Jay-Z Bids on Music Streaming Company

Jay Z has bid $56 million on Aspiro, a Swedish company behind two music streaming services, WiMP and Tidal, The New York Times reports. His offer has already received preliminary acceptance from Aspiro’s board. WiMP and Tidal stream high-fidelity audio, as the Times points out, which places them in the same market as Neil Young’s Pono player and Sony’s luxury Walkman. WiMP isn’t yet available in the United States, while Tidal was introduced in September. Tidal subscriptions run for $20 a month—twice the price of Spotify, which is considered the...

FKA twigs Performs New Song Apparently T...

Photo by David BurtonFKA twigs is currently on tour, and last night she performed at 170 Russell in Melbourne, Australia. She performed a new song, apparently titled “Figure 8″. Watch it below via Dazed Digital. Read our recent interview with FKA...

Death Cab for Cutie Perform "Black ...

Death Cab for Cutie were the musical guests on last night’s “Late Show With David Letterman”, performing “Black Sun” from their forthcoming album Kintsugi, the band’s first since the departure of founding member Chris Walla. The performance included new touring members Dave Depper and Zac Rae. Watch it below. Watch the lyric video for “Black...

Missy Elliott to Join Katy Perry at Supe...

Missy Elliott will join Katy Perry during this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, as the Associated Press reports. At a press conference on Thursday, Perry said an “old school” female singer would show up. “When you hear the first ring of the chord, I think jaws will drop and faces will melt,” she said.  Elliott and Perry previously collaborated on the remix for “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”. Elliott hasn’t released a studio album since 2005′s The Cookbook, though she dropped a pair of singles back in 2012. ...

Frank Ocean and Lana Del Rey Left Off Br...

Yesterday, Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson announced No Pier Pressure, his newest studio album, which is set to feature contributions from She & Him and Kacey Musgraves, among others. However, previous reports indicated that Wilson was working with Frank Ocean and Lana Del Rey on the album. They were nowhere to be seen on the official tracklist. Now, a rep for Wilson tells Pitchfork that Ocean and Del Rey didn’t make the cut because their schedules didn’t allow them time to finish their songs. “[Brian] really loved his voice,” the rep writes...