Led Zeppelin are in the midst of a massive reissue project, and that means we’re probably going to be getting all sorts of unearthed rarities and early versions of tracks. “Brandy & Coke” is just that — an early version of “Trampled Under Foot” that they band shared on their we...

In late 2003, Kanye West performed an early version of “Gold Digger” for an audience at something called the 2nd Annual Dynamic Producer Conference. It was a few months before The College Dropout was released, and almost two years until it showed up on Late Registration, but the bare bones of the song are apparent, [&#823...

An unearthed interview from 1987 sees the Velvet Underground singer calling The Doors 'stupid'

A Gawker thread from yesterday asked readers to post high school yearbook pictures of famous people unearthed movie stars, reality TV notables and, most importantly, some music celebs. People who may have sat in the same room as them during biology sophomore year flocked to the comments to post pictures of Eddie Vedder, Beyonce, Lauryn [...]

A young Nicki Minaj was featured in the third season of the British TV series You Saw Them Here First over the weekend, but she wasn’t showing off her burgeoning musical talents. Before Minaj was a rapper, she was an actress, which comes as no surprise if you’ve ever seen her interviewed. She’s typically composed [...]