• Tegan and Sara Talk Classic Indie Album 'So Jealous'

    It has been a full decade since Tegan and Sara broke onto the indie scene with "So Jealous." Ten years later, Tegan Quin discussed the album with "SPIN.""When Sara sent me 'So Jealous,' I was shocked," Tegan said. "The demo is really interesting to listen to. It was so dark. She moved away from Vancouver [to Montreal] a year prior to that, she was going through a massive break-up, she moved to a city where she knew no one, and she didn't know the language. It was hard."The twin sisters were on the fringes of stardom in an indie world that included Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and several others.

  • Former Metallica Producer Bob Rock Calls Band's New Album 'Landmark,' but Won't Work with Them

    The last time Bob Rock worked with Metallica was just after the new millennium, when he produced the recording sessions that eventually turned into the group's 2003 album "St. Anger." But he still counts the band as one of the best in the world, and thinks they have something special up their sleeve more than a decade later."I think they've got a landmark record in them — and it's probably brewing right now," Rock told "The Eddie Trunk Podcast," via U-G.Since "St. Anger," Rock has worked on projects with The Offspring, Michael Bublé, 311, Bush and Nelly Furtado —among others — but he claims that few of them were on par with Kirk Hammett and Co."I didn't do a lot of bands like Metallica after I did them," Rock said. "Why? This is as good as it gets; I'm with this."I'm not going to mention names, but when I don't believe a guy, when I know it's bulls--t, I have a tough time. I've done records like that and they don't work for me."No matter how much time he spends apart from Metallica, Rock remains on good terms with them.

  • Jazz Legend Buddy DeFranco Dead at 91: Clarinetist Played with Count Basie, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra

    Buddy DeFranco, one of the world's greatest jazz clarinetists, died Wednesday, Dec. 24. He leaves behind a musical legacy that lasted more than 70 years, playing in bands led by Tommy Dorsey and Count Basie in addition to performing with Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra. DeFranco was 91.The musician got his start in the late 1930s, bouncing around from band to band, NPR noted. He hooked up with Dorsey in 1944. DeFranco played with the band for four years before he decided to break out of swing music, opting instead for bebop, a difficult genre for a clarinetist to shine in. He toured with Basie to finish out the 1940s.DeFranco formed his own band in the '50s before joining Holiday for a European jaunt. As rock 'n' roll started gaining momentum, the musician did work for TV and film until he landed a gig fronting the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 1966. He continued to play well into his 80s. According to "The Washington Post," DeFranco played on more than 160 albums.

  • Curt Schilling Gives Johnny Manziel Twitter Advice, Hilarity Ensues

    The Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, Cleveland Browns rookie Johnny "Football" Manziel, couldn't play his way onto the field for the majority of the season and then completely flopped when he got a chance to prove himself. Former World Series champion Curt Schilling hit Twitter with some advice that had everyone laughing.

  • Kim Kardashian's Resentment Over Her Sister Kourtney's New Baby Nearly Ruined Christmas

    Kourtney Kardashian's biggest Christmas gift came two weeks early when she delivered her new son, Reign Aston Disick and while the entire family is thrilled to have a new member, some jealousy has also flared up. Not one to leave her sister steal the spotlight for very long, shortly before Christmas we learned that Kim Kardashian has been struggling to try and conceive for the last nine months, with no luck. While she is happy for her older sister, Kim has never been very good at hiding either her disappointment or resentment and this time around it nearly ruined Christmas.

  • Hundreds of NYPD Officers Turn Their Backs on Mayor de Blasio at Rafael Ramos' Funeral

    The funeral for NYPD Officer Rafael Ramos at Christ Tabernacle Church in Queens was one of the more somber scenes in the city in recent months. Ramos and his partner, Officer Wenjian Liu, were assassinated while sitting in their patrol car eating lunch last week in Brooklyn. It was an act carried out in retaliation for the chokehold death of Eric Garner and the shooting of Ferguson teen Michael Brown last summer, and it has only deepened the divide that exists in the city. Mayor Bill de Blasio has tried in recent days to extend an olive branch to the NYPD, but it was glaringly apparent today that as a whole, the department isn't having it.

  • 'Love & Hip Hop Atlanta's' Joseline Hernandez Suspended from the Show for First Four Episodes Next Season

    Joseline Hernandez has served as a real lightening rod for trouble and the producers of "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" seem to really love that about her. However, her behavior during the last reunion show was extreme, even for her. The entire cast sat on the stage all but begging VH1 to fire her after she and her equally messy man, Stevie J were both escorted from the premises by security. Many thought that she would be fired and while producers weren't about to let their biggest start slip through their fingers, she has had her wrist slapped.

  • Taylor Swift First Artist to be Number One on Billboard's Artist 100 List for 10 Consecutive Weeks

    Taylor Swift is the first artist to be on top of the Billboard Artist 100 list for 10 weeks straight. The chart, which was introduced in July, tracks data from other Billboard lists like the Hot 100, Top Albums Sales and Social 50, all of which Swift has dominated with her new release, '1989.' Her record will be a tough one to break considering Sam Smith only topped it for three weeks straight and Ariana Grande only clocked in two.

  • Adam Sandler Most Overpaid Actor of 2014 for Second Year in a Row, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Ben Affleck Included

    Forbes released its year-end list of the Most Overpaid Actors and Adam Sandler is number one for the second year in a row. The Sandman made $3.20 for every $1 the studios paid him which is down from 2013 ($3.40). Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp and Ben Affleck also made the list. Unfortunately for Sandler, his last three movies, which included the critically destroyed "Blended," did not return Sony's investment on the actor.
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