Album review: Garbage, Not Your Kind of People
| A break away from each other for seven years has done wonders for the spit-polished American-Scottish rockers fronted by Shirley Manson and featuring mega-producer Butch Vig on drums. And though fif...
Waka Flocka Flame - "Lurkin'" (Feat. Plies)
| Waka Flocka Flame's new album, Triple F Life, showcases some new looks and song structures for Flocka, but the just-dropped "Lurkin'" is a gritty, bubbling banger akin to those found on the great, g...
Watch MuchMusic at 8 pm ET tonight and win Degrassi swag!
| Tune in to MuchMusic starting at 8 pm ET tonight for your chance to win one of the three amazing prize packs from Lauren Toyota and the cast of Degrassi while they do live hits on MuchMusic leading ...
T-RexXx visits the hub of Toronto hip-hop on this week’s RapCity
| On this week’s episode of RapCity, T-RexXx heads over to United Front, a Toronto-based clothing store that has inadvertently become the breeding ground for Toronto’s red hot hip-hop scen...
Aiden Grimshaw "nervous" about debut album 'Misty Eye'
Aiden Grimshaw has admitted that he is apprehensive about the release of his debut album. | The 'Is This Love' singer, an X Factor contestant in 2009, revealed that he is maintaining the "moody" style...
Beenie Man releases YouTube video proclaiming support for gay rights
| Controversial dancehall star becomes the latest in a string of formerly hypermasculine musicians to evolve on gay rights | Jamaican reggae star Beenie Man, who achieved international stardom and inf...
The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
| You'll all be proud to learn that I managed - just barely - to restrain myself from naming the rap video that stars the terrifying decrepit pro-wrestling quasi-legend as this week's #1 video. This t...
Teen Choice Awards 2012: 'Vampire Diaries' Leads Nominations
share Quantrell D. Colbert/The CW"The Vampire Diaries" UPDATED: "American Idol" and Justin Bieber follow with five nominations apiece; new categories including choice book and choice electronic dance ...
Katy Perry unveils 'Part of Me' 3D movie poster
Katy Perry has unveiled the theatrical poster for her upcoming 3D concert film Part of Me. | The Teenage Dream star released the photograph, which bears the tagline "Be yourself and you can be anythin...
Alicia Keys to present Billboard Music Icon Award to Stevie Wonder
Alicia Keys has been announced as a presenter at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. | The 'No One' singer is set to present the Icon Award to Stevie Wonder. The pair will also perform on stage together....
Common added to Rock the Bells 2012
| Just when you thought the Rock the Bells tour couldn’t get any more stacked Chicago emcee Common has been added to the line-up. Fresh off of his critically acclaimed album 'The Dreamer/The Believe...
3MG featuring Murs - LACMA - 5-17-11
| 3MG | LACMA | 5-17-11 | See also: Murs on How His Family's Dry-Cleaning Business Survived the Riots | Better Than... the DMC show LACMA put on a few months back in the Bing Theater. I love DMC, but ...
May's best music from across the MAP
| Listen to 34 new tracks from around the world, as chosen by the Guardian and other bloggers in the Music Alliance Pact Listen to the best music May has to offer … Music Alliance Pact | Click the p...
50 Cent: "I've encouraged same-sex activities"
50 Cent has revealed that he is in favour of same-sex marriage. | The rapper confessed that he has "encouraged" same-sex activities in the past and would like any couple, regardless of gender differen...
Stream El-P Cancer For Cure
| El-P, the rapper/producer most responsible for the past decade and a half of skronky, chaotic underground rap, is on a serious tear lately. He produced all of R.A.P. Music, the utterly badass new al...
Cheryl Cole: 'Chris Brown should be forgiven by the public'
Cheryl Cole has insisted that the public should 'move on' from Chris Brown's 2009 domestic violence charge. | Cole said that she supported Rihanna's decision to forgive the singer following an inciden...
Album Premiere: El-P, 'Cancer for Cure'
| Click to listen to El-P's album 'Cancer4Cure' | Constantly progressing and unapologetically ambitious, Brooklyn indie-rap icon El-P has returned with Cancer for Cure, his first solo hip-hop album in...
Album Premiere: El-P, 'Cancer for Cure'
| Constantly progressing and unapologetically ambitious, Brooklyn indie-rap icon El-P has returned with Cancer for Cure, his first solo hip-hop album in five years. Since then, the underground rap wor...
Two Inch Punch (No 1,273)
| This mad maximalist's combination of chopped'n'screwed R&B and popped-up dubstep is a knockout Here come the hits … Two Inch Punch | Hometown: London. | The lineup: Ben Ash (music, production)...
Poll: Who's best? Jay-Z or Kanye West
| Six readers fight their favourite's corner. Who do you agree with? Fiiiiiiiight! … Kanye West v Jay-Z. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Kate Blower: "My money's on Kayne" | Big mouthed, arrog...
Old music: Jay-Z – Dead Presidents II
| Since their debuts, Jay-Z and Nas have traced different trajectories. This vintage track brought their voices together, to glorious effect | Hip-hop loves a rivalry. True to form, the protracted all...
Bustin' Loose Star Chuck Brown R.I.P. (1934 to 16th May 2012)
| Funk maestro Chuck Brown, founder of the music style "Go Go," has died aged 75 of complications from Sepsis. He was in hospital in the US suffering from pneumonia. | His biggest hit and much sampled...
The Natural Mystic
| LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY is one of the most influential record makers of the past 50 years. That he is not necessarily a household name can be attributed mostly to the particularities of his experien...
Yanni’s World
| The Acropolis in Greece, the Taj Mahal in India, the Forbidden City in China and Royal Albert Hall in England—what do they all have in common? YANNI. The Greek-born New Age kingpin has recently co...
The xx preview new album during London gig - video
The xx have previewed new tracks from their upcoming album. | The band have been working on the follow-up to their Mercury Prize-winning debut xx, which is expected to be released later this year. | D...
Black Sabbath hire new drummer for reunion shows
Black Sabbath have announced plans to hire a substitute drummer for their forthcoming shows. | The band were forced to find a new member after previous drummer Bill Ward pulled out of the reunion as h...
Gaz Coombes: 'Solo album has 11 little sonic explosions'
Gaz Coombes has spoken about his influences behind his debut solo album Here Comes the Bombs. | The former Supergrass frontman said that the album contains "11 little sonic explosions". | "There's all...
Gary Barlow: 'Prince Charles inspired Diamond Jubilee single Sing'
Gary Barlow has revealed that Prince Charles helped inspire his Diamond Jubilee single for The Queen 'Sing'. | The Take That singer, who has been working with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the song, debuted ...
Paloma Faith previews new album 'Fall To Grace' online - listen
Paloma Faith has previewed her new album online. | The singer will release her second studio album Fall To Grace in the UK on May 28. | The star has offered fans a chance to preview the album by uploa...
The Wanted 'cause huge blackout in LA at Chasing The Sun video shoot'
The Wanted reportedly caused a massive power cut in Los Angeles. | The British boyband were filming a new video for their upcoming track 'Chasing The Sun' when an electrical transformer blew out. | Th...
Matt Cardle refused licence for concert
Matt Cardle's concert at Boston Town Football Club has been put in doubt. | The singer was refused a licence by Lincolnshire authorities to perform at an event in the county on May 26 which could now ...
