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  • Avicii Manager Ash Pournouri, Spotify Founder Daniel Ek, Starting Stockholm SXSW-Style Conference Summer 2015

    San Francisco and New York City have been traditionally thought as hotbeds for tech startup, but pockets of new talent has been popping up all over the world in strong urban centers where young people want to live like Berlin, Istanbul, London, Stockholm, Boulder and elsewhere. One of the major hotspots has been Sweden with companies like Spotify, Skype, King and Ericsson all leading the way in terms of innovation, where other major brands in H&M and Ikea have all made their name as brands from the Nordic country. With all of this talent focused in a city with 2 million people, it is surprising that there is no SXSW-style of conference to try and bring these people together all at once. That is about to change with two of the brightest minds in the city, Daniel Ek, founder and CEO of Spotify and Ash Pournouri, founder of At Night Management, which handles Avicii, Cazzette, Ishi and others is looking to start a new conference this summer.

  • Jamie xx Shares 'Gosh' Music Video, In Colour World Tour Dates

    Jamie xx is preparing for one of the biggest years of his solo career. In addition to his upcoming album In Colour, which is slated for release on June 2 via Young Turks, the xx band member is also plotting an extensive world tour this summer and fall that will take him all over Europe and North America. In addition to the tour announcement, xx has released the music video for the album single "Gosh" that takes the viewer on a galactic journey to Mars and beyond. Watch the video below.

  • Grimes Defends Tidal: "This Kind Of Thing Is So Important, Especially For Indie Music"

    If you have paid attention to the music industry over the past few weeks, you would have seen the big hoopla about Jay Z's new music streaming service TIDAL. It has faced a wall of criticism from fans, artists and professional skeptics who question whether or not its message of "TIDAL For All" is actually meant to benefit every artist or just a few millionaire artists who were there to launch the product at the March 30 press conference. Today, Jay Z took the time to outline some TIDAL facts on Twitter, including saying that the company pays out 75 percent of its revenue to artists, writers and producers, higher than the 70 perfect that Spotify pays out in royalties, which largely lines the pockets of labels and distributors.

  • Snoop Dogg Details Pharrell, Stevie Wonder Collaboration On 'Bush'

    Fans are counting down the days until Snoop Dogg releases his new Pharrell-produced album Bush. One of the more anticipated collaborations on the LP features the legend Stevie Wonder and at a recent album recent listening event in Los Angeles, the Snoop shared the story of how he was able to get Stevie on the track. During a session where he and Pharrell were recording one of the tracks, it was decided that they could use some Stevie Wonder on the track after working with Charlie Wilson on most of the LP. The Doggfather explained exactly how he was able to get a hold of Mr. Wonder and get him in the studio to record on the album, much to the apparent surprise and amazement of Pharrell (via Hip Hop DX).

  • Taking Child To Pink Concert Not Bad Parenting Says NJ Judge

    Taking a child to a concert can be a bonding moment for a parent and their kid. When the child is young, having the parent chaperon can be the only way that the kid is able to attend the show. This was called into question last year when a mother took her daughter to her first rock show -- a Pink concert at Newark's Prudential Center in New Jersey. The father of the child and the woman's ex-husband accused the mother of "bad parenting" and used the concert as a centerpiece in an ongoing custody battle over the 11-year-old girl. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Lawrence R. Jones ruled in an expansive 37-page decision, writing that the mother "in no way, shape or form exceed the boundaries of reasonable parental judgment" by bringing her daughter to the concert.

  • Killer Mike Covers White House Correspondents' Dinner For Huffington Post

    Rapper, artist and social activist, Killer Mike of hip-hop duo Run The Jewels, was among those attending the White House Correspondent's Dinner last night at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The event where the capitol's elite and press come together to poke fun at each other and drink heavily was headlined by President Obama and his anger translator Luther (Keegan-Michael Key from Key & Peele) and Cecily Strong of "Saturday Night Live" fame.

  • Yelawolf, Eminem Share "Best Friend" Music Video From 'Love Story' [WATCH]

    Yelawolf and Eminem have unveiled the music video for their collaboration together, "Best Friend," taken from the "Till It's Gone" rapper's recent artist album, 'Love Story.' The tune addresses very personal issues for Yelawolf including child abuse and the struggles he has faced personally that have deviated him at times on a path towards hell. It is a more spiritual then one might expect, thanking his "Best Friend" in God. Yelawolf, real name Michael Wayne Atha, alternates between singing and rapping while Eminem comes in with a lengthy, speedy and ferocious rap.

