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Billy Joe Shaver, the outlaw country music singer-songwriter, has died in his native Texas after suffering a stroke. He was 81. Shaver’s career spanned nearly 50 years and he was regarded as one of the signature voices of the outlaw country genre. Born in Coriscana, Texas, in 1939, Shaver moved to Houston in the 1960s

On December 4, Arctic Monkeys will release a live album of their 2018 concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall. As with the show itself, proceeds go to War Child UK, a charity supporting children recovering from the physical and psychological toll of surviving war. The album, recorded on the Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino tour,

Tonight marked the 15th annual BET Hip Hop Awards. During the ceremony, countless artists performed including Lil Baby, City Girls, Burna Boy and Chris Martin, and more. Beyond the performances and cyphers, very few actual awards were presented during the broadcast. Most of them—including Best Hip Hop Video, Hip Hop Album of the Year, Hip

Actress has released a short film to accompany his new album Karma & Desire. The visual, also called Karma & Desire, is directed, edited, and produced by Lee Bootee. The film features appearances from Zsela, Yves Tumor, Sampha, Aura T-09, and Actress himself. Watch below and scroll down for a text statement accompanying the film.

Rina Sawayama appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (October 26). Making her U.S. television debut, she performed “XS,” the single from her debut album SAWAYAMA. Watch it happen below. Earlier this year, Sawayama opened up about being ineligible for the Mercury Prize and domestic categories of the BRIT Awards due to

Netflix’s biopic series about the late iconic tejano singer Selena Quintanilla, Selena: The Series, is set to arrive on December 4. After a teaser offered a first look at its star Christian Serratos (previously of The Walking Dead), the series’ first full trailer has been shared. Watch it below. The series follows the 1997 Jennifer

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Angelo De Augustine has shared a new song, “Blue,” featuring Sufjan Stevens, who contributes vocals, piano, and guitar. The track will appear alongside their April collaboration “Santa Barbara” on a forthcoming double A-side 7″ single. Check out the video for “Blue,” directed and shot by De Augustine on Super 8 film, below

Viola Smith, the trailblazing drummer once heralded as the “fastest girl drummer in the world,” has died, The Washington Post reports. She was 107 years old. According to the Post, Smith died October 21 at her home in Costa Mesa, California. The cause of death was revealed to be complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Smith grew

A Planned Parenthood virtual benefit festival called Village of Love is airing tonight from 9 p.m. to midnight Eastern. The festival will feature performances from Angel Olsen, Mac DeMarco, Kathleen Hanna, Bright Eyes, Phoebe Bridgers, Weyes Blood, Perfume Genius, Brittany Howard, Tenacious D, Kevin Morby, Margo Price, Devendra Banhart, and others. Eric Andre is also

Today marks the second annual Lou Reed Tai Chi Day, and to celebrate, Laurie Anderson is hosting a livestream discussion about her late husband’s beloved martial art practice. Anderson will be joined by Iggy Pop, Tony Visconti, Reed’s Tai Chi teacher Master Ren, and more for a talk focussing on how to engage with Tai

Adele hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time this weekend, returning to the show on October 24 for the first time since she performed in 2015. H.E.R. was the show’s musical guest, performing her new songs “Damage” and “Hold On.” Watch clips below. After an opening sketch recapping Thursday’s presidential debate, Adele began her

Verzuz has announced that its next installment will feature T.I. and Jeezy battling over their biggest hits. It’s the start of the program’s second season, and it’s happening at 8 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, November 19. See more details below. Since launching in the spring as a creative outlet during the COVID-19 pandemic, Verzuz has

Fyre Festival mastermind Billy McFarland was placed in solitary confinement on Friday, as The New York Times reports. McFarland’s attorneys tell the Times that they believe the solitary confinement is the result of the recent launch of his new podcast “Dumpster Fyre” earlier this week; McFarland appeared on the debut episode, speaking via prison phone.

