The 15th album from Bob Mould opens with the 64-year-old indie-rock icon searching for serenity in a world on fire. Over slow, spaciously grinding guitar-pop, he finds himself alone on a mountain, surveying an expanse of natural beauty despoiled by strife and terror — warplanes in the sky, cities in …
Read More »Deadmau5 Lands $55 Million Catalog Deal
Deadmau5 is the latest artist to land a mega catalog deal as Create Music Group has acquired the EDM star’s massive musical library — which includes his label mau5trap — for a reported $55 million. According to Billboard, the deal includes both the publishing and master recordings of the artist’s …
Read More »Offset Announces Concert in Russia Despite His Label's Ongoing Boycott
Offset announced that he will be performing in Russia next month. His concert will oppose an ongoing boycott of Russia by his label Universal Music Group, which suspended operations in the country following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Offset’s arena show in Moscow was on his Instagram story, where …
Read More »Lady Gaga Switches Gears on ESPN Formula 1 Anthem 'Garden of Eden'
With new rule changes on the track, six drivers making their full season debuts, and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton making his Ferrari debut, the Formula 1 season is coming in hot. In honor of the high-speed frenzy scheduled to kick off with the Australian Grand Prix on March 14, …
Read More »Ingrid Andress Is Ready to Talk About the National Anthem: 'My Worst Moment'
When Ingrid Andress sang the national anthem before a hockey game in Colorado last Friday, she was doing it to close a chapter of her career filled with shame, regret, and embarrassment. Seven months earlier in Texas, the country singer-songwriter spectacularly botched “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the MLB’s televised Home …
Read More »Música Mexicana's Rancho Humilde Announces 'Clika,' Film Starring Herencia de Patrones' Jay Dee
Rancho Humilde, the powerhouse Mexican music label behind Fuerza Regida and Junior H, is stepping into the film world. On Tuesday, the label announced Clika, an upcoming film alongside Columbia Pictures and Sony Music that follows an aspiring musician’s fight to preserve his family’s legacy. The film is slated to …
Read More »Rapper Bri Steves Alleges 'Mental and Sexual Abuse' While Coming Up in the Music Industry
In a March 3 Instagram post, singer and rapper Bri Steves wrotes that she was a victim of “mental and sexual abuse from men nearly 20 years older than me” while she was coming up in the music industry and signed to a label and a production company. “They smiled …
Read More »Director of Shelved Prince Doc Calls Situation a 'Joke,' Rejects Estate's Claims of Factual Errors
Oscar-winning filmmaker Ezra Edelman called the situation surrounding his shelved Prince documentary a “joke” in his first major interview since Netflix effectively buried the project last month. Edelman held little back on the Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast, dismissing the claims from Prince’s estate that his film was filled with …
Read More »Was the Music From 'Emilia Perez' Actually Good Enough to Win an Oscar?
The Emilia Pérez saga is over. Thank God. At Sunday night’s Academy Awards, the controversial film ended its fraught awards-season run with two trophies: One went to Zoe Saldaña for Best Supporting Actress; the other was for Best Original Song for “El Mal,” a track that sounds like it was …
Read More »Mötley Crüe Delay Las Vegas Residency Due to Vince Neil Vocal Ailment
Mötley Crüe have been forced to move their March/April Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM to September because Vince Neil needs to undergo a vocal procedure. Tickets from the original dates will be valid at the rescheduled shows. “To all the Crüeheads who were looking forward to …
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