• Deadmau5, Armin van Buuren and Knife Party Announced for Guvernment Closing Parties

    It is always a sad day when the last beat, chord and lyric is cried out at a legendary music venue before it shutters its doors. That is the fate facing longstanding Toronto venue Guvernment after an announcement in May that the 18-year-old venue would hold its last show this January. The venue has announced who will be playing the final week of shows, including a fitting send-off for the venue. Longtime New York City DJ Danny Tenaglia will headline Saturday, Jan. 10, Cosmic Gate will headline Saturday, Jan. 17, and Armin van Buuren and Knife Party will headline back-to back weekends Friday, Jan. 23, and Saturday, Jan. 24. As reported by Dancing Astronaut, the send-off party Jan. 31 will fittingly feature Toronto native deadmau5. He has promised to leave the final hour of Guvernment to its longtime resident Matt Oliver, but until that point, the "Strobe" producer will command the last night for the Toronto venue.The venue has seen just about every big name in dance music, rock and pop come through its doors, and has been a staple of the Toronto dance music scene and nightlife and pivotal to Canadian electronic music. Just a few of the electronic acts to grace the decks at Guvernment have been Avicii, Armin van Buuren, deadmau5, Tiësto, Deep Dish, David Guetta, Hardwell, Steve Angello and more.

  • Logic Explains Frank Sinatra’s Influence On His Career, Alter Ego, And RattPack Movement [WATCH]

    Maryland rapper Logic has been gaining a lot of attention since being named in XXL's Top 10 Freshman list in 2013. He continued getting praise following debut album, Under Pressure, which was released earlier this fall. But all this success didn't happen over night. In a new interview on The Boombox's "16 Bars" series he talks about building a following and cites Frank Sinatra as a major influence on his career and alter ego.

  • Wu-Tang Clan's Chemistry Isn't 'Good Right Now,' According to RZA

    The production of the Wu-Tang Clan's latest album "A Better Tomorrow" was reportedly a long and painful process, and in a new interview with "NME," Wu-Tang Clan mastermind RZA reveals how difficult it was to get the whole Clan to work together.According to RZA, the chemistry within the group is "not all that good right now," and even suggests that it may have had a negative influence on the quality of "A Better Tomorrow.""There was a lot of opposition within the Wu-Tang circle to doing the album," RZA reveals to "NME." "I'll level with you, the chemistry's not all that good right now ... We've all done this long enough to know this process isn't just like, you make an album, then that's that. It's like a presidential campaign. You don't just make the policies then sit back. You create your platform, then you gotta take it out to the people."When discussing how the group's poor chemistry may have negatively affected "A Better Tomorrow," RZA compares the album to a baby that "comes out with one arm. You gonna love that child, make the best out of that situation and help it have the best life it can."

  • BPM Festival 2015 Announces Day & Night Schedule

    In just about two weeks, Mexico's BPM Festival will get under way with 10 days of parties day and night with some of the world's best house and techno DJs. The full lineup has already been revealed with a mind boggling amount of Djs and just about everyone from the Resident Advisor Top 100 including Carl Cox, Dixon, Luciano, Danny Tenaglia, Maya Jane Coles, Sasha, Green Velvet going back to back with himself as Cajmere, John Digweed, MK and so many more. After seeing the full lineups, fans have wondered how they were going to plan out their stay in Mexico and now the festival has released the full schedule of day and night parties being hosted by various artists and labels

  • John Legend & Common Share "Glory" Lyric Video Ahead Of 'Selma' Release [WATCH]

    John Legend and Common recently collaborated on a song called "Glory," which will be featured in the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. film, Selma. The song features some socially conscious guest verses from Common, who references the recent unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. The lyric video for the track has now arrived.

  • Kelly Clarkson 'Miracle on Broadway' Benefit: 'I Basically Guilted People into It'

    Kelly Clarkson raised $400,000 at her Miracle on Broadway benefit this weekend in Nashville, which featured the likes of Reba McEntire, Meghan Trainor, Hayley Williams, Kacey Musgraves and several other stars.On Tuesday, CMT revealed Clarkson's secret to landing so many celebrities."I basically guilted people into it," Clarkson said. "I've never asked an artist to do anything, except for sing with me, which a lot of people say no, and it hurts my feelings. So it was a very brave thing for me."One of those recruits was Country Hall of Famer Dolly Parton, who Clarkson contacted at the behest of her husband.

  • Prince Shares Lyric Video For "Anotherlove" From Recent Album 'Plectrumelectrum' [WATCH]

    Although Prince attempted to remove himself and his music from the Internet a few weeks ago, the legendary artist is apparently still using the web to promote his latest albums Art Official Age and Plectrumelectrum. Today (Dec. 23), the Purple One has premiered the lyric video for his Plectrumelectrum track "Anotherlove," an amped-up cover of Alice Smith's song from her 2013 album She. The video combines plenty of swirling psychedelic imagery with clips from Prince's recent performance on Saturday Night Live with his new backing band 3rdEyeGirl, and in true Prince fashion, all of the lyrics on the screen are written in his signature shorthand ("4" instead of "for," "2" instead of "to," all that jazz).

  • Safaree Samuels Says He and Nicki Minaj Are Cool Following Twitter Beef

    Safaree Samuels and Nicki Minaj appeared to go at each other pretty hard on Twitter recently regarding their very public break up. While they never addressed one another directly, it was clear early on that the dispute had to do with their relationship (or lack thereof). TMZ tracked down Samuels down and asked him about the beef.

  • Axwell Λ Ingrosso Release 'Something New' Lyric Video After Being Featured In Beats Commercial [WATCH]

    Lyric videos have been one of the big new trends in 2014. They have evolved dramatically over the course of the year, starting barely a step up from simple blank screens with scrolling words that have been a staple of fan made videos since YouTube's inception, to now intricate videos with expensive graphics that spell out the lyrics. Axwell / Ingrosso, the duo formed by Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso after the break up of Swedish House Mafia, have released the lyric video for their latest single "Something New" and it unsurprisingly is watchable with inventive and unique graphics.

  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs Are On Hiatus, According To Karen O

    We haven't heard very much at all from New York indie rock trio Yeah Yeah Yeahs since their 2013 album Mosquito, and according to lead vocalist Karen O, this is because the band is currently "on a bit of a hiatus." In a recent interview with NME, O revealed that the Yeah Yeah Yeahs currently have no plans to record another album, though they haven't actually split up.
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