HAIM guested on last night’s episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers in matching lacy wedding gowns. The sibling trio played “3 AM,” their riff on guys who leave women indiscreet late-night voicemails. In this instance, the “emotional vampire” was played by former vampire Robert Pattinson. Check out the full performance below, along with their

Sigur Rós have announced a new album, out at the end of the year. Titled Odin’s Raven Magic, the project is an orchestral work that the band premiered at the Reykjavik Arts Festival in 2002. It’s out December 4 via Krunk/Warner Classics. Listen to “Dvergmál” and see the tracklist below. Odin’s Raven Magic is the

Bright Eyes have shared a new song to benefit Planned Parenthood. “Miracle of Life” is available exclusively on Bandcamp until October 28. Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers sing on the track, which features electric piano and synthesizers from Nathaniel Walcott, electric guitar and pedal steel from Mike Mogis, bass from Flea, and drums by Jon

Stretch and Bobbito, whose New York radio show helped popularize a flood of hip-hop heavyweights in the 1990s, have released a new EP of remixed freestyles by some of their program’s guests. Freestyle EP 1 features Notorious B.I.G., Jay Z, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Big L. The release celebrates the 30th anniversary of The

Kurt Vile is the latest musician to perform in support of Joe Biden for the “Team Joe Sings” series. Vile was joined by his daughter Delphine on drums for a cover of Neil Young’s classic “Heart of Gold.” His daughter Awilda helped him sing Gillian Welch’s “Wayside/Back in Time.” Watch the full clip, which also

New Zealand singer-songwriter Sarah Mary Chadwick has announced a new album: Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby arrives on February 5, 2021 (via Ba Da Bing/Rice Is Nice). She’s leading the record with “Every Loser Needs a Mother.” Check out the track’s video, directed by Geoffrey O’Connor, below. Me and Ennui Are Friends, Baby follows

Quibi, the streaming service started by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, is shutting down six months after launching, the Wall Street Journal reports. According to WSJ, the decision to shutter the company was made in an attempt to return as much capital to investors as possible. Read WSJ’s full report here. Quibi cost $4.99 a

On Halloween night, J Balvin will headline a concert in Fortnite, as Rolling Stone points out. Balvin will perform during the game’s “Fortnitemares” event kicking off at 9 p.m. Eastern. He will also premiere a new song called “La Luz” with Panamanian singer Sech at the Afterlife Party. “Grateful to be the first Spanish language

MorMor (aka Toronto singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Seth Nyquist) has shared a new song, “Don’t Cry.” It comes with a new video, created by Titmouse and directed by Otto Tang, which features the Toronto artist in a black-and-white animated visual. Check it out below. “Don’t Cry” follows last year’s “Won’t Let You.” In 2019, MorMor

London artist Shygirl has announced a new EP called ALIAS. The 7-song record is out November 20 via Because Music. Today, Shygirl has shared the EP’s latest single “‘SLIME,” which is produced by SOPHIE, Kai Whiston, and Sega Bodega. She’s also shared a lyric video starring Arca, Mowalola, and more. Watch it below and scroll

This Friday (October 23), a number of artists will perform during a five-hour livestream in tribute to the late Tom Petty. The Tom Petty Birthday Bash will include performances by Foo Fighters, Beck, Jackson Browne, Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, and more. The virtual event will also feature special guests Stevie Nicks, Eddie Vedder,

Nilüfer Yanya has announced a new three-song EP called Feeling Lucky? The record arrives December 11 via ATO. Today’s announcement comes with the lead single “Crash” and its corresponding music video, where she plays a flight attendant. The track was co-written and produced by Nick Hakim. Watch the video below. “The video for ‘Crash’ takes

Patti Smith appeared today on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast promoting the paperback edition of her 2019 book The Year of the Monkey, her relationships with Chelsea hotel denizens like William S. Burroughs and her “cowboy writer” Sam Shepherd, and the time Allen Ginsberg tried to pick her up because he thought she was “a very

Netflix has released first trailer for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, its forthcoming adaptation of August Wilson’s play about the Chicago blues titan. Along with Octavia Spencer as Rainey, the film features Chadwick Boseman as a trumpeter named Levee. It’s the actor’s final role before his death earlier this year. The movie arrives on December 18.

Jarvis Cocker’s group JARV IS… performed a series of covers for an exhibition about dancer and choreographer Michael Clark at the Barbican, as NME notes. The set included versions of the Velvet Underground’s “Venus in Furs,” the Fall’s “Big New Prinz,” Cocker’s own “Further Complications,” and “House Music All Night Long,” from the band‘s July

Adele has been announced as host for the upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live, set to air on October 24. The singer tweeted the news earlier today, which also revealed that this weekend’s musical guest will be H.E.R. Find the announcement below. Adele released her third album, 25, back in November 2015. She took home