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Brandi Carlile has been named the Record Store Day 2020 Ambassador. She’s the latest in a line of artists selected by RSD organizers to represent the annual event, which falls on April 18 this year. Past artists to be named ambassador include Pearl Jam (2019), Run the Jewels (2018), St. Vincent (2017), and Metallica (2016).

Willie Nelson has announced a new studio album, First Rose of Spring. It’s out April 24 via Legacy. Listen to the title track from the record below. Scroll down for the album cover, created by Nelson’s son Micah. Buddy Cannon produced First Rose of Spring. He and Nelson also co-wrote two new songs on the

Radiohead have recently been sharing rarities on their online library archive. Tonight, they dropped a new rarity on streaming services. Listen to an extended version of “Treefingers” from Kid A below. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Kid A. In 2017, Radiohead reissued a 20th anniversary edition of OK Computer titled OKNOTOK. Last year,

JPEGMAFIA dropped a new song called “BALD!” tonight (February 20). Take a listen to the track below. He teased “BALD!” earlier in the evening, tweeting “MY NEW MUSIC WILL TARGET THE BALD DEMOGRAPHIC.” and “IF U GOT A FUCKED UP HAIRLINE THIS FOR U.” His most recent album was 2019’s All My Heroes Are Cornballs,

Archers of Loaf haven’t released a new song since their final studio album White Trash Heroes came out in 1998. That changes today. Listen to “Raleigh Days,” the North Carolina indie rock institution’s first new song in over two decades, below. The band has also announced a new string of tour dates. Find their tour

Buzzy Linhart, a mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s and ’70s, died on February 13 in Berkeley, California, the New York Times reports. Linhart’s health had been in decline since a 2018 heart attack. He was 76. Linhart was born in Pittsburgh in 1943 to musician parents and later raised in

Arca has shared a new 62-minute single called “@@@@@.” It’s her first official new music since 2017’s self-titled LP. In a statement about “@@@@@,” which premiered via her NTS Radio collaboration DIVA EXPERIMENTAL FM, Arca said: “@@@@@” is a transmission broadcasted into this world from a speculative fictional universe in which the fundamentally analogue format

The music video for Andy Michaels’ sleeper hit single “Darling It Hurts” starts off a lot like most lyric-focused music videos do; a melody, a mighty verse before us, an some kindred imagery to convey a deeper narrative existing beyond the poetry Michaels is singing to us with such a passionate delivery. But, with that

Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke has died at the age of 20, TMZ and Rolling Stone report. According to TMZ’s source, he was shot during a home invasion at his house in Hollywood Hills. Pop Smoke was reportedly pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood on the morning of Wednesday, February 19. The suspects

The Weeknd has shared the title track from his new album After Hours. He’s also shared the album’s artwork and release date. The album arrives on March 20. Listen to the new song below. [embedded content] The singer announced the title of his new album in February after sharing the songs “Blinding Lights” and “Heartless”

Stephen Malkmus has shared a video of his previously unreleased song “Brainwashed.” The solo acoustic performance was filmed for La Blogothéque at La Fontaine de Belleville in Paris. He also expanded his U.S. tour in support of his forthcoming third solo album Traditional Techniques. Check out the “Brainwashed” video and the full list of dates

Foo Fighters have announced a tour celebrating the band’s 25th anniversary. The 2020 Van Tour, which will revisit cities that Foo Fighters toured through in 1995 behind their eponymous debut album, kicks off April 12 in Phoenix and will take them across North America. Find the band’s full roster of tour dates below and buy

Ozzy Osbourne has canceled his 2020 tour. The press release announcing the cancellation cites health problems and says he’ll soon seek treatment in Europe. Last month, Osbourne revealed that he’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Refunds are available at the point of purchase. “I’m so thankful that everyone has been patient because I’ve had a

Last year, Harry Styles covered Lizzo’s “Juice” at BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. Lizzo promptly reacted by tweeting, “*melts*,” and, the two later performed the song together live. Now, Lizzo’s taking on a Harry Styles song: She’s covered Styles’ “Adore You” at the Live Lounge. She also did her own “Cuz I Love You” and

English DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall has died of a pulmonary embolism, his management announced today (February 17). He was 56 years old. Weatherall’s management said in a statement, “He was being treated in hospital but unfortunately the blood clot reached his heart. His death was swift and peaceful.” Andrew Weatherall began his music career