Sweeping The Nation — What sort of year was 2015? Well, its biggest selling track was 2014's Uptown Funk, which gives some indication of how stagnant the middle of the decade was. There was of course a major populist upheaval at the end as Adele's 25 became Britai... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Onwards with our overview of the decade just passing, and today we alight on the year we were confidently repeatedly told that Jessie J was inevitably going to be an enormous international star. She did have a Billboard top ten album in 2014, but whe... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "I've made a lot a music in my life, I've created and toured with some of the greatest bands in the world... But I'm losing my fucking mind and I want to live another life," says Josh. Continue reading… more info

Perez Hilton — This is an ugly thing for Facebook! A leaked message posted by founder and head honcho Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday reveals that someone at the social networking giant is crossing out "Black Lives Matter" on the company's infamous signature wall and r... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Yo La Tengo @ The Bell House (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Yo La Tengo, Nick Lowe @ Kings Theatre This is a... more info

Stereogum — Other Lives are playing two shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in a couple weeks, and they’re dropping a video to “Easy Way Out” from their lavish LP, Rituals, just in time to get the word out. The spooky, unsettling video has the pace and ... more info

The Telegraph — The American crime drama series is finally cranking up a gear, says Ed Power more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Hutch & Kathy's Hutch w/ The Thermals at BV-SXSW (more by Kevin Figueroa) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Hutch and Kathy, Laura and Greg, Allie Goertz... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Other Lives at MHOW in 2012 (more by Jonathan McPhail) The annual BAM Next Wave Festival returns in 2015 from September 16 - December 20 with multiple events in dance, music, opera, performance art, and theater. There's a few... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Other Lives at MHOW in 2012 (more by Jonathan McPhail) Atmospheric indie rockers Other Lives put out their new album, Rituals, this week via TBD Records (order yours), and in honor of its release they've got live session videos... more info