Latest Music Updates

• Elvis! Groundbreaking, Hip-Shaking, Newsmaking Story-Exhibit: Experience the power of Elvis Presley and the explosive impact he had on music and popular culture in the Newseum's newest exhibit 'Elvis! His Groundbreaking, Hip-Shaking, Newsmaking Story.' Read More
• The Apocalypse Playlist… Songs to Die To: Instead of playing only songs about the end of the world, Gunaxin syncs up the last remaining moments to relevant songs until the last man falls. Read More
• A Wu-Tang Venn Diagram (PIC): ***** Read More
• A single groove on a vinyl record, magnified by 1000x : ***** Read More
• How to Fix the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Tips on how to expand its reach—or just blow it up entirely. Read More
• Science Trips Out on Music in The Heart Is a Drum Machine: What is music? It’s a simple question, but it leads director Christopher Pomerenke in many complicated artistic and scientific directions in his documentary The Heart Is a Drum Machine, out Tuesday on DVD. Read More
• "Valley of the Neptunes" Surprises Jimi Hendrix Skeptics: In the span of his brief career, Jimi Hendrix only produced three albums.Now comes Valleys of the Neptunes, a collection of recordings from the final days of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Music critics have been reluctant to embrace the album because so many of his posthumous releases have been throwaways. However, this effort is turning heads. Read More
• Pink Floyd, EMI Brawl Over iTunes Royalties: Pink Floyd and its label, EMI, are battling over online royalties stemming from a contested clause in their decade-old contract. The developer of The Dark Side of the Moon and other top-selling albums claims its contract with EMI requires its music to be sold as an entire album, not the single tracks that EMI has permitted iTunes to distribute... Read More
• Biggie Smalls is Still Influential 13 Years After his Death : Today is the 13th-year-anniversary of Biggie Smalls (aka The Notorious B.I.G.) death. He was one of the most momentous hip hop artists of all time. Here he is before he made it, rapping, age 17 on a Brooklyn street corner. Read More
• Rock 'N' Roll Metro Map v1.0: ***** Read More
• 5 Reasons Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' Causes Wetmares: Gladstone counts off Gaga's terrifyingly compelling sexuality in his latest "Hate by Numbers" -- the first at HBN's new home on Asylum. Read More
• Placido Domingo has colon cancer surgery: PlacidoDomingo has undergone surgery for colon cancer, a spokesman for the opera singer has said. Read More
• Exclusive First Listen: Under Great White Northern Lights: The White Stripes first ever live album won't debut until March 16, but NPR scored an "exclusive first listen" of the blistering barreling through of a decade-spanning assortment of newer songs and older fan favorites. Read More
• The New Dork: Entrepreneur State of Mind (Video): This spoof of the Jay-Z & Alicia Keys NYC anthem "Empire State of Mind" is a tribute to the internet's most successful social media entrepreneurs and a testament to the rise of tech in pop culture. Read More
• How Pandora Avoided the Junkyard, and Found Success : After a decade of near-death experiences, the Internet music service is attracting attention from investment bankers who think it could go public. Read More
• Nickelback Less Popular Than Pickles: There are a lot of things more popular than pickles. Canadian rock band Nickelback is not one of them. Read More
• R.I.P. Sparklehorse's Mark Linkous: Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse has committed suicide, according to a report from Rolling Stone. His family has released a statement ... Read More
• Greatest. Indie-est. Band. Ever.: Pavement made some of the finest, most influential slacker noise of the '90s, racking up an almost obscene amount of critical love along the way. Now, a decade after their final show, Stephen Malkmus and his old bandmates are once again about to rock.... Read More
• Real guitar teaches you to play as easy as Guitar Hero: This concept is a guitar where you learn a real, actual, applicablebeyond the game skill. The designer of this project had the idea comewhile he was watching friends jam upon Guitar Hero and Rock Band allday long. He thought hey, they’re so good at this, but they can’t playa real guitar at all! Read More
