• How to Pick Great Songs - Tim McGraw Style

    When you take a look at the last 20+ years of Tim McGraw's music, you'll see some of the biggest and brightest names in Nashville have been writing his songs. Names like Brad and Brett Warren, Brett Beavers, Brett James, Craig Wiseman and Phil Vassar. While one might think that's because he only teams up with the best, that's actually not his method at all.

  • The Rolling Stones will reenter tour mode May 26 in Norway

    The Rolling Stones were understandably for a spell following the death of L'Wren Scott, the longtime partner of frontman Mick Jagger. At the risk of sounding callous, nothing can keep the band down for too long however, and the group will hit the road again in May, beginning a slew of dates across Europe and Israel.

  • A Brief History of The Flaming Lips' Weirdness

    The Flaming Lips' recording of a companion album to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon may seem like a strange idea, but should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the Oklahoma band's tendencies. This is just the latest in a long string of unusual activity for the band. Here's a brief history of the strangest things the Flaming Lips have done.

  • Pixies launch campaign for fans to design album artwork for upcoming 'Indie Cindy'

    Last week, Pixies announced their first album since 1991, Indie Cindy. Now they have launched a competition for fans to create artwork for the LP to be used as a limited-edition lithograph print, offered as a bonus item for those who purchase the effort at independent record shops, NME reports. The winner of the contest will be offered a $500 cash prize and a copy of the design autographed by the band.

  • O-Town is officially back, and new music is on the way

    Last week's big news on the boy band front was that The Backstreet Boys would be joining up with The Spice Girls for a tour later during 2014. Those rumors remain rumors, and nothing more. We have solid fact for you now however: O-Town is mounting a comeback. Nothing has been made official in terms of live dates, but new music shall be released, according to member Jacob Underwood.

  • 7 Artists Who Rarely Perform(ed) Live: Steely Dan, The Beatles, Brian Eno and more

    When Kate Bush recently announced new concert dates, a certain section of the Internet freaked out. This reaction wasn't simply due to the fact that she's one of the world's most celebrated living musicians, but rather because Kate Bush has somehow managed to not tour since 1979. She's not the only world famous artist who has an unusual relationship with the stage, however...

  • Epic Records to release posthumous Michael Jackson album, 'Xscape,' in May

    Nearly five years after Michael Jackson's death, Epic Records is releasing material from the singer's archive vault for the upcoming album, Xscape, due out May 13. According to Billboard, the label CEO and executive producer, L.A. Reid, cultivated Jackson's completed vocal recordings and went about "contemporizing" each to give it a more current sound while maintaining what the label believes would've been Jackson's creative vision.
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