• Village Vanguard, New York's Most Cherished Jazz Club, Turns a Mighty 80 Years Old

    In a nation full of monuments, of which President Barack Obama has been on a crusade to protect, there may be no city in the U.S. more historically rooted in Americana than New York City. But on a smaller scale, through a more narrow scope, it is the city's underground and word-of-mouth venues, the clubs like the Village Vanguard, that have yet to close -- or, for that matter, change. The jazz club has turned 80 years old.

  • Rihanna New Song 'Towards the Sun' Review: First Taste of 'Home' Soundtrack Concept Album Absolutely Soars [LISTEN]

    Happy Tuesday! There's new music from Rihanna out in the world today. Following the release of her Kanye West and Paul McCartney assisted single, "FourFiveSeconds," today (Feb. 24), RiRi dropped her second new track of 2015, "Towards the Sun." However, the track is not a part of her hotly anticipated new album "R8." Instead, it's her contribution to the upcoming Dreamworks animated film Home, but hey, it's still a sizzler!

  • Funkmaster Flex Hints at Possible Fugees Reunion

    Funkmaster Flex has been a busy man lately getting groups back together. He was instrumental in bringing Dipset back together after years of infighting and each artist pursuing their own solo career to varying degrees of success. In a new interview with hiphop-n-more, the Hot 97 DJ listed off some of the projects he was working on and mentioned he was in doing something with The Fugees, the celebrated, multi-platinum and Grammy-award winning 1990's hip-hop, soul and reggae group.

  • Hackers Caught Cheating the Burning Man Ticketing System

    In the past few years Burning Man has transformed from the mysterious and outcast desert festival attended by an incredibly loyal group of followers, to a pop culture reference that is now attended by celebrities and CEOs as a place to be seen like at Coachella. As a result of the festivals rise in popularity, tickets have become a hot commodity and with its "first come, first serve" that leaves many fans in the dark looking for passes. Some silocon valley engineers found a way around the system through a hole in the ticketing service, Ticketfly's defences and put themselves first in line.

  • Big Sean Drops Beyoncé "Me, Myself, and I" Freestyle on Eve of 'Dark Sky Paradise' Release [LISTEN]

    With only a few hours until the release of his third artist album Dark Sky Paradise, Big Sean has shared a new freestyle of Beyoncé's song "Me, Myself, and I."Sean opens the song by saying that "Me, Myself, and I" is one of his favorite tracks. The Beyoncé single originally appeared on her first album Dangerously In Love in 2003. According to a few tweets, he recording the freestyle last night for his fans without sleep because of a busy schedule.

  • Watch Hilarious 'Whiplash' Parody Staring DJ Wh1pla$h at the Skrillex Academy

    The Oscars were last night and though Grand Budapest Hotel and Birdman dominated, J.K. Simmons took home the award for Best Supporting Actor for his riveting portrayal as Terence Fletcher in Whiplash. As one might expect with that name and for a movie that has become as popular as it has over the award season, there would be some parodies. The latest comes from the electronic music space and the comedy sketch group Nacho Punch who mimic the Whiplash trailer almost perfectly, but this time with a DJ named DJ Wh1la$h and his struggled with an abusive teacher at the Skrillex Academy.

  • The Prodigy Share "Wild Frontier" Music Video from 'The Day Is My Enemy' [WATCH]

    Iconic UK electronic trio The Prodigy has shared the latest single and music video from their upcoming album The Day Is My Enemy. Premiered with the outgoing Zane Lowe on BBC Radio One today as the hottest record in the world, their third from the album, Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim Reality have unveiled the third single from the album "Wild Frontier" and its companion music video.

  • Jimi Hendrix Gets Animated in 'Blank on Blank' Recreation of His Final Interview [WATCH]

    A week before Jimi Hendrix died, he sat down with Keith Altham for what would be his final interview. It was 1970, and the guitar legend already had three albums out with The Experience and one live LP with his Band of Gypsys. The PBS series Blank on Blank got their hands on the interview and worked their animation magic. Hendrix talks about his music in the clip, as well as his ideal living situation.

  • Nick Jonas Covers Kanye West's "Only One," Stays True To The Original [LISTEN]

    Kanye West surprised fans when he collaborated with Paul McCartney for "Only One," adopting a sound much gentler than his Yeezus material. He has since performed it at the Grammys and on SNL's 40th anniversary special. Other artists are feeling the song, too. Drake covered it during a performance in New York, and now Nick Jonas has offered his take on the endearing song, which written from the perspective of West's deceased mother Donda about Ye's life with his two new "angels," wife Kim Kardashian and daughter North West (Nori).
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