Music

Stephen Malkmus covered Silver Jews’ “Trains Across the Sea” and “The Wild Kindness” at a Saturday night concert in Glasgow, Scotland, in honor of the band’s late frontman, David Berman. You can watch video captured by a fan, Alistair McErlain, below. Berman died on August 8 at the age of 52, spawning a wave of

Uncut magazine is releasing a new CD filled with Wilco covers. The album, called Wilco Covered or Wilcovered, comes with the next edition of the magazine, which hits UK shops on September 19. Participating artists include Kurt Vile (who tackles A.M.’s “Passenger Side”), Courtney Barnett (The Whole Love’s “Dawned on Me”), and Ryley Walker, who

American Football have announced Year One Demos, a previously unreleased compilation of instrumental demos that make up the “first proper set of demos the band ever made.” The new release arrives to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the emo group’s seminal self-titled debut album. It includes a demo version of “Five Silent Miles” (which would

Neil Young and Crazy Horse have shared a new track from their forthcoming album Colorado. It’s called “Rainbow of Colors.” Check it out below. On his Neil Young Archives website, Young wrote, “‘Rainbow of Colors’ is a song about the USA and the whole world.” He continued, “The idea of this song is that we

Wiz Khalifa will play the role of Death in Dickinson, an upcoming series for new streaming service Apple TV+ based upon the life of Emily Dickinson. Khalifa will portray the character across from Hailee Steinfeld, who plays the young poet. The “darkly comedic coming-of-age story” will be set in the 19th century but feature modern-day

Open Mike Eagle has shared a new track today, titled “The Edge of New Clothes.” It’s on a new benefit compilation curated by the Needle Drop’s Anthony Fantano, and you can listen to it below. Proceeds from sales of the compilation benefit the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, a nonprofit that aims “to protect and defend

In 1995, Prince shared a limited number of cassette tapes with attendees of the Versace collection of Paris Fashion Week. The collection of songs was a promotional asset for Prince’s next album The Gold Experience, and it never saw a wide release, until now. Today, Prince’s The Versace Experience Prelude 2 Gold has been released

Post Malone is a really big fan of Fleet Foxes. For example, in April 2015, he tweeted, “If you don’t like Fleet Foxes, then fuck you.” He also wrote that year, “Fleet Foxes is the only group that I love every single song of,” and when the band came back from hiatus in 2017 with

Spotify has acquired the music talent marketplace SoundBetter, the company has announced. Founded in 2012 and described as “the de facto LinkedIn for music professionals,” SoundBetter allows for artists, engineers, and other audio professionals to buy and sell services such as recording, mixing, mastering, and more. “SoundBetter offers the most comprehensive global marketplace for music

Daniel Johnston, the lo-fi singer-songwriter and visual artist who rose to underground fame in the ’80s, has died after suffering a heart attack, his former manager manager Jeff Tartakov confirmed to The Austin Chronicle. He was 58 years old. Johnston was a prolific musician, recording numerous albums primarily on homemade cassette tapes. His simple, sincere,

Following the news that Daniel Johnston died after suffering a heart attack at the age of 58, many musicians and artists have shared tributes to the influential songwriter. “There are not enough words I can say about the important and vitality of Daniel johnston’s musical spirit,” Zola Jesus wrote. “He was a huge inspiration to

Trey Songz is no longer facing a lawsuit for alleged assault, The Blast reports and Pitchfork can confirm. The lawsuit, filed in August 2018 by a woman named Andrea Buera, stemmed from an alleged February 2018 incident. Buera’s attorney filed a request for a dismissal of the suit with prejudice yesterday (September 10) in the

Maxo Kream has released a video for his Brandon Banks track “She Live” with Megan Thee Stallion. Watch it below. The video was directed by Omar Jones and draws heavily from the mid-aughts VH1 reality shows “I Love New York” and “Flavor of Love” (starring Flavor Flav); Maxo and Megan each peruse a cascade of

Yasiin Bey, formerly Mos Def, released his debut solo album Black on Both Sides in October 1999. In November, he’ll perform that album in full at Brooklyn Steel. The show takes place on November 3, and the show will be opened by Camp Lo. Tickets go on sale this Friday. Black on Both Sides featured

Experimental artist Yves Tumor has shared a brand new song. It’s called “Applaud” and it features Hirakish and Napolian. Give it a listen below. “Applaud” marks Yves Tumor’s first new music as a solo artist since releasing the 2018 LP Safe in the Hands of Love. Since then, Yves Tumor has hopped on a remix

Charli XCX and Troye Sivan have teamed up for their first song since “1999.” Their new single “2099” takes place 100 years later, in a distant future where NASCAR still exists. Listen to the new track below. Both “1999” and “2099” feature on Charli’s upcoming LP Charli. Charli has shared multiple singles from her new

The Black Madonna has announced a small string of North American tour dates. Her seven-date trek kicks off in Queens, NY September 13, and stops off in Miami, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. before wrapping up in Chicago on September 28. Find her full itinerary below. The new trek marks the

Lana Del Rey visited BBC Radio 1’s “Live Lounge” today, as The FADER notes. She performed her take on Sublime’s “Doin’ Time,” from her recent album Norman Fucking Rockwell!, along with a cover of Ariana Grande’s thank u, next song “break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored.” Hear it via the BBC (at the 2:08:42

“Squidbillies” is closing out its 12th season on September 15 with two new episodes on Adult Swim. The first episode airs at midnight Eastern, and it opens with Shooter Jennings’ rendition of the theme. Then, the season finale airs at 12:15 a.m. Eastern, with a theme song performed by the Hold Steady. Below, check out

Sleater-Kinney have hired a new drummer to fill the vacancy left by Janet Weiss after she announced her departure in early July, the band revealed in an Instagram post. Angie Boylan—a member of Aye Nako and Freezing Cold—joined the band for the first show on their 2019 tour behind the new St. Vincent-produced album The

Kanye West’s weekly gospel and worship Sunday Service series is taking place outside during a rainy day today in his hometown of Chicago. Chance the Rapper is out there singing with the choir. Watch the live stream. The performance follows the announcement that a new Kanye West album called Jesus Is King will drop on

Muse have announced a new box set, Origin of Muse, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Showbiz. It’s out December 6 on Warner. The collection includes 2xLP reissues of 1999’s Showbiz and 2001’s Origin of Symmetry, as well as nine CDs of demos, live recordings, and B-sides from the band’s earliest

Last night, Vampire Weekend played a sold-out Madison Square Garden in support of their latest album, Father of the Bride. The Internet’s Steve Lacy joined the band on stage for “Sunflower”—their first live performance of the song together. Watch below. At the end of the show, the band announced another round of Father of the

Clairo stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live!“ Thursday night to perform “I Wouldn’t Ask You,” the closing song on her debut Immunity. In addition to her backing band, she was joined by a children’s choir for the performance. Check that out below. [embedded content] Clairo released Immunity in August. She co-produced the album with Rostam Batmanglij.

Vampire Weekend played a sold-out show at New York’s Madison Square Garden last night (September 6) in support of their latest album Father of the Bride. The band live-streamed their career-spanning, three hour set via Live Nation’s Twitter account. At the end of their performance, a graphic featuring 19 brand new tour dates appeared on