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German electronic music record label Raster-Noton is slated to drop is (Is Superpowered), a new album by Kyoka, the first-ever female artist to release a solo album through their label. Kyoka works as a musician/composer in Berlin and Tokyo and is...

Tokyo-based duo Pinky Doodle Poodle (PDP) announced the release their self-titled debut album. Formed in 2008, PDP is a high energy female-fronted rock band that features lead vocalist/bassist/guitarist Yuria, a successful Japanese anime singer often heard in popular video games...

"West Coast," the first single from Lana Del Rey’s anticipated second album Ultraviolence, is now out for the world to listen to. Produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, the track has a nostalgic, ominous yet seductive vibe to it. Listen below:

Kelly Rowland sat with Billboard magazine to chat about the very early stages of her new album, where she gets her inspiration from, a collaboration with Pharrell, how she's excited to work with new talent and more. Watch the interview...

Vocalist Noora Louhimo of Finnish metal band Battle Beast performed in a recent episode of Finnish show Tartu Mikkiin (which translates into "Grab That Microphone"). Louhimo offered up a powerful performance of "Into The Heart of Danger," an original track off the band's eponymous album released...

Prepare yourself for awesomeness, because this just may be the most creative way we've seen flutes being incorporated into mainstream music. Flute duo Flutronix debuted the first music video off their new LP 2.0, in which they re-imagine the classic "Sweet...

Veruca Salt announced a U.S. tour, during which the band will perform together with all four original members for the first time since 1995. They also recently broke the news of their Record Store Day release on April 19, a...

To support the release of TEEN’s second full-length record The Way and Color, Pitchfork Advance is streaming the album in its entirety. Due April 22 on Carpark Records, The Way And Color shows the young group  shifting directions with their distinctly modern,...

Critically acclaimed guitarist and singer-­songwriter Malina Moye is slated to drop her new single “A Little Rough” on April 22. The track is off her forthcoming sophomore album Rock & Roll Baby, scheduled for release later this year. Malina is...

Joan Jett, Lorde, Sonic Youth singer/bass player Kim Gordon and St. Vincent joined the remaining members of Nirvana to cover four tracks by the grunge band at the 29th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony tonight. Jett sang "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Gordon...