Jon Hopkins has shared a new track. “Singing Bowl (Ascension)” was written with meditative experiences in mind, according to a press release. It features on Quiet, his 24-hour long collaborative playlist for Spotify. Have a listen below. Hopkins says of the piece: Like so many people I felt pretty paralysed by this situation when it
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Randy Newman stopped by the Late Show with Stephen Colbert and performed his public service announcement song “Stay Away.” “People are saying it’s the greatest song ever written or that they’ve heard,” he said. “A lot of people are saying it. I’m not—it’s they who are saying it.” Check it out below. “Everybody stay safe,”
Berkeley Rep’s world premiere of Swept Away, a stage production featuring the music of The Avett Brothers, written by Moulin Rouge!‘s John Logan and reteaming Spring Awakening director Michael Mayer and star John Gallagher Jr, has been postponed for a year to summer 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. With its high-profile creative team and
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Sheryl Crow was the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. From her home, she played a cover of George Harrison’s “Beware of Darkness” from his 1970 album All Things Must Pass. Check it out below. Sheryl Crow also covered “Beware of Darkness,” with contributions from Eric Clapton, Sting,
TempleLive in Fort Smith, Arkansas has announced that Bishop Gunn frontman Travis McCready will perform at the venue on May 15. The concert is likely to be the first live concert performed to an audience in the U.S. since the spread of the novel coronavirus decimated the touring industry as large gatherings across the country
In 2017, Quincy Jones was awarded $9.4 million in a trial against Michael Jackson’s estate over unreceived royalties for his work on Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, the This Is It soundtrack, and two Cirque du Soleil shows, as well as the ability the remix that work. Now, a California appeals court has reversed the
Dirty Projectors have announced a new series of five EPs. Each one will see a different member of the band sing lead vocals. Domino will release a box set compiling the EPs on December 4. The first installment, Windows Open, was released in March, with guitarist Maia Friedman taking the lead. The second EP is
Mick Jagger appeared in a segment during tonight’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. During the fake BBC clip called “Global News,” a British announcer narrated as Jagger did a number of chores such as fixing his car, gardening, herding sheep, cooking dinner, and more. Check out the old-timey visual below. The Rolling
Cast members from Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Jagged Little Pill, Company, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Chicago, Diana, Mean Girls, Girl from the North Country, Six, and Mrs. Doubtfire will take part in Sunday’s Broadway Does Mother’s Day, a digital variety benefitting Broadway Cares’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The show is designed to replace
Lil Tjay has announced a new mixtape called State of Emergency. It arrives this Friday, May 8. Check out Tjay’s announcement and the music video for his new song “Ice Cold” below. Lil Tjay released his debut album True 2 Myself last fall. Following the death of his friend and collaborator Pop Smoke in February
Drake made an appearance on Lil Wayne’s new “Young Money Radio” program on Apple Music last night, where he and his mentor discussed his new mixtape, fatherhood, and more. After a brief discussion of how Drake’s family is doing—including his dad, Dennis Graham, who is apparently “working on an album that’ll never come out”—Wayne and
Gorillaz have shared the latest single in their ongoing Song Machine series. The new song is called “How Far?” and features Skepta as well as Tony Allen, the late drummer and Afrobeat pioneer who passed away earlier this week. “The track was written and recorded with Skepta in London just before lockdown and is being
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson unveiled a state reopening plan on April 27 that includes a note that live concerts can resume starting on Monday (May 4), Billboard reports. Missouri is the first state in the U.S. to reopen live events amid the coronavirus pandemic. The plan dictates that “seating shall be spaced out according to
Thurston Moore has shared a new song called “May Daze.” It was recorded by producer Paul Epworth at the Church in London alongside his bandmates in Thurston Moore Group—fellow Sonic Youth alum Steve Shelley, My Bloody Valentine bassist Deb Googe, and guitarist James Sedwards. “A soundtrack for our USA sisters + brothers to register as
