• San Francisco Protects Music Venues from Noise Complaints with New Law

    Music venues is crowded parts of San Francisco can breathe a sigh of relief after the city enacted new legislation to help protect venues from lawsuits regarding noise complaints. Concert spaces such as Dogpatch, Upper Market and The Mission have been hit with lawsuits tied to noise levels in recent years, and not entirely at any fault of their own.

  • Most Popular Drugs At Music Festivals Study: What People Take At EDC, Burning Man, Ultra & More

    Drugs and music go hand in hand. Drugs at music festivals are ubiquitous and available in all shapes and sizes. A new study attempted to quantify the levels of drug use going on 15 of the major festivals in the United States and Europe. Drugabuse.com looked at 3,622,365 Instagram posts mentioning festivals and linked them to possible language relating to drug use and the results aren't that surprising. Some of the major EDM festivals like EDC and Ultra Music Festival reference Molly/ MDMA the most, while Marley Fest has the highest total for marijuana. Burning Man features the best variation of drugs including DMT, mushrooms and LSD.

  • Wiz Khalifa Talks 'See You Again,' PARTYNEXTDOOR, Curren$y Collaborations

    Wiz Khalifa has seen success with a single before when "Black and Yellow" went to number one and "We Dem Boyz" became one of the 2014 summer anthems, but "See You Again" may have the legs to top both of them. Backed by the might of the Fast & Furious franchise, Khalifa has topped the charts for a month straight and does not appear to be losing any steam. He spoke to MTV recently about the success of his Paul Walker tribute track and the opportunities it has afforded him, as well as recent collaborations with Curren$y and PARTYNEXTDOOR.

  • Eddie Murphy Drops Video For New Reggae Song 'Oh Jah Jah' [WATCH]

    Comedian and actor Eddie Murphy unveiled his plans four months ago to dive into the reggae music world with a new single titled "Oh Jah Jah." Now, the track has finally received a companion video involving Murphy jamming in the studio, directed by Richard Gumbs III.

  • Bob Weir's 'The Other One' Documentary Trailer Explores Friendship With Jerry Garcia [WATCH]

    In the upcoming Netflix documentary The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir, Grateful Dead fans get the opportunity to follow Weir throughout his life and career as he encountered recognition, drug experimentation, strength through family and everything in between. "I've led a kind of unusual life," Bob Weir states in the trailer. "I was a 16-year-old kid when I started playing with the Grateful Dead. The music was an adventure...Our fans were a little bit different. We've got kind of a little gypsy entourage. You just had to see it." Directed by God Bless Ozzy Osbourne’s Mike Fleiss, the documentary will make its Netflix debut on May 22—spanning details from Weirs youth in Palo Alto, California to his dedication to the Dead and his remarkable friendship with front man Jerry Garcia. In the trailer, Weir continued to highlight his connection with Garcia and electric guitars by saying "I could intuit and be there when he got there with a little surprise for him," he says.The Other One includes interviews and conversations with musical companions and colleagues including Sammy Hagar, Bruce Hornsby and Mike Gordon as well as Grateful Dead and family members and Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann of the Dead, notes Entertainment Weekly. "If you don't have an ego, you can be the best Number Two on the planet," Sammy Hagar of Van Halen said. "That's kind of what Bob became. It makes him special."Aside from interviews, The Other One incorporates an abundance of performance footage—previously seen as well as archived. "We certainly unearthed a lot of buried treasure from the Grateful Dead archive while making this film," Fleiss said, notes Rolling Stone. The Dead will play three farewell shows for their 50th anniversary at the bay area’s Levi’s Stadium and Chicago’s Soldier Field.

  • Nina Simone's Catalogue A Catch-22 for Sony Music, Estate, Lawyers

    Nina Simone's legacy will be coming to the silver screen soon enough in the form of a new documentary, but who truly controls her musical heritage has been the subject of lawsuits for decades, and the legal battles between Sony Entertainment, the vocalist's estate, not to mention several previous managers/lawyers have only gotten more confusing.

  • Sony Pulls Adele, Miguel, Hozier, Passion Pit Music From Soundcloud

    The relationship between the majors and Soundcloud has been complicated. The labels know they need the influential discovery and streaming service to help find new artists and to promote their own music. However they are frustrated at the copyright infringement and lack of monetization opportunities present on the platform. Sony apparently is fed up with Soundcloud as the two parties are at an impasse over licensing negotiations. In response, Sony has pulled down the pages of more than a dozen artists including, Miguel, Adele, Hozier, Kelly Clarkson, Passion Pit, Leon Bridges and MS MR.

  • Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson Claim Self Defense, Thank Fans After Twitter Spat

    Yesterday (May 6), the break in One Direction got ugly when Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson fired shots at each other (and Malik's friend/producer Naughty Boy) on Twitter. Tomlinson called "Zaughty Boy" a bunch of 12-year-olds and Malik told his former bandmate to get a life. After the small spat (which remarkably is still up on their Twitter pages), the boys logged back on to social media to defend themselves and their fans.
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