• Politics at Play in Sochi Opening Ceremony, from t.A.T.u. to Valery Gergiev

    Three topics have dominated the conversation leading up to the Winter Olympics in Sochi: terrorist threats, Russia's treatment of homosexuals, and Russia spending 2.5 percent of its GDP on the event (from The Economist). Russia can't do too much to fix its spending now, and reports have indicated nearly 100,000 security personnel will be working the events to prevent violence (again, The Economist). The government seemed to be addressing the criticism of its relationship rights record during the opening ceremonies Friday morning.

  • Hangout Festival 2014 announces pre-party lineup featuring Girl Talk, Iron and Wine, Wolfmother and more

    If you've ever been to Hangout Music Festival, you know that the Thursday night pre-party is pretty much just as important as the festival itself. It really turns the three-day festival into a four-day festival for those who get in town early enough.This year, Hangout will kick off the pre-party on May 15, with Girl Talk, Iron and Wine, Danny Brown, Wolfmother, Bombay Bicycle Club and Dumpstaphunk plus a DJ set from Bonobo.

  • Gospel Music in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

    For some, Gospel music is enjoyable, for others, it is a passion. For Baylor University's Robert Darden, it is his life's work. For years, he and his team have worked to identify, digitally record and catalog both well known and obscure recordings that make up the black gospel music tradition. Those 8000+ tracks will now be a part of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

  • Hardwell concert involves 60 being treated for "effects of drink and drugs"

    It's been a while since we've run a story on the unhealthy habits of EDM concert attendees, but fortunately the first major report on the subject from 2014 doesn't come with any deaths. However, the 60 Belfast concertgoers that required ambulance care during the show from producer Hardwell on Thursday night probably aren't too happy about it.

  • Arctic Monkeys 'Do I Wanna Know?' acoustic video showcases stellar songwriting [WATCH]

    Though it was released all the way back in June 2013, Arctic Monkeys are just now basking in the success of its biggest US hit "Do I Wanna Know?" After finally reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs Chart last month (and maintaining that spot for three weeks and counting), the British alt-rockers are still riding in on the musical phenomenon. Today's offering? An acoustic performance of the crawling track.

  • Beats Music could inherit 2 million Cricket Wireless customers

    Beats Music has quickly established that it could provide worthy competition to Spotify and other streaming services upon its arrival in late 2013. Still, it will take forever for the service to catch up to Spotify, right? Maybe not. A massive deal in the works could potentially make Beats Music bigger than its main competitor overnight. It all revolves around ongoing negotiations between Beats and AT&T.

  • Jonny Greenwood scoring Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice'

    Some directors frequent the same rock bands when choosing songs for their films (i.e. Martin Scorcese and The Rolling Stones). Others prefer to find their rock star heroes and have those individuals compose totally original music for their films, such as Wes Anderson and Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh. The latter describes the relationship of director Paul Thomas Anderson and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, who will be scoring Inherent Vice for Anderson.

  • Prince wants to charge 'about $10' for tickets to his upcoming shows with 3RDEYEGIRL

    Have $10 on you? Well that should be enough to buy you a ticket to see Prince. During a secret show in London, which took place in his friend Lianne La Havas' living room and was attended by about 10 people, the Purple One announced in an accompanying press conference that he doesn't want to charge all that much for upcoming performances with his new band 3RDEYEGIRL, according to the BBC.
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