News YG’s My Krazy Life Disappears From Streaming Platforms Following “Meet the Flockers” Backlash The song faced renewed criticism and calls for removal due to its lyrics about targeting “Chinese neighborhoods” during burglary attempts By Matthew Strauss April 5, 2021 Facebook Twitter YG, June 2019 (Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Def Jam) Facebook Twitter YG’s 2014
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News L’Rain, Olivia Rodrigo, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat By Pitchfork April 5, 2021 Facebook Twitter Graphic by Drew Litowitz Facebook Twitter The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it.
News Earth, Wind & Fire and the Isley Brothers’ VERZUZ Battle: Here’s What Happened A special Steve Harvey-hosted Easter special between the two iconic groups By Evan Minsker April 5, 2021 Facebook Twitter Earth, Wind & Fire, Steve Harvey, and the Isley Brothers on VERZUZ (still) Facebook Twitter The Isley Brothers and Earth, Wind &
News War Bassist B.B. Dickerson Has Died at 71 His bass line defined “Low Rider” and he contributed lead vocals to “The World Is a Ghetto” By Evan Minsker April 4, 2021 Facebook Twitter War’s B.B. Dickerson in 1976 (Michael Putland/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter B.B. Dickerson, the bassist who was a co-founding member of the
News Watch St. Vincent Play “Pay Your Way in Pain” and “The Melting of the Sun” on SNL She brought both of her Daddy’s Home singles to Studio 8H By Allison Hussey and Noah Yoo April 4, 2021 Facebook Twitter St. Vincent (Still from her performance on Saturday Night Live). Facebook Twitter St. Vincent was
News Navy Blue Shares Video for New Song “Durag Anthem”: Watch A new single following two records from the rapper last year By Allison Hussey April 3, 2021 Facebook Twitter Navy Blue (Still via YouTube) Facebook Twitter Navy Blue has shared a new song called “Durag Anthem” along with a music video directed by Ryosuke
News DMX Hospitalized and in Critical Condition Following Apparent Drug Overdose: Report The rapper reportedly suffered a heart attack after the overdose By Noah Yoo April 3, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter DMX has been hospitalized after suffering an apparent drug overdose on the evening of Friday, April 2, as TMZ reports. The rapper reportedly
News Esperanza Spalding Releases New TRIANGLE Suite: Listen Featuring new songs written “in consultation with music therapists and neuroscientists” By Noah Yoo April 3, 2021 Facebook Twitter Esperanza Spalding, photo by LaMont Hamilton Facebook Twitter Esperanza Spalding has released the TRIANGLE suite: a trio of new songs called “formwela 1,” “formwela 2,” featuring Ganavya, and
Jedward. (Dave Hogan/Getty) Jedward have condemned the hateful “super straight” trend which claims refusing to date a trans person is a sexual orientation. The trend quickly gained momentum on TikTok in March when user @kyleroyce shared a video explaining that he had created “a new sexuality” called “super straight”. In the video, the TikTok user
News Will Yip Raises Over $78,000 for AAPI Community Fund, Adds New Raffle Prize pool includes new Fender guitars, drums, vinyl packages, and more By Noah Yoo April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Will Yip photo by Tom May Facebook Twitter Last week, Philadelphia producer Will Yip launched a massive online raffle to raise funds for
News Omar Apollo Launches New Hot Sauce The recipe for Disha Hot has been passed down for generations in the artist’s family By Madison Bloom April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Omar Apollo, October 2019 (Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter First-generation, Mexican-American singer and songwriter Omar Apollo has launched his own hot
News Jamila Woods and oddCouple Share Video for New Song “Reflections”: Watch From the Chicago producer and musician’s sophomore album Reflections By Allison Hussey April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter oddCouple and Jamila Woods, photo by AJ Incammicia Facebook Twitter Jamila Woods and Chicago producer and musician oddCouple have collaborated on a new single titled “Reflections,”
Lil Nas X holding one of his Satan-themed shoes. (Twitter) A frustrated Lil Nas X hit out at “crying nerds on the internet” for halting sales of his Satan shoes, saying that “freedom of expression” is “gone”. After Lil Nas X announced he was dropping 666 limited edition “Satan shoes” that contained a drop of real
News Demi Lovato Enlists Ariana Grande for New Song: Listen “Met Him Last Night” appears on Lovato’s new album Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over By Madison Bloom April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy). Facebook Twitter Today (April 2), Demi Lovato
News Iggy Pop Joins Cast of Comedy Film Blue Iguana Alongside Bob Saget and Joel David Moore, he’ll play a patriarch whose death sets the plot in motion By Allison Hussey April 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter Iggy Pop, January 2020 (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Facebook Twitter Iggy Pop has been
