• Osheaga Festival 2015 Lineup: Kendrick Lamar, Florence + The Machine, The Black Keys, Alt-J Headline

    Montreal's Osheaga Festival has announced its 2015 lineup, and it is a big one. Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, the festival will welcome headlining acts Florence + The Machine, Kendrick Lamar, The Black Keys, Weezer, Alt-J, Of Monsters and Men, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Nas, Kygo, Interpol and others to Parc Jean-Drapeau, east of downtown Montreal on the St. Lawrence River. The three-day festival will host a wide variety of different acts from hip-hop to rock to indie and EDM with more than 100 acts announced to perform.
  • Chief Keef and Andy Milonakis 'My House' Music Video: 'GloGang' Pair Rap Through Purple Tinted Lens [WATCH]

    Chief Keef and Andy Milonakis have teamed up again to share the music video for their new single, "My House." A tune one would expect from these two, Chief Keef takes the majority of the verses as he recounts the things that he would never leave the house without: "I would never leave the house without my gat / I would never leave the house without my pack." The video finds them inside a studio with some other individuals sipping on what is presumably lean from styrofoam cups and smoking blunts. There is a purple tint given to the whole video, presumably an as an ode to what they are consuming.
  • INTERVIEW: Striking Matches Ready to Set Fire to Country World with Debut Album 'Nothing But The Silence'

    Two powerful, blues-inspired country guitarists stand determined, face-to-face as they wage war on silence, creating new music that oozes of twang, chemistry and raw emotion in a way not heard since The Civil Wars. This is Striking Matches. Made up of the Nashville duo of Justin Davis and Sarah Zimmermann, the latest riveting country duo is ready to take their friendly competition into the stratosphere.
  • Earl Sweatshirt NPR Interview: Odd Future Rapper Talks New Album 'I Don't Like Sh*t, I Don't Go Outside,' Kendrick Lamar, Music Journalism & More [LISTEN]

    Earl Sweatshirt released his "surprise" album, I Don't Like Sh*t, I Don't Go Outside, yesterday, despite being angry at his label for announcing giving away the surprise. Now the Odd Future artist opens up about the project in an hour-long interview with NPR. He talks about the process behind the album, the botched early release, advice from Flying Lotus, becoming self-aware, his relationship with his mother, the meaning behind his album title, the state of journalism, Kendrick Lamar's new album To Pimp A Butterfly, and much more. Here are some things we learned:
  • Charli XCX 'Famous' Video Gets Gruesome, Takes On Internet Culture For YouTube Music Awards [WATCH]

    Charli XCX has released a video for her single "Famous" off her latest album Sucker as part of the 2015 YouTube Music Awards. Ironically, the video takes down the very self-obsessed Internet culture that YouTube helped spawn. Directed by Eric Wareheim of Adult Swim's Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, the clip shows a Charli XCX fan, dressed like Charli in a Charli-themed room, trying to dance along to a Charli music video that she's watching on her cellphone. Then things take a dark, grotesque turn.
  • Stream Madeon's Debut Album 'Adventure' on iTunes Featuring Passion Pit, Foster the People's Mark Foster, Bastille's Dan Smith

    French producer/DJ Madeon's debut album artist album 'Adventure' is now available to stream in full on iTunes radio. The highly anticipated album from Madeon, 20 -- real name Hugo Leclercq -- has been in the works for a couple years, but now with the official release just a week away March 31, fans can at last hear what the self-proclaimed perfectionist has been cooking up in his studio. Unlike many of his prior singles, Madeon used the partnership with Columbia Records, which is releasing the album, to get some big-name features from the likes of Bastille frontman Dan Smith, Passion Pit and Foster the People frontman Mark Foster. Stream the album on iTunes radio here and pre-order it while you are there. Check out the tracklist below.
  • Brad Paisley Covers Eric Clapton's "Layla" on 'The Bobby Bones Show' [LISTEN]

    Brad Paisley has never been shy about his classic rock influences. The country superstar stopped by 'The Bobby Bones Show' earlier this month to play a cover of Eric Clapton's hit "Layla." Paisley opted for a version closer to the acoustic cut from 1992's 'MTV Unplugged' performance rather than the 1970 original, 'Taste of Country' noted.
  • ASAP Rocky Recalls Night Of Yams' Death From Drug Overdose: "I Just Miss Him"

    Last week, a drug overdose was revealed to have been the cause of A$AP Yam's untimely death. The A$AP Mob founder overdosed on an acute mixed drug intoxication with both opiates and benzodiazepine were found in his system. The death was ruled an accident. Yams was found unresponsive in his Brooklyn apartment on the morning of January 18 and was taken to Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead. Now his friend and colleague A$AP Rocky is opening up about the news.