• Robyn, Avicii, Max Martin and More Get Faces on Swedish Stamps for 2015

    We're not quite sure what the regulations of stamp collecting is, whether you're supposed to focus on stamps from your homeland or what, but music fans who also enjoy harboring postage can take pleasure in knowing that a new set from Sweden highlights five of the nation's biggest names in music at the moment (via Pitchfork).

  • SoundCloud Confirms Licensing Deal with Warner Music Group

    After posting a $29 million loss in 2013, there was a real sense of urgency that something had to give at Swedish music streaming service SoundCloud to create a sustainable revenue stream that would not only pay artists and labels, but also get them out of the red. It appears it is on the road to do that after the announcement that it finally penned the back-and-forth deal with Warner Music Group.The deal marks the first of the three majors to sign with a licensing deal with SoundCloud, which has reportedly been close to signing with the three majors in the past. But after those deals fell through and the recent posting of its 2013 losses, things started to look grim for SoundCloud and its ability to monetize its massive user base.

  • WATCH: Lorde's "Yellow Flicker Beat" Music Video Features Alienation and Tons of Costumes

    The Hunger Games franchise is all about fighting against authority, even if that means standing on your own. And in her new music video for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1's "Yellow Flicker Beat," this is a concept pop star Lorde seems to understand quite well. On the dawn of her 18th birthday, the "Team" singer released the official visual for "Yellow Flicker Beat," and it displays the series' alienation themes perfectly well.

  • Police Say 16-Year-Old Sash Alexander Nemphos Planned on Opening Fire at Maryland School on Halloween But Was Too Drunk to Do It

    Just a few short weeks after Jaylen Fryberg opened fire on a table full of his closest friends at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington state, we are learning that another school came close to having a similar tragedy. On Saturday, Nov. 1, 16-year-old Sash Alexander Nemphos was confronted by police after being a suspect in several Monkton, Maryland, area theft cases. The teen was clearly intoxicated at the time and unveiled a plan involving a gun that he was accused of stealing.Nemphos claimed he was going to drive to school, shoot the officer who stands guard and then use his gun to kill as many kids and teachers as possible. He then told investigators he had originally intended to carry out his plan on Halloween because he had the gun in his backpack but had forgotten to bring several bombs he had built, so he postponed his plan. He chalked up his forgetfulness to being too drunk on that particular day.

  • Tyler, The Creator to Release Limited Edition Documentary 'Wolf'

    If there is a rapper with the color and personality to make a documentary about themselves, Tyler, The Creator would be right up there at the top of the list. As a member of rap collective Odd Future, he has cemented himself as one of the premiere new rappers with lyricism and charisma to go along with it. Now he is making a limited edition documentary, titled "Wolf" about the making of his album "Wolf" and everything that went into it.Set for release Nov. 8 at 12:01 a.m., this will be a fascinating look into the life of Tyler, The Creator and his creative process. According to Hip Hop Wired, the DVD will be sold in conjunction with Illegal Civilization. There will unfortunately only be 100 copies of the movie sold, half of which will be at Odd Future's upcoming, daylong festival this Saturday at The Park @ L.A. Coliseum with Rick Ross, Pharrell, Mac Miller and the whole Odd Future crew, Camp Flog Gnaw. So if you needed any extra incentive to go to the event, now there will be an added bonus if you can get there early enough and beat the lines.

  • Big K.R.I.T. Shares Trippy 'Cadillactica' Music Video [WATCH]

    Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. has shared the music video for his recent single “Cadillactica,” which you can check out below. The Matt Swinsky-directed clip simply features K.R.I.T. rapping around plenty of trippy, colorful visuals, which perfectly match the track’s spaced-out production.You can check out the music video for Big K.R.I.T.’s “Cadillactica” here:“Cadillactica” is the title track from Big K.R.I.T.’s upcoming album, set for release Nov. 11 through Def Jam Records. The album will be K.R.I.T.’s second overall, following his 2012 debut "Live from the Underground." It will also be his first full-length release since his 2013 mixtape "King Remembered in Time."

  • Selena Gomez "The Heart Wants What it Wants" Review: Emotional Song Channels Justin Bieber Drama But is Still Stunning on Its Own [LISTEN]

    Selena Gomez has finally released new music and is opening up to her fans and the world in the process. After weeks of speculation and rumors about a best-of album and a new single, today (Nov. 6), the former Disney star released a highly emotional music video for the track "The Heart Wants What It Wants." And all the while, she's channeling the drama surrounding the relationship with her on-again, off-again ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber.

  • Carlesha Freeland-Gaither Safe at Home, Delvin Barnes in Custody on a Slew of Charges Including Attempted Capital Murder

    Carlesha Freeland-Gaither is safe and back at home in Philadelphia after a horrific ordeal that began last Sunday night, Nov. 2, when she was abducted from a Germantown street a few blocks from her apartment. The video of Freeland-Gaither being dragged, kicking and screaming down the block, went viral and probably played a huge role in investigators finding her in relatively OK shape Wednesday night, Nov. 5, in Jessup, Maryland. Delvin Barnes is currently in custody and is actually being held on an unrelated warrant for attempted capital murder.Apparently, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents received information from Virginia that tipped them off to the notion that Barnes could be their man, and they found his vehicle late Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 4, on a road in Jessup. It had its back window kicked out, something that those who witnessed Freeland-Gaither's abduction said she had managed to do.

  • Lollapalooza Coming To Berlin In September 2015 At Tempelhof Airport

    Lollapalooza is headed to Berlin, Germany in 2015, Billboard reports. Spread across two days, the festival will be held at the historically protected Tempelhof Airport in the heart of Berlin on September 12-13. Germany joins Chile, Brazil, and Argentina as the fourth international location for the festival, which began in Chicago and expanded from its home base over the last half decade.
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