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The top 20 breakout acts according to social media metrics 1 Earl Sweatshirt (F) 13,286 (T) 103,335 LABEL Tan Cressida/Columbia MANAGEMENT Leila Steinberg CURRENT PROJECT 'Whoa' single and video NEXT [...]

Last February, producer Jeff Bhasker was in New York working on Beyonce's 4. For nearly three months, he had been getting calls from John Janick, president/CEO of Fueled by Ramen [...]

In 'Mary Poppins Returns,' SANDY POWELL was tasked with reimagining the look of a beloved character. The three-time Oscar-winning costume designer did so by putting her own spin on the [...]

From Aloe Blacc to Afrojack--and that's just the A's--29 of the most highly anticipated releases of the coming season, including Rick Ross, Shakira and even the late, great Johnny Cash [...]

PARIS, OCT. 29-31 'I FEEL LIKE I'M PLAYING AT A VERY F-ED-UP PROM,' DEERHUNTER frontman Bradford Cox told the audience during the fifth incarnation of Pitchfork Festival Paris, held at [...]

The three members of Paramore--singer Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and bassist Jeremy Davis--are gathered around a long table in a conference room on the fifth floor of Los Angeles' [...]

Universal Music Enterprises has a hit on its hands as the official soundtrack to Universal Pictures' 'Pitch Perfect' rises 16-12 this week on the Billboard 200 with 25,000 sold, according [...]

TEAM GARBAGE Album Not Your Kind of People Release Date May 15 Label StunVolume Management Paul Kremen Producers Garbage, Billy Bush Studio Red Razor Sounds, Atwater Village, Calif. Booking Jenna [...]

In 2009, the members of Train thought the band might have run out of road. Its third album, For Me, It's You, released by Columbia in 2006, had failed to [...]

WHEN MICHAEL SHANNON first met filmmaker Ramin Bahrani at the Venice Film Festival several years ago, he expressed a desire to work together. But it wasn't until Bahrani's recent home [...]

Music is a main character in Rudderless, actor William H. Macy's directorial debut. The film, released Oct. 17 by Samuel Goldwyn Films, follows a father (Billy Crudup) forming a band [...]

'I have no sense of time,' Black Bananas frontwoman Jennifer Herrema says. 'It's all a blur.' No wonder: The alt-rock icon, 47, has unleashed more than 20 albums total of [...]

For Foster The People, the antidote to writer's block was hiding on the coast of Morocco. 'There's something mystical that floats in the air there,' says frontman/multi-instrumentalist Mark Foster, calling [...]

Cashmere cat Magnus August Hoiberg --better-known as Norwegian producer-artist Cashmere Cat--produced Ludacris' new single, 'Party Girls,' featuring Wiz Khalifa and Jeremih, has recorded with Rihanna hitmaker Benny Blanco, and recently [...]

After Phantogram released its debut album, Eydid Movies, in 2009 on indie label Barsuk Records, there was instantaneous demand for the Saratoga Springs, N.Y., act. The duo of Josh Carter [...]

YOUNG THE GIANT Mind Over Matter PRODUCER: Justin Meldal-Johnsen LABEL: Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic Records RELEASE DATE: Jan. 21 On their second LP, SoCal rockers Young the Giant intensify the amped-up [...]

100 million views for less than $1,000? Major and indie labels are making big money and reaching young fans as DIY-style clips storm YouTube IN THE 1966 DOCUMENTARY Don't Look [...]

During the past lo months, London quartet Bastille's boisterous debut single, 'Pompeii,' has grown from compelling alternative track to verified pop hit. Fueled by a 27-24 move on Billboard's Adult [...]

CHILDISH GAMBINO because the internet PRODUCERS: various LABEL: Glassnote Records RELEASE DATE: Dec. 10 On his latest album as Childish Gambino, actor/rapper Donald Glover flips through a vast array of [...]

ARTIST: Active Child VENUE: El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles DATE: Nov. 23 Active Child is the alter ego of musician Pat Orossi, but it's hard to tell that from his [...]

SHEARWATER Fellow Travelers PRODUCER: Danny Reisch LABEL: Sub Pop RELEASE DATE: Nov. 25 Shearwater's latest effort is a collaborative tribute to road buddies, with the Austin indie rock band reimagining [...]

Last year, while touring for 2011 album Vice Verses, Switchfoot visited famous surfing locales in New Zealand, Indonesia and South Africa, looking to inspire a new album and document how [...]

ROCK BILLIE JOE + NORAH Foreverly PRODUCERS: Billie Joe Armstrong, Norah Jones RELEASE DATE: Nov. 25 LABEL: Reprise Records This pairing of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah [...]

In mid-October, Donald Glover worried fans and observers with a series of Instagram photos of handwritten notes that outlined his various fears. 'I'm afraid of the future,' the first read. [...]

Cardiknox is a collaboration between Thomas Dutton, former frontman of Fueled by Ramen band Forgive Durden, and Lonnie Angle. The duo initially began developing a musical, 'Razia's Shadow,' in their [...]

Avicii's single with California songwriter/musician Aloe Blacc, 'Wake Me Up!,' has become one of the biggest hits of the year--and perhaps the most unexpected, considering Blacc's career beforehand. Formerly part [...]

