Josh Greenberg, a co-founder of Grooveshark, died of unknown causes at his home in Florida this weekend. He was 28. An autopsy was performed on Monday morning, and authorities are saying there is no evidence of suicide or foul play. Grooveshark, formerly a popular music listening service, was shut down in April after extensive litigation with record…

Bruce Springsteen jumped on stage with longtime friend and collaborator Joe Grushecky on Saturday night at the Wonder Bar in Asbury Park, New Jersey—and stayed onstage for two hours and 15 songs that began with Grushecky’s “There’ll Never Be Enough Time” and ended with Springsteen’s “Light of Day.” (Rolling Stone) It was a big weekend for…

Damon Albarn has made it official: he’s heading into the studio in September to begin work on a new Gorillaz album to be released next year. Earlier this year, artist Jamie Hewlett shared some new illustrations that gave fans the idea a fifth Gorillaz album might be in the works. (Billboard) Rosanne Cash will be among four…

Tragedy has struck the family of Nick Cave: his son Arthur Cave, 15, died on Tuesday after falling from a cliff near Brighton, England. “He was our beautiful, happy loving boy,” said Nick Cave and his wife Susie Cave in a statement. In addition to his parents, Arthur Cave is survived by his twin brother Earl Cave. Authorities are…

The Ramones will meet the Archie gang next year in “a special comic that brings together the formerly disparate worlds of CBGB’s and Pop’s Chocklit Shop in a hyperspeed bubblegum battle of the bands,” reports Comics Alliance. Sugar Hill Records executive Joseph Robinson Jr. has died of cancer at age 53. The label was founded by Robinson’s parents,…

The Cheapo Discs store that’s currently located on West Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis will move several blocks northeast, taking the space currently occupied by Payday America at Nicollet and 26th. Cheapo is vacating its current location to make way for a new mixed-use development. At 9,000 square feet, Cheapo’s new location will be less than…

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie have responded to their Runaways bandmate Jackie Fuchs‘s statement that she was raped, at a 1975-6 New Year’s party, by the band’s manager Kim Fowley while Jett, Currie, and several others were in the room. The Huffington Post article in which Fuchs’s story appeared states that “Currie claims that she spoke up and stormed out of…

NME has turned up an interesting tidbit on the Who‘s website: they were added to this year’s Glastonbury lineup “we were a last-months addition to the show, replacing Prince who decided not to come this year.” (NME) In an interview with the Huffington Post, Jackie Fuchs of the Runaways says she was raped by the band’s manager Kim Fowley…

As he prepares for the upcoming Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver spoke at length with Grantland. Among the topics discussed: the future of Bon Iver (“As far as putting a record together, I don’t really know what’s happening. Our show is our main focus. We don’t have anything booked after this. We…

Country songwriter Jay Henry Weisz has been tapped to write the music and lyrics for James Bond: The Musical, a new show based on Ian Fleming‘s iconic character. The James Bond musical is scheduled to open in 2017 or 2018, either on Broadway or in Las Vegas. (Playbill) Producer Jerry Weintraub has died of a heart attack at age 77. Though…