• Taylor Swift Is Dishonest And Sold Her Soul to Google, Says Billy Bragg

    A few weeks ago, Taylor Swift caused a bit of a stir when she pulled her entire catalogue, including her recent platinum seller "1989," from Spotify, saying that the streaming service perpetuates "the perception that music has no value and should be free."Not everybody is buying Swift's story, however, and today, Nov. 18, British folk legend Billy Bragg posted a lengthy statement to his Facebook page explaining why Swift's reasons for pulling her music from Spotify are dishonest, citing the fact that her music is featured in Google's recently launched Music Key streaming service."These worthy sentiments have been somewhat undermined by Swift making her new album and back catalogue available on Google's new Music Key streaming service," Bragg writes in the Facebook post, "which also offers listeners a free service alongside a premium subscription tier."Taylor Swift's "1989" has famously become the only album released in 2014 to have sold a million copies, with some arguing that her decision to pull the album from Spotify contributed to its strong sales."If Ms Swift was truly concerned about perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free, she should be removing her material from You Tube, not cosying up to it," Bragg continues. "[S]he should just be honest with her fans and say, 'sorry, but Sergey Brin gave me a huge amount of money to be the headline name on the marquee for the launch of You Tube Music Key and so I've sold my soul to Google.'"

  • Dr. Luke Moves to Dismiss Part of Kesha's Sexual Assault Lawsuit

    The legal battle between Kesha and producer/mentor and Lukasz Gottwald, known professionally as Dr. Luke, has another twist in the continued saga. Dr. Luke's lawyers are now going on the offensive, moving to try and dismiss some of the charges being filed against their client. The "Tik Tok" singer has accused Dr. Luke of sexual assault and has filed a counterclaim suing Kesha for defamation and breach of contract.The hit maker Dr. Luke goes further in his most recent filing, asserting that Kesha has concocted the date rape allegation as part of an extortion scheme run by her mother and her to get Kesha out of her exclusive recording contract. The lawyers, in addition, to saying the claims are false, argue that the statute of limitations has run out on her allegations, as reported by "Billboard."

  • Excision Announces 2015 North American Tour [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Canadian dubstep artist Excision has announced a North American tour for 2015, which, according to Fist in the Air, will be the last performances of his audio/visual show "The Executioner." The tour kicks off Jan. 31 in Vancouver, Canada, and finishes up March 29 in Kansas City, Missouri.Supporting Excision on this tour will be Protohype and Minnesota.You can check out all of Excision's upcoming tour dates here:

  • Meat Puppets Look Back on Nirvana 'MTV Unplugged' for 20th Anniversary

    Perhaps the most memorable music television performance of the last 20 years came in 1994, when Nirvana did the impossible and became more popular with a one-night stint on "MTV Unplugged in New York."With Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic that night were The Meat Puppets, one of Nirvana's favorite bands. The groups were on tour together, so the choice to include the Puppets was natural, even if MTV would have preferred Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam."It was just whispers, kind of feeling a little bit like we snuck in there," Curt Kirkwood recently told "Billboard" about the experience. "But at the same time, they had to be nice to us 'cause it was at the behest of the headliners ... I think they thought they might get Eddie Vedder out there ... the Pearl Jam thing came up. But once again — we'd been outsiders up to that point, so I figured it was just par for the course. We're outsiders. They're outsiders, too. Nirvana was definitely coming from the outside ... But I kind of got a kick out of it, like, 'Oh, they don't want us here? Good.'"

  • Kendall Jenner Denies Justin Bieber Dating Rumors: Kim Kardashian Sister Says She's 'Focusing' on Career [WATCH]

    Kendall Jenner has been making news recently, becoming the face of prestigious makeup brand Estee Lauder. But gossip fanatics want to know whether Kim Kardashian's younger sister is dating pop superstar Justin Bieber. Jenner spoke to "Nightline" about the rumors, explaining that Biebs is merely a friend."He's a longtime friend of our family," she says in the video below, via "Billboard." "Everybody loves to assume things."The 19-year-old model also revealed that she is not in a relationship presently: "Truly, I'm focusing on my career. If it comes it comes."Rumors of the two being an item surfaced last month after they were spotted in Paris having dinner.

  • Pusha T Shares Bizarre Kanye West-Produced Track "Lunch Money" [LISTEN]

    Rapper Pusha T has shared a new track titled “Lunch Money,” featuring production by Kanye West, which you can check out below. Though Pusha’s verses are totally focused and intense, the real story here is how absolutely insane Kanye’s production is, a psychedelic stew of bubbling synths and unexpected beat changes that come off like a smoother yet more surreal version of Yeezus. If this is any indication as to what Kanye’s next album sounds like, he’s got another masterpiece on his hands.

  • TomorrowWorld Unveils 13-Minute Festival Aftermovie [WATCH]

    TomorrowWorld, the United States outpost of ID&T's flagship festival, Tomorrowland, has released its 13-minute, FOMO inducing aftermovie. The movie alternates between elongated slips of various sets and showing the people of TomorrowWorld and the beautiful grounds that they preside over for three days. Give you a rose-colored glimpse at what happens on the TomorrowWorld grounds with big production and a massive space that allows revelers to roam free and explore the installations set up by the festival.

  • Meek Mill Drops A New Verse In K. Michelle's "Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?" [LISTEN]

    R&B singer K. Michelle has shared the title track to her upcoming album Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart?, featuring a guest verse from currently incarcerated Philly rapper Meek Mill, which you can check out below. The track features some wonderfully spacey production, particularly in the chorus, and Mill’s flow is refreshingly energetic and charismatic.
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