“I guess I’m obsessed with writing Christmas songs,” admits Kristian Bush, whose new holiday single “Thinking About Drinking for Christmas” shines a light on the boozy place where Yuletide and, perhaps, Yuengling overlap. (Listen to the song below.) While the song marks his first holiday release as a solo artist, Bush has… Source: Music […]

WHO: Jared Scharff might not be a household name (yet), but the 36-year-old’s face is beamed into millions of homes each week via Saturday Night Live, where he has held down the guitar slot in the house band since 2007. But despite calling it “the greatest job I’ve ever had,”… Source: Music News

With less than a month remaining in 2015, DJ Earworm has unleashed his annual “United State of Pop,” a five-minute mega mash-up that incorporates 50 of the year’s biggest hits into one seamless ode to what has dominated radio for the past 12 months. This year’s mix, produced for Billboard,… Source: Music News

Third Man Records Cass Corridor is covered in black plastic wrapping on Thanksgiving night, its windows hidden to the public. But above the facade, a brightly lit Third Man radio tower signals life inside: Jack White is throwing a private party for a few hundred guests in Detroit. They’re celebrating the Motor City–made,… Source: Music […]

Miami-born Jordy Asher (a.k.a. Boots) broke out as a producer when his moody beats became a highlight of Beyonce’s 2013 self-titled album. Yet his debut, Aquaria, is hardly the coming out party you’d expect from a guy who could’ve easily gone the route of an A-list hitmaker. There are no superstar cameos,… Source: Music News

Electric Light Orchestra’s symphonic pop has influenced acts from Flaming Lips to Daft Punk. Yet only one man can sound exactly like ELO, and that’s its leader Jeff Lynne, whose effusive sonic stamp radiates through the hits he helmed and helped write for Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, the Travelling Wilburys… Source: Music News

2015 has often seemed like an Epcot Center version of Nineties indie-rock, with charming little guitar bands who recall charming little bands of the past popping up almost too fast to keep track of. Here’s another one: Bristol, England’s Trust Fund (a.k.a. singer-guitarist Ellis Jones plus some mates) is cut… Source: Music News

Thirty-three-year-old electronic musician Daniel Lopatin looks at human feelings like he’s crafting a Swiss watch. Recording as Oneohtrix Point Never, Lopatin works with simple piano lines and thick distortion to sketch detailed maps of emotional states from joy to despair. With sounds like those, it was no surprise when Trent… Source: Music News

In a Beverly Hills back room filled with the personal possessions of a lifetime of fame as a Beatle and solo artist, Ringo Starr happily posed for pictures with guests on Tuesday. It was the opening-night party celebrating this week’s auction of selected items from Starr’s life and career to benefit his Lotus… Source: Music News

The searing Amy Winehouse documentary Amy, the Nina Simone film What Happened, Miss Simone? and the Scientology-examining Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief were among the 15 films named to the shortlist for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar at the upcoming 86th Academy Awards. The five finalists will be announced alongside… Source: Music News