Category Archives: INDIE MUSIC NEWS

Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan Talk 'Rolling Stone' Daft Punk Cover Story

Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan busted out a copy of the new issue of Rolling Stone with Daft Punk on the cover during yesterday’s Live with Kelly and Michael proving that no one can escape the dance delirium instigated by the robots’ new album Random Access Memories Listen to Daft Punk’s…

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Mary J. Blige Faces IRS Lien for Unpaid Taxes

Mary J Blige is facing a hefty Internal Revenue Service lien for unpaid taxes The IRS hit the 42-year-old singer and her husband Martin Isaacs with a $34 million lien in New Jersey and filed notice on February 7th according to The Associated Press Bono and Mary J Blige Perform ‘One’ at…

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Christopher Lee Readies Heavy Metal Album for 91st Birthday

Actor Christopher Lee plans to celebrate his 91st birthday in unusual fashion by releasing a new heavy metal album based on the life of the French ruler Charlemagne Recorded with Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner Charlemagne The Omens of Death is the follow-up to Lee’s 2010 release Charlemagne By the Sword…

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Chance the Rapper: High Times and Wild Nights in Chicago

On an unseasonably warm Friday evening in May minutes before facing the biggest hometown crowd of his young career Chance the Rapper races a skateboard around the barren downtown-Chicago office space that’s temporarily doubling as his dressing room The 20-year-old rapper – dressed in a gray LDRS hoodie black skinny…

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Kanye West Plans More Projections This Weekend

Kanye West premiered his new track “New Slaves” by projecting visuals on 66 buildings across the globe last week and he’ll be replicating the displays again this weekend in some new locations West has updated the interactive map on his website with new locations in Europe and North America and…

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Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best Billy Joel Album?

Billy Joel spent the last three years in virtual hibernation but this year he’s finally poking his head out He performed at Jazz Fest and an Australia festival last month and he just announced a show in Dublin in November It’s likely at least a few more gigs are coming…

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Deadmau5 Previews New Songs

Deadmau5 hit Ultra Music Festival and Lollapalooza Brazil this spring and during breaks from a Las Vegas residency he’s been active on SoundCloud previewing five tracks in the past month alone Most recently the Grammy-nominated producer has released some clips of his new collaboration with dubstep heavyweight Kill the Noise With…

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Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival Streaming

Good news for everyone not at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona this weekend several of the most anticipated performances will be broadcast via Primavera Sound TV hosted on YouTube  Wilco’s Sauntering ‘Dawned on Me’ at the Primavera Sound Festival The three-day festival will include performances from the Jesus and Mary Chain…

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Primal Scream Build Euphoria in 'It's Alright, It's OK' – Premiere

Primal Scream return June 18th with More Light their first new LP in five years In this video for the first track from the album “It’s Alright It’s OK” the Scottish rockers hark back to another time with a vintage-looking black-and-white clip that finds them playing the euphoric gospel-influenced tune…

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Paul McCartney and Wings Remaster 'Wings Over America' – Album Premiere

It’s been over 35 years since Paul McCartney and Wings embarked on their memorable “Wings Over America” tour – and next week their classic 1976 live album from that journey will be rereleased as a remastered version with new bonus material This deluxe take on Wings Over America sports all…

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