ALTERNATIVE LUSCIOUS JACKSON Magic Hour PRODUCERS: various LABEL: City Song RELEASE DATE: Nov, 5 Luscious Jackson's first album in more than a decade finds an unexpected cohesion with its prior [...]

ARTIST: Jake Bugg ALBUM: Shangri La RELEASE DATE: NOV. 19 LABEL: island Records PRODUCER: Rick Rubin MANAGERS: Keith Armstrong and Jason Hart, Soul Kitchen PUBLISHER: Kobalt BOOKING AGENT: Kirk Sommer, [...]

ROCK AFI Burials PRODUCER: Gil Norton LABEL: Republic Records RELEASE DATE: Oct. 22 AFI's latest is equal parts pop-affected rock gloss (single "17 Crimes") and surging punk darkness ("Rewind"). On [...]

In early September, six mysterious billboards reading 'Free Your Mind' appeared in various locations around the world, including Mexico City, Detroit and Australia. Using location-based technology, visitors could open their [...]

ROCK CASS McCOMBS Big Wheel and Others PRODUCER: Cass McCombs LABEL: Domino Records RELEASE DATE: Oct. 15 McCombs' latest features 22 tracks, ranging drastically in tone and occasionally aren't songs [...]

POP DIANE BIRCH Speak a Little Louder PRODUCERS: various LABEL: S-Curve Records RELEASE DATE: Oct. 15 Michigan musician Birch earned accolades for 2009 debut Bible Belt, and her follow-up should [...]

Following the release of 1999's Electric Honey on Capitol, New York alt-rock group Luscious Jackson called it quits. In the time since, the band members--singer/ bassist Jill Cunniff, singer/guitarist Gabby [...]

3 MONTHS AGO The album was announced June 10 along with single 'I Got You' and an iTunes pre-order. Johnson's label Brushfire had initiated the release strategy with iTunes a [...]

PANIC! AT THE DISCO Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! PRODUCER: Butch Walker LABEL: Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance RELEASE DATE: Oct. 8 Panic! at the Disco revisits its glam, [...]

17 MONTHS AGO The marketing plan for AM dates back to February 2012, when the band unveiled the one-off single 'R U Mine?' Along with the group's lauded performance at [...]

AMOS LEE Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song PRODUCER: Jay Joyce LABEL: Blue Note RELEASE DATE: Oct. 8 On his fifth album, Lee is at his best on hushed numbers [...]

AFI has been a band for two decades, releasing eight albums since its 1995 punk-rock debut, Answer That and Stay Fashionable. But the act's latest single, '17 Crimes,' off the [...]

GOLDFRAPP Tales of Us PRODUCERS: Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory LABEL: Mute Records RELEASE DATE: Sept. 10 There's a deeply melancholy vibe to Goldfrapp's sixth album, comprising 10 songs with first [...]

'You've Got Me Wondering Now,' the first single off Parquet Courts' new EP, debuted in an unusual way. The raucous track appeared on a cassette mixtape that the Brooklyn punk [...]

ZOLA JESUS Versions PRODUCERS: Zola Jesus, JG Thirlwell Sacred Bones RELEASE DATE: Aug. 20 On Zola Jesus' fourth album, the artist recruited composer JG Thirlwell to arrange her songs for [...]

Elvis Costello has appeared three times on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,' each time enlisting Fallon's house band the Roots to join him. The musicians have reimagined old Costello tracks, [...]

Nasri Atweh is one-half of the Messengers, the songwriting/production team responsible for hits by Justin Bieber and Chris Brown. On the side, Atweh, who penned Pitbull's 'Feel This Moment,' has [...]

EMBLEM3 Nothing to Lose PRODUCERS: various Syco Music/Columbia RELEASE DATE: July 30 Season-two "X Factor" trio Emblem3 walks the short distance between Disney Channel pop and boy-band gloss on its [...]

ARTIST: Linkin Park (Sunset Strip Music Festival) VENUE: Sunset Strip, Los Angeles DATE: Aug. 3 Linkin Park paid tribute to its Southern California roots during its amped-up headlining set at [...]

Pura Vida Conspiracy PRODUCER: Andrew Scheps ATO Records/Casa Gogol Records RELEASE DATE: July 23 On its sixth album, gypsy-punk act Gogol Bordello dances through raucous, global-minded numbers, all led by [...]

MAYER HAWTHORNE Where Does This Door Go PRODUCERS: various Republic Records RELEASE DATE: July 16 Hawthorne takes his soulfulness remarkably serious on his third album, Where Does This Door Go. [...]

CODY SIMPSON Surfers Paradise PRODUCERS: various Atlantic Records RELEASE DATE: July 16 These beach-ready songs recall artists like Jack Johnson and Jason Mraz, pairing sunny melodies with crooning lyrics about [...]

SKYLAR GREY Don't Look Down PRODUCERS: various KIDinaKORNER/Interscope RELEASE DATE: July 9 Grey, perhaps best-known for appearing on Dr. Dre's "I Need a Doctor," explores her own musical style on [...]

ROCK TRANSPLANTS In a Warzone PRODUCERS: Transplants Epitaph Records RELEASE DATE: June 25 Supergroup Transplants (featuring members of Rancid and Blink-182) goes straight punk for its third album. Rancid frontman [...]