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In 2000, Alien Ant Farm were nu metal also-rans struggling to find their place. Then a thumbs up from Papa Roach and a Michael Jackson cover changed their fortunes overnight ...

‘Freak Le Boom Boom’, Gretchen Gretchen is known for her disco tracks from the 1970s and 1980s, constant presence on Brazilian TV and starring in Katy Perry’s “Swish Swish” lyric video. As younger ...

Swedish pop auteur Lykke Li has signed with Neon Gold Records and will release her sixth album — and first in four years — 'The Afterparty' in May.

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As the Welsh rock group reunite for their upcoming UK tour, they reminisce on psychedelics, illegal raves, and the band's Rhys Ifans era ...

A band called Ad Nauseam is dead set on keeping grunge alive in Portland, but no local venue will return their calls to play a show. Like the most iconic grunge acts, Ad Nauseam h ...

A mind-controlling fungus wakes from Cold Storage in Jonny Campbell's charmingly silly gross-out horror-comedy.

More recently, prior to the Islamic Republic’s takeover, popular Iranian musicians ruled the airwaves in the country, as did ...

Austin’s own prolific country crooner Charley Crockett tops the 40th annual SXSW setlist, alongside performances from Bell Bottom Country star Lainey Wilson, Mexican American roots rockers Los Lobos, ...

In the 1980s, a set of documents surfaced claiming to reveal a secret committee known as Majestic 12, allegedly formed to manage information about recovered alien technology from the Roswell incident.

Britney Spears has reportedly sold her rights to her music catalogue in a deal said to be worth around $200 million.