Music

Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes have announced that their band Quasi is heading out on a West Coast tour later this fall. Find those dates here. It’s Weiss’ first announcement since revealing that she’d departed Sleater-Kinney earlier this month. Their shows are taking place at the same time as Sleater-Kinney’s 2019 tour behind The Center

Travis Scott has shared the music video for his ASTROWORLD track “WAKE UP” (featuring the Weeknd). The black and white clip is directed by Jonah Hill. It finds Travis floating through a mansion after a party. Watch below. This year, Jonah Hill directed Vampire Weekend’s “Sunflower” music video. He also appeared in the band’s “Harmony Hill”

BTS leader RM has contributed his very own remix of Lil Nas X’s viral hit “Old Town Road.” It’s called “Seoul Town Road,” and you can hear it below. [embedded content] The K-pop rapper’s version of “Old Town Road” is the latest in a long string of remixes that began with Billy Ray Cyrus’ rendition

The 1975 have shared the first song off their long-teased fourth album Notes on a Conditional Form. As per tradition, it is called “The 1975.” But, this time, Matty Healy isn’t singing, and the song doesn’t include “The 1975”’s traditional lyrics (“Go down/Soft sound…”). Instead, the new “The 1975” features Greta Thurnberg, the Swedish teenager

Rico Nasty has shared a new song. It’s called “Time Flies” and you can check it out below. The track marks her first new music since Anger Management, a collaborative release with Kenny Beats from April. Earlier this year, Rico Nasty was announced as part of XXL’s 2019 Freshman Class along with Tierra Whack, DaBaby,

YBN Cordae has released the latest single from his forthcoming LP The Lost Boy, the J. Cole-produced “RNP” featuring Anderson .Paak, the first collaboration between Cordae and either artist. Listen to the track below. The Lost Boy, which also features Ty Dolla $ign, Pusha-T, Meek Mill and “an additional appearance” from Quincy Jones, is set

John Prine’s series of summer tour dates have been postponed as the iconic singer-songwriter prepares to have heart stent surgery. Prine’s representatives offered their apologies in an Instagram post, noting that Prine has been told by doctors “that he has an elevated risk for a stroke.” He’s having surgery this week, and some dates have

The 1975 will headline Saturday night of Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2019. For their last album, 2018’s A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, the Matt Healy-fronted band received the 2019 BRIT awards for Best British Album and Best British Group. They join Skepta and Chromatics as festival headliners. The festival takes place from October 31

In October, the hip-hop festival Rolling Loud will land at Citi Field for its first-ever iteration in New York City. Heavyhitters Wu-Tang Clan, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, and Meek Mill will all headline. A$AP Rocky is set to join them, pending his release from a Swedish jail. Playboi Carti, Blueface, Fat Joe, Young Thug,

High on Fire and Power Trip have announced a co-headlining tour. The two metal bands hit the road in August and will be playing North American dates until the end of the year. They’ll be joined by Devil Master and Creeping Death. Check out the dates below. This marks the second time in recent months

Alessia Cara has shared a new song. Listen to “Ready” below. It marks the singer-songwriter’s first new track since releasing her sophomore album The Pains of Growing Up late last year. [embedded content] “Ready” is the first single from Cara’s upcoming EP The Summer. Since the release of The Pains of Growing, Cara has released

Nicki Minaj stopped by Los Angeles station Power106 FM for a brief installment of her long-running show “Queen Radio” earlier today (July 19). During her segment, Minaj dropped a brand new remix of DaBaby’s Baby On Baby track “Suge (Yea Yea).” Give it a listen below. Minaj recently canceled a performance slated to take place

Yesterday (July 20), Sturgill Simpson was a panelist at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, where he discussed a forthcoming anime film he made in collaboration with manga artist Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai) and filmmaker Junpei Mizusaki (Batman Ninja). Now, Simpson has shared the first official trailer for the new film, titled Sound & Fury. He also

Tonight at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel announced plans to reboot the film Blade. Mahershala Ali will step into the title role, following in the footsteps of Wesley Snipes, The Hollywood Reporter notes. Snipes and Kris Kristofferson starred in the trilogy of vampire hunter films between 1998 and 2004. The final film, Blade: Trinity,

