• Ranking The 2015 Academy Awards' Best Original Song Nominees

    This morning, the nominees for the 87th Annual Academy Awards were revealed, including the nominees for Best Original Song. Though there were plenty of songs that were widely assumed to be shoo-ins, such as Lana Del Rey's "Big Eyes" and Lorde's "Yellow Flicker Beat," they were passed over for some pretty left-field choices (most surprisingly, only one of the songs on this list was also nominated for a Golden Globe). Here are the five Academy Award nominees for Best Original Song ranked, from worst to best.
  • Purity Ring Announce Album 'Another Eternity,' Share Track 'Begin Again' [LISTEN]

    Canadian synthpop duo Purity Ring have announced the release of their highly anticipated sophomore album "Another Eternity" and have shared a new track from the album titled "Begin Again," which you can check out below. The album is set for release March 3 through 4AD and will be the duo's first album since their 2012 debut "Shrines." According to a press release, via "Consequence of Sound," "Another Eternity" marks the first time Purity Ring members Megan James and Corin Roddick had recorded while in the same room, as "Shrines" was recorded in a long distance Postal Service-style between their respective homes in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Montreal, Quebec. The press release also describes Roddick's "percussive skills and sense of composition" as having been "refined and honed," resulting in an album that explores "gloomy valleys and gleaming peaks in equal measure." You can check out the tracklist for "Another Eternity" here: 01. Heartsigh 02. Bodyache 03. Push Pull 04. Repetition 05. Stranger Than Earth 06. Begin Again 07. Dust Hymn 08. Flood on the Floor 09. Sea Castle 10. Stillness in Woe You can check out Purity Ring's "Begin Again" here:
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