• The Rolling Stones will reenter tour mode May 26 in Norway

    The Rolling Stones were understandably for a spell following the death of L'Wren Scott, the longtime partner of frontman Mick Jagger. At the risk of sounding callous, nothing can keep the band down for too long however, and the group will hit the road again in May, beginning a slew of dates across Europe and Israel.

  • A Brief History of The Flaming Lips' Weirdness

    The Flaming Lips' recording of a companion album to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon may seem like a strange idea, but should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the Oklahoma band's tendencies. This is just the latest in a long string of unusual activity for the band. Here's a brief history of the strangest things the Flaming Lips have done.

  • Pixies launch campaign for fans to design album artwork for upcoming 'Indie Cindy'

    Last week, Pixies announced their first album since 1991, Indie Cindy. Now they have launched a competition for fans to create artwork for the LP to be used as a limited-edition lithograph print, offered as a bonus item for those who purchase the effort at independent record shops, NME reports. The winner of the contest will be offered a $500 cash prize and a copy of the design autographed by the band.

  • O-Town is officially back, and new music is on the way

    Last week's big news on the boy band front was that The Backstreet Boys would be joining up with The Spice Girls for a tour later during 2014. Those rumors remain rumors, and nothing more. We have solid fact for you now however: O-Town is mounting a comeback. Nothing has been made official in terms of live dates, but new music shall be released, according to member Jacob Underwood.

  • 7 Artists Who Rarely Perform(ed) Live: Steely Dan, The Beatles, Brian Eno and more

    When Kate Bush recently announced new concert dates, a certain section of the Internet freaked out. This reaction wasn't simply due to the fact that she's one of the world's most celebrated living musicians, but rather because Kate Bush has somehow managed to not tour since 1979. She's not the only world famous artist who has an unusual relationship with the stage, however...

  • Epic Records to release posthumous Michael Jackson album, 'Xscape,' in May

    Nearly five years after Michael Jackson's death, Epic Records is releasing material from the singer's archive vault for the upcoming album, Xscape, due out May 13. According to Billboard, the label CEO and executive producer, L.A. Reid, cultivated Jackson's completed vocal recordings and went about "contemporizing" each to give it a more current sound while maintaining what the label believes would've been Jackson's creative vision.

  • 8 Albums that go against the theory of the sophomore slump: Radiohead, Nirvana, Neutral Milk Hotel and more

    The theory of the "sophomore slump" is that an artist has their whole lives to create their first album, but then suffers creatively when they have only a short time to create their second. Andrew W.K., The Stone Roses, Television, Interpol, and Best Coast are all examples of artists who have fallen into this trap, but it's not as widespread as music historians may lead you to believe. There are a huge number of bands whose second albums either made up for the false start of their debuts, or rode their debut's success to even greater artistic heights.

  • The bats of Austin's Congress Avenue Bridge and agency Mr. President draft an electronic track

    Bacardi and creative agency Mr. President may have missed the apex of bat-related hoopla that occurred with the release of the recent Batman movies, but they still found a pretty excellent way to incorporate bats into music during its showcase at SXSW a few weeks back. Specifically, it enlisted the help of roughly 100,000 chiroteroids in the creation of a short electronic music track.
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