Carpark Records has released a new compilation to celebrate the label’s 21st anniversary. No Cover: Carpark’s 21st Anniversary Covers Comp features Carpark musicians covering songs by other artists on the label. The compilation includes Sad 13 covering Cloud Nothings, Dan Deacon covering Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Cloud Nothings covering Speedy Ortiz, and more. Listen below.
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The War on Drugs have entered the arena of podcasting with The Super High Quality Podcast, where the band dissects the new live album LIVE DRUGS. In the first episode, the War on Drugs examine a 2017 version of “Eyes to the Wind” from 2014’s Lost in the Dream. Listen below. In the four-part series,
BTS brought their new singles “Life Goes On” and “Dynamite” to the American Music Awards 2020 broadcast tonight (November 22). The Korean septet previously performed the song for the MTV Video Music Awards in August. Watch their performance, broadcast live from South Korea, below. BTS are up for two awards at the AMAs tonight: Favorite
Guitar Center has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as The New York Times reports. The company filed on Saturday night (November 21) in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Virginia, according to the Times. Guitar Center will continue to pay employees amid bankruptcy. Read the full report here. The looming possibility
HBO Max has announced a new documentary series about Nicki Minaj. According to a press release, the six-part show “will explore Nicki’s brilliantly creative mind and tell the story of her personal and professional journey.” The series is directed by Michael John Warren, who said in a statement: I love that this series not only
Radiohead have released a statement about Domenic Cugliari, the engineer who was responsible for the design of the stage that collapsed at Toronto’s Downsview Park in June 2012, killing drum technician Scott Johnson. According to the band, the Discipline Committee of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) held a hearing with Cugliari, where
Georgia rapper Yung Baby Tate has shared a new song via Issa Rae’s Raedio label. “Rainbow Cadillac” is produced by Wallis Lane, MikeWavvs and Jack Lomastro. Watch the joyous video, directed by HeatwaveGlobal and Jake Hale, below. “I want people to feel good about themselves. This year has been pretty rough for a lot of
Car Seat Headrest dropped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (November 19). In a small apartment, Will Toledo and the band (including masked member Trait) played “Can’t Cool Me Down” from Car Seat Headrest’s latest album Making a Door Less Open. Watch the performance, featuring drummer Andrew Katz in a “FALLON” T-shirt,
Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney have shared a new song called “Make Worry for Me.” It follows the Superwolf collaborators’ March charity track “You’ll Get Eaten, Too.” Hear “Make Worry for Me” and check out the single artwork, made by Harmony Korine, below. In recent weeks, Bonnie “Prince” Billy has teamed up with Bill
Cueca is the national dance of the country of Chile. Having roots that draw from both the Native American and African cultures, this traditional dances, using scarves or handkerchiefs, symbolizes the courtship between a chicken and a rooster. I bring this up only to bring to your attention the symbolism and traditions of a proud
Detroit rapper Kash Doll and Atlanta’s DJ Infamous have shared a new single “Bad Azz,” featuring Atlanta rapper Mulatto and Buffalo rapper Benny the Butcher. The track is also co-written by Hitmaka and London Jae and produced by OG Parker and Smash David. Hear “Bad Azz” below (via Infamy/BMG/Republic Records). Kash Doll released her debut
Classixx and Local Natives have teamed up for a single titled “Weekends.” It’s one of two new collaborations from the Los Angeles acts. The next song, “Francesca,” is set to come out on December 3. Listen to “Weekends” below. “These two songs were made as a collaboration in the true sense of the word,” Classixx
Bad Bunny was one of the performers at the 2020 Latin Grammys earlier tonight (November 19). Bad Bunny’s performance of “Bichiyal” kicked off with the artist riding in a sports car and being circled by ATVs. He later performed the more relaxed number “Si veo a tu mamá” on stage with a full band. Watch
Lana Del Rey has shared her own version of George Gershwin’s 1935 song “Summertime,” accompanied with a video. Check it out below. On Instagram Live earlier this month, the singer said that she had an album of classic and standard American songs on the way, but that her next album Chemtrails Over the Country Club
Not since the dramatic acoustic guitar spill from Justin Timberlake’s “Like I Love You” has the acoustic guitar turned my attention so rapidly. In the new cut “Stir Crazy” from Pennsylvania multi-hyphenated artist, Stacy Gabel, the cadence and rhythm dance happening between her voice and the guitar send a shower of shivers down the listeners
Mary Timony—the singer-songwriter behind Helium, Autoclave, and Ex Hex—has announced a new reissue of her debut solo album Mountains. The reissue of the 2000 album is out January 15 via Matador. The album arrives as a 2xLP with a gold foil-embossed gatefold and it features unreleased original versions of “Return to Pirates,” “Poison Moon,” and
The Postal Service are releasing a live album, the recordings from which were previously available only in a concert film from 2014. The 15-track LP titled Everything Will Change will be available on digital streaming platforms on December 4 via Sub Pop. The songs were recorded live at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California during
The nation is at a crossroads, singer/songwriter John Vento sings about in his new single “America (The Saints Come Marching Home)”. A song of distress and yearning, Vento exhales much of the nation’s sentiment in his Americana/rock and roll tune. Struck by the increased extremism (on both sides), Pennsylvania’s Vento strikes a loud and powerful