• Tony Iommi Reveals Black Sabbath Wrote 'A Whole Load' of Riffs for Scrapped Final LP

    With the excitement around Black Sabbath's final The End tour, the classic metal group has every intention of releasing one last studio album, '13,' before it was eventually scrapped. Sabbath guitarist Tommy Iommi recently divulged that the band had a prosperous writing session for the album, where they "wrote a whole load" of riffs.

  • Busta Rhymes is Dropping a New Album in 2016, Moving on From Legal Troubles

    Busta Rhymes has been a hip-hop heavy hitter for decades. His influence and legacy are widespread, from Twista to Yelawolf. Nicki Minaj never would have said "Rah, rah, like a dungeon dragon" had it not been for Rhymes's verse on "Scenario." Rhymes has worked with some of the biggest and best names in hip-hop, while releasing his own lyrically dizzying music, and has announced that he will be releasing a new album next year, 2016.

  • Laurie Anderson Talks How Artists Respond to Tragedy in New Paris RBMA Lecture [WATCH]

    Influential artist Laurie Anderson recently gave a lecture at the Red Bull Music Academy in Paris to discuss how artists respond to tragedy. Anderson is, of course, renowned for masterpieces that fuse experimental electronic music with high-brow performance art, including the minimalist "O Superman" – which topped international charts as a single in the '80s and is on permanent display in the MOMA as an audiovisual work.

  • Steve Albini Talks Playing Santa Claus on Christmas with Jeff Tweedy, Fred Armisen

    For the past two decades, Steve Albini and his wife Heather Whinna have spent every Christmas morning delivering gifts to families in need throughout Chicago. The legendary audio engineer known for producing too many groundbreaking records to count, who is also kind of a notorious curmudgeon, recently published a heartwarming essay on The Huffington Post entitled "Why I Haven't Had a Conventional Christmas in 20 Years," in which he explains why he and his wife started playing Santa Claus and why, often with the help of famous friends including Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and Portlandia's Fred Armisen, they continue this charitable tradition that makes for an even better holiday story than even the folklore behind the old "Yes, Virginia" editorial.

  • Kylie Jenner and Tyga Split? 'KUWTK' Star Says They Are Just "Hanging Out" on 'Ellen'

    The Kylie Jenner and Tyga split speculations continue and in a recent appearance on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' the 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star insisted that the two were "just hanging out." The episode is set to air on Monday, Nov. 30 and a short clip was released of her live interview. The topic is as always Tyga, who the young starlet went public with this past August.

  • Country Star Clint Black Announces 2015 Holiday Tour Dates in December

    Clint Black has announced a new tour just in time for the Christmas holidays. The tour spans 12 dates and is slated to begin Dec. 1 in Florida and run through New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma, ending in Black's home base of Texas. The tour is a holiday tradition for the country star and fans can anticipate songs from his Looking for Christmas and Christmas With You albums.
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