Controversy may be paying off for Brad Paisley, whose song, Accidental Racist is the most popular track on his new album on Rhapsody. The track, a duet with L.L. Cool J (not a typo), comprises 10 percent of plays on the album. This is a huge share of plays, considering it[...]
Check out the entire SXSW photo album on Facebook here. Possibly nowhere else could you see a group of ’60s British icons, some feverish Canadian noise-punks, and an IDM knob-twiddling wizard from L.A.,and meet Austin’s own rock hero Britt Daniel (he of Spoon and Divine Fits) on the street, all in a span of[...]
Check out the full photo album of our SXSW adventures here. After some deliberation, I have settled on one word to describe the spectacle of Afghan Whigs and Usher onstage together at the Fader Fort Friday night, and that word is “bonkers.” It’s probably in the top 5 raddest live-music things I’ve ever seen,[...]
“That about ends the angry section,” announces Killer Mike, halfway through his indeed to that point profoundly angry set at Bar 96 very late Thursday night. “Now we move on to the drugs and strippers.” There was also a Ric Flair sample or two in store, but he left that as[...]
Check out the photo album from Days 1 & 2 on our Facebook page here! Here to prove you don’t need no stinkin’ badge, I come upon my first show at this year’s SXSW purely by chance as I stroll by Waterloo Records. Catching a whiff of some sweet-sounding, atonal[...]
Check out the photo album from days 1 & 2 on our Facebook page here! The first person I see on a stage at SXSW 2013 is none other than Matt Pinfield, gravel-voiced MTV icon and Limp Bizkit album cameo veteran, who on this early Tuesday evening is holding court at Empire[...]
So the new Taylor Swift album, Red, is not available in Rhapsody. The fact that you’re reading this means you’ve already noticed. You’ve asked yourself, “Why can’t I stream this new album from one of my favorite artists on a service I’m paying for?” Here is your answer: Taylor Swift[...]
The Internet is buzzing from Saturday’s post by an intern at NPR who said she never owned music, much like others in her generation: I am an avid music-listener, concert-goer, and college radio DJ. My world is music-centric. I’ve only bought 15 CDs in my lifetime. Yet, my entire iTunes library exceeds[...]
Billboard’s annual Latin Music Awards are coming up in Miami on April 26th. Billboard awards are determined based on year-end chart performance according to Nielsen data for sales, number of downloads and total airplay, removing the unpredictability of voting on sentiment and artist popularity. We think Rhapsody listening habits provide[...]
Foster the People’s “Pumped up Kicks” climbed its way into heavy rotation on mainstream radio to earn a place on the collective soundtrack for Summer 2011. It’s a catchy pop tune with an easy, head nodding beat and a refrain that makes for a fun sing-along. The single topped out[...]