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Damon Albarn has announced he will perform music from his new project The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows on a livestream as part of Boiler Room’s ongoing “Streaming From Isolation” series. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman was set to take this new project on tour with “orchestral instrumentation,
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Live Nation has furloughed 20% of its workforce, according to Billboard. Approximately 2,100 of its 10,500 employees have reportedly been furloughed as the result of the decision, which comes at a moment when the live concert industry faces a serious economic downturn due to thousands of canceled tours and festivals worldwide. When reached for comment,
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Adult Swim has announced a new livestream show, the Class of 2020 Commencement Speaker Series. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, “through graduation season,” the comedy outlet will host a new personality or artist to deliver a communal commencement address. “Our featured speakers will avoid the insulting simplicity of year-end platitudes and instead provide refreshing insight
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Prince and the Revolution’s 1985 concert film Live was uploaded to YouTube today. The stream raised money for the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. And then, the film’s oft-bootlegged soundtrack got its first-ever official release. It’s available on all streaming services now. Listen and watch the film below. Live captured Prince and the
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El-P has reissued his debut solo album, 2002’s Fantastic Damage, which is also on streaming services for the first time. It’s the latest installment in Fat Possum’s El-P reissue campaign, which previously featured the rerelease of 2007’s I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead. El-P said of Fantastic Damage: This album is raw and noisy and fucked up and exactly
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Ohmme, the Chicago duo of Sima Cunningham (who works for the company that helps produce Pitchfork Music Festival) and Macie Stewart, have shared a new song from their upcoming album Fantasize Your Ghost. Listen to “Selling Candy” below, and scroll down for Cunningham’s statement about the song. Fantasize Your Ghost is due out June 5.
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Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo has covered Nirvana’s In Utero classic “Heart-Shaped Box,” as Rolling Stone points out. He played the song on piano during a Zoom session from his home. Watch below. Amber Mark also recently covered “Heart-Shaped Box” while self-isolating at home. And, notably, Post Malone played a whole stay-at-home concert of Nirvana covers. Weezer
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Dave Grohl sat down for an interview on Los Angeles radio station ALT 98.7 FM alongside his mom, author Virginia Grohl. During the interview, he talked about the upcoming Foo Fighters album, Consequence of Sound points out. After talking about how he’d been excited to perform the new music live before the coronavirus pandemic shut
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BROCKHAMPTON have released two new songs: “N.S.T.” and “things can’t stay the same.” The tracks mark the first original singles to be released from the rap group in 2020; back in March, they released a remix of their GINGER highlight “SUGAR” that featured Dua Lipa. Check out the new music below. Last year, BROCKHAMPTON took
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James Blake has performing covers of artists’ songs from his home over the past several months. After recently opening the floor to fan requests, he’s recorded a solo piano rendition of “Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer” by Stevie Wonder. Watch that below. “Never Dreamed You’d Leave In Summer” was originally released on Stevie’s 1971
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Little Richard has died, as Rolling Stone reports. The rock ‘n’ roll original was 87 years old; at this time, a cause of death has not been reported. Known for his wild, flamboyant performing style, Richard Wayne Penniman inspired young musicians all over the world. Born in Macon, Georgia—the second of 12 children—he was kicked
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Tekashi 6ix9ine has released his first new song following his release from prison last month. It’s called “GOOBA.” That’s it below. The track includes references to COVID-19 (“Basic, been hot, way before coronavirus”) and 6ix9ine’s cooperation with federal prosecutors and testimony (“Tell me how I ratted, came home to a big bag”). In December 2019,
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On the day her new Off Broadway production Between the Lines was set to open, producer Daryl Roth has announced the musical based on the novel by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer will instead make its debut in Spring 2021. Most of the planned cast will stay on board for the pandemic-postponed production, including
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Christine and the Queens’ Héloïse Letissier appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Thursday night (May 7), performing “People, I’ve been sad” from home. Watch it happen below. During her time in isolation, Letissier has still maintained an active performance schedule, appearing on the One World: Together at Home broadcast and covering the likes
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U.K. magazine The Face recently published a number of tributes to the 1975, including covers of their songs performed by Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo, Rina Sawayama, Beabadoobee, and more. Bridgers offered a version of “Girls” from the band’s 2013 self-titled debut. Hear that below, along with Clairo’s take on “Robbers,” Rina Sawayama’s rendition of “Love It
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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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