In what appears to have been a mistake on the website’s part, Bruce Springsteen‘s upcoming album, High Hopes, was put up for MP3 purchase in its entirety through Amazon on Saturday. Amazon has since taken the album down and reverted it to its officially slated January 14, 2014 release date. According to those lucky enough to snag […]
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New Bruce Springsteen Album Released Early On Amazon
December 30th, 2013 
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘American Hustle’
December 30th, 2013 Drew Caruso Film: American Hustle Directed By: David O. Russell Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper, Louis C.K. “Some of this actually happened.” Those will be the first words presented to you upon viewing David O. Russell’s newest film, American Hustle. Based off of the late ’70s F.B.I. sting operation, Abscam, American […]
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Beyonce Recorded 80 Songs For Self-Titled Album
December 30th, 2013 Troy Sennett Beyonce Knowles threw the music industry for a loop earlier this month with the surprise midnight release of her self-titled fifth album, a massive pop record that also included music videos for all fourteen tracks. Clocking in at over an hour, there is already a lot of content to digest on Beyonce, but it’s nothing […]
Carly Rae Jepsen To Star In Broadway Production Of ‘Cinderella’
December 30th, 2013 Troy Sennett Carly Rae Jepsen, whose ubiquitous hit single, “Call Me Maybe,” topped charts in 2012, will be making her Broadway debut next year in Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. The Canadian singer-songwriter will be taking on the lead role of Ella in the classic story, a part previously played by Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes. Jepsen will […]
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Required Listening: Drake – ‘Trophies’ (Prod. by Hit-Boy)
December 30th, 2013 James Shotwell “Man this shit is not a love song, This a fuck a stripper on a mink rug song. This a fuck them boys forever, hold a grudge song. Pop some champagne in the tub song, nigga just because song.” Drake promised new music before the end of the year, and late last night the most […]
‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Frozen’ Continue Box Office Dominance Over Holiday Newcomers
December 29th, 2013 Kevin Blumeyer As families continued to flock to movie theaters over the post-holiday weekend, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Frozen held strong to fend off a bevy of newcomers. $29,850,000 in receipts was enough to give The Hobbit its third straight first-place finish and Frozen wasn’t far behind with $28,450,000, which represents an impressive 46.9% […]
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WEEKLY WAX: Vinyl Releases For The Week Of 12/22-12/28
December 28th, 2013 Troy Sennett Welcome to the last Weekly Wax of 2013! We’re sending out the year with a slew of new pre-orders for film soundtracks (All Is Lost, the pricey but cool-looking Frozen set), punk reissues (The Bomb, Rise Against), and Fadeaway Records‘ Friends, which has the most stacked tracklist of any compilation in recent memory. This week […]
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Johnny Cash Reveals Shel Silverstein Wrote “A Boy Named Sue”
December 27th, 2013 Nina Corcoran When I was younger, I never understood why musicians were sometimes described as singer-songwriters. Didn’t everyone do both? Why would someone not write their own music? Over time it became clear that some musicians weren’t lyricists, making the label “singer-songwriter” much more revealing (and honorable) than I ever understood. Turns out even the biggest singer-songwriters […]
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REST IN PEACE: The Gay Blades
December 27th, 2013 James Shotwell This is the most depressing post I have written in 2013. Not only does it bum me out, but it completely caught me and the rest of the staff off guard. It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we must report New York rock outfit The Gay Blades have officially called it quits. […]
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200,000 People Have Stolen ‘Beyoncé’ In The Last 10 Days
December 27th, 2013 James Shotwell Beyoncé proved she was above the rules of music industry promotion when she surprised the world with the unexpected release of her new, self-titled album earlier this month. No one knew exactly how the record would fare, but as the Soundscan reports began to roll in it became incredibly clear Mrs. Carter had left a […]
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Adam Lazzara Releases New Music Video
December 27th, 2013 Troy Sennett Taking Back Sunday frontman Adam Lazzara has released a music video for his first solo track, “Because It Works,” which you can check out after the break. The clip is set mostly in fields and on backroads, which serve as fitting backdrop to folky, acoustic tune. “Because It Works” was released earlier this year on […]
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