Goldenvoice ready to roar in Orange County
| INDIO, Calif. — In one corner stands a music promoter that made its mark in L.A.'s punk scene, throwing gritty events at warehouses and velodromes, giving voice to songs like "Beat Me Senseles...

Clubs picks of the week
Get Me! Get Me! London | Hipster bass collective Get Me! have been putting on fun nights in grimy Dalston cellars for a while now, but they've taken the step up to a bigger venue in their stride. Toni...

DJ Yoda Q&A
| The clown prince of hip-hop turntablism empties the contents of his psychic record bag DJ Yoda The track I'll be opening my next DJ set with | John Williams: Star Wars Theme | It's like a trademark ...

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...

Degrassi Ep. 45: In The Cold Cold Night Part 2
| In the dramatic Season 11 finale of Degrassi, new loves begin and old loves are rekindled at the school carnival. But will everyone leave the fair with their heart in one piece? Find out under the j...

Mardi Gras Mambo! listings
Journey into the sweaty bayous of Louisiana with stomping live music, Creole food and more beads and bedlam than you can shake your tail feather at. | Date: Saturday 19th May 2012 | Venue: The New Emp...

Willie Nelson picks his 'Heroes,' including Snoop
| AUSTIN, Texas-When Snoop Dogg passed through Willie Nelson's neck of the woods during South By Southwest in March, he took some time to pay tribute to his unlikely friend. | He regaled reporters wit...

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...