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It was announced, last month, that Young Thug had joined the lineup of the Belgian festival Les Ardentes. Then, he got announced for Switzerland’s Openair Frauenfeld. Now, the Atlanta rapper has lined up yet another post-jail festival performance: He’ll headline Summer Smash, in Bridgeview, Illinois, on Sunday June, 22. See the Summer Smash poster below.

Aminé recently returned with the new song “Familiar” and indicated that he’d be releasing a new album soon, too. The Portland, Oregon, rapper has now confirmed that 13 Months of Sunshine will arrive on May 16 via 10K Projects. Take a look at the album cover, and find the “Familiar” video, below. Buddy Ross, Jim-E

Djrum has released “Waxcap,” another new song from his forthcoming new album, Under Tangled Silence. It’s the third preview of the album, following “A Tune for Us” and “Three Foxes Chasing Each Other.” Check out the new track below. “‘Waxcap’ started life as a solo piano improvisation, then a long while after that I returned

Lady Gaga has announced a summer tour of North America and Europe behind Mayhem. After her spring dates in Mexico, Brazil, and Singapore, she will head to North America to play multiple nights apiece in New York, Chicago, Toronto, Seattle, Miami, and Las Vegas. A European run follows, starting in the United Kingdom. The Mayhem

TV on the Radio reunited last year for their first shows since 2019. The concerts took place in New York, Los Angeles, and London. Now, they’ve announced more European tour dates to go with a spate of previously announced festival stops. The newly announced shows take place in Athens, Greece; Lausanne, Switzerland; Berlin, Germany; Vienna,

A jury reached a verdict, last week, in the federal trial of the Bronx rapper Kay Flock. The 21-year-old musician, born Kevin Perez, was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy; attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering; and possession of a firearm in relation to attempted murder and assault. In addition,

Lizzo has been tapped to play Sister Rosetta Tharpe in a new movie about the godmother of rock’n’roll, Deadline reports. The film, titled Rosetta, will be produced by Lizzo, Kevin Beisler, Nina Yang Bongiovi, and acclaimed actor Forest Whitaker, while Natalie Chaidez and Kwynn Perry handle the screenplay. Rosetta, an Amazon MGM Studios movie, is

The surprise-released follow-up to 2023’s DJ E is a full-length collaboration between the Bolivian American artist and their brother View Original Source Here

WU LYF are back. A month after frontperson Ellery James Roberts dissolved his Lost Under Heaven project, the band that propelled him to indie-rock renown has announced three shows in its native Manchester, England, and festival dates in France and Belgium. No concrete details have been announced, but fans on Reddit report receiving postcards that

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma has become a lodestar to ambient artists in the business of music that feels like bathing in the eternal. For Cantu-Ledesma himself, 20 minutes or so will do: The Texas composer introduced Gift Songs with “The Milky Sea,” a single of just that length that begins with a cascading piano flourish before sinking

Japanese Breakfast has shared a video for “Picture Window,” a release-day single from For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women). Michelle Zauner directed the video, shooting a shadowy romantic short on the streets of Seoul with actors Kim Gyuri and Omega Sapien. Sapien’s “energy and charm were so readily apparent,” Zauner elaborated in a statement, and

Kim Gordon and Kim Deal were on the second episode of John Mulaney’s new Netflix show, Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney, where they performed their 1995 Sonic Youth collaboration “Little Trouble Girl” live for the first time ever. Gordon and Deal also played live versions of their respective solo music: Gordon did “Bye Bye,” from

Fiona Apple is one of several featured artists on the Waterboys’ new album, and her contribution to the record is out today. After covering the band’s calling-card anthem, “The Whole of the Moon,” back in 2019, Apple gets her hands on a tailor-made composition by the band’s frontperson, Mike Scott, in “Letter From an Unknown

New Jersey hardcore band Gel are breaking up. Following guitarist Anthony Webster’s absence at several shows the past few months, the remaining members of Gel have posted a statement on social media saying they’re “no longer a band.” Gel go on to cite numerous “heinous” actions that Webster allegedly took that have harmed the band

Leon Bridges and Charley Crockett have announced a tour that, for the most part, takes place this summer. The Texas musicians’ Crooner & the Cowboy Tour begins in June at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl, and is slated to wrap up on September 23 at the Moody Center, in Austin, Texas. Opening for Bridges and Crockett

New York artist duendita has announced the new project A Strong Desire to Survive. It’s due out April 4 via MIKE’s label, 10k. Leading the project is the new song “Baby Teeth,” which ends with a sample of nine vocalists singing in harmony as a choir in duendita’s bedroom. “‘Baby Teeth’ celebrates the joy of

Noah Cyrus recently collaborated with Bill Callahan and XL Recordings’ Richard Russell on the song “Porcupine Tattoo.” Now, Miley Cyrus’ younger sister is staying in her indie bag through a new collaboration with Fleet Foxes. On her new single, “Don’t Put It All on Me,” Noah Cyrus duets with the band’s lead singer, Robin Pecknold.

Aurelio Martínez, the Honduran musician who championed his country’s Garifuna people (also known as the Garínagu) and brought their music to wider international attention, has died. Martinez was one of thirteen people killed last night, Monday, March 17, in a small plane crash off the coast of the Caribbean island of Roatán. He was 55.