So if you didn't know I'm currently residing in NYC for the summer interning at Billboard!  I started on yesterday and so far it's been fantastic.  I'm the Social Media Intern for the summer and am looking forward to sharing my journey with ya'll every now and then.  Who knows maybe I'll even start another blog about my summer, but I don't want to make promises I can't keep so we'll leave that one up in the air.

Fireworks, lasers, 20,000 diamonds in the air and separate stages: what else would you expect from two of the biggest egos in the hip hop world? Tom Hannan Watches The Throne.

Summer is very much in the air and with that in mind, why not grab this sun soaked collaboration from Konchis and Wizard.

So we have reached that holiest of numbers that the preacher Black Francis preached to us about - Sonic Masala Presents #7. There is a crispness in the air that means winter is on its way, so let's bow down to the altar of Sonic Masala and stave off the cold with booze and tunes, shall we? It's one of the best line-ups yet, with Seaplane playing one of their rare shows (with new material in the caboose for an impending album release!!), a new look Tape/Off featuring Cam Smith (Tiny Spiders/Ghost Notes/Mt Augustus) on bass ...

Lady Gaga is as confused as anyone about whether she'll be allowed to perform in Indonesia with protests, censorship and permits clouding the situation. And the superstar's tweets on the matter didn't clear things up.

Doro will be releasing the new album "Raise Your Fist" this coming Fall, which will be preceded by the "Raise Your Fist In The Air" EP on August 3rd, 2012. You can now check out the artwork for the full "Raise Your Fist" album below. Doro also previously commented: "The new album will be entitled Raise Your Fist and has been recorded and written... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

This Friday in Manchester plenty of people have left the office and decided to begin their hedonistic weekend by, well, heading to the office. The city’s leading promoters, Now Wave, have curated a line-up of emerging northern talent to showcase on the first floor of a derelict office block. With a bill topped by Leeds’ Alt-J and two elusive Mancunian acts preceding, – No Ceremony and Money – it’s clear they mean business. Tonight feels like a secret gig that only the cognoscenti are privileged enough to know about. Quay House is on the outskirts of Spinningfields, a financial district ...

Konx-om-Pax knows how to build scenes from different galaxies , where maybe it’s normal and casual for jets of rainbow flames to shoot through tribal festivals and for pinwheels to have heartbeats and for jellyfish to be covered in jewels. Maybe he even hangs out in those galaxies, getting there by way of a rocket made of Silly-Putty or a chrome chariot pulled by anthropomorphic geometric shapes. You might even know him, or at least know of him,. The Glasgow-based artist, whose real name is Tom Scholefield, has made videos for the likes of Hudson Mowhawke, Mogwai, Martyn, Jamie Lidell ...

Black Tambourine OneTwoThreeFour [EP] [Slumberland; 2012] by Alex R Wilson Rating: These days, everybody seems to be getting back together. Whether it’s something in the air, this current generation’s infatuation with yesteryear (late 80s/early 90s reboot, now with less Skidz ), current project purgatory, reconciliation of feuding members, or boredom, there is little to indicate exactly why everyone is giving their old projects a second (or third) go. Maybe it’s for money; maybe it’s a way to reinsert their place in history — the case varies from band to band. None of these reasons really fit the ...

This coming Thursday Page">Morgan Page will be doing his thing at the Elevate Lounge in Downtown Los Angeles. It’s all coming together to celebrate the success of his latest album, In the Air. The event is free if you RSVP here, but it is first come first serve. Doors open at 9 pm (21+) so don’t show up all late [...]

It’s often difficult to splice apart your senses, to distinguish – say – the smell of lemonade from its taste. Go on, just think about it – the two are intertwined, the fizz sparkling on your tongue and searing your nose. So when we say that My Best Fiend’s debut album ‘In Ghostlike Fading’ has a visual quality, that their music simply suggests something for the eyes, this isn’t an observation we come to lightly. Named after a Werner Herzog film, the New York group boast a background in visual arts which has deeply influenced the way they approach making ...

Bewm Babiez, Forest Spirits, Jon Lemmon and Disasteradio - in a mighty questionable t-shirt - played Cassette on Friday night in celebration of New Zealand Music Month. Frances Carter went along and caught Disasteradio's insane ability to jump in the air on...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Sugoisounds, Bahwee, Depakote, oOoOO Song: TeV95 - Color Coded Pistols [download here ] What's so good? With technology nowadays, everyone is creative. To a certain extent, everyone is an artist. And that’s cool. But not everyone is willing to hustle. Say hello to a hustler. TeV95 is a Miami-bred, Brooklyn-based creative director and producer who prides himself on independent talent. He currently runs 95Labs , a multimedia production company based in New York City, but is better known for his concept albums, Crime Loops , a collage of beats, edits, and loops that explores sampling ...

Check out the hot new video fresh off the visuals for Calvin Harris featuring Ne-Yo and the track ‘Let’s Go’. A definite hands up in the air moment if ever there was one!!!

Anton Newcombe is on a mission. The enigmatic frontman from The Brian Jonestown Massacre wants to “Rip the lungs outta of pop culture and smoke ‘em”. At Sydney’s Metro show – the first on this tour – he did all this and then some. But then, this came after he’d passed the dutchie to the sole support of the evening, another fellow cult band. The Raveonettes are Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo . They play garage rock and punk music. At different times this can sound like anything from The Vaccines to The Breeders, The White Stripes to Dum Dum ...