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Yeah Yeah Yeahs were scheduled to play some live shows this year, and while their headlining set at Pitchfork Music Festival 2020 is unfortunately off, being stuck at home isn’t stopping the band from performing together. Last night, they shared a video of a remote performance of the Show Your Bones track “Phenomena.” Instead of
Doja Cat performs during the SnowGlobe Music Festival 2019 at Bijou Park on December 30, 2019 in South Lake Tahoe, California. (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty) Rapper Doja Cat has come under fire over a resurfaced 2015 song in which she appears to mock police brutality, and for allegedly video chatting with an alt-right incel group. A 2015
Lana Del Rey has shared a new spoken word piece from her forthcoming poetry collection behind the iron gates – insights from an institution. It’s called “patent leather do-over,” and you can hear it below. The piece begins with Del Rey invoking Sylvia Plath, nodding to her book The Bell Jar. Del Rey’s Norman Fucking
Back in January, mysterious artist Slingbaum announced his debut album Slingbaum One, which features a string of high profile musical guests. D’Angelo and Erykah Badu are two of those artists, and they appear on Slingbaum’s new song “Behoove,” which premiered on Giles Peterson’s BB6 Music radio show earlier today (May 23). Give it a listen
The Philip Glass Ensemble has recorded and released Music in 8 Parts, a 1970 Philip Glass that had been lost for decades. According to The New York Times, the composition had its premiere in January 1970, arriving after Glass’ Music for Fifths but before Music With Changing Parts and Music in 12 Parts. Glass’ Music
Lana Del Rey has expanded on her controversial Instagram post, adding comments that address issues of racism. Following the backlash she received, Lana wrote in her comments section “I fucking love these singers and know them,” referring to Doja Cat, Ariana Grande, Camila Cabello, Cardi B, Kehlani, Nicki Minaj, and Beyoncé, who, this morning, she
Steven “Thee Slayer Hippy” Hanford, best known for his work as a drummer in the influential Oregon punk band Poison Idea, has died, according to Portland alt-weekly Willamette Week and Blackhouse Records, which released music from Hanford’s band Fetish. According to a memorial GoFundMe, Hanford died from a heart attack. Steven Hanford was 50 years
Coriky—the band from Fugazi’s Ian Mackaye and Joe Lally, alongside Amy Farina—were set to release their debut self-titled album in March. The album was delayed, and, now, the new release plan has been announced: Vinyl and CD preorders will start shipping on May 29, the album arrives to digital platforms on June 12, and it’ll
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande dropped ‘Rain On Me’ Friday (May 22). (Twitter) Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande dropped their long-awaited “Rain On Me” duet, featured on the upcoming album Chromatica, and the gays… they went well and truly wild. At precisely 12am Friday (May 22), Greta Thunberg, global world leaders and the creators of the
Green Day have shared a new cover of Blondie’s 1979 track “Dreaming.” Take a listen below. While isolating with his family at home, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has launched a series of covers he calls No Fun Mondays. He dedicated his performance of “Kids in America” to Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt earlier this month,
“Starting Over”, the title track of Mark Conklin’s EP, is a stunning beginning to a special six song release. It is special for many reasons. The first and primary reason is that the half dozen tracks he’s written for this release are, in my opinion, among the finest examples of traditional country music in a
Connecticut native Jason Young’s fifth album with his project Heartour entitled R u in illustrates his ongoing progression as a songwriter and performer. The album’s ten songs vary in mood and presentation though there are abiding stylistic elements each cut shares; Young, if nothing else, writes and records albums that always hang together. This latest foray for
Sharon Van Etten has announced a solo livestream performance of her 2009 debut album because i was in love. Van Etten announced the news on Twitter earlier today (May 21). “I wrote my debut album, because i was in love, in a sort of self-imposed quarantine—alone with a guitar in my parents’ basement” Van Etten
One year after he released Tears of Joy, MIKE is releasing another new album. Weight of the World is out June 21 via MIKE’s label 10k. He’s also shared a video for a new song from the album. Watch the clip for “Nothin 2 Say (Never Forget),” shot by Matter Research in London, below. MIKE
The Weeknd has shared several remixes for songs from his new album After Hours (from Lil Uzi Vert, Chromatics, Oneohtrix Point Never, and Major Lazer). Tonight, one of his latest singles just got another new remix. Check out the Doja Cat-featuring remix of “In Your Eyes” below. Doja Cat’s Nicki Minaj-featuring remix of “Say So”
Guns N’ Roses have rescheduled their upcoming North American tour due to safety concerns surrounding the spread of coronavirus. The tour was set to begin at Milwaukee’s Summerfest on July 4. All tickets will be honored for the to-be-announced future dates. The band has also canceled their European tour, set to kick off today (May
Damon Albarn was the musical guest on last night’s remote edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He performed his new Gorillaz track “Aries.” The performance was set up like a mock Zoom call where Albarn “dueted” with Gorillaz’s cartoon vocalist 2-D. Watch it below. “Aries” was the third entry in Gorillaz’s new Song Machine series. It