Music

Róisín Murphy has released a new song. Listen to “Narcissus” below. The disco single sees her link back up with longtime collaborator Richard Barratt (aka Parrot and Crooked Man). Barratt also helmed production on her previous single “Incapable,” named Best New Track upon its release in June. Speaking on their collaboration in a press release,
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This September, Casey Ahern is back with a fresh set of string-driven melodies encapsulated within her new single “Just a Dance,” and though the aspiring country star hasn’t shied away from issuing some thoughtful, wholly forward-thinking balladry in the past, personally I found this latest track to be one of her sharpest recordings yet. “Just
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The annual Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees have been released. Artists and songwriters that have been nominated for induction in 2020 include Outkast, the Neptunes, Eurythmics, R.E.M., Patti Smith, the Isley Brothers, Vince Gill, Journey, Beach Boys’ Mike Love, and more. Elsewhere among the nominees are Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Steve Miller, Motown legend William
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Warp Records has released a 10-track sampler from its forthcoming 30th anniversary WXAXRXP Sessions box set. The collection features rare and unreleased songs from Aphex Twin, Bibio, Boards of Canada, Flying Lotus, Kelly Moran, LFO, Mount Kimbie, Oneohtrix Point Never, Plaid and Seefeel. The Aphex offering is “Slo Bird Whistle,” which he played during a
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French streaming platform Deezer has released an AI tool called Spleeter that can quickly isolate vocal and instrumental tracks and separate a song into two, four, or five separate audio tracks. The software was originally developed for research purposes, but was released on Monday, November 4, as an open-source package on GitHub. While many techniques
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Joe Pesci appears in the new Martin Scorsese film The Irishman, which comes to Netflix on November 27. More importantly, Joe Pesci has announced a new album called Pesci…Still Singing. The album arrives two days after the film’s release (on November 29), and it features Maroon 5’s Adam Levine. At the midpoint of the album,
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Strokes guitarist Fab Moretti—not to be confused with the Italian art dealer Fabrizio Moretti—has joined forces with the Italian art dealer Fabrizio Moretti (not to be confused with the Strokes guitarist) for a new art exhibition at Sotheby’s New York. The auction house will display In Passing from December 15 to 18, before auctioning the
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Since 2017, the creators of the cult classic mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap have been in a legal battle against both Universal Music Group (who released the soundtrack) and the film’s copyright and distribution holders Vivendi and StudioCanal. Rob Reiner (the film’s director), Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, and Michael McKean claimed that profits from the film
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Chicago artist Noname has taken to Twitter to announce her next album. “I don’t really talk about my music much on here,” she wrote earlier tonight, “but I’m dropping an album 2020 if anybody’s interested.” Find her post below. https://twitter.com/noname/status/1191481496390922241 The as-yet untitled project will mark Noname’s follow-up to her 2018 LP Room 25, which
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Tonight at the 2019 MTV European Music Awards, Rosalía took the stage to perform her El Mal Querer songs “Di Mi Nombre” and “Pienso En Tu Mirá.” She was joined by a team of dancers—watch the spectacle below. [embedded content] Rosalía’s last studio LP El Mal Querer arrived in 2018. Since dropping that album, Rosalía
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Harry Styles will host and perform on Saturday Night Live on November 16. The news was announced during the November 2 broadcast with Kristen Stewart and Coldplay. After parting ways from the boy band One Direction, Styles released his self-titled debut album in May 2017. Earlier this year, Styles inducted Stevie Nicks into the Rock
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Lorde has penned a lengthy note to subscribers of her newsletter about the status of her next album and the passing of her beloved dog Pearl. The singer-songwriter opens with an explanation of her relative radio silence, writing, “When we first met I would write little notes for you online, and they would form a
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Earlier today (November 1), Democratic Presidential hopeful Andrew Yang hosted Yangapalooza!—a campaign rally in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, where he was joined by Rivers Cuomo. Cuomo took to the outdoor stage at Des Moines’ Brenton Skating Plaza to perform a handful of Weezer hits as well as some familiar covers, according to a Pitchfork reporter.
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Sam Smith and longtime collaborator Guy Lawrence of Disclosure have rejoined forces to cover Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love.” Lawrence produced the track, which was commissioned for a Target holiday campaign. Check out the cover below. Smith shared the new track “How Do You Sleep?” in June. Last year they sang about beleaguered rabbits for
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Eric André has announced that his sketch comedy program The Eric André Show has been renewed for a fifth season, which will air in 2020 on Adult Swim. Entertainment Weekly shared photos from the show’s next season, with André dressed as a bench and a raccoon-toting character with syringes on Freddy Kreuger-style gloves. André told
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Miranda Lambert performed “It All Comes Out in the Wash,” from her forthcoming album Wildcard, on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Wednesday night. Watch video below. Wildcard comes out this Friday, November 1, via Vanner/RCA Nashville. It’s the Texas country star’s follow-up to 2016’s The Weight of These Wings, and, along with “It All
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