Lil Wayne is making it a habit of dropping mammoth mixtapes on national holidays: After the Free Weezy Album arrived on July 4th, the rapper’s No Ceilings 2 appeared just as fans were sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner. The latest mixtape is the sequel to Wayne’s 2009 mixtape that helped bridge the… Source: Music News

Music is constantly evolving as styles cross-pollinate and artists experiment and grow. Here are five cutting-edge genres currently exploding across Japan, South Africa, America and, most importantly, the Internet. Get to know them now. Source: Music News

Eight days before Coldplay release their new LP A Head Full of Dreams, Chris Martin stopped by Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show to premiere “Everglow,” a heartfelt, piano-led ballad from the band’s upcoming album. As Martin previously told Rolling Stone, “Everglow” features his ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow contributing very subtle background… Source: Music News

Jay Rock’s Kendrick Lamar-featuring “Easy Bake” was among the standout tracks on the rapper’s recent 90059 LP, and on Wednesday Top Dawg Entertainment dropped a remixed version of that cut – titled “Traffic Jam” – that features a new verse from Lamar. “Traffic Jam” gives “Easy Bake” a fresher, brighter funk beat,… Source: Music News

As Adele’s 25 shatters sales records on both sides of the Atlantic, the singer announced Thursday that she’ll embark on a 34-date European tour starting in February. “I have been bluffing this whole time and I’m so relieved to finally tell you that I am of course coming on tour, and I… Source: Music News

With his impeccable pompadour and seductive voice, Chris Isaak knows a thing or two about timeless pop-vocal aesthetics. “When I think of torch songs, I tend to go to a bygone era,” says the crooner, whose LP First Comes the Night is out now. “They remind me of that wistful, lonely feeling.” The “Wicked… Source: Music News

Nearly 18 months after the death of radio legend Casey Kasem, the America’s Top 40 host’s children have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Kasem’s widow Jean Kasem. In the civil suit, filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Kasem’s three children and his brother accuse Jean Kasem of elder abuse and… Source: Music News

On Thanksgiving Day in 1976, more than 5,000 fans showed up to the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Martin Scorcese was there too, documenting the evening’s gig — a long, guest-heavy performance by the Band, who’d decided to toss in the towel at the peak of their abilities — with… Source: Music News

Much like how Adam Sandler’s “Thanksgiving Song” remains a holiday classic, the comedian’s “The Chanukah Song” continues to be an unofficial anthem for the Jewish Festival of Lights. Since the seasonal favorite debuted in 1994, Sandler has twice updated the track – in 1999 and 2002 – to include a… Source: Music News

Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has revealed that the group had a particularly fruitful writing session before deciding not to make a follow-up to 13. “I’ve got so many riffs,” he told Q (via Blabbermouth). “I wrote a whole load of stuff for another album, and we met up in… Source: Music News