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Longtime Dance Duo Crookers Downsize to Solo Act | ARTICLE

From 2003 to last year Italy's Crookers were a duo comprised of Phra and Bot. But in October the longtime pair decided to go their separate ways. That hasn't slowed down Phra at all. Carrying on under...
February 21, 2013 1:40 PM ET
Q&A: Adam Ant on Returning to Music From Bipolar Disorder | ARTICLE

Adam Ant was once one of the biggest stars in pop music. After starting out as frontman for the new wave group Adam and the Ants, the singer went solo in 1982 with Friend or Foe,...
February 19, 2013 2:35 PM ET
Adam Levine Brings Formula for Success to New Fragrance | ARTICLE

Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine recently launched his own fragrance, joining a long list of pop stars with their own scents. Levine admits he initially scoffed at the idea. "I laughed when they asked me about...
February 19, 2013 12:55 PM ET
Diplo Says 2013 Is the 'Year of Musical Fusion' | ARTICLE

Diplo spent Grammy weekend crossing musical genres, from playing with good friend Skrillex at the dubstep DJ's private party to hitting the hottest parties. "I was at the Cash Money party, went to see Ellie Goulding," he...
February 15, 2013 1:15 PM ET
Anthrax Get Seal of Approval From Rush | ARTICLE

Anthrax's covers EP, Anthems, won't be available until March 19th, but the New York hard-rock heroes have already gotten one very meaningful positive review. "A friend of ours sent [Rush guitarist] Alex Lifeson the track ["Anthem"],...
February 14, 2013 2:40 PM ET
M83 Enter 'Oblivion' With Tom Cruise | ARTICLE

On the Grammy red carpet Sunday, M83's Morgan Kirby summed up the feeling of many first-timers. "This whole experience is surreal. We've never done anything like this before," she told Rolling Stone. That serves as a nice metaphor...
February 13, 2013 1:50 PM ET
Judd Apatow on Chasing Bruce Springsteen and Pete Townshend | ARTICLE

Judd Apatow may be one of the biggest and funniest producers in Hollywood, but the man behind Freaks and Geeks, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and so many more hits is no different than many...
February 13, 2013 1:25 PM ET
Q&A: David Lee Roth Vents About Van Halen's Future | ARTICLE

David Lee Roth is unquestionably one of the most colorful and dynamic frontmen in the history of rock music – and that extends to his epic interviews as well. Diamond Dave may not say much these days,...
February 12, 2013 1:55 PM ET
Jack White Spreads the Love at Grammys | ARTICLE

Jack White has admirers in all genres of music. On the red carpet at the Grammy Awards, Tyler, the Creator turned into a star-struck fan at the sight of White, asking a handler to arrange an...
February 11, 2013 8:00 AM ET
Tom Morello, LL Cool J, Chuck D Ask 'Whaddup' in All-Star Grammys Closer | ARTICLE

Tonight's Grammy telecast closed with an all-star mixing of rock, rap and turntablism as Tom Morello, LL Cool J, Travis Barker, Public Enemy's Chuck D and Z-Trip assembled to perform a song called "Whaddup." Z-Trip put the group...
February 10, 2013 11:20 PM ET
Avicii Working With Nile Rogers, Mike Shinoda, Mac Davis on New Album | ARTICLE

Avicii knows that in the current world of EDM, it’s all about singles, so to him it’s the perfect time to make a complete song cycle. "Everything is single-oriented now, but that’s why the only reason to...
February 9, 2013 2:17 PM ET
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda Becomes a Mentor for the Grammys | ARTICLE

Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda is teaming with the Grammys to become a mentor for up-and-coming artists. The emcee recently attended a press conference at the Conga Room in L.A. to announce his role in the new Centerstage...
February 9, 2013 1:40 PM ET
Q&A: Rick Springfield on Emotional 'Sound City' Movie | ARTICLE

Dave Grohl's directorial debut, Sound City, is a celebration of so many of the musicians who called the Van Nuys, California studio home at one point or another. From Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham to Trent...
February 7, 2013 1:05 PM ET
Skrillex Pairs with Cirque du Soleil for Las Vegas Club Residency | ARTICLE

Cirque du Soleil has staged its acrobatic spectacles to the music of the Beatles, Elvis and other rock legends. Now the famed performance troupe is entering the electronic dance music world with LIGHT,...
February 6, 2013 11:00 AM ET
Mickey Hart Band Help Sandy Victims With 'Jersey Shore' – Song Premiere | ARTICLE

Click to listen to Mickey Hart Band's 'Jersey Shore' During all of the coverage of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy along the eastern seaboard,...
February 4, 2013 1:35 PM ET
Frank Ocean Producer Om'Mas Keith Readies 'City Pulse' – Album Premiere | ARTICLE

In January 2011, the singer-songwriter and producer Om'Mas Keith began working on his album City Pulse. Six months later, with the record nearly done, he put it away to concentrate on Frank Ocean's Channel Orange. "There was...
January 31, 2013 2:20 PM ET
Stevie Nicks and Lady Antebellum Team for 'Crossroads' Taping | ARTICLE

When rock icon Stevie Nicks and country trio Lady Antebellum convened at L.A.'s Sony Pictures Studios Tuesday to tape an upcoming episode of CMT's Crossroads, the most excited people in the room of a thousand or so...
January 30, 2013 12:45 PM ET
'X Factor' Winner Tate Stevens Set to Debut New Track | ARTICLE

The X Factor season two winner Tate Stevens is going from one big TV show to another. The country singer will unveil a new track, "Holler If You're With Me," as part of a Pepsi clip to...
January 23, 2013 11:30 AM ET
Q&A: Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz on Punk-Rock Ethos and Meeting Elton John | ARTICLE

Southern California punk heroes Bad Religion have long matched the ferociousness of their riffs with lyrical profundity. On their sixteenth album, True North, out tomorrow, the band steamrolls through 16 songs in an economical 35 minutes and...
January 21, 2013 11:00 AM ET
Kaskade Brings EDM to Grammy Museum | ARTICLE

Grammy-nominated dance music star Kaskade visited L.A.'s Grammy Museum on Tuesday for an hour-plus Q&A before a sold-out crowd. Kaskade became the first DJ to answer questions at the museum, which has previously hosted visits from the...
January 16, 2013 1:10 PM ET