News Courtney Barnett and Vagabon Cover Sharon Van Etten’s “Don’t Do It”: Listen Another cut from the forthcoming epic Ten By Allison Hussey April 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter Vagabon and Courtney Barnett, photo by Pooneh Ghana Facebook Twitter Courtney Barnett and Vagabon have shared their cover of Sharon Van Etten’s “Don’t Do It,” part of
News Songwriters Call on Artists to Stop Demanding Credit and Publishing for Songs They Didn’t Write The Pact—Emily Warren, Tobias Jesso Jr., Tayla Parx, and others—pledge to stop catering to recording artists’ “bully tactics and threats” in demanding publishing By Evan Minsker March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter Musician recording an acoustic guitar (Neil Godwin/Total Guitar
Fragility is the key ingredient in making the harmony we find in the new single “Stay” from Voyce Butler so sexy and appealing, even after repeat listens, but it’s not the lone reason you should be spinning this hot R&B track this spring. From the linguistic silk Butler sews together to form the verses in
News Tame Impala to Play Innerspeaker in Full for New Livestream Performance Innerspeaker Live From Wave House will broadcast April 21 By Noah Yoo March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter Tame Impala photo by Alex Haygarth Facebook Twitter Tame Impala are performing their debut Innerspeaker in its entirety for a new live stream. Innerspeaker Live at
News Watch CHAI’s Video for New Song “Nobody Knows We Are Fun” A Booksmart-inspired single from the rock quartet’s next album WINK By Madison Bloom March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter CHAI, photo by Hideto Hotta Facebook Twitter CHAI have released the next single from their forthcoming album WINK. “Nobody Knows We Are Fun” arrives with
FKA twigs has thanked Lil Nas X for “acknowledging” his video for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” was inspired by her work “Cellophane”. Shortly after “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” took the world by storm, many pointed out the close similarities between the video and FKA twigs‘ 2019 release, “Cellophane”, which sees the
News FKA twigs Praises Lil Nas X, Says He Acknowledged “Cellophane” Inspired “Montero” Video “I think what you have done is amazing and I fully support your expression and bravery in pushing culture forward for the queer community” By Madison Bloom March 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter FKA twigs and Lil Nas X (Getty Images) Facebook
News Mustafa Details Debut Project When Smoke Rises, Shares New Song “Ali”: Watch the Video The Muslim poet and songwriter releases his first full-length in May By Noah Yoo March 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter Mustafa, photo by Samuel Engelking Facebook Twitter Mustafa has announced the release date of his first full-length project, When Smoke Rises.
News BTS Discuss Facing Discrimination, Condemn Racism in #StopAsianHate Statement “Our own experiences are inconsequential compared to the events that have occurred over the past few weeks. But these experiences were enough to make us feel powerless and chip away our self-esteem.” By Evan Minsker March 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter BTS in 2020 (Big Hit
Lady Gaga’s dog walker Ryan Fischer (R) detailed the extent of his injuries in an Instagram video. (Getty Images/Screen capture via Instagram/@saintrocque) Lady Gaga‘s dog walker had part of his lung removed after thugs gunned him down to grab the singer’s dogs, leaving him “bleeding on the sidewalk”. Ryan Fischer recounted in a vivid Instagram
News Nils Frahm Surprise Releases Album for Piano Day: Listen Graz, “an unheard snapshot of a young Nils,” was recorded in 2009 March 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter Nils Frahm, photo by Sebastian Rieck Facebook Twitter Nils Frahm is celebrating Piano Day (the 88th day of the year) by releasing an album that’s described as “an
News Bill Callahan Shares New “Cowboy” Video: Watch A surreal clip for the Gold Record song By Sam Sodomsky March 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Bill Callahan “Cowboy” screenshot Facebook Twitter Bill Callahan has shared a new video for “Cowboy,” from his 2020 album Gold Record. The surreal video was directed by Anthony Gasparro and Mikey
News Watch the Weather Station Perform on CBS This Morning Tamara Lindeman and her band played tracks from the Weather Station’s latest album Ignorance By Madison Bloom March 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Still of The Weather Station on CBS This Morning. Facebook Twitter The Weather Station performed on the latest edition of CBS This Morning:
Lil Nas X grinds on the devil, before becoming the new king of the underworld. (YouTube/ Lil Nas X) Lil Nas X had the best response after Trump-supporting writer Nick Adams called him a “clown” on Twitter. The rapper released the music video for “Montero (Call Me By Your Name) on Friday (26 March), proving
News Malcolm Cecil, Synth Pioneer and Stevie Wonder Producer, Has Died He built the world’s largest analog synthesizer and collaborated with Wonder on his revered 1970s run By Allison Hussey March 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Malcolm Cecil with TONTO, 1974 (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Malcolm Cecil, influential producer and designer of