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  • Beyoncé Faces Stiff Competition for Grammy Album of the Year

    The Grammys announced several award nominees on Friday morning, but kept "Album of the Year" under wraps until its "A Very Grammy Christmas" broadcast during primetime. Without further ado, let's break down the tale of the tape. Here are your nominations.

  • St. Louis Rams Announce Punter Signing With Hilarious Subject Line

    Punters are people, too. It's a tough concept to swallow, we know, but you should show respect for the weakest players on the football field. Why? For one, they're making bank. Case in point: The St. Louis Rams just announced the signing of Johnny Hekker for $18 million over six years including $9 million guaranteed (!!!).

  • The Wrens Finish First Album in 12 Years; Dropping In 2015

    The tagline on The Wrens' website reads "keeping people waiting since 1989." That's a tongue-in-cheek allusion to the fact that the group tends to prolong things between albums. They spent seven years between 1996's 'Secaucus' and 2003's indie darling, 'The Meadowlands.' But that gap pales in comparison to the current one, which will reach 12 years in 2015. Good news, though: Frontman Charles Bisell says the new record is finally finished.

  • Ariana Grande is Finally Being Taken Seriously and She's Pumped

    If you think Ariana Grande doesn't realize how quickly she ascended to the top of the pop game, you're mistaken. The 21-year-old former Disney Channel star was recently named a Billboard Women In Music Honoree, and she spoke about her meteoric rise and how it has "blown her mind."

  • Billy Corgan Talks Kurt Cobain, Nirvana: "He Really Was That Talented"

    Billy Corgan is one of the oddest survivors of the grunge era — too much of a black sheep to fit snugly into the '90s revival circuit, yet earnest enough to still try and make music people will like. He recently spent much of an interview talking about former rival, Kurt Cobain.

  • Stevie Wonder Speaks Out On Ferguson, Eric Garner, Guns [WATCH]

    Upset after another controversial grand jury decision on Wednesday, Stevie Wonder let his Seattle audience know where he stands on the issues of race, police brutality and gun control. In a crowd-shot video from the show, Wonder sounded off on those topics while steadily playing the "Living for the City" backdrop.

  • J. Cole Calls Out Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Macklemore And Iggy Azalea On 'Fire Squad' From Upcoming Album '2014 Forest Hills Drive' [LISTEN]

    J. Cole got everyone talking when he announced the release of his upcoming album 2014 Forest Hills Drive and although the album isn't out yet, the North Carolina rapper has sparked some controversy in the rap game. On a leaked cut from the album titled "Fire Squad," Cole calls out Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Macklemore and Iggy Azalea on for appropriating black culture.

  • 'Time' Names Beyoncé And Nicki Minaj's 'Flawless (Remix)' The Best Song of 2014, Calls 'Rude' by MAGIC! The Worst

    Beyoncé took everyone by surprise last year when she released her self-titled visual album. Fans were thankful for the album and no one imagined Yoncé would team up with the self-proclaimed "Queen of Rap" for a remix to one of the album's hottest cuts, but it happened. "Time" recently named the "Flawless (Remix)" featuring Nicki Minaj the best song of 2014 while the magazine called "Rude" by MAGIC! the year's worst.

  • Backstreet Boys Documentary Will Be Released Worldwide in 2015

    The Backstreet Boys's lasting power will be tested when Gravitas Ventures releases "Show 'Em What You're Made Of" — "an emotionally open and honest documentation" of the group — across North American theaters Jan. 30.According to a press release, the material was filmed over a recent two-year period."From 1992 to 2002, we were the biggest band in the world," member Brian Littrell said in the release. "No one thought it was going to be as big as it was. Then it just stopped. And what do you do when you're a full grown man in a boy band?"The film was directed by Stephan Kijak ("Stones in Exile") and stars the five original group members: Littrell, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson, all of whom produced the flick.

  • Pete Wentz Talks New Fall Out Boy Album, Mixing Pop and Rock

    Pete Wentz and Fall Out Boy had a moderately successful comeback in 2013 with Save Rock and Roll and the single "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'Em Up)" after a five-year hiatus, and the bassist says they're "80 percent of the way done" with a sixth album, American Beauty/American Psycho.

  • The Best of Sleater-Kinney's Reddit AMA Session

    This is a huge week for Sleater-Kinney fans. The recently reunited group released a killer new song — "Surface Envy" — on Tuesday, and will appear on The Chris Gethard Show on Wednesday. Their other primary engagement this week was a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), which they conducted Tuesday afternoon.

  • Doomtree Announces 2015 Album 'All Hands,' New Track 'Gray Duck' [LISTEN]

    Doomtree disappointed fans earlier this year when they announced this December would mark the final Doomtree Blowout, but the Minneapolis-based septet gave supporters plenty of reasons to cheer Tuesday, Dec. 2, when they announced a new album and a national tour.Oh, and the hip-hop veterans dropped a brand new song: "Gray Duck."Check it out:The group — made up of Dessa, P.O.S., Mike Mictlan, Cecil Otter, Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger and Sims — will release "All Hands" Jan. 27, 2015.

  • Davies Brothers Still Fighting: The Kinks Stars Arguing Over 'You Really Got Me'

    Ray Davies and Dave Davies have had a heated 2014, but there is a difference between not wanting to tour together and straight-up lying to the public. The Kinks brothers have put themselves in that position, as only one of them can be telling the truth in their latest controversy.As radio.com noted, the current squabble is over the band's use of distorted guitars. Ray claimed he was the one who originated the sound."My brother Dave and I played records so loud it made the speakers distort, and we thought it'd be a nice idea to make the guitar sound that distorted, and we cranked up the amplifier and I stuck a knitting needle in it," Ray told NPR.This story upset Dave, who recently took to his Facebook page in an attempt to set the record straight."My brother is lying," he wrote. "I don't know why he does this but it was my Elpico amp that I bought and out of frustration I cut the speaker cone up with a razor blade and I was so shocked and surprised and excited that it worked that I demonstrated the sound to Ray and Pete.""Pete" refers to late bassist Pete Quaife, who died in 2010."Pete didn't even like it and laughed and said it sounded like a dog barking," Dave said. "Ray liked the sound and he had written a riff on the piano which formed the basis of the song 'You Really Got Me' and I played the riff on my guitar with MY new sound. I ALONE CREATED THIS SOUND."

  • Lucy Hale 2015 Tour: Singer Announces Dates, Talks 'Album Number Three'

    You might know Lucy Hale as Aria Montgomery. That is the name of her character on "Pretty Little Liars," the ABC Family show that launched her into stardom. But Hale has a music career, too — she dropped her second album, "Road Between," this summer and just announced a handful of 2015 tour dates."I'm so excited," Hale told "Rolling Stone." "We've done a radio tour and radio shows, but now we get to do actual shows and do the entire album for people who have been supporting me."Hale will return to film "PLL" in March, but she says she might still be able to sneak a few extra shows in. For now, though, "We're keeping it short and sweet. We're going to where my music was played on radio, and when we stopped for a radio tour, people came to the shows."The setlist will mostly comprise of album material, but expect some surprises."I have a few little ideas for covers that are brewing in my mind," she said. "We're coming up with ideas to make it special."Playing live will be tough work, per usual."It's the most vulnerable you get," she said. "It gives people more leeway to judge you and judge what you're doing. When you work on an album, you put your blood, sweat and tears into it and you want people to appreciate it."Oh, and fans can expect new material soon."I'm very proud of 'Road Between,' but I'm two years older and feel like I'm in a completely different head space," Hale said. "I'm always thinking 10 steps ahead. I'm already thinking of album No. 3."
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