A Brief History of Goth Music

The first goth bands came from the punk scene in the late 1970s. Darker and less aggressive, with a similar, but different fashion, the goth scene took hold in England, with punk-goth bands such as The Cure, Joy Division, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Other extremely influential bands include Bauhahus and The Sisters of Mercy. [...]

Spotify Hits 1 Million Subscribers

The online music service; Spotify has reached a huge milestone of 1 million subscribers. The system, which allows users to stream music to their computers for free only launched a few years ago and the fact that they have already reached a massive 1 million subscribers is a huge achievement.
Spotify is currently available in much [...]

Facebook to Introduce Video Chat Feature

Facebook is one of the largest social networking websites in the world, along with Twitter and MySpace and over the past couple of years, the amount of features on the website has increased. One of the latest features is the Facebook chat feature and now, there is rumour that Facebook will soon be introducing a [...]

Why Was Annie Lennox Wearing An “HIV Positive” T-shirt On Idol?

Questions started arising upon Annie Lennox’s choice of shirt on the last episode of American Idol Gives Back, after she performed her new song wearing a T-shirt with the writing: “HIV Positive”.
Although she was supposed to perform live on the show, she had to do it via satellite due to the Icelandic volcanic eruption. The [...]

Crystal Bowersox Gives Us “People Get Ready” on American Idol

Instrument free and looking great, Crystal Bowersox gave another dazzling performance on latest episode of “American Idol”, April 20.
This week’s theme on “American Idol” was Inspirational Songs week for “Idol Gives Back”, the Wednesday night’s star-filled special. As the top seven contestants each gave their show, artist Alicia Keys tried to give them her own [...]

The Hip-Hop Artist Guru Died Monday

At the age of 43 and after fighting cancer for a year, the hip-hop star Guru had died yesterday, April 19 2010.
Keith Elam, otherwise known as Guru, one of the biggest hip-hop icons in history, lost the long fight he had been keeping against cancer and died due to complications related to his illness.
His long [...]

“Type o Negative” Singer Peter Steele Has Died

Lead singer and bassist of the gothic heavy metal band “Type O Negative” has passed away yesterday, April 14th 2010 at the age of 48. Although an unofficial announcement had already been made on Wednesday by Julia Chernetsky, Steele’s friend, his death has been confirmed today by several sources, among them his band member Kenny [...]

Erykah Badu window seat video: Badu’s new video makes waves

The new Erykah Badu clip makes waves on the net.
 Badu’s window seat video mixes one of the most tragic moments in American history with a nude scene. The video clip, from  Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two, lasts five intense minutes and takes place in the exact same Dallas intersection where President John F. Kennedy [...]

Festival tickets and more available from leading website

With summer drawing near, thoughts turn to lazy summer afternoons and of course festivals of music and outdoor events. The UK is fortunate in being able to offer a wide variety of major festivals located around the country, offering a wide array of differing styles of music and events. The difficulty can be locating a [...]

Music Review: Rihanna Rated R

In every sense, Rihanna is an extraordinary pop star. Still only 21, she has sold 12 million records worldwide, and bagged the longest-running British number one single of the decade with Umbrella – a song with a perfect title for 2007’s rainy summer, which, nevertheless, had an oddly stark and far-reaching sound for its time.
Two [...]

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