• DJ Paz dispenses new album via faux Justin Bieber 'Believe' packaging

    Beware if you're around Los Angeles and planning on buying Justin Bieber's Believe: You may go home with a different record. Electronic music producer Paz is the most recent performer to use a stunt to promote their new album. The DJ packaged his own disc within replica Bieber albums in order to fool at least 5,000 shoppers into buying his music.

  • 'Orange is the New Black' releasing official soundtrack May 13

    Orange is the New Black will return to Netflix on June 6, but music from the show is being readied for release, Billboard reports. Due out May 13 via Universal Music Enterprises, Music From the Original Series Orange Is the New Black includes the Grammy-nominated theme song, "You've Got Time," by Regina Spektor, as well as songs from Kelis, The Velvet Underground, Nico, tUnE-yArds and more.

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea to write memoir via Grand Central Publishing

    Red Hot Chili Peppers co-founder and bassist Flea (born Michael Balzary) has accomplished a lot in his 30-plus years in the spotlight. Known for his wild bass licks and for rocking tube socks and a Mohawk, Flea has performed at the Super Bowl, voice acted for Disney cartoons, played with The Mars Volta and Atoms for Peace, worked on soundtracks and even dabbled in acting. Now he's ready to tell us all about his journey.

  • BestTickets.com analyzes hip-hop obscenity from 1985-'13; Tupac Shakur takes the crown

    Andrew Powell-Morse and the folks at BestTickets.com get a shout-out today, in thanks for publishing the best data analysis report we've read this month so far (it's only been two days, but this report is excellent). "Profanity in Rap Lyrics Since 1985" tracks just that, by taking five of the most popular albums from each year between '85 and '13 and counting up every curse word within.

  • Disney investigating Deadmau5's attempt to trademark mouse head logo

    Last year, DJ Joel Zimmerman, a.k.a. Deadmau5, applied to trademark his notorious mouse head logo. As Billboard notes, the logo is a caricature of a mouse head with black ears, a black face, white eyes and a white mouth. If registered, the branding would cover all merchandise, including electronics, toys, drinks, vehicles (specifically BMX bikes), paper goods, leather goods, sporting goods, staple foods, light beverages and entertainment services. But there's one entity that might get in his way: Disney.
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