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Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged assault. Today’s episode of the N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN-hosted Revolt podcast Drink Champs featured multiple guests discussing the Black Lives Matter movement. One of those guests was Russell Simmons, who faces multiple allegations of sexual assault. Following the episode’s release, TIDAL—which promoted Simmons’ interview on social media, presumably

German breakbeat producer Brian Müller has shared two new EPs under the Skee Mask moniker, ISS005 & ISS006. They’re out now via Ilian Tape, which describes them as “elegant tap dance wobblers” and “creamy encouraging mystical mantras,” respectively. Check them both out below. Müller had issued several releases under the name SCNTST before dropping Skee

Pure Bathing Culture have announced a new EP called Carrido. It was created in honor of Richard Swift, the duo’s late producer and collaborator who oversaw recording of PBC’s self-titled debut EP and first album, Moon Tides. The EP was recorded at the same place as those albums: Swift’s National Freedom Studio, built behind his

Sacramento rapper Bris was shot dead on June 21, Sacramento County Coroner records confirm. He was 24. According to Sacramento Police, officers responded to a report of shots fired on June 21 at approximately 12:42 a.m. near Franklin Boulevard and Fruitridge Road. Upon arrival at the scene, officers located the rapper, born Christopher Treadwell, who

Willie Nelson and his sister Bobbie Nelson have announced a new joint memoir. It’s called Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band, and it arrives September 15 via Random House. The book will chronicle the siblings’ longtime bond, including their experiences playing music together over the decades. Me and Sister Bobbie was

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have shared RATTY, a 30-minute documentary about the making of their 2019 album Infest the Rats’ Nest. The film, shot and edited by John Angus Stewart and produced by PHC Films, is available to rent now on Vimeo. Check out the trailer and the poster, designed by Bráulio Amado,

Global Citizen and the European Commission have announced an upcoming televised concert titled “Global Goal: Unite for Our Future.” The virtual event will take place June 27, and feature performances by Quavo, Christine and the Queens, J Balvin, Usher, Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson, Miley Cyrus, Shakira, and more. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will host. According to

New York rapper MIKE released his new mixtape Weight of the World earlier today (June 21), and it includes a song with Earl Sweatshirt. Listen to “allstar,” as well as the full mixtape, below. MIKE announced Weight of the World last month. In addition to Earl, the mixtape features a guest appearance from Jadasea, as

Beyoncé has dropped a new song called “Black Parade.” She released the song on Juneteenth (June 19), a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Hear it below. Along with the track, Beyoncé unrolled an online directory that spotlights Black-owned artists and other businesses through her BeyGOOD charitable foundation. Proceeds from the

The estate of Tom Petty has issued a cease and desist to Donald Trump’s presidential re-election campaign. The campaign used Petty’s song “I Won’t Back Down” at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma held Saturday night (June 20). In a statement posted after the rally, Petty’s family wrote that they had issued an official cease and

Last week, Tunde Adebimpe of TV On the Radio released a new song called “People.” You can listen to it via Bandcamp below and purchase it here. Proceeds from the track will be divided between three beneficiaries: the ACLU, the Movement for Black Lives, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Adebimpe recently made an appearance

Thurston Moore has announced a new album that’s due in the fall. It’s called By the Fire, and it’s out September 25 on his Daydream Library Series label. He’s shared a song from the record, “Hashish,” which you can hear below. My Bloody Valentine’s Deb Googe contributed bass and backing vocals to By the Fire,

City Girls have shared a new song and announced a new album called City on Lock that’s coming later tonight. Watch the video for “Jobs” and check out the tracklist to City on Lock below. City on Lock arrives nearly two years after the duo’s breakout albums Period and G I R L C O

Kamaiyah has released her new single “Black Excellence.” The track follows the Oakland rapper’s recent songs “Project Baby,” “Go Crazy,” and “Extravagant.” Check out Kamaiayah’s “Black Excellence” below. Kamaiyah returned earlier this year with Got It Made, her first full-length release since 2017’s Before I Wake. Revisit Pitchfork’s 2016 Rising feature “Supa Dupa Fly: Kamaiyah

Victoria Monét has released a new song called “Experience,” featuring Khalid and SG Lewis. It’s taken from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming project Jaguar, which is out July 31. Check it out below. “This song, though deep in subject matter, sonically simply feels joyful and celebratory. It’s important to us to highlight and celebrate Black joy and

Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged assault. Welsh singer Duffy, best known for her 2008 hit “Mercy,” has released a new song. She shared “River in the Sky” earlier today (June 18) via her Instagram account, with the caption: “For the better days to come.” Hear “River in the Sky” below. In March, Duffy

Björk’s entire studio discography is now available in multiple formats on Bandcamp. Bandcamp announced that all proceeds from the sale of her music on the site will go toward Black Lives Matter UK from today until the end of Bandcamp’s NAACP fundraiser tomorrow (12 a.m. Pacific). Björk’s albums—from 1993’s Debut to 2017’s Utopia—are available in

Fiery Furnaces have returned with a new song. Listen to “Down By the So and So on Somewhere” below, out now via Third Man. It’s the first original music from Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger in over a decade; their last album under the Fiery Furnaces name, I’m Going Away, was released in 2009. A physical

The organizers of Woodstock 50 have filed suit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against Dentsu, a Japanese firm that had agreed to finance the doomed festival scheduled for August 2019 but officially canceled in July, Variety reports. The festival alleges that Dentsu Group, Dentsu Aegis Network, and MKTG conspired with

Beyoncé and JAY-Z have been named as defendants in a lawsuit brought against them by Jamaican artist Dr. Lenora Antoinette Stines, as CNN reports and Pitchfork can confirm via court documents. Stines, a 68-year-old dancer and choreographer, says that she was approached by representatives of the Carters to bring dancers together in Jamaica to shoot

HAIM joined up remotely from their L.A. homes to perform the latest Tiny Desk Concert for NPR. They played a trio of tracks from Women in Music Pt. III—“The Steps,” “I Know Alone,” and “Summer Girl”—which arrives on June 26 after a coronavirus-related delay. The group previously released “Don’t Wanna”—written with Rostam and recently aired on

The Killers are back with the newest single from their upcoming new album Imploding the Mirage. This one’s called “My Own Soul’s Warning.” The track features and was co-produced by Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado. The new song follows “Caution” and “Fire in Bone.” Listen to it below. The Killers originally announced that Imploding the Mirage would

30 Rock is coming back for one more episode, as Variety reports. The beloved NBC comedy series came to a close in 2013, after 7 years on the air. Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, and more of the original actors are set to return for the special, which was filmed

Teyana Taylor has announced the released date of her next LP. It’s called The Album, and it’s out Friday (June 19) via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam. The new record will feature guest spots from Erykah Badu, Missy Elliott, Future, Kehlani, Quavo, Rick Ross, and others. Find Taylor’s Instagram post (which includes The Album’s tracklist) below. Taylor

Randy Newman stopped by the latest remote edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he performed “Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)” from his 1974 album Good Old Boys. “This is a song I wrote back in the Pleistocene era,” Newman joked. “But it’s become relevant again.” Watch Newman’s performance below.

The 2021 Oscars were originally scheduled to air on February 28, but today (June 15), it was announced that the next Academy Awards ceremony has been postponed until April 25, The Los Angeles Times reports. The news comes after multiple film eligibility rules changed for the 2021 ceremony, including the rule that films must screen

Taylor Swift has issued a statement advocating for the removal of statues depicting racist figures in her native state of Tennessee. “As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things,” she wrote. “Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE