The xx have announced plans to tour the United States in mid July. Although Showbox spilled the beans about the Seattle date a bit [...]

#Don’t They All! Nas has spilled the beans on the moment he knew his marriage to Kelis was over. The ‘Daughters’ rapper and R&B; songstress were married for five years and divorced in 2010, citing irreconcilable differences, but the rumour mill went into overdrive with reports of cheating on both sides. Speaking to Complex magazine, [...]

When's the last time you went to Canterbury? If it hasn't been for a while (or perhaps never) now's your chance to take a trip to the beautiful Kentish town, as Lounge On The Farm festival looms ever closer. What's more, The 405 is proud to announce that we'll be hosting the Farm Folk stage on the Friday and Saturday of the festival, passing the baton over to the brilliant Communion on the Sunday. The 405 readers will also be able to get their hands on discounted tickets for the festival, available right now. Our ...

Helen Feng spills the beans with only a little coaxing.

When a bunch of boys in a band live together, you imagine they eat total crap: endless beige dinners of pie and chips, baked beans on toast, heaped plates of over-cooked pasta and late night … read more »

Welcome to the first edition of The 405 Record Club ! No, we haven't started some sort of mail-order record shop, though that would be pretty sweet, right? No? Ok. Basically 'The 405 Record Club' is about analysing an album over a two-week period, then discussing it with the other members of the group. Essentially it's a book club for music, minus the cheese and wine (though that's not a rule set in stone). If you fancy joining the club, please email hello@thefourohfive.com with '405 Record Club' in the title. Name: Daniel Johnston Album: 'Continued Story ...

From Rick Jiminez: You know you’re on a European/UK tour when you’re sleeping from 5:30am-9am everyday. And not from partying, but from the combination of jetlag and filthy floors with the hardest of woods. Fortunately that’s been the worst of our troubles so far. Our flight over had us two to a row, which allowed for a three hour sleep after a viewing of ”Moneyball.” Cool movie. My roommate Bill could have done it too. No holdup at customs and we were off to Bath, UK for our first show. I forgot what overseas riders ...

Spring is the season for rhubarb, ramps, fiddlehead ferns and fava beans, but not for long. While foodies can...

Beans performs Big’s “Who Shot Ya” at The Pyramid. Props to Forbez. PREVIOUS: Beanie Sigel: A Day In The Life pt.1 (Video)

After recent talks of former "The Wire" star Michael K. Williams getting recruited to bring the late Ol' Dirty Bastard 's life story to the big screen surfaced this spring, the buzzing actor has finally opened up on the role.

Yesterday, Scarface was the guest on MTV’s RapFix Live. And during his sitdown with Sway, he gives an update on the Mac & Brad collaborative album with Beanie Sigel. We doin’ songs, I got six, he got six. It’s a process that we go through to do this album. He then proceeds to call up Beans live [...]

Better…two months late than never. I’ve been absent from these parts because I’ve been busy doing important stuff, like eating beans for 60 days and getting mugged in rural Central America. Prior to dieting on mariachi and Mexican opera for a few months, I got along to the annual SXSW conference/festival in Austin, Texas. I arrived [...]

UPDATE: We made an oopsie — Ringworm will ONLY be on the Columbus date of this tour, not the whole trek. Our apologies! Still a great tour, though. After a promoter in Columbus, OH spilled the beans yesterday, the organizers of the fall U.S. tour with Kreator, Accept, Swallow the Sun and Ringworm have done [...]

Dank Radio : Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | Mixcloud Mayday Mayday feat. Monkey Wrench [UK] (Live Broadcast 05.05.12) by Dank Radio on Mixcloud Big ups and many thanks to the boys in Bristol, Monkey Wrench [ Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud ] for providing us with an extremely sexxxi 420 Special [Shouts to Dismantle for putting me onto their music]. Salamat and gracias to all the callers and supporters. Even to the ones looking for our Aziatik Rhythmz brethren Radiobomb , we threw in a couple dubstep tunes for your hungry ears. Shout out to Jakwob who just released his latest mixtape for FREE [Download here ...

Alter The Press can exclusively reveal that Never Shout Never's new album will be titled, "Indigo" and will be released later this year. Christofer Drew went on to explain, in our upcoming interview, the band will be spending the summer recording the album, which will include re-worked versions of "On The Brightside" and "Trouble" . They are also looking to record each track on "Indigo" with a different producer in a different city. Keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming feature, where Drew spills the beans about the upcoming album, touring plans for Never Shout Never, his side-project EATMEWHILEIMHOT! and ...