Music

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

President Donald Trump is holding a fundraiser event in Newport Beach, California today that’s being headlined by Mike Love’s current touring lineup of the Beach Boys, the Los Angeles Times reports. Brian Wilson and Al Jardine, who are unaffiliated with Love’s touring version of the band, shared a statement with Variety distancing themselves from the

Last night (October 17) during NIVA’s virtual Save Our Stages Fest, Miley Cyrus performed with a full band at Hollywood’s legendary Whisky a Go-Go. During her set, Miley covered the Cranberries’ 1994 single “Zombie,” as well as the Cure’s iconic track “Boys Don’t Cry.” Miley also sang her recent song “Midnight Sky.” Check out Miley’s

Bob Biggs, who helped put Los Angeles punk on the map with his independent label Slash Records, has died, according to Deadline. He was 74. Biggs launched Slash Records in 1978, coming on to the Los Angeles punk zine Slash and developing the label out of the publication after its original founding. Along with Slash,

Ariana Grande has teased something called “Positions.” It’ll arrive next week, according to a countdown clock on her website. Following her tweet earlier this week promising new material, the clock also alludes to more material arriving on October 30. See more here. Last year, Grande released two albums: thank u, next in February and k

Last night the Grammys honored nearly a dozen artists with Lifetime Achievement Awards during the “Great Performances: GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends” tribute special. Two John Prine songs were performed: “Storm Windows” (Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires) and “I Remember Everything” (Brandi Carlile). Yola covered Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s “Up Above My Head, I Hear Music

Gorillaz have announced a new Apple Music radio show, Song Machine Radio. Each of the band’s characters—2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle, and Russel—will host an hour-long episode of the series, with music selections, special guests, and “segments with Gorillaz co-founders Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett.” The first episode with 2D airs Monday, October 19 at 5

Beyoncé’s HOMECOMING: THE LIVE ALBUM, which captured her iconic 2018 Coachella set, is coming to vinyl for the first time. The 4xLP set—out December 4—comes with a 52-page booklet. Preview the record below. Beyoncé released her HOMECOMING documentary on Netflix in April 2019. Earlier this year, she shared the song “BLACK PARADE” and then the

For the third straight week, Bill Callahan and Bonnie “Prince” Billy have shared a new cover song. Two weeks ago, they tapped AZITA to cover Yusuf / Cat Stevens’ 1967 track “Blackness of the Night.” And, last Friday, they got to Matt Sweeney to help them cover Hank Williams, Jr.’s “O.D.’d in Denver.” Now, Callahan

On December 15, 2019, rapper Lil Yachty and his associates allegedly got into a physical altercation with a man at Rolling Loud Los Angeles. Now, almost a year after the incident, Lil Yachty is being sued by a man named Jimmy Quivac, who claims he was assaulted by the rapper and his crew, as TMZ

London artist Ray BLK has shared a new song called “Lovesick.” The track arrives with a Labi-directed music video. Check it out below. “Lovesick” is the first single from Ray BLK’s forthcoming debut album, slated for release in 2021. “‘Lovesick’ is a revenge song,” Ray said in a press release. She continued: It’s about taking

The Knife have shared “För alla namn vi inte får använda (Europa Europa Theme),” a track originally released in 2014 in collaboration with the anti-nationalist touring cabaret Europa Europa. Previously only available in Sweden and on YouTube, the song can now be streamed widely; check it out below. “In 2014, we made music for an

Young Marble Giants’ classic and only album Colossal Youth turns 40 this year, and to mark the occasion, the band will release an anniversary reissue on November 27 via Domino. It features the album as well as songs from Salad Days, Is The War Over, the “Final Day” single, and the Testcard EP. It’ll also

Kelly Moran and Prurient are releasing an album together: Chain Reaction at Dusk is out December 4 via Prurient’s Hospital Productions. The album includes three songs from Moran (recorded in 2018) and two songs from Prurient. Listen to Moran’s “Helix III” and Prurient’s “Tokyo Exorcist” from the album below. Moran and Prurient met in 2018

Andrew Broder, Denzel Curry, Dua Saleh, and Haleek Maul have shared a new song called “Bloodrush.” Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is also credited as a writer on the track, which is taken from the forthcoming Alan Moore movie The Show. Broder has previously released music as Hymie’s Basement, Fog, and Wertheimer. Broder has also collaborated

Demi Lovato’s latest single is called “Commander in Chief,” and as the title suggests, it’s about President Trump. The anthemic pop song repeatedly criticizes the president. “Commander in chief, honestly/if I did the things you do, I couldn’t sleep,” she sings. Later, she adds, “We’ll be in the streets while you’re bunkerin’ down.” Listen to