A Planned Parenthood virtual benefit festival called Village of Love is airing tonight from 9 p.m. to midnight Eastern. The festival will feature performances from Angel Olsen, Mac DeMarco, Kathleen Hanna, Bright Eyes, Phoebe Bridgers, Weyes Blood, Perfume Genius, Brittany Howard, Tenacious D, Kevin Morby, Margo Price, Devendra Banhart, and others. Eric Andre is also
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Viola Smith, the trailblazing drummer once heralded as the “fastest girl drummer in the world,” has died, The Washington Post reports. She was 107 years old. According to the Post, Smith died October 21 at her home in Costa Mesa, California. The cause of death was revealed to be complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Smith grew
Though Adele stuck to her hosting duties on this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, she did sneak in a few of her hits in one sketch. While playing herself in a version of The Bachelor, she sang excerpts of her songs “Someone Like You,” “When We Were Young,” “Hello,” and “Rolling in the Deep.”
Adele hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time this weekend, returning to the show on October 24 for the first time since she performed in 2015. H.E.R. was the show’s musical guest, performing her new songs “Damage” and “Hold On.” Watch clips below. After an opening sketch recapping Thursday’s presidential debate, Adele began her
Billie Eilish performed a virtual concert tonight (October 24), which was broadcast live from Los Angeles. She appeared with her brother FINNEAS and drummer Andrew Marshall. See the full set list below. Eilish opened the show in a flood of red light on an expansive set that allowed for different immersive digital effects to be
Jeff Tweedy appeared on CBS This Morning to play two songs: “Bad Day Lately” and “Opaline,” both of which appear on his latest album Love Is the King, released yesterday. The performances were shot at the Hideout in Chicago. Check those out below. During an interview with CBS’ Anthony Mason, the Wilco frontman discussed his
HAIM guested on last night’s episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers in matching lacy wedding gowns. The sibling trio played “3 AM,” the band’s riff on guys who leave women indiscreet late-night voicemails. In this instance, the “emotional vampire” was played by former vampire Robert Pattinson. Check out the full performance below, along with
Bright Eyes have shared a new song to benefit Planned Parenthood. “Miracle of Life” is available exclusively on Bandcamp until October 28. Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers sing on the track, which features electric piano and synthesizers from Nathaniel Walcott, electric guitar and pedal steel from Mike Mogis, bass from Flea, and drums by Jon
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Derek Day from Los Angeles talks about his new release “Click on Me” along with how he got started as a street performer at 13 and releasing a few EP’s and full-length album by freshman year in Jr. College! Derek was also involved in Steve Vai’s 25th anniversary and opened for Ted Nugent, Living
A staggered beat is flanked by a bittersweet piano melody as we listen in on the first few seconds of “Barcelona Butterflies,” the debut single from singer/songwriter Leni Black, and as endearingly subtle and wholly surreal as these opening bars of the track are, they’re but a drop in the bucket compared to the breathy
Sigur Rós have announced a new album, out at the end of the year. Titled Odin’s Raven Magic, the project is an orchestral work that the band premiered at the Reykjavik Arts Festival in 2002. It’s out December 4 via Krunk/Warner Classics. Listen to “Dvergmál” and see the tracklist below. Odin’s Raven Magic follows 2013’s
Stretch and Bobbito, whose New York radio show helped popularize a flood of hip-hop heavyweights in the 1990s, have released a new EP of remixed freestyles by some of their program’s guests. Freestyle EP 1 features Notorious B.I.G., Jay Z, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Big L. The release celebrates the 30th anniversary of The
If you ask me, indie singer/songwriters around the world have been doing a pretty good job of weathering the storm of discord and unpredictability 2020 has thrown in our direction, and for evidence supporting this, I point you towards none other than the new record from Canada’s Sébastien Lacombe, Fly, and its lead single “My Thousand
The Biden campaign recently ran an ad featuring Ann Arbor, Michigan venue the Blind Pig and its owner Joe Malcoun. The ad made its debut on Sunday, October 18, during an NFL game between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Notably, the ad also featured “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys, who do not typically
Caribou has shared the Suddenly Remixes EP. The four-track release includes reworks of songs from Dan Snaith’s most recent album from producers Shanti Celeste, Kareem Ali, India Jordan, and Logic1000. Take a listen to the EP below. Earlier this year, Dan Snaith shared longtime friend and creative collaborator Four Tet’s take on the Suddenly track
Quibi, the streaming service started by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, is shutting down six months after launching, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to WSJ, the decision to shutter the company was made in an attempt to return as much capital to investors as possible. Read WSJ’s full report here. Quibi cost $4.99 a
You can say a lot of things about rapper and impresario DawgGoneDavis, but one thing you can’t say is that she gives up. “No More”, Davis’ latest concoction is a blending of killer melodic guitar riffs, passionate backup vocals and Davis’ whimsical spoken word/rap stylings. You might call her style and her image a bit
Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon has announced his first memoir, as Rolling Stone points out. The Story of Raekwon is slated for publication in 2021 via Gallery Books. The memoir was co-written by Raekwon and music journalist Anthony Bozza, who has written books on Eminem and AC/DC. In a statement viewed by Rolling Stone, Raekwon wrote