• Columbia House to Relaunch as Vinyl Delivery Service

    Columbia House, the legendary mail order brand, is staging its comeback only a few months after its parent company, Filmed Entertainment, Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, effectively ending the brand's 50-year run of bringing the masses large quantities of albums and later movies for as little as a dollar--or so we thought. Under new ownership, the brand is set to relaunch as a vinyl record delivery service.

  • Pirate Bay Co-Founder Plans to 'Bankrupt' Record Industry With New Art Project

    Peter Sunde, one of four co-founders of the longstanding torrent hub The Pirate Bay, has announced his plans to bankrupt the record industry with a new art project. Called the Kopimashin, the project basically creates an endless amount of copies of a specific audio track in order to demonstrate the folly of the music industry's calculated losses when it comes to piracy cases.

  • Stormzy Turns Up #ShutUpForXmasNo1 Campaign, Drops Christmas Freestyle in Santa Suit [WATCH]

    MC Stormzy recently launched his #ShutUpForXmasNo1 campaign to get his grime freestyle track "Shut Up" to the top of the UK's charts by Christmas Day. As the song has been steadily climbing the charts and the holiday draws near, the MC turned up his campaign a few decibels with an appearance on Yasmin Evans and Twin B's BBC 1 Extra Breakfast show during which he donned a Santa suit and dropped Christmas versions of his greatest freestyle hits.

  • Calvin Harris Trolls Hardwell With Hilarious Christmas Gift to Dillon Francis

    2015 has surely been the year of trolling within the EDM world, especially with artists like Dillon Francis, DJ Snake and now Calvin Harris and Hardwell. In a hilarious attempt to prank Francis, Harris trolled Hardwell by sending Francis an Christmas gift, with the stipulation that Francis had to document the entire thing on Snapchat, so that there would be video proof of the joke - and yes, there certainly is!

  • Beatport Reveals 'NYE Peak Hours Page' With Playlists for New Year's Eve Parties

    With New Year's Eve quickly approaching, DJs are putting their final touches on their USBs, as deciding which tracks they might drop at whatever party or festival they're playing come the night of December 31st. Just recently, 'Beatport' launched a New Year's Eve 2015 page, with tons of music, including Peak Hour Tracks, that DJs can turn to in case they're stuck putting together a New Year's Eve playlist, because, after all, no one wants to hear bad music when trying to have a good time on New Year's Eve!

  • Laura Jane Grace Cast in 'Force Awakens' Sequel 'Star Wars 8?' Against Me! Fans Start Petition

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens is currently in theaters and breaking records, but fans of the popular film franchise are already thinking about its 2017 sequel, Episode VIII. One adamant fan of the J.J. Abrams movie is Against Me! lead singer Laura Jane Grace, who has taken to Instagram and Twitter to talk about Episode VII, and maybe inadvertently started a fan movement to get her cast in the next chapter of the "Galaxy Far, Far Away." Considering the fact that Grace is a transgender woman, casting her in the next Star Wars project would be a pretty big deal for the community. Check out how a petition to land Laura Jane Grace a role in Star Wars: Episode VIII came together below.

  • Songkick Sues Live Nation For Attempting To "Destroy Competition"

    Concert listing and ticketing company Songkick is suing live events and promotion behemoth Live Nation over what it alleges are attempts to "destroy competition." Though it may not be the size of global giant Live Nation, Songkick is no small fish. It has worked with the likes of Jackson Browne, Paul McCartney, Ellie Goulding, Adele and Ricky Martin on various tours.
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