Music

Mary Wilson, the Supremes co-founder who sang in the group until its split, has died suddenly at home in Las Vegas, Associated Press reports. No cause of death was given. She was 76 years old.  Born in Greenville, Mississippi, in 1944, Wilson grew up in Chicago and later Detroit. She formed the Primettes, a vocal
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There’s an unsettling vibe to the first thirty-five seconds of “Elephant Park,” the opening track in Foley Age by Bloom’s Taxonomy, but it has almost nothing to do with the melody forming in this introduction. The pace of the music as it unfolds is tension-inducing beyond compare, and with every passing moment it feels like the synths are
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Lil Yachty, who’s immersed himself in the Michigan rap scene, has shared a new song featuring a number of the state’s up-and-coming artists. The track, “Royal Rumble,” features Dc2Trill, Detroit’s Babyface Ray and Icewear Vezzo, and Flint’s Krispylife Kidd, RMC Mike, and Rio Da Yung OG. Check out the video, made by AMD Visuals, below.
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The Weeknd pulled out all the stops for his much-anticipated Super Bowl 2021 Halftime Show performance. He arrived on a set that appeared to have a Vegas-style skyline alongside a choir performing in red goggles (like a bunch of Mothmen). Watch footage from the performance below. He opened with “Starboy” and “The Hills.” When he
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Phoebe Bridgers was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night (February 6), which was hosted by Dan Levy. For her career-first SNL performance, the singer-songwriter performed “Kyoto” and “I Know the End” from her Grammy-nominated album Punisher.  She ended the latter by smashing her guitar against her stage monitor. Watch it all go down
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Fucked Up have released new music, an addition to their long-running zodiac series called Year of the Horse. It’s dedicated to Iron Age guitarist Wade Allison and Power Trip singer Riley Gale—the Texas thrash musicians who died within weeks of each other last year. Listen to it below. The band began the zodiac series in
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H.E.R. was the musical guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night (Februrary 4). She performed her new single “Fight for You,” which appears in Shaka King’s new film Judas and the Black Messiah. Watch H.E.R. perform the track with a full band below. “Fight for You” was nominated for Best Original Song
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SoundCloud is reportedly looking into a new direct payment system on its platform that would allow music fans to pay artists for their work directly, according to a new report from Billboard that cites “multiple sources close to the situation.” The company is reportedly still “exploring several alternative streaming payout models,” with one source indicating
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The FMs have released their highly anticipated new music video “Silent City (Ghost Stories Redux)” worldwide. Oddly prophetic, the song was written a year ago by frontthem Matte Namer about a pandemic hitting NYC and forcing everyone to stay inside. During the month of April, The FMs shot a music video for Silent City, being
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