• Boyce Avenue's "One Life" gives back, goes viral

    Sometimes an act will have a following of millions on YouTube and you still haven't heard of them. Boyce Avenue is one of those acts. The pop/rock band of brothers has been selling songs and shows are the world, so you may have actually seen them outside of their billion YouTube views. They're in the spotlight this week for a viral video that came out of partnering with a non-profit Pencils of Promise (PoP). PoP helps increase educational opportunities for children in developing regions. Digital sales of their song "One Life" will go to PoP. The music video has already received over 450K views since the release (you can watch below).
  • AC/DC and 'X Factor' winner already vying for top U.K. Christmas single

    The top of the pop charts stays very much the same at Christmastime in the United States. Regardless of whether you've topped the charts as of Veteran's Day or Christmas Day, you've topped the charts. It's not the same in Britain however, where possession of the top spot on Christmas is a more venerated thing. The spot is one traditionally dominated by the winner of that year's season of the UK X Factor series. However, those tired of the populist pap have fired up a social media campaign to encourage listeners to buy a different single in the week leading up to Christmas: AC/DC's "Highway To Hell."
  • Rap Genius faces cease-and-desist from National Music Publisher's Association

    Rap Genius has set a bar for interactivity and music discussion on the internet, and the National Music Publishers Association wants that bar taken down. The organization launched cease-and-desist notices against more than 50 lyric websites, including the aforementioned Genius. The charges are that the sites, by earning profits from advertising while publishing copyrighted material, are taking part in "blatantly illegal material."
  • Drake premieres video for 'Worst Behavior' [WATCH]

    Drake has released the video for his Nothing Was the Same single "Worst Behavior." The Director X-helmed ("Started From The Bottom," "HYFR") video takes place in Memphis, Tennessee and features appearances by Dennis Graham, Hot Boys' Turk, Project Pat, Juicy J.
  • Garth Brooks' 'Blame It On My Roots' compilation features country performer covering multiple genres across four discs

    Garth Brooks has a busy 2014 planned, or at least country fans hope he does. A number of mysterious messages on the country star's website, including the recent post "????," have sent fanatics into a wave of hypothesis and project about an upcoming tour from the performer. Before you can spend your money on hypothetical concert tickets, Brooks is giving you the option of spending your money on a factual compilation of cover songs.
  • Future releases video for 'Real and True,' featuring Miley Cyrus, off upcoming album 'Honest'

    Future has released the video for "Real and True" featuring Miley Cyrus and Mr. Hudson. A clip of the video hit the Internet a few weeks ago with the full song debuting last week. The video shows Future and a group of astronauts in space where they find Cyrus lying alone, abandoned on a strange planet. They bring her back to earth in to revive her in some sort of alien laboratory.
  • Brooklyn shooter NOT member of The Yellow Dogs updated report indicates

    UPDATE: The identity of the shooter has been called into question. The NYPD reports that Raefe Ahkbar was not the shooter. The identity of the true gunman has not been released, but the BBC is reporting that he was a member of another Iranian band called The Free Keys. It's believed that Ahkbar was initially suspected due to his recent release from the band. Please take this update into consideration when reading the rest of the story, written prior to the update.
  • Drenge releasing first U.S. single and playing first U.S. tour dates in January

    We Americans are blessed that our economic pull is such that most musicians of other nationalities eventually come to us. Of course, it's totally possible for us to go and find them, but frankly we've gotten lazy. One act that we're certainly pleased will soon be more readily available on American shores is the British blues-punk band Drenge.