South By Southwest — SXSW for the cool kids — kicks off today, March 10th, in Austin, Texas. The fest is an all-encompassing, city-wide melee of tech, film, music, education, and culture spread over nine […]
Miley Cyrus has shared her new album Endless Summer Vacation. Cyrus recorded Endless Summer Vacation in Los Angeles, with co-producers Kid Harpoon, Greg Kurstin, Mike WiLL Made-It, and Tyler Johnson. In a press release, she described […]
International Women’s Day is a global celebration of women (and girls) and their many contributions to all facets of society. We are writers, trendsetters, magicians, dancers, chefs, and so, so much more. And, there’s perhaps […]
Gamma, billed as “an artist focused multimedia platform” centering on the creation of music, adjacent content, and related business opportunities, has officially launched with support from several high-profile companies and acts. Los Angeles-headquartered Gamma, which […]
Seth Rogen, who’s among the pitch-perfect cast of Steven Spielberg’s acclaimed Best Picture nominee The Fabelmans, opens up in a new interview about the oft-sustaining impact criticism can have on an artist. The topic was […]
What is folk music? Is it music specific to a region and embodying particular cultural traditions, or could there be a more open-ended definition? Perhaps it’s a product of the imagination that can be rooted […]
Glen “SPOT” Lockett, the trailblazing punk producer behind SST Records and artistic statements by the likes of Hüsker Dü and Black Flag, has died at 72. The influential engineer had been battling fibrosis before he […]
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. […]
Parker Stevenson may have taken a step back from the public eye, but he is not ready to draw the curtains on his career. Born to an actress, Stevenson was exposed to life in front […]
In response to Tennessee signing into law a ban on drag shows and other “adult cabaret” performances on public properties and other places where they could be watched by minors, Bonnaroo has issued a statement promising it […]
California’s new “rap lyrics” law has secured a man’s freedom. According to ABC 7, a state appellate court has reversed the murder conviction of Travon Venable Sr.—a San Bernardino resident who was charged in connection to a […]
Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will embark on “The Deathless Svmmer” European tour in June. BEHEMOTH will make appearances at some of the biggest festivals, including Download, Hellfest, Graspop Metal Meeting, Sweden Rock and more, plus […]
Shakira believes “there is a place in hell” for women who don’t support each other. Those comments may have been aimed at Clara Chia Martí, who recently became Instagram-official with Shakira’s ex-boyfriend Gerard Piqué — […]
Tourette syndrome is, by nature, a highly stigmatizing condition, because at the severe end people can do very unusual things and draw attention to themselves You might have seen the news that fans of singer […]
When a record label contacted her wanting to reissue her 35-year-old debut single, Kate Fagan thought it was a prank call. She had released the track, I Don’t Wanna Be Too Cool, on her friends’ […]
Photo Credit: AVRO / CC by 3.0 The V&A Museum in London has acquired a massive 8,000-piece archive of material from the David Bowie Estate containing handwritten notebooks, letters, costumes, instruments, awards, photos, set designs, […]
Image Source: Brittany Bravo Zoila Darton didn’t see herself reflected in the entertainment industry, so she built her own mirror big enough to include reflections of herself and others. Through the looking glass, Darton began […]
Photo Credit: Keith Pitts AI-created images lose US copyright protections in a legal test for the new technology. The US Copyright Office says it should not have granted copyright protection to images in a graphic […]
Trombone Shorty leads a binational jam session with music students from New Orleans and Havana. Debbie Elliott/NPR hide caption toggle caption Debbie Elliott/NPR Trombone Shorty leads a binational jam session with music students from New […]
The way we live our lives online is rapidly changing. Artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality and innovations such as blockchain – a kind of digital record for transactions — are set to transform the online […]