Sia has shared a new song, as Stereogum points out. It’s called “Saved My Life” and it was co-written by Dua Lipa, with production by Greg Kurstin. The singer debuted the new track during the Americares Foundation’s COVID-19 benefit livestream last night, and all proceeds from sales of the song will be directed to Americares
Chicano Batman were the musical guests on last night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The Los Angeles band convened remotely, shooting segments from their homes for a performance of “Color My Life,” a single from their newly released album Invisible People. Check that out below. Chicano Batman’s last album, Freedom Is Free,
Yaeji has postponed the remaining headline dates of her WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 tour. “Hello dear onions,” she wrote on Twitter earlier tonight (May 1). “Due to the present concern and uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, all of my headline tour dates this year have been postponed. We will share dates for early 2021 soon.” Find
Zola Jesus has released her first-ever live album. She dropped Live at Roadburn 2018 earlier today (May 1) on her Bandcamp page. The LP will arrive on other streaming platforms May 8. Pre-sale for vinyl and CD versions of the release will also commence that day. Listen to the 12-track album, which was recorded at
Clairo has shared a cover of “Brown Trout Blues,” a track from British singer-songwriter Johnny Flynn’s 2008 debut A Larum. Clairo said it’s “one of [her] favorite songs.” Hear her rendition below and scroll down for Flynn’s original. Clairo released her debut album Immunity in 2019. This year, she’s shared a new demo, a mix
Mogwai’s score for the TV series ZeroZeroZero (which airs on Sky Atlantic, Canal+, and Prime Video) has been released. It’s a pay-what-you-can release on Bandcamp. Half of the proceeds are going to Help Musicians and NHS charities. Listen to it, and watch a trailer for the show, below. Stuart Braithwaite said in a statement: With
Drake is releasing new music tonight, sources familiar with the situation tell Pitchfork. The new material will follow his recent hit single “Toosie Slide,” as well as one-off collaborations with Lil Yachty (“Oprah’s Bank Account”) and Future (“Desires”), and his solo tracks “When to Say When” and “Chicago Freestyle.” Drake’s last studio album was 2018’s
Dixie Chicks have shared the new song “Julianna Calm Down.” It’s the second offering from the band’s comeback record Gaslighter. Check out the song in the IGTV below. Dixie Chicks co-produced Gaslighter with Jack Antonoff. The record was led by the title track. The album does not currently have a release date, but Gaslighter will
Thom Yorke was the musical guest on tonight’s remote broadcast of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In addition to sitting down for a somewhat rare late night TV performance, he also debuted a new song called “Plasticine Figures.” According to Fallon, it was an unfinished song that Yorke decided to finish for tonight’s performance.
Parody music icon “Weird Al” Yankovic has a guest role in new season of Reno 911!, which is returning on May 4 via the new streaming service Quibi. In the tweet below, Al revealed that he’s playing Ted Nugent, and he shared a photo of himself donning an American flag cowboy hat, a sleeveless American
The 2020 Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals have been canceled due to Rhode Island’s COVID-19 guidelines. “As devastating as it is to write those words, it’s balanced with a renewed sense of, well, HOPE,” executive producer Jay Sweet wrote in a statement. “It’s Rhode Island’s motto for good reason and it’s also the feeling you,
This week, Post Malone’s song “Circles” broke the record for the most weeks spent in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Just in time for the song to reach record-breaking status, Dashboard Confessional have shared their rendition of the song. It’s the B-side to their new Spotify Singles contribution, and it was recorded
Hayley Williams’ 2020 tour was scheduled to begin in May, but her upcoming tour dates in Europe and North America have been postponed until 2021. Tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates, which have yet to be scheduled. “im very sorry we wont see each other in real life soon,” Williams wrote. “eventually, though.”
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Nilüfer Yanya will perform the next session in Pitchfork’s new stay-at-home concert series. The performance will broadcast live on Instagram this Wednesday, April 29, at 4 p.m. Eastern. You can tune in at Pitchfork’s Instagram. Pitchfork’s concert sessions take place on our Instagram every Wednesday and Friday, and viewers will be able to donate to the