Zara Larsson: From Swedish Reality TV Star to EDM-Pop Sensation

Zara Larsson’s “Never Forget You” is an EDM-pop crossover monster: Currently at Number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and garnering a jaw-dropping 93 million YouTube views, she’s the biggest Swedish import since 2014’s Tove Lo explosion. Featuring British…

DJ Shadow Announces New LP ‘The Mountain Will Fall,’ Unveils Title Track

DJ Shadow has announced his new LP The Mountain Will Fall, the influential producer’s first full-length album since 2011’s The Less You Know, the Better. Shadow also unveiled the album’s cascading opener and title track on Beats 1 Friday. The Mountain Will Fall is due out June 24th; fans who pre-order the…

9 New Rules For Success In The Modern Music Industry

As the music business continues to shift and transform as it has for the past decade, the rules which govern how artists and industry entrepreneurs measure achievement and success must also change to fit a drastically altered industry. _____________________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 We’ve gone through…

Hear Bonnie Bishop’s Soul-Drenched ‘Ain’t Who I Was’

Bonnie Bishop fires twin barrels of Dusty in Memphis-worthy soul and Bible Belt country-blues with “Ain’t Who I Was.” Produced by Dave Cobb, the title track to Bishop’s first album in nearly half a decade finds the Texan singing over B3 organ, strings …

Weekend Rock Question: What’s the Best Punk Album of All Time?

Earlier this week, we published our list of the 40 greatest punk albums of all time. In case you missed the results, it was topped by the Ramones 1976 self-titled debut and ran all the way to Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by the Dead Kennedy’s. Along the way, it listed…