There were enough warning signs to suggest that the follow-up to La Roux’s self-titled debut album would be a disaster. The five-year wait was hardly the greatest omen, of course, but you could also point to the cancelled live shows, the disquieting rumours regarding an acoustic folk direction, and

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Rock in Rio is touching down in the United States for the first time in 2015, with Taylor Swift, Metallica, Linkin Park and No Doubt set to take the main stage at the festival in Las Vegas over two weekends in May. While the full lineup has not yet been released, Rock in Rio also announced that

On Friday, Radiohead frontman and dance enthusiast Thom Yorke snuck up on the Internet and delivered another sonic sucker punch. Not only did he announce that he had completed a new solo album called Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, but that said album was already available via BitTorrent. For a nominal

As Chris Rock revealed this past summer, he has Kanye West to thank for the name of his “Black Plague” comedy tour. Now, Rock has once again relied upon Yeezus’ creative insights, as he recently recruited both Kanye and Jay Z to serve as a producers for his pseudo-biographical comedy film, Top