Bruce Springsteen has offered up his own personal tribute to the recently departed Prince. The Boss took on a cover of the Prince classic "Purple Rain" during a recent performance in the Barclays Center in Brooklyn over the weekend. He offered up the cover to his audience simply adding "Prince forever, thank you." more...
Green Day rocker Billie Joe Armstrong hit the stage with Joan Jett following the premiere of the former's film at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York earlier this month. Armstrong played two songs for the soundtrack to his new film Geezer as well as several Green Day songs. He was flanked by Green Day drummer Tre Cool for the show. more...
Cage the Elephant has released the music video for "Trouble," featuring an old west theme with a psych twist. The vid, directed by CTE fronter Matt Shultz, and first time helmer, has a top-notch pedigree. "I really wanted to make a video that was like John Wayne or a young Clint Eastwood acting in a Cocteau play . . ." more...
Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine debuted a short film called The Odyssey at her website on Thursday. Episodes from the 40 minute piece were previously released as music videos from F+TM's latest album How Big How Blue How Beautiful. Welch worked with director Vincent Haycock on the vids, which he called a "personal journey." more...
Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj are featured on Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People list. The double issue, for the week of May 2-9, features Minaj's Young Money boss, Lil Wayne, giving her high praise. "She's so influential and doing all the right things," he began. "She's an icon, a boss, and a role model to all these young girls out here . . ." more...