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  • Grimes Shares Festive New Song 'Christmas Song II Grinch' [WATCH]

    Multi-talented instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and film director Claire Elise Boucher, better known as Grimes, is getting into the holiday spirit. In a wacky new video she posted on her YouTube channel, the "Go" singer is joined by "step bro" Jay Worthy and their siblings to make an outrageous song about the Christmas holiday.Fit with axes, random clips flashing across the screen and grainy home-movie-style visuals, the video encompasses the spirit and sloppiness at the end of a holiday night with friends and family.

  • Kanye West Voted 'GQ's' Most Stylish Man of 2014

    Kanye West has become one of the world's style icons. He is constantly making trips to various fashion events around the world and has become a mainstay at fashion weeks like New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week. King Yeezy has been rewarded for his diligence by being voted the Most Stylish Man of 2014 by the readers of men's fashion magazine "GQ." West won ahead of rumored James Bond candidate Idris Elba."GQ" explained why it thought Yeezy's legions voted for West in this face-off against Elba:"West has shifted the landscape of men's fashion with his forward-thinking style. 2014 was no different. From bomber jackets to Chelsea boots to over-sized coats, Kanye helped define what this year meant to men in terms of the things they wear."West has uncharacteristically shared the spotlight with Kim Kardashian in one of the most high-profile relationships in the world. The pair have become fashion icons with their ability to break new trends and market their own brands of clothing.

  • Flume's Future Classic Management Team Dish Details on Their Success at EMC [WATCH]

    Australian producer/DJ Flume has become one of the biggest revelations in electronic music since his debut artist album was released at the end of 2012. He has gone from a niche Australian producer playing 300 person capacity venues in his home country of Australia to headlining Coachella and selling out Terminal 5 in New York City three nights in a row in under two years time. That remarkable rise to stardom has been in large part because of his unique sound, but also the Future Classic team behind him who have been carefully orchestrating each move to create the best possible outcome for Flume. Flume, also known as Harley Streten, and the Future Classic team, his management and label home, sat down during the Electronic Music Conference in Australia to talk their strategies and how they have been able to be so successful with him over such a short period of time.

  • Nick Cannon Reportedly Disses Mariah Carey On Upcoming Album [WATCH]

    Mariah Carey cannot catch a break. According to hip-hop producer Mally Mall, ex-husband Nick Cannon is getting ready to release an album in 2015 and he has something to say about Mariah on it — and it doesn't end there. Approached by gossip website TMZ at the airport waiting for his bag (as they love to do), Mally Mal was asked about what music he has coming up in 2015, where he takes the moment to mention his work with Nick Cannon that he is captaining. He is asked if fans can expect to hear a duet with Mariah and Cannon and Mall shares, "Nah, but he's talking about Mariah on the records. There's going to be a lot of controversy."

  • Nicki Minaj 'Trini Dem Girls' Mentioned Metta World Peace and He Is Really Excited

    Former American basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers, and Sacramento Kings, among other teams, Metta World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest is really, really excited. So excited in fact he can't sleep. What is he excited about you may ask? The hottest female rapper in the world in his mind, Nicki Minaj, mentioned him in a song on her new The Pinkprint and he is freaking out about it. He got a shout out during the first Minaj verse of her Caribbean inspired tune "Trini Dem Girls" featuring Trinidadian rapper Lunchmoney Lewis.

  • Gucci Mane Releases New Album 'East Atlanta Santa' [LISTEN]

    Even behind bars, Gucci Mane seems as prolific as ever. The Atlanta rapper released his mixtape alongside the Honorable C-Note titled 'C-Note vs. Gucci Mane' on Christmas and also on the same day, released his thirteenth album, 'East Atlanta Santa.' Gucci just keeps on giving with more material from a seemingly endless discography of music for a man who has been incarcerated on gun and drug charges for more then a year. 'East Atlanta Santa' is another prototypical Gucci album with southern-styled trap beats and lyrics that pay homage to the hood and that lifestyle.

  • Drake's Mom Explains Why People Think He Cries So Much

    Drake's music is designed to hit you right in the feels. It channels the emotion of Aubrey Graham, better known as Drake, and blind sides you when you least expect it. As a result of that emotion, some members of the internet community and Drake detractors have long believed that the 0-100 / The Catch rapper cried a lot. Home for the holidays, Drake had the chance to get some quality family time in and posed the question to his mother on why she thinks people believe Drake cries so much. In two Instagram videos Drake posted, his mother summed it up by saying he has a "sensitive soul."

