• Beyoncé pens essay on gender inequality for 'The Shriver Report'

    Beyoncé has always been a champion for "woman-power" and expressing femininity, now the superstar has penned an essay for The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink, a 400-page comprehensive investigation into "the millions of women who are doing it all and barely scraping by, struggling to provide and parent in a nation that hasn't kept pace with the modern realities of their lives."
  • Oasis catalogue available on Spotify, Deezer, other streaming services

    Notice anything different when you turned on Spotify today? Of course you didn't. Nonetheless, a momentous breakthrough came for listeners, especially listeners of the British variety: Rockers Oasis finally made its catalogue available for the service. Fans can now check out classics such as Definitely Maybe and [What's The Story] Morning Glory.
  • U2 win Best Original Song at Golden Globes for 'Ordinary Love'

    The Golden Globes may be the award show best known for television and film trophies, but that doesn't mean music is completely out of the picture. Tonight (Jan. 12), among some of the biggest names in movie music, legendary rock band U2 took home the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for its contribution to the Nelson Mandela biopic "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom."
  • Beats Music to launch subscription streaming service January 21st

    Beats Music announced yesterday on its website that it will be launching itsnew music streaming subscription service in the U.S. on January 21. The service (formely dubbed "Daisy") was developed by Interscope/Geffen/A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine along with Dr. Dre, Beats Electronics president Luke Wood and Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. The subscription offers a catalog of more than 20 million fully licensed songs from both major and independent labels.
  • Alt-J announces departure of founding bassist Gwil Sainsbury on Twitter

    UK electro rockers Alt-J have announced the departure of founding bassist Gwil Sainsbury. In a Twitter post yesterday (January 11), the band wrote that he was leaving Alt-J effective immediately. The departure appears to be amicable with the band saying the removal was "purely a personal decision" and "as our best friend, we support him completely."
  • Coachella 2014 sells out in record time, no doubt thanks to Outkast reunion

    If you were hoping to go to Coachella 2014, we're sorry. Tickets for the annual music festival in Indio Valley have sold out. If you weren't one of the lucky few that jumped on it as soon as the tickets became available on Friday morning. Otherwise, you were pretty much hung out to dry. All tickets for the three-day event sold out in two hours and 37 minutes after ticket sales went live.