Lana Del Rey performed at Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom last night, where she brought out Lucy Dacus (who opened the show) to perform the singer-songwriter’s “Night Shift” with her. Earlier in the set, she also brought out Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino. The pair sang “When I’m With You,” from 2010’s Crazy For You, before Lana gave
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Beyoncé, Rihanna, Meek Mill, Questlove, T.I., and several other artists have signed and shared a viral Change.org petition to prevent Texas inmate Rodney Reed’s execution. The 51-year-old Reed is scheduled for execution on November 20 for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop, Texas. New information that could potentially exonerate Reed, however, has arisen
Pleb Mahogany’s Cecily Strong is a short but top shelf example of intelligent pop song craft at a sort of modern zenith. There is a saying in writing circles that musical easy to read prose is a clear signal of hard work and I think it applies to the musical artists as well – Pleb Mahogany makes
Robert Freeman, the British photographer who shot some of the Beatles’ most iconic album covers, has died. He was 82 years old, as Deadline reports. Though the cause of death has not yet been revealed, the news of Freeman’s passing was announced via the Beatles’ official Twitter account earlier today (November 8). Freeman was born
Travis Scott has revealed the lineup for the second annual ASTROWORLD Festival. Marilyn Manson, Pharrell Williams, ROSALÍA, Young Thug, Migos, Megan Thee Stallion, Playboi Carti, and more will join Travis tomorrow (November 9) at Houston, Texas’ NRG Park. Check out the poster below. Last month, Travis Scott released his new single “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM.”
The Shins have shared two new songs from a vinyl series launched in honor of their late bandmate Richard Swift. Take a listen to “Waimanalo” and “Trapped By the Sea” below. The series of seven-inches, called the Fug Yep Soundation, began with Lucius issuing renditions of “Christmas Time Is Here” and “Keep Me Hanging On”
J Hus has released a new single “Must Be.” The JAE5-produced outing is J Hus’ first official single since he was released from jail in April. Check out the song below. In 2018, J Hus was sentenced to eight months in jail for carrying a knife in public. Shortly after his release, the rapper made
The gilded chords that open up Casey Ahern’s “Just a Dance” are as warm as a sunrise, as crisp as a freshly picked apple, and just supple enough to appeal as much to pop fans as they would country twang diehards who are in desperate need of an all-American pick-me-up this September. Slowly but surely,
ROSALÍA has shared the music video for a new song titled “A Palé.” It’s directed by Jora Frantzis and sees ROSALÍA in an industrial park, flanked by dancers in workwear and gloves. Watch below. ROSALÍA co-produced “A Palé” with El Guincho and Frank Dukes. She previously co-produced her sophomore album EL MAL QUERER with El
French streaming platform Deezer has released an AI tool called Spleeter that can quickly isolate vocal and instrumental tracks and separate a song into two, four, or five separate audio tracks. The software was originally developed for research purposes, but was released on Monday, November 4, as an open-source package on GitHub. While many techniques
Joe Pesci appears in the new Martin Scorsese film The Irishman, which comes to Netflix on November 27. More importantly, Joe Pesci has announced a new album called Pesci…Still Singing. The album arrives two days after the film’s release (on November 29), and it features Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. At the midpoint of the album,
Ritesh Das formed the Toronto Tabla Ensemble in 1991 and the Canadian organization/musical act has provided Canadian society with an important cultural component over the last twenty-eight years and counting. The ensemble’s school has expanded in recent years with the development of the Youth Ensemble and they figure into this release in a significant way.
A chic vocal harmony gracefully connects with a swinging beat as we begin our ascent into the heavenly melodic realm that MkX’s “right place, at the right time” occupies. Though these first few bars of the soon to be released single are as epic as anything he’s released thus far in his career has been,
Drake has joined MC Kevin o Chris for a new remix of the Brazilian artist’s “Ela É do Tipo” (which translates to “She Is the Type”). It’s released via Drake’s OVO Sound. Take a listen below. Scroll down for MC Kevin o Chris’ “Ela É do Tipo” music video. Earlier this year, Drake joined Summer
Netflix has announced the new series Heartstrings, an eight-episode anthology of stories based on Dolly Parton’s music. Watch the trailer below for a glimpse of each story. Heartstrings will be scored by Parton songs both old and new. It’s set to feature appearances by the singer both in introductions and as an actor in the
Drake is always teasing big announcements with billboards around Toronto. Today, however, his team handed out flowers across Toronto and posted the below logo for an unknown project called More Life Growth Co. A source close to Drake told Pitchfork that more will be announced soon. Whatever the new project is, it shares a title
Comedian Joe Pera has announced the premiere date for Season 2 of his meditative comedy series Joe Pera Talks With You. It returns to Adult Swim on Friday, December 6 at midnight Eastern. Today, the first preview clip for the show has been released. It shows Pera in a beauty parlor fielding questions about his
Chicago artist Noname has taken to Twitter to announce her next album. “I don’t really talk about my music much on here,” she wrote earlier tonight, “but I’m dropping an album 2020 if anybody’s interested.” Find her post below. https://twitter.com/noname/status/1191481496390922241 The as-yet untitled project will mark Noname’s follow-up to her 2018 LP Room 25, which