• Kendrick Lamar Freestyle Raps Over Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" [LISTEN]

    Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift's mutual admiration has been well documented this year. First the "Shake It Off" songstress danced awkwardly at the 2014 Grammy's to Kendrick Lamar's "m.A.A.d city"/ "Radioactive" mash-up performance with Imagine Dragons, then she told Rolling Stone in her cover story that Lamar's "Backseat Freestyle" is her preferred method of relieving stress.

  • Lil B to Lecture at MIT Later This Month

    Bay Area rapper Lil B has made quite a nice (and unexpected) side career for himself on the lecture circuit, giving speeches at colleges such as New York University, the University of California Riverside, and Virginia Tech. Today, the 25-year-old rapper announced his next speaking engagement via twitter, which will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) later this month on Nov. 21.

  • FKA twigs Gives Stunning Performance of 'Two Weeks' on 'Jimmy Fallon' [WATCH]

    She may have missed out on the Mercury Prize, but FKA twigs’s star is still quickly on the rise. On last night’s episode of "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," the British R&B singer — and girlfriend of Robert Pattinson, it should be noted — performed her LP1 single “Two Weeks,” complete with a light show and stunning “air sculptures,” which "Pitchfork" noted were created by artist Daniel Wurtzel.You can check out FKA twigs’s "Tonight Show" performance of “Two Weeks” here:“Two Weeks” was the first single to be released from FKA twigs's debut album "LP1," which was released in August.

  • Taylor Swift Tops Digital Downloads Chart with 'Blank Space' while 'Style' Debuts at No. 8; Meghan Trainor Hangs On

    Taylor Swift absolutely dominated the Billboard 200 this week and she managed to top the Digital Downloads chart as well, although it took far less effort. "Blank Space" became the third track from 1989 to earn the "most downloaded" title (along with "Shake It Off" and "Out Of The Woods"), as the song moved 155,000 downloads, and that's not counting the nearly 1.3 million people who got the track along with the album.

  • Dave Grohl Calls Bands Who Perform Old Albums in Full 'Lazy,' Considers Re-Recording Foo Fighters's Debut Album

    Dave Grohl has long been a champion for authenticity in music, famously using his 2012 Grammy speech to celebrate "the human element of music," and in a recent "NME" interview, the Foo Fighters frontman was at it again, denouncing the recent trend of bands going on nostalgia tours to perform their old albums in full."F--k, man! I don't like it when a band's tour is just to play one past record," Grohl vented to "NME." "I f--king hate that. I don't like it when bands do that. It's presumptuous. It's lazy."The topic of these nostalgia tours came up when Grohl was discussing the Foo Fighters's plans for their upcoming 20th anniversary, which at one point included a re-recording of the band's self-titled 1995 debut album, which Grohl originally recorded by himself in a matter of days.

  • Tame Impala Talk New Album, Success of 'Elephant' and Commercialization

    Kevin Parker and Tame Impala hit it big with 2012's "Lonerism" and its ensuing single "Elephant," which gained a lot of traction on alternative radio.Now gearing up for a U.S. tour, the singer addressed several topics in a radio.com interview, including a new album, the success of "Elephant" and commercialization:

  • Clay Aiken Loses Midterm Election Bid for Congress, Gets Esquire Network Docu-Series

    It looks like Clay Aiken has come in second yet again. Yesterday (Nov. 4), the former American Idol contestant and current politician lost his big for the U.S. Congress. Though he may not be heading to D.C. as the latest musician turned activist, Aiken will be heading to television. His bid for Congress is going to be the topic for a forthcoming Esquire Network docuseries.

  • 'Run the Jewels 2' Review: Spencer Tweedy Drops Expletive-Laden Praise for Hip-Hop's Hottest Album

    Spencer Tweedy — son of Wilco's Jeff — recently participated in a musicians-review-musicians project for The Talkhouse, dropping expletive-laden praise for hip-hop's hottest album.He chose to take a close look at Killer Mike and El-P's modern hip-hop classic "Run the Jewels 2," and if that sounds like an odd selection, the intro is an even bigger curveball."Neil Young is an out-of-touch motherf----r," the review begins.After some lengthy Young-centric misdirection, Tweedy arrives at his point: Run the Jewels is the antithesis to Young. They are actually edgy.

  • 'General Hospital' Star Kimberly McCullough to Direct New Disney Channel Series 'KC Undercover' Starring Zendaya

    When Kimberly McCullough left her role as Robin Scorpio on "General Hospital" earlier this year, the actress said she wanted to branch out and focus on working on the other side of the camera as a director. McCullough took part in ABC's 2012-14 Directing Program, and it was just announced that she has landed her first real directing gig. McCullough will be directing an upcoming episode of "KC Undercover," Disney Channel's new comedy starring Zendaya Coleman.McCullough announced the news via her official Twitter and, ironically enough, she is not the only veteran soap star to decide to leave a plum acting job in favor of working behind the scenes. Allison Sweeney's final scenes as Sami Brady on "Days of Our Lives" aired last week, and after 22 years in character she, too, is excited to direct.

  • High-Quality Audio Service Tidal Enters the United States Market

    Audiophiles, rejoice! If you have been looking for an alternative to the average to low-quality sound being streamed by services like Spotify, Beats Music and YouTube, then a new audio service called Tidal is here for you. The service launched in the United States market last week as the first streaming service to offer only high-quality audio.Deezer Elite, which launched in the United States last month, offers high quality as part of its package, but you must be hooked up to Sonos to get the quality. Tidal streams high-fidelity lossless quality, which means it is at 1411 kilobytes per second. To put that in perspective, Spotify streams at 160 kbps for standard desktop and Web player users, iTunes downloads at 256 kbps and Beats Music at 320 kbps, widely considered to be the threshold for good quality for an MP3.Tidal has a library of 25 million songs, comparable to Spotify and Beats Music, and comes with a curation aspect as well. The service creates playlists and gives you recommendations from their editorial team. Not only do you get high-quality music, but you also get HD video for music videos as well.
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