• Download Festival announces Avenged Sevenfold and Rob Zombie as first round of headliners

    The first headliners for next year's Download Festival have been announced: Avenged Sevenfold and Rob Zombie. Download, held every year in Donington Park, England, is one of the largest rock-oriented music festivals in the world (we're talking heavy rock here...not the same scene as the average alt-rock based American festival). It's a three day affair, but A7X and Zombie have been the only acts announced thus far.

  • YouTube Music Awards Recap

    There's something raw and real about a YouTube video that you don't see on a music video traditionally fit for television. In line with this spirit, the YouTube Music Awards were not what you would expect to see on the real tube. Actor and musician Jason Schwartzman (Coconut Records) co-hosted with comedian and musician Reggie Watts. The hosting was pretty much completely unscripted. Winners included Eminem, Taylor Swift and Lindsey Stirling. Lady Gaga and Tyler the Creator performed.

  • Lady Gaga premieres 'Dope' off upcoming 'ARTPOP' [LISTEN]

    Over the past three weeks, Lady Gaga has dropped one song every week leading up to her Nov. 11 release date for ARTPOP. The past two weeks gave us the R. Kelly collaboration "Do What U Want" and the intergalactic dance track "Venus."Today Mother Monster gives us "Dope," an almost four-minute piano-driven ballad in which she reflects on a lost love, her battle with addiction and other trifles that have caused pain in her life.

  • iTunes Radio could be the solution to "loudness wars" ruining recorded music

    You've undoubtedly heard a member of the older generation complaining that the music you buy today just doesn't sound as good as it did way back when. They could be referring to newfangled genres such as dubstep, but they could also be referring to the audio quality as well. The sound quality of new music (regardless of whether you've bought the mp3, CD or vinyl version) is not up to snuff with the glory days of recorded music. This is because of "the loudness wars."
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