The headliners for the Sept. 1st & 2nd “Made in America” festival on the Ben Franklin Parkway will be Jay-Z & Pearl Jam. The two-day, Labor Day weekend festival will also feature dubstep artist Skrillex, with performances by Afrojack, Miike Snow, Odd Future, Passion Pit, Janelle Monae, the Dirty Projectors, Santigold & D’Angelo among others. [...]

Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees has died after a battle with cancer. He was 62. Gibb’s final project was “The Titanic Requiem,” a classical work that premiered in London in April to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Read the LA Times piece. -BB Trailer for “The Titanic Requiem” Bee [...]

Joe Jackson is enlisting the help of Iggy Pop, Sharon Jones, Questlove & others for a new tribute album to Duke Ellington. It’s called “The Duke” & will be out on July 23rd. Some of the songs covered included: “Mood Indigo”, I Got it Bad”, and “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got [...]

Passion Pit has a new record coming out on July 24th called Gossamer. Below, listen to the first new song from the record, “Take A Walk.”

Music-News.com is reporting that The Smiths are going to reunite this fall for the first time since breaking up in 1987. According to the website Morrissey and Johnny Marr have patched things up & will join with band members Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce. However, New Music Express says the report is untrue. During a [...]