• 'Star Wars Headspace': Rick Rubin Curating New EDM Soundtrack

    Star Wars made its triumphant return to the big screen last year with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. With more films in the works and the Disney machine fully revved up and ready to go, Star Wars has now prepped an electronic compilation soundtrack titled Star Wars: Headspace curated by Rick Rubin himself. It has contributions from the likes of Kaskade, Baauer, Flying Lotus, Galantis, Breakbot and the Jedi Master executive producing the whole album, Rick Rubin.

  • Taylor Swift's '1989' Louder Than Classic Metallica, AC/DC and Sex Pistols Records. How?

    When you think of "loud" albums, you probably don't think about Taylor Swift. However a new study from Ian Shepherd, audio engineer and founder of Dynamic Range Day, demonstrates that in fact the pop star's most recent release, '1989,' is among the loudest albums of all time. Among the album it trumps are AC/DC's 'Back In Black,' Metallica's "Black" album, and the Sex Pistols' 'Never Mind The Bollocks.'

  • Goldlink Tour: 'Sober Thoughts' Rapper Headlining Across North America

    DMV rapper, Goldlink, has announced his first ever North American headlining tour this summer. The "Sober Thoughts" rapper will be heading out across North America to cities like New York, Dallas, Montreal, Los Angeles and Chicago, performing at small theaters along the way. Given his crossover appeal into the electronic music scene, he has been tabbed as a performer at Electric Forest, which has been traditionally open to other genres and live performers of all types.

  • Unmasked Daft Punk Immortalized With Wooden Statues Alongside Pharrell, Rick Rubin and Others

    The mystique of Daft Punk is found primarily in their futuristic sound that always seems to be way ahead of its time, but also in their signature masks that the pair rarely are seen in public without. Now Guy-Manel de Homen-Christo and Thomas Bangalter are being immortalized with unmasked wooden statues in a new exhibit being done by sculptor Xavier Veilhan. They will stand alongside Pharrell, Rick Rubin and others.

  • Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler Arrested After Drunken Bar Fight in California

    Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler is as feisty as ever. The musician was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 27, after getting into a drunken bar fight in California. Police charged the 65-year-old with misdemeanor assault, public intoxication and vandalism. Butler was taken to jail and released after he detoxed and was cited, "Rolling Stone" noted.

  • Ranking The 2015 Academy Awards' Best Original Song Nominees: Rita Ora, Adam Levine, And More

    This morning, the nominees for the 87th Annual Academy Awards were revealed, including the nominees for Best Original Song. Though there were plenty of songs that were widely assumed to be shoo-ins, such as Lana Del Rey's "Big Eyes" and Lorde's "Yellow Flicker Beat," they were passed over for some pretty left-field choices (most surprisingly, only one of the songs on this list was also nominated for a Golden Globe). Here are the five Academy Award nominees for Best Original Song ranked, from worst to best.
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