Music

Fiona Apple appeared on The New Yorker’s virtual festival last night (October 10), where she spoke with writer Emily Nussbaum and gave a performance. During her set, Apple played tracks from her new album Fetch the Bolt Cutters live for the first time ever. Watch Apple perform “I Want You to Love Me,” “Shameika,” and

Compton artist Channel Tres has announced a forthcoming mixtape called I Can’t Go Outside. Today (October 9), he’s shared the project’s lead single “Skate Depot” and a video to go with it. The track takes its title from the Cerritos, California skating rink where the artist had his first job. Watch Channel Tres roller skate

Dizzee Rascal has been named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours, as the BBC reports. The grime pioneer has been made an MBE for his services to music. (“Lovely stuff,” he wrote on Instagram.) Electric Light Orchestra co-founder Jeff Lynne will also be made

Today, on World Mental Health Day, MusiCares has announced their first-ever “Wellness in Music” survey, open to all music professionals above the age of eighteen who have 5+ years of working experience. The goal of the survey is for MusiCares to “learn how different aspects of being a music professional relate to overall well-being and

Today (October 9), would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday. To celebrate, Lennon’s son Sean Ono Lennon has recruited a number of artists to cover his father’s songs. Among the participants is Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, who sat in his bed to play “Jealous Guy” on acoustic guitar. Watch below and scroll down to see

100 gecs have shared a new music video for their 1000 gecs track “hand crushed by a mallet.” The Weston Allen–directed visual features chess matches, giant weapons, and more. Check it out below. 100 gecs recently dropped a 1000 gecs remix album titled 1000 gecs & he Tree of Clues. The record was followed by

The Flaming Lips are planning a concert where the audience will be in bubbles, frontman Wayne Coyne has told Brooklyn Vegan and JamBase. “I mean, it seems absurd, but we at first were just doing it as not a joke, but just as a kind of funny thing, and now it’s becoming kind of serious

Lykke Li has shared a new song called “BRON.” It marks her first original solo track since the release of her 2018 LP so sad so sexy. Listen to “BRON” below. Last month Lykke shared a cover of Gloria Gaynor’s disco hit “I Will Survive.” In 2019, she enlisted Lil Baby for a remix of

St. Vincent has announced a new MasterClass series. Annie Clark’s class with focus on creativity and songwriting. Throughout her 16-video series, she will teach viewers how to write original songs, record at home, perform live, collaborate with artists, and more. Find out more here, and watch the trailer for St. Vincent’s MasterClass below. “All you

Fresh off the release of her new single “Don’t Stop,” Megan Thee Stallion has launched the Don’t Stop Scholarship Fund. Meg (in partnership with Amazon Music’s Rap Rotation) will award two $10,000 to female students of color who are pursuing an associate’s, bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in any field. Check out the poster below and

Phoebe Bridgers, Kathleen Hanna, Michael Stipe, Margo Price, Kesha, Hayley Williams, and more are slated to take part in “Honor Her Wish,” a virtual celebration of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month at 87. The event will act as a tribute to RBG, as well as a rally against

Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB has announced his major label debut. It’s called FatBoy, and it arrives Friday (October 9) via Universal. The 17-track LP features Yo Gotti, G Herbo, Tay Keith, Trippie Redd, and NLE Choppa. It features BlocBoy’s previously-released single “Swervin.” Check out FatBoy’s tracklist and album art below. In 2018, BlocBoy released his

Billie Eilish is performing a livestream concert on Saturday, October 24. The event—titled WHERE DO WE GO? THE LIVESTREAM—will stream at the artist’s website. Eilish will be performing from Los Angeles. Check out the announcement below. Eilish had just begun her tour in support of her Grammy-winning debut WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO

AC/DC have shared a new song called “Shot in the Dark”—the first from their forthcoming album POWER UP. The record reunites the group’s surviving classic lineup: Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd, and Cliff Williams have all rejoined the fold with Angus Young. The new album arrives November 13 via Columbia. It will be available in multiple

Johnny Nash, the pop and reggae singer behind the 1972 hit single “I Can See Clearly Now,” has died. His son John Nash III told TMZ that he died today of natural causes. He was 80. A Houston native, Nash began his recording career in the 1950s. He grew up singing in the church choir

Jazz singer and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant has been awarded a fellowship with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She is the only musician in this year’s group of “genius grant” recipients. She joins several other scientists, writers, and scholars among the 2020 honorees, who will each receive $625,000 to use over five

Billie Eilish and FINNEAS appeared on tonight’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the new James Bond theme “No Time to Die.” They also sat down for a chat with Fallon before the performance, discussing their big night at the Grammys, her speech and performance at the Democratic National Convention, and