The Black Keys – review
| Arena, Nottingham 4 Enormous beats ... Patrick Carney of the Black Keys on the opening night of their UK tour at Arena, Nottingham. Photograph: Ollie Millington/Redferns | If you were to attempt to ...

Drake's Rep Responds To Lawsuit Over Hit Song 'Marvin's Room'
| Drake's representative has fired back at what sources are calling a "frivolous lawsuit" over a phone chat recording in the rapper's hit song "Marvin's Room". | Ericka Lee, who claims to be Drake's e...

'Rock and roll will never die': The world’s hottest bands answer the doomsaying cultural commentators
| Look behind the statistics and the news becomes even more alarming. Of those three guitar-driven songs in 2010's hot 100, one was the 30-year-old "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey, which c...

The Long Count – review
The National's Bryce, left, and Aaron Dessner: 'two of the hardest-networking figures in American music'. Photograph: Mark Allan | It all ends on the count of "one". At one point, a swinging guitar ge...

Maverick Sabre: Lonely Are the Brave – review
Buy it from | Buy the CD Download as MP3 Maverick Sabre Lonely are the Brave Mercury 2012 Tell us what you think: Rate and review this album | Michael Stafford is a hard man to place. A Londoner raise...

Catch A Fire Feat Hayereyah & The Human Bridge Band listings
Expect conscious uplifting original Reggae music, from these local incredibles, for Brixton's favourite and longest standing Reggae night. | Date: Sunday 5th February 2012 | Venue: The Ritzy » |...

mau mau jam session.open mic listings
Free open mic night, happening every sunday at mau mau. reggae vibes. | Date: Sunday 5th February 2012 | Venue: MAU MAU BAR » | Location: LONDON » | Doors: 20:00 til 23:00 | Event short ur...

Urban Beatfare With Open Mic listings
Urban Beatfare is back for a new monthly slot at our home venue The Enterprise. Bringing you an exciting mix of urban music from some of the best talent on the | Date: Sunday 5th February 2012 | Venue...

Jacksonville hip-hop singer J. Dash taking the world by storm with 'WOP'
| Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, play dead-like. | Who says? Not Simon. | People are following those moves because of the Jacksonville hip-hop artist J. Dash and his “WOP” dance creation. To quote a line...

Skrillex Drops the Bass in Manhattan
| There is a lot to recommend about a Skrillex show: Sonny Moore's pure rock charisma, an exceptionally well-designed light show, the raw enthusiasm of the dance-happy fans. But the main attracti...

Lil' Kim Reportedly Owes Over $1 Million In Taxes
| Lil' Kim's financial woes appear to have taken a turn for the worse amid allegations the rapper has racked up more than $1 million in unpaid taxes. |   | The hitmaker, real name Kimberly Jones,...

'X Factor' Judges: 10 Picks to Replace Paula & Nicole
| With two empty seats to fill at the "X Factor" judges table, we thought we would help Simon Cowell by providing a few suggestions about who should fill those seats. � | � | 'X Factor' Exorcism: Paul...

Tickets for Colt Ford's 2012 Declaration of Independence Tour go on sale Feb. 15
| Average Joes Entertainment’s Colt Ford will embark on the inaugural leg of his 2012 Declaration of Independence Tour beginning, April 6 in Albany, Ga., with help from labelmates The Lacs, JB a...

Dumplins live ska club listings
Dumplins Live Ska Club monthly dose of live ska, rocksteady and early reggae comes back with 3 great bands and the Dumplins DJs | Date: Saturday 4th February 2012 | Venue: The Fiddlers Elbow » |...

Flavor patrol listings
Flavor Patrol is an exciting DJ and Saxophone Live-Remix Journey through Oldschool Funk, Jazz and Hip Hop loops and phat Beats combined with sharp scratches | Date: Saturday 4th February 2012 | Venue:...

Gaudi Live With Special Guests Musical Extravaganza listings
Gaudi is a music producer whose innovative approach to live performance, has kept him at the forefront of his field throughout a notable and prolific career. | Date: Saturday 4th February 2012 | Venue...

Pug Party #4 listings
Pug Party is an alternative and eclectic club night. A cause dedicated to providing the best new and established artists and DJs all for free. | Date: Saturday 4th February 2012 | Venue: The Victoria ...

Through the Floor listings
Through The Floor returns for the first time in 2012 with resident DJs Bonnie and Clyde and James Pogson beginning the year with a bang! Free entry | Date: Saturday 4th February 2012 | Venue: The Baby...

Unifunk Presents MUSIC 4 LIFE Cancer Research 10th Anniversary listings
UNIFUNK present MUSIC 4 LIFE uniting Artists, Musicians and DJ's with food, celebrating World Cancer Day & the 10th anniversary of Cancer Research UK. | Date: Saturday 4th February 2012 | Venue: Islin...

X-Press 2 Q&A
| London house stalwarts Rocky and Diesel empty the contents of their psychic record bags House duo X-Press 2. Photo: PR The track we'll be opening our next DJ set with | X-Press 2 Feat Roland Clark -...

Grime's still standing, better than anything
| Butterz, Teeza, Teddy and more are producing electronic music 'as peculiar and involving as anything in the UK's rave lineage' Wiley's Eskimo Dance at London's Proud2. Photograph: Verena Stefanie Gr...

Macca, Lanegan top CD reviews
| This week's album reviews include a couple of Beatles legends and the first solo effort in eight years from the true prince of darkness, Mark Lanegan. | Paul McCartney | Kisses on the Bottom | Cheek...

The 5 Best Videos Of The Week
| This was not the week to release a halfassed music video. This was the week when a whole lot of people, from microbudget indie nobodies to massive stars, worked hard on giving us something. Even the...

Bon Iver Declines Grammy Performance, Collaborates With Alicia Keys
| After last year's Grammys, when Arcade Fire performed dodging Mat Hoffman bike-tricks and then immediately won the Album Of The Year award, the award show has a high standard to live up to when it c...

Master P's Daughter Cymphonique Miller Is Learning 'How to Rock'
| Star of Nickelodeon's new show tells MTV News her dad was reluctant to let her enter 'this crazy business.' | by Christina Garibaldi | Nickelodeon is getting ready to rock. On Saturday, the network ...

Madonna's 'Give Me' Video: Five Key Nods To Her Past!
| From 'Dick Tracy' to 'Like a Virgin,' MTV News spots the best winks to Queen of Pop's many reinventions in brand-new video. | by John Mitchell | Madonna dropped her Add RSS Headlines | Add VH1 News ...

Mac Miller Makes His Picks For Next Big Pittsburgh MCs
| Miller took MTV News back to the 'Burgh and introduced us to some of his city's hottest up-and-coming talent. | by Rob Markman | Yes, the world knows Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller, but Pittsburgh has a...

Jack White, Bon Iver Top 2012 Sasquatch! Lineup
| Beck, the Shins, Childish Gambino and more also on tap for annual fest kicking off Memorial Day weekend. | by James Montgomery | Jack White, Beck and Bon Iver top the lineup for the 2012 Sasquatch! ...

Lil Wayne Wanted 2 Chainz Down With Young Money
| 'He's one of the most unselfish, talented people that I've been around,' 2 Chainz tells 'RapFix Live' of Weezy. | by Rob Markman | Def Jam wasn't the only . Before he signed to the rap powerhouse, t...

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