They may have some fresh material in store but De La Soul stuck to the classics last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Backed up by the Roots the trio took the stage to perform "Jenifa Taught Me" the second single off their 1989 debut Three Feet High and Rising In...

Kanye West gave the world its first official taste of his new album on Friday night by projecting the new song "New Slaves" along with visuals on buildings across the globe The video was projected at various times throughout the night on 66 buildings in cities including New York Toronto...

Empire of the Sun's "Alive" shines with soaring falsettos and unfussy yet large synths but David Guetta ups the ante even more with this remix of the Ice on the Dune track The original didn't skimp on the dance factor with big-time beats and woozy vocal manipulations but Guetta takes...

This afternoon Britney Spears debuted "Ooh La La" her song for the upcoming Smurfs 2 soundtrack Now that you've heard it just try to get it out of your headProduced by Dr Luke Cirkut and Ammo the sugary pop tune is one of the most kid-friendly thing Britney's done since...

Beyoncé's next album release and tour status remain uncertain but she has good reason the 31-year-old singer is reportedly expecting her second child with husband Jay-Z The news as reported by Us Weekly would offer a clear explanation of her recent ailments Beyoncé canceled a show this past Tuesday in Antwerp...

In advance of their new disc Soft Will – which drops June 11th on Mom+Pop – Smith Westerns strapped on their gear earlier this month to soundcheck "Varsity" their lush and lively new track The shimmering indie-pop number was a late addition to the Chicagoans' third album which was produced...

Summer doesn't start officially for another month but all across the country the temperature is rising and schools are beginning to let out Giant hordes of cicadas are about to descend Iron Man 3 and Star Trek Into Darkness are playing in theaters and The Hangover 3 is on its...

Queens of the Stone Age's new video for "My God Is the Sun" continues the band's barrage of creepy animated clips in advance of their new album Like Clockwork Whereas the previous clips for "I Appear Missing" "If I Had a Tail" and "Keep Your Eyes Peeled" offered only portions...

Trent Reznor's new Nine Inch Nails lineup lost its bassist earlier this week but the band just gained another member Guitarist Robin Finck a longtime NIN associate is joining the band's touring lineup effective immediately Finck has worked with NIN since 1994 and last played with the band on its 2009...

Yesterday pop singer George Michael was airlifted to a hospital after he was involved in a car crash According to the BBC the 49-year-old singer suffered a head injury though his spokesperson insists he's doing "fine" and only suffered "superficial cuts" Details on the crash remain unclear but Michael's rep Connie...

Neil Young and Crazy Horse will return stateside from their European tour to headline a new festival in Virginia this fall Young will lead the Interlocken Festival a four-day event that will take place September 5th through 8th at Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington Virginia Furthur Zac Brown the String...

Earlier this week Bono and Mary J Blige took the stage at New York's Jacob Javits Center to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Robin Hood Foundation They performed U2's "One" (which they recorded together in 2005) and U2's overlooked 2009 classic "Moment of Surrender" (Click here to watch them...

Huey Lewis was so famous in the mid-Eighties that when Pepsi signed Michael Jackson Coke felt they had little choice but to reach out to Huey "They had to play catch-up" says Lewis between bites from a club sandwich at Rolling Stone headquarters "They told me I had the largest...

Rock drummer Jim Gordon who killed his mother in June 1983 after claiming her voice had tormented him for years was denied parole until at least 2018 at a hearing this April A California board panel deemed the musician "a danger to society if released from prison" citing his resistance...

Superchunk are releasing a new album I Hate Music this August but bassist and founding member Laura Ballance won't be joining them on the road to promote it Ballance has penned a note on Superchunk's website explaining that she has developed hyperacusis – a condition marked by oversensitivity to certain...

"It's thrilling to hear her sing!" exclaims Rick Rubin He's talking about Sugarland vocalist Jennifer Nettles whose first solo album he's in the midst of producing Rubin – who has worked closely with Red Hot Chili Peppers Johnny Cash Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Beastie Boys Linkin Park Adele and...

Justin Bieber can expect a bill for parking his pet monkey in a German animal shelter The cost of care food and vet visits for the pop star's capuchin Mally is several thousand dollars a spokesman for the Munich customs office told The Associated Press Americans Hate Justin Bieber Love Adele...

Dawes were keen to move beyond the "throwback" label on their latest album Stories Don't End but the band certainly displayed a knack for a classic sunny California rock sound when they performed last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live Singer Taylor Goldsmith sang in warm melodic tones on "From a...

