Blood may be thicker than water, but there's only so far family loyalty will take you. In the case of the Berninger brothers — Matt is the lead singer for successful indie rock band The National, and younger brother Tom shot and directed a documentary while on the road with the band — that loyalty doesn't necessarily extend to musical tastes. Despite spending eight months on tour with The National and directing the aforementioned documentary, "Mistaken for Strangers," opening March 28, Tom admits to being more of a metal guy.

"I am a metal — I don't listen to much indie rock," Tom admitted in an interview with MTV News, sitting beside brother Matt. "My brother said in an interview, jokingly, that I don't listen to The National. I really don't for the most part, but I do and to be quite honest, I think The National are some of my favorite indie rock bands because I just feel like there's —"

"What are your other favorite indie rock bands?" Matt interjected. "Name one indie rock band in the world. Name one. He has no idea."

Just because The National isn't Tom's taste, however, doesn't mean the band didn't, in a way, bring the brothers together. "Mistaken for Strangers" is anything but your typical rock documentary; it would be better described as the story of two siblings, drastically different, getting to know one another as adults. Tom is out of work and down on his luck, while Matt's star is rising along with The National. In an attempt to get Tom out ...

Chance the Rapper's Acid Rap was easily one of the best projects of 2013 — yes, that's counting both mixtapes and albums — so demand for new material from the Chicago rapper is only increasing. There's an official album from Chance somewhere on the horizon, but there's been no shortage of music from him in the meantime.

In the past few months, his features have run the gamut, from a verse on Justin Bieber's "Confident," to Skrillex's "Coast is Clear" and SZA's "Child Play." There have also been a few live teasers, like the untitled track he performed featuring Jeremih, and then some raw solo releases like "Home Studio."

Check out a list of every Chance the Rapper song or collaboration that debuted in 2014 (so far).

Chance the Rapper -- "Unknown"
The details here are slim to none, but it still deserved to be included. Chance made a visit to Al Lindstrom's Toca Tuesdays show on Shade 45 this week, where he previewed a brand new track. He didn't say where it would end up, or who might be featured on it...but, doesn't that voice sound strangely like J.Cole on the ad-libs? No confirmation of course, just a theory for now.

Chance the Rapper and The Social Experiment -- "Home Studio (Back Up In This Bitch)"
If you're familiar with Acid Rap, it's obvious that Chance masters the wacky voices and off-the-wall flows, but his most recent solo release is even more freewheeling. The song was recorded in his home studio (obviously) with instrumentals from his band the Social ...

Two years ago, Sam Smith was working as a bartender in London. This weekend, he'll be the musical guest on You could call it a meteoric rise, though the way the 21-year-old singer describes his career, it's been anything but.

"I had my first manager when I was 12, went through some ups and downs, and a lot of false promises and as making music all through school, so, in a way, I feel like I've been doing this for a long time," he said. "But it all kind of kicked off two years ago, after I'd moved to London and was working in a bar ... I just met the right people."

Those people included songwriter Jimmy Napes, with whom he wrote "Lay Me Down," a song that serves as the debut single off his upcoming album In The Lonely Hour, and, of course, Guy and Howard Lawrence, the duo known as Disclosure, who featured him on their hit "Latch" ... and essentially kicked Smith's career into overdrive.

"Disclosure heard 'Lay Me Down,' and [after that] it was like a domino effect," Smith explained. "We wrote 'Latch' together, and then Naught Boy heard 'Latch' and we wrote 'La La La' together, and then I had a number-one single in the UK about five weeks ago."

Based on the success of "Latch" and "La La La," Smith played a handful of well-received shows here in the states, which lead to his current run of sold-out North American dates. And while his soulful, supple voice has earned him plenty of acclaim, ...

It sounded too good to be true when Drake announced that Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V was set to drop May 5 — and it turns out, it was.

When asked about the rumored May 5 release date by NeverNotDope.com, Weezy's manager, Cortez Bryant, shot back quickly: "No," he assured. Then added, with a smile, "You'll see."

No matter what's causing the delay or when it will end, Bryant stressed that it'll be worth the wait. "Gonna be f---in' amazing," he said of the fifth and final installment in the Carter series. "It's gonna be that good."

