moved actually (not nearly) sold more than 500 percent more copies than the runner-up. The emcee stands a strong chance at joining Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar as the only performers to top the Billboard 200 for more than one week when next week's sales are revealed.

  • Giuliana Rancic Confirms She's Leaving 'E! News' After a Scandalous Year

    It has been a pretty rocky year for E!'s Giuliana Rancic. First she came under serious fire for making what many perceived to be racist remarks about Zendaya's hair on Oscar night and then she chased that with a book that painted a fairly negative picture of her as well. Her drama directly contributed to the hiatus of Fashion Police and many expected her to be fired from the series. Instead Rancic has announced that she will be leaving E! News later this summer.

  • Lee Greenwood's 'American Patriot' Cracks Billboard 200 for First Time

    Every once in a while, you'll notice a quirky entry on the Billboard 200, and this week marked the first ever appearance of Lee Greenwood's 'American Patriot' on the list, no doubt because of the preceding July 4th holiday weekend. The album is famous, of course, for including "God Bless The U.S.A." among nine other patriotic standards. This week it came in at no. 172 on the Billboard 200, which Billboard confirmed was its first time in the charts, 23 years after its release.

  • Taylor Swift '1989' Passes Huge Sales Milestone

    Taylor Swift's new album 1989 just cannot stop shattering records. Thanks to the success of singles "Shake It Off," "Blank Space," "Style" and "Bad Blood," Swift's first bona fide pop album has become the quickest LP to reach 5 million album sales in 10 years.

  • Black Violin Hip-Hop Duo Release Topical 'Invisible' Single

    Continuing the argument that classical music and hip-hop are not exempt from one another, we present you with Black Violin, a duo from Florida comprised of two classically trained instrumentalists. They just released their latest track, "Invisible."
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