Someone needs to inform Johnny Depp that hanging out with ancient, beloved rock stars does not make you cool. Depp didn’t automatically become cool by getting Keith Richards cast in that one Pirates Of The Caribbean movie, and now that he’s shown up in three recent Paul McCartney videos, that doesn’t make him cool, ...

Babymetal are a Japanese group who, as their name implies, fuse soaring power-metal to super-cute J-pop “idol” music. They wear matching outfits, put their hair in pigtails, and, by design, don’t include anyone past a certain age. (One girl was kicked out when she graduated junior high.) Pretty good gimmick! You wil...

Beloved character will be modernised with 'i-patch' and state of the art headquarters

Because he can’t help but stoke the fuels of Twitter snark every few weeks, the man known to the government as Sean Combs (and to beloved former Stereogummer Amrit Singh as “boss”) has changed his name from Diddy back to classic-era Puff Daddy. And the rechristened Puff is working on a new album called Money [...]

Few solo careers justify wholesale rebranding. Though it has become common for aging indie rockers to want a “clean slate” following the dissolution of their respective beloved bands, listeners can usually spot an old dog doing old tricks, and a fresh moniker alone is unlikely to persuade them to reconsider their already-esta...