  • Tiësto, Your Shot Gives Aspiring DJs Chance in New Competition Series

    Aspiring DJs, this may be the chance you were looking for to get a big break. The Australian DJ competition series Your Shot has teamed up with Tiësto and 7UP to bring the idea Stateside. The competition will pit 30 aspiring Djs against each other in the hopes of winning the grand prize - the shot to perform alongside Tiësto in las Vegas at his Hakkasan club residency and on 7UP stage 7 at next year's Ultra Music Festival.

  • Gunshots Fired At Lil Wayne's Tour Bus After Show In Atlanta

    Lil Wayne's tour bus was shot at last night in Atlanta after a concert at the Compound nightclub. According to local reports, Cobb police say the bus was shot at, but no bullets managed to strike the vehicle. As of this morning, there are no suspects in the shooting.

  • Bonnaroo Announces 2015 Set Times With Serious Scheduling Conflicts

    Bonnaroo is just under two months away and the four-day festival have unveiled its 2015 set times. Normally festivals wait until the week leading up to the event or a little before to release set times and make fans scramble to figure out their plans, but this time Bonnaroo has been generous in letting giving fans time to agonize over who they will see where and when. As is customary with any festival with this much talent, there will always be conflicts that arise when two or more great artists perform at the same time. 2015 is no exception with several pretty tough ones scattered across the four days.

  • The Chemical Brothers Announce Album 'Born in the Echoes' Featuring Beck, St. Vincent, Release Single 'Sometimes I Feel So Deserted' [LISTEN]

    After five long years, The Chemical Brothers are back with a new single and more importantly, a new album. The duo of Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands have been instrumental in pioneering big beat electronic music and bringing it to pop, notably in the UK with five number one albums. Following up their 2010 LP, Further, the pair breaks up the longest spell of their career without releasing a studio album with Born In Echoes. The LP will feature the likes of St. Vincent, Beck and Q-Tip. To go with the album announcement, they have released the lead single from the LP titled "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted."

  • Diplo No More? Jack Ü, Major Lazer DJ Wants To 'Retire Diplo Material'

    If you plan on seeing Diplo in the near future, you might be in for an abrupt change. In a new interview with Rick Rubin in Interview Magazine, Diplo talked about his upbringings as an artist, how he approaches himself as a brand and a musician, being a father and much more. He also causally slid into the conversation that he was looking to retire the Diplo name and focus more Major Lazer. Rubin asked the "Revolution" Dj how he separates out his many creative projects and Diplo dropped the bomb. "Well, I'm trying to actually retire Diplo material at this point. Diplo has a ceiling in Vegas, and I'm doing great there, but I'm so proud of Major Lazer-the way it sounds, the way it's mixed. I feel like if I devote my time to that, it could grow."

  • Stream OG Maco, Zaytoven New Mixtape 'OGZay' Ahead Of Migos Tour

    OG Maco has teamed up with German-born San Francisco-based producer Zaytoven, known for his work with Atlanta rappers like Gucci Mane, Jeezy, Migos and others, to present a new collaborative mixtape OGZay. The 8-track mixtape comes just as a showcase of OG Maco music without any features. It is what you would expect with from the "U Guessed It" rapper and Zaytoven with plenty of turn up anthems and instrumentals to quench the thirst of the many trapoholics out there.

  • Major Lazer, Ellie Goulding, Tarrus Riley Share "Powerful" From 'Peace Is The Mission' [LISTEN]

    Another track has surfaced from Major Lazer's upcoming album Peace Is The Mission. The fifth track from the 9-song LP, "Powerful" features the vocals of pop sensation Ellie Goudling and reggae singer Tarrus Riley. The track shows the diversity found in the album, with a much more subdued and soulful approach by Diplo and the Picard Brothers on the instrumental, while the female vocalists take control of the tune. Isley Juber and Fransisca Hall asisted on the writing.

