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LYRIC VIDEO: Heart To Heart – “The Turn”

Purveyors of hardcore, melodic and otherwise, Heart to Heart may have put out their self-titled full length in October of last year, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still getting some traction out of it. Case in point: the band teamed up with Alternative Press Magazine for the debut of the lyric video for “The […]

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MIXTAPE: Gucci Mane & Young Scooter – ‘Free Bricks 2’

Gucci Mane is back, and he’s bringing the hard sound of the street with his cohort Young Scooter on Free Bricks 2. The two aren’t going it alone on this release. “Remix Rerock” features Brick Squad compatriot Waka Flocka Flame while “Pass Around” sees Wale getting straight ignorant with Mane and Scooter. The beats from […]

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WATCH: Tyler, The Creator’s Interview And Freestyle On Sway In The Morning

Say what you will about Tyler, The Creator, dude always brings the LOLs. The rapper recently appeared (with Odd Future members Taco and Jasper in tow) on Shade 45’s Sway In The Morning SiriusXM radio show to drop a few rhymes and to talk shop about his upcoming full length Wolf. All in all, it […]

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STREAM: Kid Cudi – “Immortal”

Kid Cudi is at it again. The rapper has been teasing a new song through his Twitter for the better part of the week and last night he made good on his word and dropped “Immortal”. A self-produced cut, “Immortal” comes off as a solid mesh of the appealing elements of early Cudi and some […]

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Billie Joe Armstrong Talks Substance Abuse, Recovery In Rolling Stone Interview

Green Day front man and songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong recently sat down with David Fricke of Rolling Stone Magazine to dish about his substance abuse and subsequent recovery. It’s a fairly incredible story, if only for the fact that there really wasn’t any public indications of Armstrong’s issues prior to his outburst at back in […]

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STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Big K.R.I.T. Featuring Bun B – “Shine On”

Reigning lord of southern hip-hop Big K.R.I.T. is back on his grind. The gifted emcee/producer announced his next mixtape King Remembered In Time back in January and today we have our first taste of the upcoming release with “Shine On”. Featuring a rather busy soul funk beat (produced by K.R.I.T. himself, natch) and a prototypically […]

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Actress Noomi Rapace States That The Script For ‘Prometheus’ Sequel Is In The Works

The Playlist got a doozy of a scoop while they were chatting with actress Noomi Rapace. During a press junket for her upcoming thriller Dead Man Down (due out March 8), IndieWire writer Ben Taylor turned the topic of conversation from Rapace’s definite upcoming project to more speculative fare. Specifically, the possibility of a sequel to Prometheus, […]

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MUSIC VIDEO: Killswitch Engage – “In Due Time”

Everyone knows that under the flinty, brooding exterior of a metalhead lies a friendly, nougaty center. Case in point, the music video for “In Due Time”. The visuals for the new single from from rough-hewn brutes Killswitch Engage sees the band just being their beardy selves. Does that mean a lot of lavish shots of […]

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MUSIC VIDEO: Anberlin – “Unstable”

Atmospheric rock outfit Anberlin have just put out a music video for their latest single “Unstable”. The closer to their 2012 album Vital (which you can check out here), the epic cut got a deservedly cinematic visual treatment. Taking place in a desert expanse, the clip is replete with surreal iconography and staggeringly grand visuals, […]

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Stone Temple Pilots Have “Officially Terminated” Lead Singer Scott Weiland

Sounds like someone didn’t have a great performance review last quarter. USA Today is reporting that 90s grunge survivors Stone Temple Pilots have fired lead singer and frontman Scott Weiland. Word of Weiland’s removal from the band came from a one sentence press release from band publicist Kymm Britton. Britton: “Stone Temple Pilots have announced […]

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The Braces Sign To Paper + Plastick, Release The First Single From Their Upcoming LP ‘Two Years’, “Vandal”

The Braces are a band that is highly adept at synthesizing everything that was great about punk, pop-punk, and indie leaning punk of yesteryear (read: the 90s/early Aughts) and wrapping it up in a neat little bow. The snotty vocals, the twinkly, noodling guitar lines, the double time drums, what’s not to love? We’re not the only […]

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WATCH: Ceremony’s Live Ligeramente Desenfocado Session For RaRaRa/Light & Noise

Guys, it’s supposed to look like that. RaRaRa/Light & Noise is a film collective operating out of Mexico City who have cut their teeth shooting impressively artistic and cinematic footage of punk and metal acts playing live. We were first impressed by them when we saw their footage of Converge roaring through “Jane Doe” and “Dark […]