• Shaun White's 10 Favorite Songs for Shredding [Vids]: In the midst of promoting the Team USA Soundtrack he gave us a top 10 list that includes Razorlight's "In the City," The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" and the Rolling Stones' "Play with Fire." Read More
• Anti-Oscars: Top 5 Soundtrack Songs Not on the Ballot: With the Oscars going down this Sunday, we decided to pick the real best film songs from 2009 -- especially seeing as how most members of the venerable Academy probably couldn't tell an MP3 from an 8-track. Read More
• Gorillaz Are Back With An Awesome New Video- [video]: TV & entertainment - Just the best video clip & car chase, you could want..................... Read More
• Ronald, The King, Jack and Col Sanders On The Town (~nsfw): The four fast food mascots go balls out for some late-night partying. Put this on the list of music video ideas I wish I had come up with. Read More
• Novelty acts, no more: Tribute bands go big time, big bucks: It used to be tribute bands played bars for little more than free beer. Most paid homage to classic rock acts of the ’60s and ’70s. But the sheer number and variety of tribute bands has exploded, branching out to modern-era acts such as Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, and even the Arctic Monkeys. They’re playing major venues and earning big bucks. Read More
• Have Some Ice-T with Your ... Iced Tea (Pic): It's great when the vending machine is kicking it old school. Read More
• A Pop Equation (PIC): Tik-Tok, Tik Tok...your fifteen minutes are up. Read More
• Music video producers refuse to cast dark-skin black girls?: In this video, rappers Rick Ross, Cassidy, Paul Wall, video vixens and industry insiders shed light on why dark-skinned girls get less love in the casting world for music videos. Read More
• Weezer is a Crowd-Pleaser at Strip Clubs?: "These days the guys who like Weezer are pretty much a part of ourtarget audience," says Bubbles, who runs StripperTweets. "And by thatI mean guys who were GIANT DORKS about 15 years ago and now havemoney." Read More
• Confirmed: The Rock Band Network Is Now Open: After being announced last July and going through 2 beta programs it looks as if the Rock Band Network has finally opened it's doors to the public. Read More
• Vivaldi given Google Doodle: Google celebrates the birthday of the great Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, best known for his composition "The Four Seasons". Read More
• Metallica video removed from its own youtube channel: ***** Read More
• I Bought a CD, not a Licensing Agreement: A short and clever article on the hypocrisy of the music industry. Read More
• Figure Skating to Metallica: This is what figure skating should really be like, those Russians think of everything and make figure skating METAL! Read More
• 8 Must-See Instrumental Acoustic Guitar Music Videos [Vids]: Instrumental music has no words, there is no language barrier—anyone, from any culture, can enjoy a beautiful piece of music. Depending on the type of song, it’s the perfect way to kick-start your day, to help you work, or to mellow out before bed. Read More
• The kings of viral video are back with a brand new vid: OK GO, possibly best known for their treadmill video are back with one of the coolest videos I have seen in a while.This too shall pass, a la Rube Goldberg.PS, ok go are even greater live, go see em! Read More
• Lil Wayne Sentencing Delayed Due To Courthouse Basement Fire: It looks like Lil Wayne may get one more day of fReedom before begInning his yearLong prison sentence for gun charges. On Tuesday morning (March 2), hundreds of people were evacuated from the New York courthouse where Wayne (born Dwayne MichaeL CArter) was to be sentenced due to a smoky basement fire. Read More
• Ten Songs About Alice in Wonderland: "Alice in Wonderland" has influenced many bands and artists alike, and here are some of the best "Alice" related songs. Read More
• Stream the new Gorrilaz album Plastic Beach free here!: Your chance to hear Gorillaz's hotly anticipated third album, Plastic Beach, a week before it's released! Read More
• 3 Reasons Johnny Cash's Last Album Is A Fitting Capstone: Graceful, no more doom and gloom, and on Cash's own terms...and one reason why it falls short. Read More
• Rapper Guru in Coma After Heart Attack: According to many different sources, Hip-Hop Wired has acquired information that rapper Guru has fallen into a coma after suffering cardiac arrest. Read More