  • CHVRCHES Singer Lauren Mayberry Forcefully Responds To Online Rape Threat

    The internet has helped unlocked some of the greatest technological advances this world has ever seen and brought people together like never before. However, with all of the great that the internet has done for humanity, it also allows the scourge of society to be heard in ways the weren't previously possible. One of these individuals thought it was a good idea to threaten CHVRCHES signer Lauren Mayberry with rape on Twitter. Whether or not they "truly" meant it is irrelevant, the thought and writing were disgusting and should be put down at every turn. She responded to this outburst with a post of her own, calling out the online commenter and challenging any misogynists in the process, saying, "women will not be shamed and silenced and made to disappear. I am not going anywhere. So bring it on motherf*ckers. Let's see who blinks first."

  • Tomorrowland Brasil 2015 Unveils Livestream Details

    Tomorrowland Brasil has announced the details for its YouTube livestream coming up in just over one week. The Brazilian offshoot of famed electronic music festival, Tomorrowland, is making its debut in Brazil in 2015 and is allowing viewers at home to be a part of the action.

  • Deadmau5 Takes Game Of Thrones Hodor On Coffee Run Following Rave of Thrones Set [WATCH]

    Deadmau5, real name Joel Zimmerman, is a fan of a few things - sports cars, coffee, electronic music and sometimes putting all three of them together in his coffee runs where he takes a DJ friend or music friend of his in a sports car to the local Tim Hortons. The Canadian producer, DJ films the trip and then puts it on YouTube so everyone can see. Some of his more famous passengers have included Tommy Lee, Eric Pyrdz, Laidback Luke, Skrillex and former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Now he can add a famed TV actor and DJ, Kristian Nairn, who is best known for his role as Hodor in the HBO series Game of Thrones, to his list.

  • Jay Z, Beyoncé's Joint Album Nearing Completion, Will Be TIDAL Exclusive

    Industry insider and founder of Dash Radio, DJ Skee in a his "Red Pill" address where he breaks down the issues facing the industry today, discussed the fragmentation of the streaming world and how the industry is cannibalizing itself in an attempt to try and minimize losses in the short term. About a 1:50 in, Skee causally broke the news that Beyoncé's and Jay Z's joint album, which he broke the news about it happening, is nearing completion and will be released exclusively on TIDAL.

  • Bobby Shmurda, Rowdy Rebel Trial Date Set for June 25

    It has been nearly four months since Bobby Shmurda, Rowdy Rebel and GS9 were arrested on a litany of various charges varying from reckless endangerment, conspiracy, weapons possession and possession of drug paraphernalia (intent to sell and possession). News about the case has gone cold over the past two months, but today the "Hot N*gga" rapper and his associates now have news about when they will have their day in court. According to XXL, Bobby Shmurda, real name Ackquiille Pollard and Rowdy Rebel were given a June 25 hearing to begin their trial.

  • Electric Adventure 2015 Lineup: Pretty Lights, Dillon Francis, Ty Dolla $ign, A-Trak Included

    New Jersey's Electric Adventure has announced the 2015 lineup of DJs and artists who will be heading down to Atlantic City to perform this summer. The two day-festival, dubbed Bloom, will host names like Pretty Lights, Dillon Francis, G-Eazy, A-Trak, Ty Dolla $ign, Dannic, Kid Ink, Tritonal and many others. The surprisingly diverse bill will make for a very interesting crowd that may come for the trance, the hip-hop or the trap.

  • Gesaffelstein's Last 'Live' Show At Coachella 2015 Surfaces Online [WATCH]

    Video has emerged from supposedly Gessafelstein's last live show ever. The French DJ, producer performed the past two weekends at Coachella and in the months leading up to the festival, he declared without elaborating on why, that the two nights were going to be his final 'live' shows. This left fans frantically wondering how they would see the Aleph DJ once again since his live show wasn't coming back to any of their cities any more. Luckily enough, one enterprising fan recorded most of the set on a camera with remarkable recording quality, which is crucial because those who have seen Gessafelstein, real name Mike Levy, live know the bass will blow out any speaker.

