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Taylor Swift has made a rare political endorsement, telling the world that she will be voting for the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the U.S. presidential election. “I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them,” Swift wrote. “I think she is

Refused have announced a farewell tour of North America in March and April 2025, with support from Quicksand. The Swedish post-hardcore greats will also reissue their landmark album The Shape of Punk to Come on November 8 for its 25th anniversary, including a 3xLP version with unreleased demos and rare alternate versions, plus an album

The White Stripes are suing former President Donald J. Trump over the unauthorized use of their 2003 Elephant song “Seven Nation Army” in a campaign video posted last month by Margo Martin, Trump’s deputy director of communications. Both Meg and Jack White are listed as co-plaintiffs in the lawsuit, which lists six counts of copyright

Icelandic composer and performer Hildur Guðnadóttir has shared the first taste of her score for Joker: Folie à Deux, the new Todd Phillips movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga. Listen to the new song “There Is No Joker” below. Hildur scored Phillips’ first Joker movie, and her work earned her many accolades, including the

Danny Elfman was sued, last year, by a woman who claimed that the composer sexually abused her between 1997 and 2002. The lawsuit has now been dismissed, Rolling Stone reports. In court documents, viewed by Pitchfork, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa K. Sepe-Wiesenfeld ruled in favor of Elfman and his company, Musica de

Kendrick Lamar will perform the halftime show at Super Bowl LIX, in New Orleans, on Sunday, February 9, 2025. Watch him make the announcement in the promotional video below. Lamar was among the performers at the star-studded, hip-hop-forward Super Bowl LVI halftime show. The 2022 performance, at SoFi Stadium, in Inglewood, California, also featured Dr.

Midland will release his debut studio album, on October 4, after more than a decade releasing singles and EPs that helped establish him among the United Kingdom’s leading underground DJs and producers. Fragments of Us, released via his own label, Graded, is an “homage to and celebration of the gift of otherness and the spaces

Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian singer, composer, bandleader, and keyboardist who became an international sensation after moving to the United States in the 1960s, died, in Los Angeles, on September 5. According to a statement from the Mendes family, the musician’s “health had been challenged by the effects of long term COVID.” Mendes was 83 years

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have announced a spring 2025 tour of North America. The concerts take place in April and May, and they’ll mark the first time since 2018 that the band has performed in the United States and Canada. (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, like many acts, had to cancel 2020

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Linkin Park have announced their first new studio album since May 2017’s One More Light. The new album, From Zero, will come out on November 15 via Warner. The band has also shared a new song, “The Emptiness Machine,” which lands with a music video directed by Joe Hahn. Find it below. From Zero is

Producer Goldenvoice has announced the lineup for the 2025 edition of the Stagecoach country music festival. Headlining the Indio, California, event are Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll, and Luke Combs. Elsewhere on the bill are: Lana Del Rey, Sturgill Simpson, Shaboozey, T-Pain, Ashley McBryde, Nikki Lane, Sierra Ferrell, “Purple Gas” songwriter Noeline Hofmann, Backstreet Boys, Nelly

Ivy’s last album of original material was 2011’s All Hours. Last year, Bar/None also reissued Ivy’s debut album, Realistic, and their sophomore LP, Apartment Life, and unveiled the single “Sleeping Late.” Schlesinger died from COVID-19 in April 2020, sending shockwaves through the music community. In addition to Ivy, Schlesinger was a member of Fountains of

Red Hot Organization has announced the massive new compilation album Transa, which is billed as a “spiritual journey celebrating trans people.” The project includes the first new Sade song in 14 years, a 30-minute piece by André 3000, Moses Sumney covering Sophie, an unearthed Pharoah Sanders track, and dozens of other songs by Fleet Foxes,

Sleater-Kinney have announced an expanded version of their new album, Little Rope, roughly half a year after its release. Little Rope (Deluxe) comes out October 4 via Loma Vista. With this news comes the brand new song “Here Today” and its music video created by activist art collective In Decline. In black-and-white footage, the visual

Objekt is launching his own record label, Kapsela, which will release a new EP called Chicken Garaage from the Berlin-based producer this year. Before that, on October 4, the label will reissue Objekt’s song “Ganzfeld”—initially the B-side of the split single “Hypnagogia” with Dopplereffekt—for its 10th anniversary, backed by remixes from Piezo, Djrum, and Ulla.

Jamie xx has shared a new song, “Dafodil,” from his imminent album In Waves. Kelsey Lu, Panda Bear, and John Glacier feature on the track, which began, said Jamie xx in press materials, “as voice notes [with Lu] about a hazy night we both remembered,” before John Glacier and Panda Bear contributed vocals that “perfectly

During her headlining show in Munich, Germany, last night (August 31), Adele revealed that she’s going on a lengthy “break” following the end of her ongoing residency. “I just need a rest,” the visibly emotional singer said to the crowd while still onstage. “I’ve spent the last seven years building a new life for myself,