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She. She is Sia, the elusive chanteuse. The Australian singer/songwriter quietly released one of the best pop anthems of 2014 with "Chandelier." Due to her love of anonymity, Sia herself doesn't actually perform or appear in the music video. For the job of the lead, she tapped Dance Moms star Maddie Zeigler, who very much steals the show with her incredible dancing abilities. -
Prince's 10 Dirtiest Lyrics
After nearly 40 years in the music business, Prince revealed yesterday that he would no longer be cursing in his songs. Of course, bad words aren't even close to being the most scandalous part of Prince's songs. Here's a sampling of some of Prince's dirtiest lyrics. -
Israeli Jazz Festival in Chicago Features Diverse Lineup: Mika Karni, Anat Cohen, Idan Raichel Project and More
The Israeli Jazz & World Music Festival returns to Chicago this year with an even more diverse array of artists, featuring clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen, trumpeter Avishai Cohen, the Idan Raichel Project and many others. World-music sensation Mika Karni launches the festival on Tuesday, May 6 with free concerts at Daley Plaza and the Chicago Cultural Center. -
RIot Fest Toronto lineup features The Flaming Lips, Death Cab For Cutie and more
Riot Fest, the tri-city music festival and exposition, has announced the official, big name stacked lineup for its Toronto edition. Today (May 6), over 50 bands were announced as a part of the Sept. 6 and 7 festival. -
XXL magazine reveals 2014 Freshman Class: Chance The Rapper, Kevin Gates and Rich Homie Quan among others
XXL magazine announced its annual Freshman Class, a series meant to alert readers to on-the-verge rappers that could make a move to the big time during the respective year. The 2014 version is less informative forever. -
Ariana Grande and 'Problem' look to topple Pharrell Williams 'Happy' on downloads charts
We can all but guarantee that for the first time in 12 weeks, Pharrell Williams and "Happy" will not be the most downloaded track for the week. -
My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way confirms solo record deal
My Chemical Romance may be done but Gerard Way isn't, as he confirmed Monday. The fact that the vocalist launched his own website for the first time (gerardway.com) might have been a good hint that Way was reentering the game, but one of the first posts on that site was definitive in stating that Way had signed a solo record deal. -
Portishead and The Weeknd argue over alleged sample infringement on 'Kiss Land' track
Most sampling arguments occur when a performer takes another's work without asking their permission, resulting a lawsuit or similar. The most recent spat, involving alternative rock band Portishead and R&B experimenter The Weeknd, involves the latter allegedly asking the former if he could borrow a beat, which the former rejected, and the latter ended up running with anyhow. -
Music catalogue of Sixto 'Sugar Man' Rodriguez subject of lawsuit between music labels
A feel-good story has taken a sour turn after some legal shenanigans crept into the picture. A lawsuit was filed on Friday (May 2) with regards to the proper ownership of the music catalogue for Sixto Rodriguez, the Michigan rock musician Sixto Rodriguez, who was immortalized in the 2012 Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man. -
Michael Travis, costume designer for Liberace, dies at age 86
It's not often that the individuals who design costumes for professional musicians get the same kind of attention as the performers who wear them. Michael Travis, a longtime designer for Liberace, is an obvious exception. -
WATCH: Rick Ross, Lil Wayne drop cinematic 'Thug Cry' music video featuring Wood Hayes
Rick Ross wonders aloud if thugs cry in his Lil Wayne-featuring track "Thug Cry" from his new album Mastermind, and now the Maybach Music boss is exploring the emotional side of the hard knock life in the cinematic clip for the track, released today (May 5). -
MIXTAPE MONDAY: Check out new songs from Baths, Tigers Jaw, Sharon Van Etten, Kite Party and many more!
Some of our favorite artists released a bunch of great music this past week so we'd like to share our favorites with you in mixtape-form. Just like every week, we've compiled new songs from the previous week in case you missed them. This time around we have new tunes from Kite Party, Hooray For Earth, Kristeen Young and many more!
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