When it comes to girl groups in a post-Beyoncé world, female empowerment is the name of the game. On the debut from Fifth Harmony (which formed during the second season of The X Factor, in 2012), high self-esteem feels like a party. Infectious lyrics like “Think I’m in love, ’cause…… Source: RollingStone Link: Reflection

Director-composer John Carpenter’s skeletal, synth-heavy soundtracks were a hallmark of his Seventies and Eighties sci-fi and horror movies, from Halloween to Escape From New York. They’ve also influenced plenty of electronic music and art pop. Now, at 67, Carpenter is releasing his first true solo album (made with his son…… Source: RollingStone Link: Lost Themes

As an encore at almost every show on his North American tour last fall, Bob Dylan performed an unlikely ballad: “Stay With Me,” recorded by Frank Sinatra on a 1964 single and written for a 1963 film, The Cardinal, about a young priest who ascends to a post in the…… Source: RollingStone Link: Shadows in […]

Our guide to this week's album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Kanye West, Run the Jewels, Deerhoof, Zola Jesus, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Monday (2/2): This Week's New Albums + Videos

Just what does it take for a guy with a mullet and cop shades to get a bank loan? That is the never-ending question in Skrillex’s video for the Recess track “Doompy Poomp,” and it’s no coincidence that the clip – and its perpetual déjà-vu– debuted on Groundhog Day. Like the Bill Murray flick,…… Source: RollingStone Link: Skrillex Channels […]

Hip-hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight has officially been charged with one count of murder, one count of attempted murder and two counts of hit-and-run stemming from a fatal crash last week, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “Following an altercation on Thursday outside a Compton restaurant, Knight allegedly was…… Source: RollingStone Link: Suge […]

Drake, Josh Groban and 5 Seconds of Summer are three acts that have spawned a fair share of divisive opinions, and on the second installment of Mean Tweets: Music Edition, they’ll be reading out loud some of the cruel Internet comments about them, for our pleasure. Watch an exclusive preview of…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Drake […]

The video for another track from Giorgio Moroder’s upcoming album, his first in three decades, is now online, and it finds the dance-music pioneer DJing funk-imbued electro beats around kaleidoscopic images of Kylie Minogue. The producer’s collaboration with the Aussie pop star balances a soaring, cinematic chorus with lighter, disco-tinged…… Source: RollingStone Link: Giorgio Moroder […]

Lady Antebellum’s 65-city Wheels Up 2015 Tour, in support of the group’s airborne LP 747, takes off for Europe at the end of this month and will touch back down in the U.S. in May, with Hunter Hayes and Sam Hunt along as special guests. Although the trio has performed…… Source: RollingStone Link: Lady Antebellum […]

Is this Iggy Azalea’s year, or could Sam Smith pull off a sweep? Who rocked harder, Beck or U2? And we can’t count out Taylor, right? Our expert panel of artists predicts the top winners in six categories…. Source: RollingStone Link: Grammys 2015: Charli XCX, Wayne Coyne, Eric Church and More Predict the Winners