Nick De La Hoyde’s hit single “By My Side” just hit #25 on the Billboard Top-40 chart this week. The track was mixed and masterd by Chicago’s very own Slavic Livins. After Nick’s team considered other mastering houses they opted to have Slavic master the song as well. And the results are proof that the […]

Popular Internet radio service Pandora is tuning up for an IPO later this year. The company outlined its plans for an initial public offering of stock in a Friday filing with securities regulators. The documents indicated Pandora will seek to raise $100 million, although that figure can change as bankers gauge investor demand. A target price for the […]

On Monday (Jan. 24), Diplo — who is best known for his work with M.I.A. and as one-half of the duo Major Lazer (with longtime collaborator Switch) — revealed that he, Beyoncé, and Derek of the indie electro-pop duo Sleigh Bells recently recorded music together in a New York studio. “I like sleigh bells so […]

News organizations had the most influence on the top Twitter topics in 2010 but some celebrities were not far behind, according to new research. Alok Choudhary, the chair of the electrical engineering and computer science department at Northwestern University in Illinois, and his team analyzed the biggest trends on Twitter last year. They found that […]