  • ASAP Rocky, Raekwon Share 'I Got Money' From 'Fly International Luxurious Art'

    As Raekwon readies his sixth studio album Fly International Luxurious Art, the legendary rapper shares another single featuring A$AP Rocky from the LP. Raekwon comes firing out of the gate on "I Got Money" with his own boastful lines, "Hundred sons bagging escape jackets / Brawler face meat loaf, your man up in the back of the wagon / Drugs equal money, money equals sunny days / Timbs, cut off shorts and gorgeous with a ton of haze." The S1 aka Symbolic One-produced beat provides a luxurious plane for the two rappers to flow over as A$AP follows up his idol with his own shoutouts to New York and allusions to his success. Stream the track below via Pitchfork.

  • Roc Nation Executive Lenny S. Shares How Vic Mensa Signed To Jay Z's Label

    Yesterday was one of the biggest days in Chicago rapper Vic Mensa's career. He has signed label deals before, but the announcement that he made the move to Jay Z's Roc Nation puts him in the same discussion as artists like Rihanna, Kanye West and J. Cole. The announcement was made exclusively on TIDAL. The story of how this all came to be has been vague, especially for a 21-year-old artist who has garnered buzz over the past few years on the internet, but has not had a major radio hit. Roc Nation executive Lenny S. outlined that story in remarkabe detail and it is pretty startling to see a young man who does not care about who Lenny represents and is fiercly focused on his own vision and creativieity.

  • Hard Summer 2015 Lineup Revealed In Trailer: Jack Ü, The Weeknd, Porter Robinson, Ratatat Included

    Live Nation's Hard Events has announced the lineup for its major summer festival Hard Summer. Headlining the 2015 lineup will be Skrillex and Diplo's duo Jack Ü, who will be taking a break from the Mad Decent Block Party tour, The Weeknd, who returns to Southern California after two stellar performances at Coachella, Porter Robinson with his live show, Ratatat as they continue on the comeback trail in 2015 and many more.

  • Migos Members Takeoff, Quavo Released, Offset Still In Jail After Arrest

    There is a mixed bag of news coming out of the Migos camp relating to their recent arrest during at concert at Georgia Southern University. According to posts on social media, two of the group's members Takeoff and Quavo were released, but Offset is still being held in jail on bond. This news comes as a surprise considering on April 20th it was being reported that the group had gone to court and was denied bond.

  • Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y Share 'Weed Naps' From Upcoming Mixtape #2009 [LISTEN]

    Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y and marijuana - there are few threesomes more fitting than that. The pair (Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y, though I image number three was present) recently announced a new collaborative EP titled #2009 and we now have the second whiff of what the EP will sound like. The pair in a spur of the moment decision shared the first track from the EP, "Weed Nap." Read the tweets below and that nap might have been a very deep one if it took them that long to release the track after Monday.

  • Vic Mensa Reveals Title Of Next Project, Talks Roc Nation Signing & Looking Up To Jay Z

    Chicago rapper, Vic Mensa made headlines yesterday when it was announced that he had signed to Jay Z's Roc Nation. The announcement was streamed live exclusively on TIDAL. With the momentum clearly in his favor, Mensa went on Power 106 in LA to discuss the mater and much more including Coachella and his future, where he reveals the title of his upcoming project.

  • NBA Playoffs 2015: Ludacris To Introduce Players, Perform At Atlanta Hawks Game 2 Against Nets

    It is April and that means one thing - playoffs. This month kicks off playoffs both for the National Hockey League and for the National Basketball Association. Both aren't immune to brining out the stars and celebrities to help garner some public support and put more people in the seats, though the NBA is much more prone to using this marketing technique (see the Celebrity game during All-Star Weekend). Despite having the second best record in the whole league, the Atlanta hawks still had trouble getting people in the seats on a nightly basis. They first called upon Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz for a day where he performed several times and introduced the players, while also creating some awkwardly funny online videos for the team. Now Ludacris has the honor of performing during Game 2 of their Hawk's series against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday in Atlanta.

  • TIDAL's Download Numbers Plummet While Pandora, Spotify Thrive

    TIDAL continues to make headlines, but recently the tide has turned against the service that is perceived as elitist by many. With its starstudded launch, headed by new owner Jay Z, who was flanked by a who's who list of the biggest stars in music including Beyoncé, Usher, Kanye West, Daft Punk, Jack White and others, the service has amassed considerable momentum. According to a BGR report, new data shows that it has lost a lot of that in one key category - downloads. The app, which briefly cracked the top 20 of the Apple app store two weeks ago, now languishes out of the top 750.
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