  • Gucci Mane Releases Gucci vs. C-Note Mixtape Featuring 2 Chainz, Chief Keef, Rich Homie Quan

    Gucci Mane is trying to get on Santa's nice list. Currently incarcerated for gun and drugs charges until sometime in 2016, the "Lemonade" rapper released a 23-track mixtape alongside frequent collaborator, Honorable C-Note on Christmas Day. The mixtape has features from Rich Homie Quan, Chief Keef, 2 Chainz, Young Thug, PeeWee Longway, Pizzle and Young Dolph. It has a mix of previously released records, as well as some new records, which must have been recorded before Mane was sent away.

  • Martin Garrix Unveils Second Episode Of 'The Martin Garrix Show' [WATCH]

    Martin Garrix has been one of the biggest rising stars to emerge in electronic music ever since his single "Animals" was released in June 2013 and since became unlikely an international radio hit. Since then he has cemented his status as one of the biggest stars in the genre with a slew of releases like "Backlash", "Virus" and "Wizard," as well as headlining major festivals like Coachella, Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland and Electric Daisy Carnival. He has been documenting his journey to the top in a video series, "The Martin Garrix" show. Watch the episode below.

  • Skrillex Previews Beyoncé '7/11' Jack Ü Remix At OWSLA Holiday Party [LISTEN]

    Most run of the mill holiday parties end in everyone going home in a drunken stupor after trying to empty the bar. Only one of these parties were lucky enough to have Skrillex show up and play his brand new remix of Beyoncé "7/11" alongside Diplo as a part of their super-duo Jack Ü. Premiering the remix at the holiday party in Los Angeles for his label, OWLSA, Sonny Moore, also known as Skrillex, performed a frenetic 70 minute set, which included the new Bey remix. Diplo confirmed it was a Jack Ü remix on his Instagram, saying it was a present for Chrimbus.

  • Above & Beyond Share Greek Theater Acoustic Show Video Recap [WATCH]

    Possibly the most ambitious project ever undertaken by Above & Beyond, the trance super-trio of Tony McGuinness, Paavo Siljamäk and Jono Grant, set out to create an entire album's worth of material from their own back catalog and flip it from its electronic form into a playable acoustic arrangement. Much of 2013 was spent on this project, rearranging some of their existing work, finding the right musicians and rehearsing in anticipation their first show at the Porchester Theater in London on June 19, 2013. After premiered all of the work there at the Porchester Theater, the group took the newly remade sounds from the small London venue outside to the much larger, historic Greek Theater. One of the highlights of 2013 for the group, they got the whole thing on video and created a recap to give fans the highlights of what happened.

  • 14 More Madonna Songs Leak from 'Rebel Heart': Pharrell Collaboration Included

    More bad news for Madonna. Another 14 tracks have leaked from her back catalog, ones that will presumably go toward her upcoming studio album "Rebel Heart." This comes just a week after 13 unfinished demos were leaked online. In response to the steady stream of leaks, the queen of pop released a six-track EP for paid download on iTunes with finished, polished tunes like "Bitch I'm Madonna" with Nicki Minaj and Kanye West, as well as collaborations with the likes of Diplo.

  • Derrick Carter, Legendary House DJ, Speaks On Cultural Smudging In Dance Music

    Over the past week, the hip hop community has been embroiled in controversy and debate over "cultural misappropriation" or cultural smudging," notably directed at Iggy Azalea the new white chick on the block. Everyone from Azealia Banks (of course), to T.I., to Lupe Fiasco to Q-Tip have weighed in on the topic, 140 characters at a time on Twitter. Derrick Carter, one of the original house DJs from Chicago, is looking to start that dialogue in dance music. As reported by The Fader, Carter shared his thoughts on his personal Facebook about how dance music has become noticeably whiter since its days origins as a gay and black genre.

  • Bruce Springsteen Adds 1978 Cleveland Show to Concert Archives

    Bruce Springsteen fans rejoice. The boss is releasing the high quality version of his legendary concert in Cleveland on Aug. 9, 1978 at the Agora Theatre and Ballroom. Playing alongside his E Street Band, The Boss, delivered one of his most replayed live performances ever that was streamed on the radio, but never recorded and released officially.

