Alex Paterson has announced a new album from the Orb: Abolition of the Royal Familia is out March 27 via Cooking Vinyl. The record, which Paterson made with his new main writing partner Michael Rendall, features contributions from Roger Eno, Youth, Steve Hillage, Gong’s Miquette Giraudy, and more. Below, check out the Orb’s new song
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The Weeknd recently returned with two new singles. Last night, he performed one of those new songs, “Heartless,” while wandering the elaborately lit, mysteriously shifting halls of the Ed Sullivan Theater on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Watch it happen below. “Heartless” recently got a new video which shows the Weeknd and Metro Boomin
Kanye West has announced another new opera. It’s called Mary, and it’s scheduled to take place at Miami Marine Stadium on Sunday, December 8 (the final day of Art Basel). Mary is slated to feature music by Kanye’s Sunday Service performers. Much like his debut opera Nebuchadnezzar, Ye made the announcement in a tweet. The
SOPHIE and multi-disciplinary artist Juliana Huxtable have announced they have formed a duo project called Analemma. The first music will be released on locus error, a new compilation from Nina Kraviz’s трип (Trip) label that will feature two songs from them: “Plunging Asymptote” and “Liminal Crisis.” Check out the first of those tracks below. The
Sharon Van Etten has released a cover of the Christmas carol “Silent Night”. The song was originally recorded for Eric Paschal Johnson’s short film The Letter. Its cover art is a still from the film, photographed by Allison Anderson. Check out the song and the film below. Earlier this year, Van Etten recorded a song
Tekashi 6ix9ine’s sentencing in his federal case is set for December 18. While the racketeering and firearms charges amount to a mandatory minimum of 47 years in prison, it’s long been assumed that his cooperation with the federal government and recent testimony against alleged members of the Nine Trey Bloods could mean that he’d receive
On what would be Daniel Johnston’s 59th birthday, a number of artists will perform a tribute concert at Austin’s Moody Theater for Hi, How Are You Day 2020. The third annual benefit event inspired by the iconic songwriter will feature performances from TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, White Denim, Cage the Elephant, and more.
Amazon Studios has announced it is in production on a documentary film about Mary J Blige. The singer and Sean “Diddy” Combs will serve as executive producers on the currently untitled project. The film follows Blige as she is set to perform her sophomore album My Life for the first time ever on a 25th
Third Man has launched a new quarterly print magazine called Maggot Brain, edited by veteran Detroit music journalist Mike McGonigal. The first issue features Alice Coltrane on the cover and includes pieces about Daniel Johnston, J Dilla’s Donuts, and more. It’s out now. McGonigal previously published the zines Chemical Imbalance (1984-1994) and Yeti (2000-2013). His
Chris Martin admitted that he doubted his sexuality as a young teen at boarding school (Rolling Stone) Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has admitted that he was “very homophobic” when questioning his sexuality as a young teen at an all-boys’ boarding school. Martin, who is straight, told Rolling Stone that he had “a rough time” fitting
Check out Rock Superstars Drop Top Alibi as a featured guest on The Mike Wagner Show on iHeart Radio, Soundcloud, Spreaker, Facebook and The Mike Wagner Show Website. Don’t miss this amazing interview! Mike Wagner is a 30+ year broadcasting veteran interviewing the most interesting guests from celebrities, actors, singers, writers to the most interesting
Thundercat has announced a North American tour that begins in February 2020 and is currently slated to wrap up in early April. Check out Thundercat’s tour poster, along with an absurd teaser directed by Zack Fox, below. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.) Thundercat’s
Solange was the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. She delivered an elaborate performance featuring a selection of songs from her new album When I Get Home. After opening with “Things I Imagined,” she sang “Down With the Clique,” “Binz,” and “Almeda.” It ended with Solange singing while
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Remy Ma faced misdemeanor assault charges over an alleged altercation with Love & Hip Hop’s Brittney Taylor. The assault case was thrown out by a judge today in Manhattan court, Vulture and TMZ report. Prosecutors said they were unable to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt, and the judge dismissed and sealed the case. Taylor
Hip Hop artists capture our imagination using one liners that tend to stay with us long after they are spoken. Rappers use the rhyme and the beat as inspirational creativity, a form of social consciousness and a way of expression. Rap is defined as “a type of popular music recited rapidly and rhythmically over an
Internet-famous cat Lil Bub has died, as BrooklynVegan notes. “On the morning of Sunday, December 1 2019 we lost the purest, kindest, and most magical living force on our planet,” Bub’s “dude” Mike Bridavsky announced. “Bub was cheerful and full of love laying in our bed with us Saturday night, but unexpectedly passed away peacefully
Grimes has shared “My Name Is Dark,” the latest track from Miss Anthropocene. Check it out below. The song was written, produced, performed, and engineered by Grimes, according to the YouTube description. The 10-track album Miss Anthropocene is due out February 21, 2020, via 4AD. Grimes has already released “We Appreciate Power” (featuring HANA), “So