Facebook aiming for a bigger slice of the music industry with this new hire
Facebook has hired Tamara Hrivnak, former Director of Music Partnerships at YouTube and Google Play, to lead its global music strategy, according to Music Business Worldwide. This news seems to hint that Facebook is ready to make a bigger name for itself in the music industry. Read more: Jay-Z sells 33 percent of Tidal’s stake...
10 new songs we bet you didn’t catch this week
You’re welcome: We’ve made finding new songs by rising bands easy. Each week, we’re gathering the best from the underground and offering it to you in one, concise list. In response, we want to hear your favorite. Let us know what track you’ll be spinning for the rest of the weekend in the comments! Read...
Fall Out Boy release limited edition shirt benefitting ACLU
Fall Out Boy have just released an amazing shirt with all proceeds going to the American Civil Liberties Union. Check out the shirt and where to buy it below! Read more: Here are the artists who participated in the historic Women’s March Pete Wentz teased the shirt before it officially released with this tweet. Gonna...
Former Black Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls dies at 68
[Photo credit: Chris Walter/WireImage] Former Black Sabbath keyboardist Geoff Nicholls has passed away at the age of 68, following a battle with lung cancer Billboard reports. Nicholls joined Black Sabbath in 1979, following Ozzy Osbourne's exit of the band. His first album with the band was 1980’s Heaven and Hell. In 1985, he was named an official member of the...
This makeup artist creates stunning album artwork-inspired beauty looks—check it out
Sure, most fans prefer to rep their favorite band with some merch, and some go as far as to make amazing artwork or T-shirts. However, beauty guru Sydney Perkins, known on Instagram as syd_perks and Twitter as @sydtayxo, has proven that the best way to celebrate to your favorite record is by recreating it with...
Mark Hoppus and Matty Healy love this Blink-182 + the 1975 mashup just as much as the rest of us
Yesterday (Jan. 27), Cameron Hurley of We Are The In Crowd/SAINTE fame posted an amazing cover of the 1975's “Girls” in the style of Enema Of The State Blink-182. Needless-to-say, it's super awesome, and we were stoked. However, we weren't the only ones—Blink-182's Mark Hoppus and the 1975's Matty Healy have both taken to Twitter...
Slayer guitarist Kerry King comments on Donald Trump photo
In the past week or so, Slayer's camp has been plagued with controversy, which started when a photoshopped photo of the band with Donald Trump showed up on their Instagram account. The post, which went up on Inauguration Day, was taken down. But then it was put back up on Jan. 24—this time frontman Tom...
Actor John Hurt, known for ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Alien,’ dies
The BBC has reported that celebrated actor John Hurt, known for his roles in Alien and the part of wand-maker Mr. Ollivander in the Harry Potter films, has died at age 77. No details have been provided surrounding his death, although Variety reports that he had announced in 2015 that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic...
Optimistic Tinder user tries finding love through Eminem's 'Stan' lyrics
The Tinder world is a competitive one and you have to do anything you can to stand out, so Reddit user J_Goddard tried recruiting the help of Eminem. Check out the screenshots of the conversation below! Read more: Spotify and Tinder partner to share your music with virtual love interests It's pretty clear that the...