Music

On March 12, producer and multi-instrumentalist Lorenzo Wolff will release Down Where the Valleys Are Low: Another Otherworld for Judee Sill, a tribute album for the late singer-songwriter Judee Sill. Guests on the album include Bartees Strange, Bobby Hawk, Osei Essed, Mary-Elaine Jenkins, Grace McLean, Kate Ferber, Emily Holden, and Michael Cerveris. Below, listen to

serpentwithfeet has announced his album DEACON with a video for the single “Fellowship.” The track was co-written and co-produced with Sampha and Lil Silva; check out the Kordae Jatafa Henry–directed clip for “Fellowship” below. DEACON, the follow-up to serpentwithfeet’s 2018 debut LP soil, is due out March 26 via Secretly Canadian. “​I originally approached this

Jonas Gwangwa—the South African anti-apartheid activist, composer, and jazz trombonist—has died, NPR reports. The news was confirmed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. “A giant of our revolutionary cultural movement and our democratic creative industries has been called to rest,” Ramaphosa wrote in a statement. “The trombone that boomed with boldness and bravery, and equally

South Carolina rapper 18veno was shot dead last night, the York County Coroner’s Office in South Carolina confirmed to Pitchfork. He was was pronounced dead at the Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. An investigation by the York County Sheriff’s Department is ongoing. 18veno was 19 years old. Born Paul Harts, 18veno grew up in

King Krule has shared a cover of John Lennon’s iconic ballad “Imagine,” from Lennon’s 1971 album of the same name. Archy Marshall posted the track on Bandcamp yesterday (January 23), with a brief statement: “Recorded in sweat, last summer, for a friend.” Listen to Marshall’s take on “Imagine” below. Early last year, Marshall issued Man

The Flaming Lips held a concert in Oklahoma City last night, where the band played to an audience encapsulated in the space bubbles long used by frontman Wayne Coyne as a staple of the show, as Brooklyn Vegan reports. Coyne and the band were also bubbled for the performance. At one point in the night,

Three New York-area ticket resellers have been fined by the FTC under the BOTS Act, as Engadget reports. It is the first case to be brought under the Obama-era anti-scalping legislation that was passed in 2016. Three companies—Just in Time Tickets, Inc., Cartisim Corp., and Concert Specials, Inc.—and their principals—Evan Kohanian, Simon Ebrani, and Steven

Eminem debuted his new video for his song “Higher” during ESPN’s UFC 257 Countdown: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 pre-show on ABC. The clip for the Music To Be Murdered By – Side B track features footage from ESPN’s coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship alongside Eminem in a boxing ring performing the song. At one

Last year, BRS Kash found success with the single “Throat Baby (Go Baby).” The track, which reached No. 36 on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart, helped the Atlanta rapper and singer sign with Interscope and its LVRN imprint. Now, Kash has released his debut mixtape, KASH ONLY, which includes the original “Throat Baby,” as well as

Bobby Krlic, the composer and producer also known as the Haxan Cloak, has digitally released his score for the second season of the TNT drama The Alienist. Vinyl editions are forthcoming. Check out The Alienist: Angel of Darkness below (via Invada/Lakeshore). Krlic scored Ari Aster’s 2019 horror film Midsommar, earning him an Ivor Novello Award

Phoebe Bridgers has been announced as one of the first musical guests of the next season of Saturday Night Live. She’ll perform on the long-running comedy program on February 6, with host Dan Levy (Schitt’s Creek). Elsewhere on the schedule are Machine Gun Kelly—who will play the season premiere on January 30 with host John

Madlib and Four Tet have shared another single from their forthcoming album Sound Ancestors. Listen to “Dirtknock” below. Four Tet and Madlib announced Sound Ancestors last month. The album will feature previously released singles “Road of the Lonely Ones” and “Hopprock”. Sound Ancestors is due out January 29 via Madlib Invazion. Four Tet has mentioned

Rowdy Rebel has shared a new song called “Re-Route” along with a video. It’s the Brooklyn rapper’s first new music since his December release from New York’s Collins Correctional Facility. Check it out below. Rowdy Rebel ascended as a member of Bobby Shmurda’s GS9 collective in the mid-2010s, but was incarcerated after pleading guilty to

Playboi Carti was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (January 20). Carti performed his Whole Lotta Red track “Slay3r” with a full band and dancers as a circle of small flames blazed behind them. Watch it go down below. Tonight’s episode of Fallon happened to fall on Questlove’s 50th

Less than two days after Trump pardoned Lil Wayne, the rapper has released a new song that seems to address the federal weapons charges from which he was granted clemency. In “Ain’t Got Time,” Wayne’s lyrics seem to reference a December 2019 incident at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, during which authorities discovered weapons and marijuana

Demi Lovato was among the performers at President Joe Biden’s Celebrating America inauguration event tonight (January 20). Lovato did a rendition of Bill Withers’ classic single “Lovely Day.” She performed in front of a panel of screens, where a number of people (including some celebrities) helped her with backing vocals. Watch it all go down

Joseph R. Biden Jr. delivered his inaugural address today after being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Near the end of his speech, President Biden quoted lyrics from the Gene Scheer composition “American Anthem,” which he called his “favorite song:” What shall be our legacy?What will our children say?Let them say