Hackney Colliery Band (!!) listings
Quite possibly the funkiest most sought after collection of music folk to come united out of Hackney - and through community unity, we've got them! | Date: Thursday 9th February 2012 | Venue: Hackney ...
Kwake/Shabaka Hutchings/Karl Rasheed-Abel Trio listings
This is far from a typical Jazz 'Drums/Sax/Bass Trio'. | Date: Thursday 9th February 2012 | Venue: The Ritzy » | Location: London » | Doors: 20:30 til 23:00 | Event short url: http://www.s...
Tom Bertram + Harripaul + Joey Clarkson listings
Tom Bertram is touring to support his debut album 'Brighter Days'. Harripaul are also promoting their new album 'Swings and Roundabouts'. Joey Clarkso | Date: Thursday 9th February 2012 | Venue: The W...
Chemistry With a Toybox of Instruments (Paper Clips Included)
| Classical music has become so obsessed with its own permanence over the last couple of centuries that musicians have all but forgotten the joys of the ephemeral. Scores are carefully notated, and pe...
A Procession of Modernism, Neo-Classical Strains Added
| Some music is simply ahead of its time, baffling its first-time listeners with its daring and unfamiliarity. Other great works are subjected to shabby premieres, their worth revealed only in ensuing...
Rahman-ce Version 2.0
| Anand Holla Tweet Rate me.... | Share Share Share Share | Posted On Thursday, February 09, 2012 at 02:07:15 AM | After Akon, Pitbull, Lady Gaga, Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey visited the country for ...
Forward Thinking: Music mix and madge
| Item 1: To borrow a line from Public Enemy, who stole the soul and shipped it to New Zealand this month? | Honestly, there's a soul kind of feeling going down in Aotearoa in February. American diva ...
Erykah Badu is sharing her soul
| Erykah Badu is in her songwriting prime so Splore audiences are in for a treat with her as the headline act, writes Scott Kara. | Erykah Badu is "exquisite", thank you very much. Given the hip-hop-s...
Tour news: Guetta hits the decks
| He might be in his 40s, a father of two who's been producing, mixing, playing and releasing records for 22 years. But there's no more influential man in how pop music sounds in 2012 than David Guett...
Album review: Lana Del Rey, Born to Die
| Having a millionaire for a father doesn't make your music good, neither does a controversial back story. And a couple of wobbly talk show performances don't make your music rubbish either. So settin...
Beyonce proves she's already crazy in shape just one month after giving birth to Blue Ivy
| BEYONCE Knowles may have given birth to her daughter just four weeks ago, but you wouldn't know it judging by these red-hot photos. | The 16-time Grammy Award winnermade her first public appear...
Beach Boys added to the Grammys, which now features 957 performers and will last four years
| The Grammys really want you to watch their show on Sunday. And they’re doing it by throwing as many performers as humanly possible onstage — many of them at the same time. | This afterno...
Lady Gaga Announces First Few Dates For World Tour
| Lady Gaga announced details today for the beginning of her upcoming world tour. The pop singer posted information on twitter about the first few tour dates for the Born This Way Ball, saying “...
Beach Boys To Reunite At Grammys… With Foster The People & Maroon 5
| In December, we reported that elusive, damaged genius Brian Wilson was back together with the Beach Boys, the once-estranged group he’d helped to make great. This year, they plan to tour toget...
Mixtape Of The Week: Gucci Mane Trap Back
| As a human being, Gucci Mane is a mess. Back when he was on his hot streak about three years ago, that was part of his charm. Like fellow Southern-rap face-tat aficionado Lil Wayne before him, Gucci...
G-Side – “Gettin’ It” Video (Feat. Stalley & Joi Tiffany)
| Last last year, the tough, aspirational Huntsville rap duo G-Side released the excellent and vaguely overlooked album Island. One of its standouts was “Gettin’ It,” which featured ...
Rick Ross “Yella Diamonds” (Video)
| Here it is, the official video for Yella Diamonds from the one and only Rick Ross. I don’t think anyone talks a bigger game right now than the boss and this video is a true testament, to his u...
Download Jackie Chain After Hours Mixtape
| Fresh out of the recently-profiled Huntsville rap scene, Jackie Chain has come through with some strong cuts in the last couple of months. Delivering on that promise, Chain's new new mixtape, After ...
Ja Rule's 'Pain Is Love 2' Grapples With Fame
| Ja Rule – cigar ablaze and drink in hand – stares down and caresses a bound and gagged woman with the word "Fame" tattooed across her bare chest. The back cover art for his forthcoming Pain Is L...
Tech N9ne presents the Hostile Takeover Tour 2012
| Strange Music recording artist and independent juggernaut Tech N9ne is preparing to embark on the Hostile Takeover Tour 2012. The tour will start on March 24 at the Midland Theatre in Tech’s h...
Ja Rule's 'Pain Is Love 2' Grapples With Fame
| Ja Rule – cigar ablaze and drink in hand – stares down and caresses a bound and gagged woman with the word "Fame" tattooed across her bare chest. The back cover art for his forthcoming P...
Video Premiere: War on Outsider Anthem 'Brodermordet'
| “We just woke up one day and decided to film a video,” says Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, one-half of Danish post-punk project War. “We didn’t know what to do or what to film. So we drove away a...
NY Giants celebrate Super Bowl win with Nas, Chris Rock, other celebs at NYC club
| It was the most play "We Are the Champions" got in nightclubs since Queen released the song in 1977. Late Tuesday night and early Wednesday evening the New York Giants went out on the town...
Carrie Underwood, Tony Bennett to perform at Grammy Awards
| The 54th annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS on Sunday, February 12, 2012. A great line up of presenters and performers has already been announced, including a few big names from country music.&nbs...
Lights Drops Teaser For Banner
| Please try and picture Lights in the middle of the road, with weird apocalyptical Book of Eli style clothing, and a sparkling Crest smile. That’s enough to spike anybody’s interest. Th...
Jay-Z Orchestrates a Historic Night at Carnegie Hall
| “I always wanted to say this in Carnegie Hall,” said last night, midway through the second of his two charity shows this week at the hallowed New York institution. “Is Brooklyn in ...
Rapper-chef Action Bronson brings beats to Austin, will be back for SXSW
| "I'd rather be a chef than a rapper. But it's easier to rap at this point. It kind of just happened, you know?" | It's the kind of statement that will surely infuriate many career backpackers, but A...
Kindness “Get Up” (Video)
| Kindness is all set to drop a debut album via Female Energy on March 19th. The new video, shot by the band’s Adam Bainbridge appears to be a budget, cable access video shoot, but turns out to ...
Jay-Z Orchestrates a Historic Night at Carnegie Hall
| “I always wanted to say this in Carnegie Hall,” Jay-Z said last night, midway through the second of his two charity shows this week at the hallowed New York institution. “Is Brooklyn in the ho...
Grammys '12: Who Should Win the Categories You Actually Care About
| The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are but days away! And, like we said, we'd sincerely love to help you with your office pools and living room side-bets with some sure-thing, professionally insightful, ...
Watch Fred Durst Rap His Own Song at Karaoke
| It looks like Fred Durst has snapped out of the funk of that insane juice cleanse debacle. The Limp Bizkit frontman seemed a sight more encouraged last night as he busted out some pretty ballsy kar...
