• Rihanna, Zac Brown Band and Lady Antebellum Tapped for March Madness Festival in April

    March Madness is right around the corner, and with it comes an exciting announcement for music and basketball lovers alike. Rihanna, Zac Brown Band and Lady Antebellum will headline this year's NCAA March Madness Music Festival, which is set to take place April 3 to 5. Kacey Musgraves and Bleachers will also perform, and more acts will be announced in the near future, 'Rolling Stone' noted.
  • Bleachers, Grimes Team Up for New Song 'Entropy' on 'Girls' Season 4 [LISTEN]

    Wondering what that sweet new song at the end of last nights Girls was? Give the credit to none other than Bleachers and Grimes. In a move similar to St. Vincent's "Teenage Talk" last week, on Sunday night (March 15), fans of HBO's Girls got a first listen at a brand new song from Claire Boucher and Lena Dunham's boyfriend Jack Antonoff. Introducing, the poppy and beautiful new single "Entropy."
  • Fun. Denies Breakup Rumors, Tension in Band as Jack Antonoff Focuses on Bleachers & Nate Ruess Records Solo Album

    Fun. may currently absent from the music scene, while Nate Ruess guests on major pop releases and Jack Antonoff dates Lena Dunham and plays the indie rock darling in Bleachers, but the "We Are Young" band is not breaking up. In the midst of rumors of tension in the band and two years after winning the Grammy for Best New Artist, today (Feb. 5), fun. dismissed rumors about band tensions in a lengthy Facebook post.
  • Rock in Rio Las Vegas Adds Sam Smith, Charli XCX and Jessie J to Pop Weekend Already Featuring Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran

    The biggest music festival debut in the United States this year may very well be Rock in Rio, which will head to Las Vegas for two huge weekends in May. The festival added more firepower to a show already featuring headlining sets from Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Metallica and more. Sam Smith, Charli XCX, Jessie J, Bleachers, Tove Lo, Empire of The Sun and Echosmith are the latest performers to be added to the lineup as of Tuesday.
  • SXSW Announces Third Round of Artists, Including Best Coast, Bleachers, Dej Loaf and More

    South By Southwest 2015 is now two months away, and today the legendary Austin festival has announced its third round of artists, which you can check out below. Some of the biggest names announced in this round include Best Coast, Bleachers, Yo Gotti, Palma Violets, Dej Loaf, Jeff the Brotherhood and Arcade Fire's Will Butler, among others. Previously announced artists include AWOLNATION, Swervedriver, Courtney Barnett, The Dodos, The Pop Group, Gang of Four, King Tuff, Twin Shadow, Surfer Blood, Jessie Ware and The Zombies.The interactive and film portions of SXSW begin March 13, while the music portion of the festival runs from March 17 to 22. You can purchase badges and get more information from the SXSW website.You can check out all the newly added artists to South By Southwest here:
  • Music Times 25 Best Songs of 2014: Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, Hozier, St. Vincent & More

    2014 was the year of a thousand controversies: Taylor Swift pulled all of her music from Spotify, Sun Kil Moon started a feud with The War On Drugs, Jack White accused The Black Keys of ripping him off (again), and almost nobody went platinum. When you put all of that aside, however, what you're left with is a bunch of incredible songs, which is really what it's all about. Here are the 25 best songs from 2014, as determined by Music Times writers Ryan Book, Caitlin Carter, Joey DeGroot, Kyle Dowling, and Carolyn Menyes.
  • Charli XCX, Bleachers' Jack Antonoff Cover Each Other's Hits In New Kia Commercial [WATCH]

    Charli XCX and Bleacher's frontman Jack Antonoff have replaced those cute animated hamsters for Kia's latest commercial. The cool part: they cover each other's songs, and both new versions sound pretty awesome. The project is part of the car company's "In-Ride Sessions." Antonoff channels a distorted '80s sound for his cover of "Break the Rules" and Charli XCX goes all out punk princess on "Rollercoaster."
  • Bleachers Announce North American Tour Dates For 2015 [FULL SCHEDULE]

    Bleachers, the side project of fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff, has announced a North American tour for 2015. The "Bleachers Come Alive!" tour kicks off on March 4 in Vancouver and finished up on April 9 in Antonoff's hometown of New York City. Opening for Bleachers will be Rochester's Joywaves and Los Angeles's Night Terrors of 1927.
  • 9 Rock Albums Whose Producers Co-Wrote The Music: Fun., The Black Keys, And More

    In genres such as pop and hip-hop, it's pretty much standard for a producer to have an active role in the album's songwriting, especially if they're working with a solo artist, but this is pretty uncommon when working with rock bands, who tend to write their own material. These nine albums, however, feature extensive songwriting contributions from their producers, even though they were made by rock bands.
  • VH1 You Oughta Know Live In Concert Recap: Sam Smith, Aloe Blacc, Chvrches, Bleachers, And More [WATCH]

    VH1's "You Oughta Know" franchise has been highlighting artists on the rise and serving as a "who's hot" barometer since 2005. This year, for the second time, they put on the You Oughta Know Concert, hosted this year by Nicole Richie of VH1's Candidly Nicole. Aloe Blacc, Sam Smith, Echosmith, American Authors, Chvrches, A Great Big World, Mary Lambert, Tove Lo, KONGOS, Vance Joy, and Bleachers.
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