In November 2018, it was reported that RiFF RAFF was going to trial in a $12 million sexual assault lawsuit stemming from an alleged 2014 incident at a Nevada brothel. The lawsuit has now been settled for an undisclosed amount, according to RiFF RAFF’s representatives and the Washoe County Second Judicial District Court website. The
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Weyes Blood has expanded her “A Lot Has Changed Tour.” Following February and March dates in Oceania, she will play U.S. shows in March and April, European shows in June, and then head back to the States for July and August concerts. Find her schedule at the Sub Pop site. Get tickets here. (Pitchfork may
Pearl Jam’s new album Gigaton is coming on March 27 via Monkeywrench/Republic. Today, the band have offered the first taste of new music from the album. The song is called “Dance of the Clairvoyants.” Take a listen below. “‘Dance’ was a perfect storm of experimentation and real collaboration,” Jeff Ament said. “We’ve opened some new
Radio Host Markivus Nious is the host of “Deeper Than Music Radio.” The show’s platform is a talk radio program offering insight into the story behind artists and personalities and what inspires them as artists. Guests featured include international recording artists, songwriters and producers. CeCe Peniston rose to fame in 1991 when her hit single
Deborah Dugan, the recently-ousted Recording Academy president and CEO, has filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) discrimination complaint against the organization behind the Grammys. It contains several bold claims outlining corruption and sexual harassment within the organization. Read it in full below. In the complaint, Dugan alleges she informed HR in December that she
Glistening guitars embrace us with open arms in “Chasin’ My Tail.” The labored melody of a supple piano is also quite similar in “To Be Real.” At times, White Collar Crime are soft, vulnerable and unguarded, as in “Leaving You,” while in others, they’re relentlessly angst-ridden, unapproachable and full of bitter emotion. This is 30 Years
Ozzy Osbourne has revealed that he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. In a new interview with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, he and his wife Sharon disclosed that he received the diagnosis last February following a fall. “I did my last show New Year’s Eve at the Forum. Then I had a bad fall,” he
In April 2018, Prince’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital that treated the singer for a fentanyl overdose less than a week before he died in 2016. Now, according to a report by the Associated Press, that lawsuit has been “quietly dismissed in recent months.” The defendants of the suit included the
A fiddle cries out to us with a solemn melody ever so gently. A vocal as heavy with emotion isn’t far behind its instrumental intro to “Devil on the Side,” but for as short a start as it is, the mood that these strings create will stay with us throughout this song from Flat River
Netflix has shared the first trailer for Spenser Confidential, a new action-comedy movie starring Mark Wahlberg and Winston Duke. Co-starring in the film are Post Malone and Marc Maron. Watch the new clip below. Spenser Confidential, directed by Peter Berg, premieres on Netflix on March 6. The movie was inspired by Ace Atkins‘ book Robert
Radiohead.com is now home to the Radiohead Public Library. Today, the band have launched the comprehensive archive of all things Radiohead in a corrective to the disorder of the online space. To commemorate the launch, the band have released a handful of rarities to streaming services: Below, check out their debut EP, 1992’s Drill; the
On December 20, 2019, My Chemical Romance played their first concert as a band in over seven years. Now, they have shared their first taste of new music. Earlier today (January 19), My Chemical Romance released a video scored by an instrumental track. Watch the clip, titled “An Offering,” below. The visual follows a cloaked
Sin Quirin, current guitarist for the industrial metal band Ministry, has been accused by two women of engaging in sexual intercourse with them while they were 15 and 16 years old, respectively. In a new SPIN report published in Billboard, both women alleged that they each met Quirin following concerts by his band Society 1,
Johnny Marr is working with Hans Zimmer on the score for the next James Bond film No Time to Die, NME reports and Marr’s representative confirmed to Pitchfork. Zimmer—who was recently announced to replace composer Dan Romer, three months before the release of the film—previously worked with the Smiths guitarist on films including Inception and
Mitski is a musical guest on this weekend’s Austin City Limits. Ahead of the episode, ACL has shared a video of Mitski performing “Happy” from 2016’s Puberty 2. Watch below. The full episode airs on PBS on Saturday, January 18 at 9 p.m. Eastern. Mitski last released Be The Cowboy in 2018. Coming up, she
Björk has created a generative score for the boutique Manhattan hotel Sister City. The score is titled Kórsafan. Björk said in a statement: “an architectural structure in downtown manhattan offered me the hand in an AI tango and i accepted the call, i am alert with curiosity waiting the results. i offered them my choir
Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke has been arrested for allegedly transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines, The New York Times reports. According to TMZ, Pop Smoke borrowed a black 2019 Rolls-Royce Wraith in November for a music video shoot in California. Pop Smoke reportedly brought the car to New York without permission and the owner
Jhené Aiko has shared a brand new song. It’s called “P*$$Y FAIRY (OTW).” The new single marks Aiko’s first track of the year, and it arrives with an accompanying music video, featuring Aiko and a partner performing a choreographed dance for the song. Check it out below via Def Jam. In November of last year,