As the chief songwriter and creative force behind Of Montreal Kevin Barnes has built a career out of following his own instincts His band's 11 albums have been full of sometimes jarring U-turns – moving from psychedelic twee-pop to decadent glam-funk to nightmarish electro-prog often within one disc Lousy with...

Click to listen to The Rides' "Word Game" With their new blues-rock group the Rides Stephen Stills and the Electric Flag's Barry Goldberg reached across generations to team with guitar wizard Kenny Wayne Shepherd The trio are readying their debut album Can't Get Enough for this summer and they dipped into...

Thom Yorke and Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja have collaborated on the score for a new documentary The UK Gold The Telegraph reports Directed by Mark Donne the film tracks the history of tax evasion while also telling the story of a vicar from a small parish in the London borough of...

Busta Rhymes is enormous in person a Michelin Man made of muscles and neck A tub of whey protein takes up a good deal of space in the studio where he's set up as does his diamond-encrusted globe of a pinkie ring which looks like it could break a windshield...

Fans of Latin funk and lush Afro-Cuban grooves remember the Seventies with glee when the New York salsa explosion made Latin music appear as edgy and unpredictable as rock & roll At the core of this movement was Fania the Motown of salsa a record label bold enough to mastermind...

Beck has assembled an all-star group of performers to help him play the songs from his latest release the  Song Reader collection of sheet music Pitchfork reports While the 20 compositions have already been performed by musicians across the globe the July 4th show at Lodnon's Barbican will mark Beck's first live performance...

When Steve Strange the lead singer of the early Eighties British synthpop group Visage attended the premiere of the recent David Bowie exhibit at London's Victoria and Albert Museum he received a phone call put through the speaker system from an old friend "He goes 'Hi London it's DB'" Strange...

Franz Ferdinand will release their fourth studio album Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action on August 27th in the US and August 26th in the UK on Domino NME reports The Scottish quartet who broke out with their 2004 hit "Take Me Out" recorded the new LP at frontman Alex Kapranos'...

A day after the announcement that Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine are donating $70 million to USC to create a new arts technology and business program the two joined by USC President Max Nikias and the new school's dean Erica Muhl gathered in Santa Monica near the offices of Interscope...

"I wouldn't be playing music if it wasn't for this tape" Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox said from Atlanta's Variety Playhouse stage last night The cassette in question was the Breeders' 1993 classic Last Splash purchased by Cox's mom many years ago as a birthday present for her then-pre-teen son That...

Even 13 albums in the Flaming Lips know how to keep it weird which they did with literally lots of flying colors when they stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon yesterday to perform "Try to Explain" from their latest effort The Terror Wayne Coyne crooned the epic slow-burning synth song...

Jim James is currently on the road with his solo band playing cuts from his recent LP Regions of Light and Sound of God but he's already thinking about My Morning Jacket's next album "We're going to start in October" James tells Rolling Stone "We're in the process of nailing...

A public memorial celebration for late Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman will be held May 23rd at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles from 330 to 730 pm the band announced in a note on their Facebook page The celebration will be free all ages and open to the public on a...

The 2007 Grammy Awards began with 10 simple words "Ladies and gentlemen we are the Police and we're back" With that the Police launched into a four-minute rendition of "Roxanne" as millions of people around the world looked on Two days later they held a press conference in Los Angeles...

On Wednesday Billy Idol helped Google celebrate the launch of their new subscription music service Google Play Music All Access by performing an hourlong set for attendees of Google I/O an annual developer's conference held at San Francisco's Moscone Center The set came at the end of a long opening...

Ever since he and his wife and Sonic Youth bandmate Kim Gordon announced their split in late 2011 Thurston Moore has kept his mouth largely shut "I wasn't doing any press whatsoever – I kind of embargoed that" says Moore "Personal issues are not something I talk about I don't...

Downton Abbey recently announced the addition of Gary Carr as the show's first black cast member news that didn't sit well with proud Abbey-head Sean "Diddy" Combs The rapper and hip-hop mogul teamed up with Funny or Die to prove that he long preceded Carr as the first black character on...

Bob Dylan was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters yesterday marking the first time a musician has been tapped as an honorary member for the prestigious award "I feel extremely honored and very lucky to be included in this pantheon of great individual artists who comprise the Academy...

Having played bass with Guns N' Roses Velvet Revolver and Jane's Addiction Duff McKagan has been around a lot of talented frontmen Now in his new band Walking Papers McKagan gets to work with a vocalist he's long admired Jeff Angell "I hoped at some point I would do something with...