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Over the weekend, thousands of flower-power clad party people headed over to the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for the electronic dance festival, the Electric Daisy Carnival. With 31 sets and four stages, house music was broadcast on satellite radio and webcast continuously for 11 hours. Headliners, such as Avicii, got the crowd full of neon sunglasses and flurry boots chanting and cheering at the massive screens that projected the DJs' images. More»

New Yorkers rejoice! A kick ass music festival is coming to NYC (well, to Randall's Island specifically) July 28th and 29th. This music festival will feature over 40 performances of various genres. Some of the bigger names include The Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, Matt and Kim and Girl Talk. More»

It's not easy getting up in the morning. Sometimes there is a full day's worth of drama before you even set foot in the office: spilled coffee, missed alarms, train delays. This concrete jungle is full of of pitfalls, and sometimes you need the power of music to get through the day. But alas! We put together a playlist to go along with the struggle of getting to work on time. More»

SXSW hit Austin, Texas with a huge explosion of music, people, and a list of new performers. Last week, Austin was bustling with different sounds, but it wasn't hard to miss the some of this year's best performances, which coincidentally, came from bands right out of New York City. For those of you who couldn't make it down south, here is a summary of bands to look out for in the New York music scene... More»

Back in the beginning of March, The Virgins performed an intimate set at Le Baron for part three of Absolut's Encore! series. The crowd packed into the small space to see the return of the New York-based band, with their new track "Prima Materia." Ryan McGinley, who is credited for introducing the band to each other back in 2004, filmed the entire show with five different cameras stationed around the dark room. More»

They drink Scotch chased with Bud Lite, sleep until noon, and do hood rat stuff with their friends. Less importantly, Timeflies makes some seriously cool music. Rez and Cal, the strapping young men behind it all, have taken the time to talk to us about their music, new projects, and what’s in their fridge. More»

Make your next party the most unique and unforgettable event imaginable ever of all time by not only playing the best, most hipster-friendly music and droppin' plenty of dubstep, but also by basing your entire party on your favorite buzzworthy artist. Don’t worry if your friends don’t know what an “Odd Future” is, or if they still think chillwave refers to the weather -- we’ve got five ideas to turn your next party into a blog post, guaranteed to get at least a 7.2 from Pitchfork.

Celebrities in music can either be amazing (Drake made quite the seamless transition) or awful (remember LiLo's cry for help with "Confessions of a Broken Heart"?). Check out these 10 celebs who have tried to cross over into the music biz. More»

BLEECH had their first performance in the US last night and they rocked! I got the pleasure of meeting with Jen & Katherine O’Neil, and Mat Brick last night at the Nylon and Kangol x Aerial7 launch party. Check out my interview with BLEECH below: More»

The CMJ Music Marathon is upon us with another year of an overwhelming amount of bands, films and presentations to see in the span of 5 days. We found some of the best acts in the line up and made a handy dandy guide to make it easy. [Photo via]

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A talented British singer/songwriter, Ed Sheeran is more than a ginger-haired farm boy from Yorkshire. His debut single the A Team made it to number 3 on the UK charts and his Album, +, debuted top of the album chart and remains at number 5 six weeks later. More»