Music

Thundercat was one of the many performers during the first day of Adult Swim Festival. During his set, Ariana Grande joined him for a live rendition of “Them Changes,” originally from 2015’s The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam. Watch their performance below. Ariana Grande covered “Them Changes” back in 2018. At the time, she
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Three of Haruomi Hosono’s albums have come to streaming services for the first time. Hana ni Mizu (Watering a Flower) (1984), omni Sight Seeing (1989), and MEDICINE COMPILATION (1993) are available to stream now; the latter two releases have been remastered by Yoshinori Sunahara, who previously handled the recent Yellow Magic Orchestra reissues. Vinyl editions
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I nearly OD’d in your bathroom / I thought you were my best friend / You were drunk and passed out in the bedroom / I felt like this was the end” a fragile lead vocal proclaims from beneath a thin layer of instrumental melodicism in Rad Horror’s “Everybody But Myself.” In this track and
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Sigur Rós have shared another piece from their forthcoming album Odin’s Raven Magic. It’s called “Stendur æva.” Below, check out a video for the selection, which was recorded with Conservatoire de Paris Orchestra and the Schola Cantorum Choir at a performance in Paris in 2004.  “Stendur æva” features vocalist Steindór Andersen joining the band, along
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Rising superstar Ian Guerin has just launched his long-awaited new single, “Chapter ll.” As always Ian writes his songs from his true-life passionate inspirations and his true authentic heart. Inspired by the hope of a second chance for romance, the track “Chapter ll”, needs no second chance. A powerful and energetic song, “Chapter ll” is
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Megan Thee Stallion has announced her debut album: Good News is out next week, Friday, November 20. Find the album cover below. It’s been a big year for Meg, who released the project Suga and joined Cardi B for the massively popular single “WAP.” (It was revealed earlier this year that “WAP” wasn’t submitted for
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In the wake of news that a coronavirus vaccine with a 90% efficacy rate on an initial trial is in development from pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Ticketmaster has announced a plan to check concertgoers’ vaccine statuses prior to attending concerts, Billboard reports. The proposed system involves using Ticketmaster’s digital ticket app, which will collect information from
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Tame Impala appeared on BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac Show today, where they performed a live session from Kevin Parker’s home studio. Playing in the trio configuration they’ve been using for recent late-night and web performances, the band debuted a cover of Nelly Furtado’s “Say It Right,” originally released on 2006’s Loose. Watch that and
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Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has chopped and screwed Wilco’s breakthrough 2002 LP Yankee Hotel Foxtrot with the help of Houston’s Chopstars. Jenkins shared the project on Twitter, noting the “#YeehawAgenda is alive and well.” Check it out below. Jenkins has previously chopped and screwed the soundtracks to Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, as
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Lil Nas X has announced the release of a new song called “Holiday”—out this Friday (November 13)—in an absurd and spectacular way. During tonight’s game between the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a commercial aired that features the “Old Town Road” rapper becoming Santa Claus via the Tim Allen Santa Clause contract.
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Drakeo the Ruler was released from prison on Wednesday, and tonight, he shared his first new song and video since his release. “Fights Don’t Matter” is set to appear on his upcoming project We Know the Truth. According to Jeff Weiss, the song was recorded “three hours after leaving the Compton Courthouse—from scrawled lyrics written
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Foo Fighters were the musical guests on tonight’s Dave Chappelle-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. Their performance marked the debut of their new song “Shame Shame,” which they officially released as the episode aired. The song will appear on their just-announced album Medicine at Midnight, which is out February 5, 2021 on Roswell Records/RCA. Listen
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Daniel Lopatin made an appearance on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform his recent Oneohtrix Point Never song “I Don’t Love Me Anymore”. He was backed by previous live show collaborators Eli Keszler on drums and Nate Boyce on guitar for the remote performance; check it out below. Lopatin released Magic Oneohtrix Point
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Chicago-born, Atlanta-based rapper King Von has died after he was shot outside an Atlanta nightclub early this morning (November 6), according to a spokesperson for the Atlanta Police Department. King Von was 26 years old. According to the spokesperson, the shooting involved two groups of men and two off-duty police officers. Three people have died
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CHAI have released a new cover of Mariya Takeuchi’s “Plastic Love.” It follows the Japanese quartet’s recent single “Donuts Mind If I Do,” their first release for new record label Sub Pop. (The 7″ release for that song, out today, features “Plastic Love” as a B-side.) Listen to CHAI’s take on Takeuchi’s city pop classic below.
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James Blake appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday night (November 5), covering Frank Ocean’s “Godspeed” solo on a piano outdoors. Watch it below. Blake released the new four-song EP Before in mid-October, which followed two new songs that he’s shared since the spring: “You’re Too Precious” and “Are You Even Real.” He
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In February 2019, Florida rappers YNW Melly (real name: Jamell Demons) and YNW Bortlen (real name: Cortlen Henry) were arrested for the murder of aspiring rappers Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams and Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas Jr. Now, almost two years after Melly’s incarceration, the rapper is being sued by the estates of Thomas and Willaims,
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