  • Diplo and Skrillex Talk Jack Ü, MSG on NYE, NYC Club Scene and More

    Skrillex and Diplo are just a week away from the biggest show of their lives. On New Year's Eve, the duo, known as Jack Ü, will be headlining Madison Square Garden with the help of Rudimental, Yellow Claw and A$AP Ferg. The duo spoke with "Time Out" magazine in preparation of the show to speak about Jack Ü, the New York club scene and the aforementioned show at MSG.Even for a massive venue like Madison Square Garden, which can pack close to 20,000 people, Skrillex still holds the belief that it will "feel intimate and personal.""We don't have a real rock-star approach with security all around us. It'll be a party. We'll have lots of special guests come out," he says.Diplo adds, "You'll be hearing some of the Jack Ü songs we've done, live, for the first time. The artists we've cut the records with will be performing with us. Both of us take it very seriously; if you've ever seen us perform live, you'll know the production value is insane."He even invited the entire New York Knicks team to shoot warm-ups during their set. Unfortunately for Diplo, the team will be in Los Angeles for a game against the Los Angeles Clippers, but that is probably for the best since the team probably would miss most of those pre-game shots.Diplo gave an honest opinion on the EDM scene, proclaiming it "dead."

  • J. Cole '2014 Forest Hills Drive' Goes Gold in Second Week

    The holiday buying season has been kind to J. Cole. It has been so kind that he just received a large delivery of gold to his doorstep. That gold comes in the form of an RIAA-certified gold record, which reportedly is for his new, critically acclaimed album "2014 Forest Hills Drive."Last week, his album sold 371,000 copies and earned him the No. 1 spot on the charts, the third consecutive time he has done that. Second-week sales reportedly have dropped to 135,000, which is the fourth highest for the week and earns him his third gold record at more than 500,000 albums sold. The album sales include equivalents from album streams.

  • Questlove: 'Fear Of Getting Blackballed' Preventing Artists From Creating Protest Songs

    As the country erupts once more in protest over the death of Antonio Brown in Berkeley, Missouri, just two miles from Ferguson and potentially the non-indictment of a Houston police officer in the killing of an unarmed black man, Questlove shares his thoughts on why the music community has remained largely silent on the issue. In an interview with Billboard, Questlove suggested that artists are afraid of "being blackballed and not making a living. " He refers to the example of the Dixie Chicks in 2003 when Natalie Maines told an audience that she was ashamed George Bush was from Texas.

  • Avril Lavigne Dismisses Rehab Rumors: 'Hello Kitty' Singer Wishes Fans a Merry Christmas

    Rumors have been swirling recently about the health of Avril Lavigne and the supposed rehab stint she was undertaking. The "Hello Kitty" singer took to Twitter last night, Dec. 23, to let her fans know she was not in rehab and to wish them a Merry Christmas, via "Billboard." Rumors have persisted on social media and fan forums about Avril Lavigne's health problems and she has responded.The rehab RUMORS are hilarious! The only thing I'm addicted to right now is Bing Crosby. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! and to all a goodnight! — Avril Lavigne (@AvrilLavigne) December 24, 2014The speculation stems from an undisclosed illness that Avril Lavigne has been suffering from, which she revealed in a DM to a fan account on Twitter. There had been rumors swirling about a possible pregnancy, leading her to be largely absent from the public eye, but she cleared up — sort of — why she has been distant as of late.

  • Google Adds Lyrics to Its Search

    Google is once again looking to change the way we search. The Silicon Valley giant has just revealed its new lyric searching system that allows users to search for song lyrics, and the words will come up as a native Google result. The result pulls from Google Play's growing library of music. A link to the lyrics can also be found under an official YouTube link.One source told "Billboard" how Google was able to get this done, saying, "They're creating the database themselves. They've done direct licensing deals with the major publishers to enable the service, and they're doing it internally at the moment. The data isn't crowd-sourced; there's a team of people working to create the database."This is a huge blow to sites like AZLyrics and Metrolyrics, which have benefited tremendously from the status quo.

  • Iggy Azalea Got BF Nick 'Swaggy P' Young a Very Nice Christmas Present

    Iggy Azalea just got boyfriend and Los Angeles Laker shooting guard/small forward Nick Young a swaggy present. Having had a successful albeit tumultuous year in the process, Azalea decided to give back to her boyfriend and give him a classic, blue, 1962 Chevrolet Impala convertible topped off with a large red bow that says "A Gift For Swaggy P From Iggy." He posted a few pictures online of the new whip, via FTW.

  • Ghostface Killah Puts on Impromptu Performance at Toastface Grillah in Australia [WATCH]

    Ghoshtface Kllah has been out and about promoting his new album "36 Seasons" by appearing on various radio and TV shows. While in Australia, he went on "Triple J" and found out something interesting: There is a café called Toastface Grillah in his honor. So moved by this, he decided then and there that he was going to do an impromptu performance outside the café in Perth, Western Australia, because ... why not?Reported by "NME," as one would expect, once the word got out the place was flooded with fans eager to see Ghostface in the flesh without any frills — just the rapper and a mic on a small stage. It would have been nice if everyone was not watching his show through their phones, but who am I kidding? This is 2014, almost 2015 — that is how we live.Below are some posts on social media from the event and a video a local production company took.

