Beyonce nominated at the Billboard music awards
| Jay's superstar wife Beyonce is no stranger to accolades. Just this year alone she was named People Magazine's Most Beautiful Woman and Zimbio.com named her and Jay The Hottest Couple of 2012. Now...
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Call Reunion a 'Kick-Start to a Beautiful Situation'
| Guerilla Union, the promoter who puts on the Rock the Bells tour each year, was initially scheduled to unveil the lineup at an L.A. press conference May 8th. But the announcement was delayed a week ...
What You're Listening To: Enrique Chi
FORESTER MICHAEL special to ink Enrique Chi | Enrique Chi, the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Kansas City-based Making Movies, has long strived to integrate a Latin twist into his band's music. T...
3-day Asbury beach concert a logistical challenge
| ASBURY PARK, N.J.-Putting on the Bamboozle Festival, the largest beach concert in the United States, is a feat of detail management: coordinating more than 100 performers, determining where to fit 3...
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Call Reunion a 'Kick-Start to a Beautiful Situation'
| Guerilla Union, the promoter who puts on the Rock the Bells tour each year, was initially scheduled to unveil the lineup at an L.A. press conference May 8th. But the announcement was delayed a week ...
Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi Headline Rock the Bells Hip-Hop Festival
Print this page Tweet | Kid Cudi, Nas and Wiz Khalifa (pictured) are just a few of the hip-hop heavyweights headlining the 2012 “Rock the Bells Festival,” Guerilla Union and Boost Mob...
Distinctly Dutch Festival closes on a female note
| Pianist Amina Figarova has become proud of the open-mindedness in her adopted home of the Netherlands. | That pride is shared with two natives of the Lowlands, trumpeter Saskia Laroo and saxophonist...
Rock the Bells 2012 will reunite Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and the Hit Squad
| BY ETHAN SACKS | Everything old is new again at this year's Rock the Bells festival. | Organizers unveiled the lineup of hip hop's famous traveling festival Tuesday night and it includes a couple of...
Mixtape Of The Week: Fiend & Cookin Soul Iron Chef
| Iron Chef came out a couple of weeks ago, and it hasn't appeared in this column yet because I was initially drawn to a couple of more immediate tapes: DJ Paul's bleary-eyed hardhead marathon For I H...
JEFF The Brotherhood “Sixpack” (MP3)
| “Sixpack” is a new track from Nashville stoner-rockers JEFF The Brotherhood. What’s notable about it isn’t just that it’s from their upcoming EP, Hypnotic Knights, but ...
Jupiter (No 1,269)
| When Jupiter say they're disco, they mean the cheesiest end of it – all Moog bursts and cosmic funk bass. They really should have been on the Boogie Nights soundtrack Sci-fi disco fantasy … Jupi...
Chief Keef feat. Young Jeezy “Understand Me” (MP3)
| Chief Keef is turning 17 and to celebrate he’s given us the finished version of his Snowman-guesting “Understand Me.” As you might expect, he gives Sammy Sosa a shout out. But the ...
Rock the Bells 2012 lineup announced
Galleries | Kid Cudi, J Cole, Wiz Khalifa and Atmosphere will all be at this year's Rock the Bells music series, the only touring hip-hop music festival. | The , announced today, features more than 30...
Happy Birthday Miss Janet Jackson, today is All For You
| Today is Miss Janet Jackson’s birthday and we’re ready with a playlist with some of her many hits that span several decades. Janet Jackson is a true icon and on a day like this we must w...
Nas, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Wiz Khalifa Announced for Rock the Bells
| Traveling hip-hop festival Rock the Bells has announced its lineup. Performers include RZA (who will also curate the festival's 36 Chambers Stage), Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Wiz Khalifa, Ice Cube, Mac M...
Holograms “Chasing My Mind” (Stream)
| We’ve already fallen for Sweden’s Holograms. So it’s a thrill to learn that the young punks will release their self-titled debut album on July 10th, via Captured Tracks. They’...
It’s time for the Frostival on Friday’s Finale of Degrassi
| On Friday’s finale of Degrassi it’s time for Fiona’s Frostival. But will the all the fun and games bring enough heat to melt the ice between Fiona and her enemy Marisol? Plus, Maya...
Rock The Bells 2012 Lineup
| The traveling rap festival Rock The Bells has announced this year's lineup, and it's doing things a bit different this summer, throwing two-day affairs in San Bernadino, CA (8/18-19), Mountain View,...
Rock On the Range takes over Columbus Crew Stadium
| For eight months of the year Crew Stadium is the home of Columbus’ professional soccer team. This weekend, May 18-20, it will become the Rock Capital of the World. | With 44 bands the sixth Rock O...
RZA, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Wiz Khalifa Announced for Rock the Bells
| Traveling hip-hop festival Rock the Bells has announced its lineup. Performers include RZA (who will also curate the festival's 36 Chambers Stage), Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Wiz Khalifa, Ice Cube, ...
Greenest UK Festival " Shambala Line-Up News
| A best kept secret perhaps to most. The annual Shambala festival nestled in the picturesque Northamptonshre/Leicestershire countryside, is officially the greenest event in the UK " after scooping ...
Missy Elliott to give rare performance at Rock the Bells
| The line-up for the 2012 version of Rock the Bells has been released and this year’s festival has a little something for everybody. In typical Rock the Bells fashion there will be some major reuni...
'America's Got Talent' Recap: The Voice Within
| If Monday's season premiere of America's Got Talent taught us anything, it's that network TV can tame even the most outlandish of characters. Howard Stern, this season's new addi...
Eminem to promote Wii U game 'Acid Ghost' at Nintendo E3 conference?
Eminem will feature in Nintendo's E3 press conference, a report has suggested. | Nintendo will show a new Wii U game titled Acid Ghost, a title aimed at an older audience, according to Go Nintendo. | ...
Watch El-P & Nick Diamonds Play Letterman
| At this point, it's pretty expected for every big indie rock type to make the late-night rounds whenever a new record drops. But there's still a transgressive charge to seeing El-P, patron saint of ...
Rock the Bells 2012 Lineup Announced
| Andrea DomanickSee also: Our review of Rock the Bells 2011 | Last night Guerilla Union announced this year's Rock the Bells 2012 dates, headliners and lineup. | Beginning in 2010, the hip-hop festiv...
Beady Eye announce one-off UK gig
Beady Eye have announced plans to play a one-off gig next month. | The band will perform their only headline show in the UK this year at Warrington's Parr Hall on June 28. | The show will serve as a w...
Justin Bieber 'distracts boxer's daughter'
| Justin Bieber distracted a top boxer's daughter when he went to see the sportsman fight, says 50 Cent. | The teen sensation surprised many when he was spotted at Floyd Mayweather's bout against Migu...
Jay-Z supports gay marriage
| The support for gay marriage continues to happen in the recent weeks, and sometimes it can happen where you least expect it. After the announcements from Vice President Joe Biden and President Bar...
Elisa Bray: Where's soul, reggae, rap, jazz, R'n'B, hip-hop and trip-hop on the Music is ...
| It was the moment when the east London rapper cemented his place in the pop mainstream and the nation’s hearts. His is the ultimate rap success story, having risen from an underground grime scene ...
The white album: celebration of British music hits sour note as black artists are overlooked
| The Prime Minister endorsed the first "Music Is GREAT" week, an industry-led initiative designed to boost sales of UK artists, when he named Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon as his favou...
