Bono owns 2.3% of Facebook’s shares (because of course he does) through a $90 million dollar purchase made by his investment group, Elevation Partners, in 2009. Now, with Facebook going public and all — it’s currently valued at about $100 billion — NME reports that Bono stands to make a killing off of his position, [...]
Last month, the great Atlanta rap group Goodie Mob reunited on The Voice, the NBC singing show that features Goodie member Cee-Lo as a judge, to debut the weirdly electro new track “Fight To Win.” Now they’ve got another new one: An airy, twangy gospel-rap jam called “Is That You God,” which brings the group [...]
El-P, the rapper/producer most responsible for the past decade and a half of skronky, chaotic underground rap, is on a serious tear lately. He produced all of R.A.P. Music, the utterly badass new album from Killer Mike, and it’s the first album he’s produced in full for someone else since Cannibal Ox’s classic The Cold [...]
Regina Spektor hit the late night circuit to perform “All The Rowboats” last night on The Late Show With David Letterman, where the singer/pianist and her band showcased some serious chops. “Is that for sale?” Dave asked the cellist, earning a blank expression. Watch it below. (via the Audio Perv) What We Saw From the [...]
In a gigantic Twitter bender earlier this year, Kanye West announced the formation of some sort of fashion/multimedia company called DONDA. We haven’t heard much about it since, but DONDA will have something to do with Cruel Summer, a new “short art film” that will debut at Cannes, during the Cannes Film Festival, next week. [...]
The Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters and Jeff Beck are set to join the Mick Jagger-hosted SNL this weekend, so naturally some show promos involving all mentioned parties have hit the air. I’m not clear on what exactly everybody’s role is — you might remember Arcade Fire popped up in a Digital Short a couple years [...]
Rufus Wainwright dropped by Conan last night to play “Out Of The Game,” the title track to his latest. What those shoes, Margiela? Watch the performance below. Out Of The Game is out now on Decca. Read a recent Progress Report with Rufus here.
British-rock duo the Big Pink released their Future This album earlier this year, and now they’re offering a free-download EP of various remixes of songs from the album. The range of remixers here is pretty wide and well-curated. Forest Swords, d’Eon, and King Krule all contribute remixes, and AraabMuzik gives two, including one that features [...]
Handsome Furs, the duo of Wolf Parade co-leader Dan Boeckner and his wife Alexi Perry, are no more. The band announced their breakup on their Facebook page last night. Here’s the complete text of their announcement: With a heavy heart the time has come to let all of you know that Handsome Furs are no [...]
We’ve already heard a gang of songs from Valtari, the much-anticipated new album from Icelandic swoon-rock architects Sigur Rós. And right now, at this exact moment, the thing is streaming at the band’s website. So go! Hurry! Listen to it! It’ll make a good dinner soundtrack, we promise! It’s here. Valtari is out 5/29 on [...]
