• Eric Church Shares 'Talladega' Video, Fourth Single from 'The Outsiders' Highlights a Life Well-Lived [WATCH]

    Although the song's title alludes to the infamous racetrack, Eric Church's single "Talladega" is about much more than that. The country singer illustrates that point in a new music video for the tune from his latest effort, The Outsiders. Church and his band perform at the finish line of a track, but the real action comes from the imagery of a man recalling his entire life before he dies.

  • 2015 Rise Above Fest Will Feature Seether, Godsmack, Slash, More to Promote Suicide Awareness

    Next May will mark the third edition of Seether's Rise Above Fest, which raises money for suicide awareness. The first two go-rounds were solid — the group raised roughly $70,000 total for the cause — but this spring is sure to be the biggest spectacle yet in Bangor, Maine.The group has already recruited Godsmack, Slash and Papa Roach, among others."It seems to be picking up a lot more steam, to a point where it's certainly bigger than we were thinking it was ever going to become," Seether's Shaun Morgan told "Billboard."The site reports Morgan was inspired to start the festival after his brother succumbed to depression and committed suicide in 2007."I think there's going to be a lot more turnout, even, just judging by the bands who are going to be on the bill," Morgan said. "They're certainly of a very high caliber and a very high standard — not that the ones before weren't, but we're getting big names involved now, so that's really kind of exciting."

  • Modest Mouse Teases New Music On Instagram With Photo Of Vinyl Record Labeled, Side A: Lampshades On Fire [LISTEN]

    Modest Mouse launched their official Instagram page today by posting an image of a vinyl record labeled "Side A: 'Lampshades on Fire'." This is sparked rumors of new material from the group, which would be their first new music since 2009's No One's First and You're Next. As Pitchfork points out, the band has been playing a song believed to have the title "Lampshades on Fire" live since 2011, so it's possible that they are finally getting around to recording it.

  • Rumored Tracklist For New Kendrick Lamar Album Confirmed As Fake By TDE CEO

    Likely the most highly anticipated album in recent memory, Kendrick Lamar's follow-up to the critically acclaimed good kid m.A.A.d city has everyone buzzing and hungry for any information or piece of the effort they can get their hands (or ears) on. Although he's been plugging the album during his press appearances, he hasn't revealed many specific details. So when a rumored tracklist for the effort surfaced online, fans were dying to confirm its validity.

  • The Killers, Jimmy Kimmel Discuss Secrets of Viral Christmas Hit 'Joel the Lump of Coal'

    The Killers have been doing Christmas songs for nine years, but none of them have captivated the nation quite like "Joel the Lump of Coal," their newly released Christmas anthem co-written by Jimmy Kimmel. Apparently, the late-night host is longtime pals with Killers singer Brandon Flowers, and two recently sat down with "Entertainment Weekly" to discuss their new hit."I don't know if Brandon even knew this, but I wrote a lot of Christmas songs when I worked at KROQ, the radio station here in Los Angeles," Kimmel said. "So I was very excited when Brandon called and asked if I wanted to be involved in directing the video for it. I said I'd really like to help write the song, and then we talked about what we would do, and we wanted to write something that was kind of like 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,' and we just happened upon a lump of coal named Joel."The song is a lengthy tale about — you guessed it — a lump of coal named Joel who lives at the North Pole with Santa Claus. The little piece of anthracite becomes horrified when he realizes he is going to a naughty kid's house, but everything turns out OK in the end.

  • T-Pain Tells Larry King He's Done Trying To Make Hits And Isn't A Fan Of His Own Chart-Toppers [WATCH]

    T-Pain has been opening up recently about his life since the rise and fall of the Auto-Tune trend he sparked in the mid-2000s. Last month he performed "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')," "Up Down (Do This All Day)," and "Drankin' Patna," sans Auto-Tune on a segment of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert, proving to his doubters that his voice doesn't actually need help from the pitch-correction software. In a new interview with Larry King, T-Pain says he is finished trying to make chart-toppers.

  • John Fogerty Responds to CCR Lawsuit, Still Playing 'All My Songs'

    The John Fogerty/Creedence Clearwater Revisited legal battle took another turn Tuesday morning, Dec. 9, when Fogerty released a press statement denouncing his former bandmates's intentions to thwart him of CCR-related glory.On Monday, Dec. 8, we reported that, for the first time in the nearly 20-year lawsuit history between the two parties, Fogerty was the one being sued.A new suit by drummer Douglas Clifford, bassist Stuart Cook and late rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty's wife Patricia is seeking financial punishment for Fogerty, who has been allegedly besmirching the group's Creedence Clearwater Revisited name and advertising his own shows with the CCR label despite contractually agreeing not to.Here was Fogerty's full response Tuesday, via radio.com:"I was driving my daughter to school yesterday and I was surprised to learn I was being sued by my former band mates who call themselves Creedence Clearwater Revisited."The people who come to my shows know they will hear me sing and play the songs I wrote and recorded over the past four decades of my career. Every night we play live, I'm thrilled to see all of those fans singing along to the songs that have touched them. I am at a wonderful place in my life. I am playing the music that I love and wrote, with full joy and having my son Shane joining along side of me-it doesn't get much better than that."No lawyers, lawsuits, or angry ex-band members will stop me ever again from singing my songs. I am going to continue to tour and play all my songs every single night I am out on the road."Rockin' all over the world!"John Fogerty"

  • Joey Bada$$ Shares 'No. 99' Music Video from Upcoming Album 'B4.DA.$$' [WATCH]

    Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ has shared the music video for his latest single "No. 99," which you can check out below. The Rik Cordero-directed clip is styled as a news broadcast — on "BNN," or "Brooklyn News Network" — about a mysterious vigilante named "Badmon" rising up against authority in Brooklyn, and is particularly relevant in the aftermath of the Mike Brown and Eric Garner cases. A photo of Brown is even shown in the video's intro, along with a photo of Trayvon Martin.The video is dedicated to Joey's cousin and collaborator Junior B, who died this past weekend just shy of his 25th birthday, which would have been yesterday, Dec. 8.You can check out the music video for Joey Bada$$'s "No. 99" here:"No. 99" will be included on Joey's upcoming studio album "B4.DA.$$," which is set for release Jan. 20, Joey's 20th birthday. It is the third single to be shared from the album, following "Big Dusty" and "Christ Conscious." "B4.DA.$$" will be Joey's debut studio album, his first solo, full-length release since his "Summer Knights" mixtape from 2013.

  • VH1's Stephanie Moseley Killed by Husband Earl Hayes in Murder-Suicide After Rumored Affair with Trey Songz

    Such a sad story coming out of L.A. with it being confirmed that Stephanie Moseley has been shot and killed by her husband, Earl Hayes, in a murder/suicide altercation. Moseley is known for her role on VH1's "Hit the Floor" and she is extremely popular in the dance world as she had toured with the likes of Usher, Chris Brown and a number of other popular artists. Champion fighter, Floyd Mayweather was actually on FaceTime with Hayes, trying to calm him down, when Hayes killed Moseley and then turned the gun on himself.

  • Bob Dylan Reveals Tracklist, Release Date For New Album 'Shadows In The Night'

    Back in October, Bob Dylan confirmed that his next studio album Shadows in the Night, a collection of Frank Sinatra covers, would be released at some point in 2015, and today, Dec. 9, Dylan has revealed more details about the album, including its release date and tracklist. The album is set for release on Feb. 3 through Columbia Records, and was reportedly recorded entirely live.
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