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One Direction's new fragrance "You & I" will be released this summer. Boybands have it pretty easy when it comes to trying to sell their fragrance. I mean, what teenybopper wouldn't want to smell like Harry Styles' dreamgirl? Musicians from other genres with older fanbases, however, don't have the luxury of crazed tweens and would probably have a hard time selling more than a few bottles. With that in mind, we decided to compile a list of musicians we'd like to see fragrances from and what those fragrances might smell like. -
Life Is Beautiful Music Festival 2014 Lineup Features Outkast, Foo Fighters, Kanye West and Arctic Monkeys [VIDEO]
Life is beautiful and so is live music. Today (June 23), Las Vegas' Life Is Beautiful Music Festival announced its 2014 lineup, calling in some of the biggest names on the live festival circuit for its sophomore year. -
The Flaming Lips' "The Soft Bulletin": 13 Songs Ranked
Fifteen years ago today, the Flaming Lips released its masterpiece The Soft Bulletin in the US, an album which signaled the band's complete shift from acid punks to psychedelic pop geniuses. Though there are many editions of the album with different tracklistings, in total there are thirteen original songs released across each edition. Here's my ranking of the album's thirteen songs, from weakest to best. -
8 Albums That Omit Great Songs On Some Editions: The Strokes, The Smiths, And More
When a band achieves international success, their albums are often re-released in different countries with bonus tracks, or sometimes with altered tracklistings. These eight albums, however, have incredible songs that, for one reason or another, aren't included on every edition. -
5 Artists Whose Music Got Weirder As Their Fame Grew: Kanye West, Radiohead, and more
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The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne And Steven Drozd Team With Linear Downfall For New Album As Electric Würms [LISTEN]
The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd have joined forces with Nashville's Linear Downfall for a new project called Electric Würms. The group will release its debut album, Musik di Schwer zu Twerk via Warner Bros. on August 18. The band's first single, a cover of Yes' "Heart of the Sunrise" is out today via iTunes, Consequence of Sound reports. -
6 Great Alt-Rock Musicians Who Can't Sing: Wayne Coyne, J Mascis, and more
One of the greatest things about punk and alternative music is its embrace of imperfection. Even though most alt-rock singers couldn't pass the first round of American Idol, their voices are often uniquely powerful and captivating. However, these six singers have voices that are too rough even for some alt-rock fans. -
7 Artists Whose Top Selling Album Isn't Their Best: Springsteen, Bowie, and more
With the news of Metallica's "Black Album" breaking the 16 million mark in sales, by far its most successful album, I began looking into the sales figures of other huge artists. What I found was that in many cases, an artist's top selling album isn't necessarily its best. Here are seven artists where that's precisely the case, starting with the band that inspired this list... -
7 Artists Who Could Have Been Sued for Plagiarism (But Weren't): The Smiths, Nirvana, and More
Though there have been plenty of times when musicians were sued for plagiarizing one of their songs, this usually only happens when the song becomes a hit. Musicians steal from each other far more than you might think, and most of the time it isn't brought to court. Here are seven great artists who could have been sued for plagiarism, but weren't. -
6 Alternative Musicians Who Vanished From The Music Business: Jeff Mangum, Bill Berry, And More
For the most part, musicians don’t really retire. A great deal simply keep playing until they’re physically unable to go on (see: the Rolling Stones). However, there are some artists who more or less vanished from music altogether, and some never returned. Here are six alternative musicians who vanished from the music business. -
Miley Cyrus Orders Emergency Restraining Order Against Crazed Fan
Miley Cyrus gets a restraining order against crazed fan, Devon Meek. Given all of Miley's recent antics – from the twerking to sitting naked atop a wrecking ball to whatever that tongue thing was – perhaps it's not such a shocker that fans of the pop singer might get a little crazy. -
8 Songs Written About Other Musicians: Nirvana, Nick Cave, and more
A vast majority of musicians write about things that they either love or hate, whether it means certain places, politics, or even other musicians. Here are eight songs written about other musicians.
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