Free music from New Order, Moby, Can, Goldfrapp, Erasure, Fever Ray, Liars & Mick Harvey can be yours as part of the ‘major indie’ label’s summation of their year. From Mute’s multiple bases of operation in London, New York and Berlin, the label’s staf…
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Tom DeLonge’s To The Stars Academy Crosses $2M Fundraising Mark, Hires Pentagon UFO Expert
Back in 1999, on Blink-182’s quadruple-platinum hit album Enema Of The State, guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge wrote and sang a song that few people at the time realized came so much from the San Diego native’s heart: “What if people knew that these …
Sam Smith, Kesha, John Legend Lead Host of Stars Confirmed For Elton John’s MSG GRAMMY Salute
Just two days after the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards, the Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures, and CBS will celebrate the legendary career of five-time GRAMMY winner and 2000 MusiCares’ Person of the Year honoree Elton John by presenting “Elton John: …
Diddy Mounts Bid To Own The Carolina Panthers NFL Franchise
Hip hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has announced his intention to own the NFL’s Carolina Panthers after their availability for sale was announced over the weekend. On Twitter, he was short, sweet and direct in stating, “I would like to buy the @Panthers….
Frank Sinatra, Lily Allen, Migos & Charli XCX Make Unlikely Allies In Top Songs Of The Week – December 15
In the spirit of the season, of love and friendship and in coming together in brotherly (and sisterly) love, the ARTISTdirect team has assembled five outstanding new partnerships to celebrate our final 2017 weekly selection of the best in new singles a…
Eminem, NERD & Linkin Park Round Things Out in Top Albums Of The Week – December 15
Here, in the final moments of the music industry’s release schedule for 2017, a couple of album of the year contenders have left it late to pull out the win, but are making strong and notable marks of their own nevertheless. Whether this is a bridge to…
The National, David Guetta & Poppy Gain Views In Top Music Videos Of The Week – December 15
In the final week of full releases for 2017, a surprisingly generous number of established and emerging artists saved their best for last when it came to new music videos. Across the hip hop, pop, indie rock and electronic music worlds new clips have c…
Thom Yorke, Lady Gaga & Ed Sheeran Honored In Top Instagrams Of The Week – December 15
Whether you believe in The Force, your very own version of Santa Claus or just the power of art, the past week has been good to the musical contributors and fans of Instagram. While the final batch of 2017 releases are being promoted and/or celebrated,…
Free Download: A Message From Earth
In 1977, when NASA’s twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched to explore the far reaches of our solar system, each spacecraft held a gold-plated copper phonograph record containing music, language, sounds of Earth, and 120 encoded images. …
The Smithereens Lead Singer Pat DiNizio Passes Away at 62
Pat DiNizio, lead singer of The Smithereens has died, as confirmed by the other members of his band via social media. No other details of the situation surrounding his death have been released so far. First formed in the 1980’s, New Jersey-based The Sm…