It might not just be the last Carter, though. When Tunechi spoke with MTV News last month, he stressed that this would be his last solo effort — with one caveat: "Twenty-five to 35 million [dollars] would get me to do another solo album after this," he said. "I personally plan on this being my final solo album, yes. And it's definitely the final Carter album." It doesn't sound like that means he has plans on leaving rapping behind altogether, thankfully. He said he'd grab the mic, "whenever I have to pitch in for a Young Money album, a Like Father, Like Son album and something like that and maybe something out the blue."

No new release date for Tha Carter V has been announced yet.

Young Money's latest compilation album, Young Money: Rise of an Empire, which features multiple appearances from Lil Wayne, was released March 18.

Bill Murray is cooler than you. He's cooler than your brother. Your mother. Your sister. That really cool dude/chick you met at that super DIY underground show at a deli last week that got broken up by the cops because, you know, you're not supposed to play psychobilly really loud after 3 a.m. on a Tuesday in a deli.

The word "hipster" may have degraded over the years — applied to hapless sports team players when they chose to grow a 'stache or political figures wearing black framed glasses — but when coupled with the name "Bill Murray" it just makes sense.

He defies logic. He goes against the proverbial grain. And, sure, he wears some pretty idiotic-looking stuff and manages to make it look good.

And, get this, he just does it. Without comment. Without Instagramming it. Without looking for myriad pattings on the back. He is a hipster in the purest sense. The brand that none of us can be because we just want it too much.

So give it up, kids. Pack in your motorcycle jackets. Your tarot cards. Your mechanic's jumpsuit. Murray's going to take it from here. And forever.

Behold: 11 ways Bill Murray explodes your self-described hipsterdom by just being himself.

1. These Pants

From the waist up, Murray looks pretty nonchalant — gentlemanly even. Then you get to those pants and it's like, 'Bill, are you aware that your nether regions are swathed in fabric advertising the hipster nectar of the Gods?'

It must be some kind of statement, you think. This must mean something! You implore him to reveal unto ...

For a novel that takes the form of letters to dead celebrities, the best compliment for Ava Dellaira's "Love Letters to the Dead" came last week from one famous lady who's still in the land of the living.

And it's no surprise that Emma Watson, one of the most discerning members of the celeb literati, loves this book: a beautiful exploration of grief, love, friendship, and healing through the lens of one girl's heartfelt letters to people like Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Heath Ledger and River Phoenix, it's one story that we all plan to spend this cold, rainy spring sobbing over.

"Love Letters to the Dead" centers on Laurel, who first begins writing to dead celebrities as part of a school assignment. Her first choice: Kurt Cobain, picked because he was so beloved by her sister, May, who died suddenly and tragically the year before the book takes place.

"When Laurel begins, she doesn't want to think much about how the people to whom she writes died," Dellaira told MTV News about the upcoming book. "She idolizes them, just as she idolizes May. But as Laurel begins to heal, she starts to see May as a human being, with human imperfections and struggles.

"Ultimately, Laurel is able to look at all of these lives with empathy-- to recognize the amazing contributions that they made, as well as some of the issues they faced and choices they made that may have lead to their deaths."

At a moment when the deaths of celebrities like Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Walker become not only moments ...

Chris Martin's key piece of advice for contestants: Get moves like Mick Jagger.

The Coldplay frontman will be joining "The Voice" as the official mentor for second phase of the Battle rounds, which begin Monday — and by the looks of it, he's wasting no time voicing his opinion.

In the first clip released from Martin's appearance, he is seen visiting coach Blake Shelton and his contestants, Audra McLaughlin and Megan Ruger, who were in need of some stage-presence tips as they practiced their performance of Miley Cyrus' "The Climb."

"This is a song about trying to get somewhere together, so cover the area," Martin advises. "You need to bring out your Mick Jagger's a bit; he goes everywhere. You feel as an audience, 'Oh, he's coming over to me.' That's why he's the best frontman in the world."

The upcoming guest spot, which marks the typically camera-shy rocker's American reality-show debut, is the first of three episodes Martin will appear on (March 31, April 1 and April 7). In addition to Shelton, he will work with the other coaches — Usher, Shakira and Adam Levine — and join season-six mentors The Band Perry, Aloe Blacc, Jill Scott and Miranda Lambert.

Martin isn't the only shakeup coming to "The Voice" in the next few weeks. For the first time, contestants will be performing a sudden-death sing-off, which will be replacing the old knock-out rounds and has contestants pair off to perform the same song separately.

Martin, whose band is releasing its sixth album, Ghost Stories, on May 19, recently announced Read More →