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Associated Performer: Evan Smith, Jack Antonoff, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Taylor Swift, Zem AuduAsst. Recording Engineer: Jack Manning, Jon SherDrums: Jack AntonoffMastering Engineer: Randy Merrill, Ryan SmithMellotron: Mikey Freedom HartMix Engineer: Bryce BordoneMixer: Serban GheneaPercussion: Jack Antonoff, Sean HutchinsonPiano: Jack AntonoffProgramming: Jack AntonoffRecording Engineer: Jack Manning, Laura Sisk, Michael Riddleberger, Oli Jacobs, Sean Hutchinson

Dickey Betts, a guitarist and co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, died at home in Osprey, Florida, this morning (April 18), Rolling Stone reports. The cause was cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Betts’ manager David Spero told the publication. Betts was 80 years old. Born in West Palm Beach and raised in Bradenton, Florida,

Fontaines D.C. have signed to XL for a new album, Romance, set for release on August 23. The announcement comes with a new single, “Starburster”; check out the Aube Perrie–directed video, in which a wounded Grian Chatten goes about his everyday business, sometimes in a prosthetic mask, below. It is the band’s first LP with

In 2022, Tom Skinner of the Smile released the solo album Voices of Bishara. He’s now readying a live album called Voices of Bishara Live at “Mu”. The full-length arrives on May 10, via International Anthem, and features the musician and his ensemble’s performance of the 2022 album’s tracks and more. Below, listen to a

Live Nation Entertainment may face an antitrust lawsuit from the Justice Department as soon as next month, The Wall Street Journal reports. The agency began investigating the Ticketmaster parent for potential abuses of power in 2022, amid outcry over various ticketing failures for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. The lawsuit would allege that Live Nation’s concert

Richard Horowitz, the composer and pianist who won a Golden Globe Award for his soundtrack, with Ryuichi Sakamoto, to The Sheltering Sky, died in Marrakesh, Morocco, on Saturday, April 13, according to a post on the Instagram page of his wife, Sussan Deyhim. In its own tribute, the New York label Rvng Intl., which reissued

Menomena have surprise released a new EP titled The Insulation. It’s the Portland art-rock group’s first new music since releasing their fifth album, Moms, in 2012. Listen to the three-song EP below. While Menomena never formally broke up, original member Brent Knopf left the band in 2011 and remaining members Danny Seim and Justin Harris

Hot on the heels of his Coachella set, Jamie xx has shared a new song that he played at the festival. “Baddy on the Floor” features Honey Dijon and was created by the two DJs over video calls during the pandemic. Check it out below. Jamie xx has slowly been trickling out new songs over

Rico Wade, a member of the renowned Atlanta-based production and songwriting trio Organized Noize who helped shape the sound of Outkast and Goodie Mob, has died, reports The New York Times and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was 52. “We are deeply saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of our son, father, husband, and brother

Before Kevin Abstract took the stage at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival yesterday (April 13), he invited Sky Ferreira to open his set with a surprise appearance. She covered Lady A’s 2009 song “Need You Now” over a stripped-back, synthpop version of the hit. Watch a replay below. Sky Ferreira’s debut album,

Taste in Music: Eating on Tour with Indie Musicians is a new book documenting just that. Real Estate’s Alex Bleeker and the travel writer Luke Pyenson (formerly of Frankie Cosmos) compiled the book, enlisting Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering, Bob Mould, Dawn Richard, Talking Heads’ Chris Frantz, Pavement’s Mark Ibold , and many more

J. Cole meant it when he titled his new mixtape Might Delete Later. The rapper has removed the song “7 Minute Drill,” his now infamous diss track about Kendrick Lamar, from streaming services, including Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal. It originally served as the mixtape’s closing number. Last week, Cole headlined his annual Dreamville Festival.

Lana Del Rey is the Friday headliner at the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. She’s performing at the Indio, California, festival for the first time since her 2014 debut. Watch her performance in the livestream below. Del Rey attended at least one other Coachella—as an audience member—in 2017, which became the subject of

Much of the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will stream live on YouTube, and, today, the festival has announced the schedule. As we head into the grand opening, watch the stage-by-stage livestreams below. Check to see when to catch your favorite artists. This year’s Coachella headliners are Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat, and

Forest Swords has announced a series of North American concerts. The British electronic music producer born Matthew Barnes will perform in Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Calgary in June. See Forest Swords’ schedule below. Barnes released the comeback Forest Swords album Bolted last year. He’s following the LP now with two more tracks:

Dua Lipa has released the latest single from her highly-anticipated third album, Radical Optimism. “Illusion” arrives with a Tanu Muino–directed music video shot at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc in Barcelona. Watch Lipa perform at the luxe pool amid dancers, high divers, and synchronized swimmers below. The picturesque swimming pool in the “Illusion” clip was

Amen Dunes has released another single from his new album. The new song, “Round the World,” follows Death Jokes’ “Purple Land” and “Boys,” and it comes with a video directed by Steven Brahms (the director behind the “Believe” and “Miki Dora” visuals). Watch the video below. Death Jokes, the follow-up to 2018’s Freedom, is out

Calvin LeBrun, the New York radio DJ best known as Mister Cee, has died, the hip-hop station Hot 97 reports, citing his family. A cause of death has not been revealed. Mister Cee was 57 years old. Mister Cee grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and, in 1988, he took part in the debut album from