35 years ago this week, a not-yet-born me was introduced to the Sony Walkman. “Wow – imagine what this will lead to!” I would have thought. Considering that today you can listen to every album ever made through your wristwatch,...
Coldplay played their first of 2 shows last night at London’s Royal Albert Hall to glowing reviews. Not entirely surprising for arguably the best live band on the planet to get good reviews for a show at a legendary venue,...
Bluesfest starts on Thursday, and kicks off 10 days of music in Canada’s capital. Here are 10 artists you need to see, and why you should see them: Day 1 (July 3): DANNY BROWN. A hip hop artist with some...
Glastonbury took place over the weekend. A bunch of stuff happened there, including Jack White covering Metallica (@ the 45 minute mark). Morning Music Notes: The Libertines re-united over the weekend in Glasgow. Read more via Spin… Beck played a...
Any new music from Jamie XX is worth your weekend.
A pretty interesting remix of Gorillaz’ classic Clint Eastwood from Los Angeles’ Armond Arabshahi – AKA Unlike Pluto.
Rant warning! Now that the salacious headline has grabbed your attention, here’s a more accurate version: 20,000+ people did a lot of dancing in a claustrophobic, blisteringly hot venue. 36 of them didn’t drink enough fluids and got dangerously dehydrated....
The annual UK festival opens today and (as always) boasts a lineup so deep that you could run around all weekend and STILL miss some great bands. Cheers to everyone there right now – hope it’s a great one! Morning...
I could put some flowery language here but, franky, I know NOTHING about Ryn Weaver. What I DO know: This was produced by Cashmere Cat (Norwegian DMC champion), Benny Blanco (Pop Music song writer du jour), and Michael Angelakos (Passion Pit), and that...
Public Enemy mastermind and Hip Hop forefather Chuck D tweeted a letter he received from Tupac, part of a correspondence he and the late Hip Hop star had while Tupac was in prison in 1995. Lots of interesting stuff here...
This is the Leeds UK band (brilliantly!) called Pulled Apart By Horses. Definitely a Nick-Oliveri-era-Queens of the Stone Age sound going on here. Not sure what kind of commentary I can add for this video, I presume there’s a plot here...
Since his unfortunate death more than 8 years ago, the estate of Detroit’s J-Dilla has been constantly pumping out releases to critical and peer acclaim. In an interview on a recent Stone’s Throw Records documentary, Kanye West even said that a...
Some heavy hitters in house music on this edition of Weekend Music; Newcastle producer Riton gets remixed by Belgium’s Aeroplane. The results? Funky.
In their words, we will “Witness the birth of the next great American sports league.” Eminem will host the first in a series of Pay-Per-View rap battles, called “Total Slaughter” and airing on July 12. The event promises to bring some of...
I bet their tour bus drives fast. Feast your ears on some blistering new rock music from Vancouver’s White Lung.
