“I was too turnt up, I didn’t know how to unwind,” sings D.R.A.M., an effulgent hip-hop newcomer from Virginia, on “I Luv It.” The singer and rapper’s debut EP stays appropriately turnt from start to finish thanks to his bright disposition. Even when he’s talking about being dead broke (“2$”)… Source: RollingStone Link: #1EpicEP

“Oh heartbreaker, did you think I was a fool?” Lower Dens’ steely frontwoman Jana Hunter seeks renewal on “To Die in L.A.” — and she doesn’t suffer fools. The multi-chromatic pop song sees the band crossing over from krautrock to synth-pop. Elsewhere on this danceable set, Hunter asks for deliverance from… Source: RollingStone Link: Escape From […]

The prestigious international awards competition, for marketing and advertising in the music industry, is accepting entries through May 29. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Janelle Monae, Aloe Blacc Join 2015 CLIO Music Awards Jury

Mike Porcaro, the longtime bass player for Grammy-winning rock band Toto, died early Sunday morning at 59 following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Steve Porcaro, Toto’s keyboardist and Porcaro’s brother, confirmed the news on Facebook, writing,  “Our brother Mike passed away peacefully in his sleep at 12:04 AM… Source: RollingStone Link: Toto […]

British singer-songwriter Sam Smith secured a UK music charts double on Sunday, topping both the singles and album chart simultaneously, the Official Charts Company said. Smith's collaboration with John Legend, "Lay Me Down", in aid of charity Comic Relief, debuted at number one in the singles chart, his fourth chart-topping track in less than two […]

For the first time in nearly two decades, Korn performed their track “Daddy” live as the rockers kicked off the 20th anniversary of Korn tour March 13th at Las Vegas’ Brooklyn Bowl. The band last performed the devastating track, which recounts singer Jonathan Davis being molested as a child, back in… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Korn […]

Now that a nearly decade-long lawsuit that weighed on Tool has finally been settled – and a previously undisclosed serious illness afflicting an unnamed band member has subsided – the Lateralus crew is making serious progress on their much-anticipated, much-delayed follow-up to 2006’s 10,000 Days. In a new interview with Yahoo! Music,… Source: RollingStone Link: Tool Speed […]

Fresh off interviewing Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon about her autobiography Girl in a Band, Sleater-Kinney guitarist and Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein has revealed plans for a memoir of her own. According to a preorder page on the Penguin Publishing site, Brownstein’s Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl will hit shelves October 27th. The… Source: RollingStone Link: Carrie Brownstein […]

With less than two weeks to go before Rolling Stone cover star Kendrick Lamar drops his much-anticipated To Pimp a Butterfly, a new track from his upcoming LP has surfaced. The funky blaxploitation-fueled “King Kunta” finds Lamar casting himself as a modern day version of the Roots protagonist. “It’s just [Lamar] expressing… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Kendrick […]

The Eagles have expanded their long-running “History of the Eagles” trek, tacking on late spring and summer dates to a tour that launched back in July 2013. The new set of gigs kick off May 19th in Austin, Texas and conclude two months and 23 shows later in Bossier City, Louisiana on July… Source: RollingStone Link: Eagles Expand […]