Ahead of Tuesday's release of Babel, Mumford and Sons' sophomore album, the band performed on this weekend's edition of Saturday Night Live. Although the rest of the show was pretty sour, the English folk rock foursome still shined. They performed "I Will Wait" and "Below My Feet," both from the forthcoming album. For the first song, they were joined by a brass section.
Ahead of his upcoming major label debut, which is slated to include new material, R&B favorite The Weeknd gave fans in Chicago on Friday a sample of some of previously unheard music.
Watch Bon Iver perform LIVE from Radio City Music Hall. Friday, Sept. 21, 9:15/8:15c.
Naughty Boy and Emeli Sandé on Friday premiered the music video for the motivational anthem "Wonder," a track that has received much attention following Sandé's performance during the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
As fans await Thursday's premiere of the final season of The Office, NBC got a little help from The Lumineers in their latest promo which highlights the couple at show's epicenter--Jim and Pam. The track "Ho Hey" has developed quite the buzz for the band, as the song was recently used in the new Bing commercial.
Kanye West hasn't been one for interviews in recent years (see: Matt Lauer interview), and his public speaking roles have been limited, but the rap mogul has taken some time to discuss his latest project, G.O.O.D. Music's Cruel Summer, in a new video.
Whether or not you're a fan of Nicki Minaj's "Starships," it's hard to deny the talent Mike Tompkins demonstrates in each of his videos. This video is no different, except that the cast of the film Pitch Perfect and 300 fans take part in this a capella tune.
Pitch Perfect releases on Sept. 28.
Read about Tompkins here in January's issue of Variance.
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Fresh off his performance on Saturday Night Live this weekend, Frank Ocean has finally released the music video for the track "Pyramids."
I know Lights has been everywhere this summer but this violin cover from Seth G is amazing.
Indie duo The Last Names are preparing to debut their first full-length effort on Oct. 2, but this week the band is providing an interesting look behind the scenes of the creation of their vinyl artwork and packaging.
Several weeks ago, Mumford & Sons released the first single off their upcoming album Babel. Now there's a video to along with the track, “I Will Wait.”
Days before The xx's sophomore album Coexist finally drops, the group performed at Bestival 2012 on Friday. In related news, the crowd for this year's event was reportedly the largest ever.
