Music

Yesterday, music manager Scooter Braun addressed his increasingly fraught professional relationship with Taylor Swift publicly for the first time ever. During a Q&A at the 2019 Entertainment Industry Conference, Braun spoke to Variety’s Shirley Halperin about “toxic division” on social media, and how he didn’t want to participate in that kind of communication. Now, Braun

GK Films—the production company of Bohemian Rhapsody producer Graham King—is developing a new biopic based on the life of Michael Jackson, reportedly working with the late singer’s estate to secure the rights to his music, which will appear in the film, according to Deadline and Rolling Stone. King has also reportedly tapped screenwriter John Logan

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums and projects from Blood Incantation, Coldplay, Davido, Beck, Tinashe, and 03 Greedo and Kenny

Jlin has shared a remix of St. Vincent’s MASSEDUCTION cut “Smoking Section.” It’s taken from the forthcoming remix project Nina Kraviz Presents MASSEDUCTION Rewired, which arrives December 13 (via Loma Vista). Listen to “Smoking Section (Jlin Remix)” below. [embedded content] Last year, Jlin released Autobiography (Music from Wayne McGregor’s Autobiography). The previous year, she dropped

Selena Gomez is releasing her next album on January 10 (via Interscope). Gomez has not revealed the title or full tracklist, but the LP will include the recent songs “Lose You to Love Me” and “Look at Her Now.” Watch Gomez’s new album trailer below. Selena Gomez’s next record will follow 2015’s Revival. In recent

There aren’t many bands in popular music willing to go with an instrumental track as a single, but conga player par excellence Robert Starks and his band mates aren’t your usual grouping of R&B musicians. Their two new singles “21st Century Grandma” and “Text-MEE-Baby” do a little bit of everything on their way to providing audiences

Nick Cave will release an illustrated autobiography in March 2020, publisher Canongate has announced. Out March 23, 2020, Stranger Than Kindness will combine images with “commentary and meditations” from Cave and writer Darcey Steinke. The book, priced at £35 (about $45), “asks what shapes our lives and makes us who we are, and celebrates the

London label Blackest Ever Black has announced it is shutting down. Its final release is the ten-track compilation A short illness from which he never recovered, which features several artists from the label’s nine-year history. Check out the comp’s opening track, Scythe’s “Flower Drop,” below. Blackest Ever Black was founded in London in 2010 by

Saturday Night Live has revealed its next batch of musical guests. On December 7, DaBaby is the musical guest on an episode hosted by Jennifer Lopez. The next week (December 14), former One Direction singer Niall Horan will perform (with Scarlett Johansson hosting). Then, on December 21, Lizzo will perform on an episode hosted by

The nominees for the 2020 Grammy Awards are being announced today. Who will pick up nominations for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist? Stay tuned here for more information. The Grammys take place on January 26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They’ll be

Yo La Tengo have shared a new Hanukkah song, “Eight Candles,” from the forthcoming holiday compilation Hanukkah+. Listen below (via BrooklynVegan). “Eight Candles” was written by Sam Elwitt. Hanukkah+ is out November 22 via Verve Forecast. It features songs by The Flaming Lips, Adam Green, Jack Black, Loudon Wainwright III, Craig Wedren, Alex Frankel (Holy

The swaggering guitar riff opening Lily Vakili Band’s single “She Wants What” is a signpost for what is to come. This is an ultra-confident, to the point, and two-fisted rock anthem in the making urging listeners to never be denied the best for themselves. There’s nothing superficial about it. The arrangement is relatively simple and

Last night (November 18), Jack White’s the Raconteurs performed in Mexico City as they continue to play shows in support of their comeback record Help Us Stranger. During the concert, Julian Casablancas joined the band to sing the Strokes’ “The Modern Age,” as Stereogum points out. Watch footage below. The Strokes last released their Future

Sharon Van Etten has announced new tour dates in support of her recent album Remind Me Tomorrow. Van Etten’s trek will kick off on April 17 in Baltimore and hit Nashville, New Orleans, Austin, and more before wrapping up in Atlanta on April 28, 2020. Van Etten has also announced two solo acoustic sets on

Cardi B’s year so far has produced only one solo single—“Press”—amid a number of high profile collaborations and her starring stint on Netflix’s hip-hop series Rhythm + Flow. Tonight, she dropped a new minute-long freestyle on social media to hold fans over. “It’s just a little something ’til I finish up the album,” she raps

On Friday, November 14, Taylor Swift claimed that her former Big Machine label boss Scott Borchetta, along with music manager Scooter Braun (who purchased the master recording rights to Swift’s pre-Lover material in June), had blocked her from including older material in televised performances, most notably during her upcoming Artist of the Decade appearance at

Kanye West has announced his first-ever opera, Nebuchadnezzar. West took to Twitter earlier today to post artwork of a golden program featuring an engraving of the titular Babylonian king. The opera is directed by Italian performance artist Vanessa Beecroft and will take place at the Hollywood Bowl on November 24. The event will also feature