  • Armand Van Helden's 'Masterpeice' To Be Released Feb. 15 On Ministry of Sound

    Longtime New York DJ, producer and member of Duck Sauce alongside A-Trak, Armand Van Helden is prepping his Masterpiece. Masterpiece is a compilation collection from the club/label Ministry Of Sound that tabs legends in electronic music to put together a collection of tracks that speak to the artists on different levels creatively. Armand Van Helden has crafted a three-disc CD that travels through the various periods of his life musically, according to a press release.

  • Feed Me Reveals New Spor Album Release Date

    Jon Gooch, better known as Feed Me, or to some fans, Spor has some really, really good news. A new Spor album is finally ready to be released. In a tweet sent out on Dec. 23, Gooch finally put a stop to the endless waiting for Spor fans and announced a release date for his highly anticipated album.

  • Deadmau5, Armin van Buuren and Knife Party Announced for Guvernment Closing Parties

    It is always a sad day when the last beat, chord and lyric is cried out at a legendary music venue before it shutters its doors. That is the fate facing longstanding Toronto venue Guvernment after an announcement in May that the 18-year-old venue would hold its last show this January. The venue has announced who will be playing the final week of shows, including a fitting send-off for the venue. Longtime New York City DJ Danny Tenaglia will headline Saturday, Jan. 10, Cosmic Gate will headline Saturday, Jan. 17, and Armin van Buuren and Knife Party will headline back-to back weekends Friday, Jan. 23, and Saturday, Jan. 24. As reported by Dancing Astronaut, the send-off party Jan. 31 will fittingly feature Toronto native deadmau5. He has promised to leave the final hour of Guvernment to its longtime resident Matt Oliver, but until that point, the "Strobe" producer will command the last night for the Toronto venue.The venue has seen just about every big name in dance music, rock and pop come through its doors, and has been a staple of the Toronto dance music scene and nightlife and pivotal to Canadian electronic music. Just a few of the electronic acts to grace the decks at Guvernment have been Avicii, Armin van Buuren, deadmau5, Tiësto, Deep Dish, David Guetta, Hardwell, Steve Angello and more.

  • BPM Festival 2015 Announces Day & Night Schedule

    In just about two weeks, Mexico's BPM Festival will get under way with 10 days of parties day and night with some of the world's best house and techno DJs. The full lineup has already been revealed with a mind boggling amount of Djs and just about everyone from the Resident Advisor Top 100 including Carl Cox, Dixon, Luciano, Danny Tenaglia, Maya Jane Coles, Sasha, Green Velvet going back to back with himself as Cajmere, John Digweed, MK and so many more. After seeing the full lineups, fans have wondered how they were going to plan out their stay in Mexico and now the festival has released the full schedule of day and night parties being hosted by various artists and labels

  • Axwell Λ Ingrosso Release 'Something New' Lyric Video After Being Featured In Beats Commercial [WATCH]

    Lyric videos have been one of the big new trends in 2014. They have evolved dramatically over the course of the year, starting barely a step up from simple blank screens with scrolling words that have been a staple of fan made videos since YouTube's inception, to now intricate videos with expensive graphics that spell out the lyrics. Axwell / Ingrosso, the duo formed by Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso after the break up of Swedish House Mafia, have released the lyric video for their latest single "Something New" and it unsurprisingly is watchable with inventive and unique graphics.

  • deadmau5 Returns To Soundcloud With '432' [LISTEN]

    There was been a lively debate among producers and engineers on social media and forums over the different between 440 Hz and 432 Hz sound waves. Does one sound better over another? For the vast majority of the population, this is largely irrelevant and could not be farther out of their scope of understanding. However, Joel Zimmerman, known professionally as deadmau5, the technologist and skilled producer and internet troll knows the insides and outsides of the debate and decided to make light of the whole debate with a joking experiment of his own that he uploaded to his soundcloud.

  • Calvin Harris Will Have Role In Entourage Movie; Flying Lotus On Soundtrack

    The Entourage Movie has spread across the internet like wildfire over the past few days with screenshots from the upcoming trailer that will be released at 11 a.m. PST today (Dec. 23). In addition to the news about the trailer and the screenshot, more details have surfaced about the movie Vincent Chase (Adrien Grenier) is shooting during the Entourage Movie (a movie about a guy making a movie for those you who don't know the premise of Entourage). Calvin Harris posted the film poster online that shows a hooded chase on the cover in a futuristic cityscape, but also reveals that Calvin Harris, the Scottish DJ / producer superstar will be costarring next to Grenier in the film titled Hyde. In another twist, Flying Lotus will be providing the soundtrack to the movie.
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