Bob Frank, the cult singer-songwriter from Memphis, has died. Light in the Attic, who reissued his debut self-titled album, confirmed the news in a statement. He was 75. Frank was born and raised in Memphis. He was a Vietnam veteran who returned and became a songwriter for a Nashville publishing house. His debut album arrived

ASAP Rocky and two associates will be held in Sweden for a third week as the prosecutor investigates the case, TMZ and The Washington Post report. Rocky was arrested on July 3 on suspicion of assaulting a man on the streets of Stockholm. He was initially held for two weeks and charged with assault (reduced

Ryan Adams has resurfaced for the first time since February, when he was accused of sexual and psychological abuse by multiple women in a New York Times report. Late last night (July 19), Adams posted a snippet of a new song called “I’m Sorry and I Love You” on his Instagram account. He made multiple

Lakeshore Records has announced The Music Of Red Dead Redemption 2: Original Score, the second collection of songs written for the wildly popular open world video game. The score includes original and previously-unreleased music from main composer Woody Jackson, Arca, saxophonist Colin Stetson, David Ferguson, Gabe Witcher, and many others. It arrives August 9 via

A jury has found 19-year-old rapper Tay-K guilty of murder and robbery, NBC’s Dallas–Fort Worth affiliate reports. At the outset of the trial, Tay-K pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated robbery by threats, but pleaded not guilty to capital murder and to a separate count of aggravated robbery, according to the Fort Worth Star

Rapper Lil Pump just dropped a brand new single featuring French Montana and Quavo of Migos. It’s called “Pose to Do.” Listen to the new Mally Mall-produced track below. [embedded content] Lil Pump shared his sophomore album Harverd Dropout earlier this year. Prior to releasing that record he dropped music with Kanye West (“I Love

André 3000 will star in a new 10-part series created by Jason Segel, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The new show is called “Dispatches From Elsewhere,” and it is slated to premiere on AMC next year. According to the AJC, the drama series follows “a group of people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding behind everyday

The 2019 Kennedy Center Honors recipients have been announced. The members of iconic band Earth, Wind & Fire are among the honorees, as are singer-songwriter Linda Ronstadt, San Francisco Symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas, actress Sally Field, and the children’s television program “Sesame Street,” as NPR reports. The awards will be presented during a

Chief Keef has recruited Lil Uzi Vert for a guest feature on a new song, “Cap Flow,” the first single from Glo Gang member DooWop’s new album Cappin’ Ain‘t Dead. It is the first time Keef and Uzi have collaborated on a track together. Listen to the track below. Chief Keef produced much of the

English rock band Wire have announced the production of their first authorized documentary, People in a Film. Watch the trailer for the film below. Production has begun at Wales’ Rockfield Studios, capturing the band as it records its forthcoming LP. Footage includes interviews with Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Grey, Matthew Simms and Bruce Gilbert,

Five-piece Chicago band Twin Peaks have announced a new album called Lookout Low. The record, which follows 2016’s Down in Heaven, is set to arrive on September 13 via Grand Jury. It’s led by the single “Dance Through It,” which comes with a music video directed by Ariel Fisher and Léo Schrepel. Check out the

Chance the Rapper sat down with Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show,” and during the chat, he decided to reveal more information about his official debut album. It’s been available for pre-order, but the title and release date were unknown. It’s called The Big Day, and it’s out July 26. Watch the reveal, featuring the

South African musician and anti-apartheid activist Johnny Clegg has died from pancreatic cancer, his manager Roddy Quin confirmed on Facebook. He was 66. “Johnny leaves deep foot prints in the hearts of every person that considers him/herself to be an African,” Quin wrote. “He showed us what it was to assimilate to and embrace other

Today, the 2019 Emmy nominations were revealed. Beyoncé’s live concert film Homecoming, which premiered on Netflix this April, received six nods. It’s up for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Production Design, and Outstanding Costumes For Variety. The 2019 Emmy Awards will be held at Microsoft Theater in Los