Music

The funeral of late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan took place today (December 8) in the Irish town of Nenagh, in County Tipperary, The Irish Times reports. The service was punctuated with musical performances, including one by MacGowan’s close friend Nick Cave. Cave played piano and sang a rendition of the Pogues’ 1986 ballad “A Rainy

Sofia Kourtesis is going to be playing DJ sets on a North American tour next year. Her tour begins in February in San Francisco. See the Peruvian DJ and producer’s tour dates below. Kourtesis is performing in support of her debut album, Madres. Read about Madres in Pitchfork’s “The 50 Best Albums of 2023.” All

Fred Again.. has released the new song “Leavemealone,” which prominently samples Baby Keem’s Melodic Blue track “South Africa” and his Die for My Bitch song “Bullies.” Listen to the new song below. Fred Again.. is up for four awards at the 2024 Grammys: Best Dance/Electronic Music Album, Best Dance/Electronic Recording, Best Dance/Electronic Recording, and Best

Danny Brown has announced a 2024 North American tour in support of his new album, Quaranta. Brown will kick things off on March 12 in Boston, and then stop over in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Boise, Seattle, Austin, and more cities before wrapping up in Nashville on April 14. Check out his full itinerary

The first trailer for Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the new Prime Video series starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine, is out now. Scroll down to watch the trailer, in which the duo operate undercover as a married couple working for a mysterious spy agency. The show, a reboot of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s 2005

Green Day have shared the new song “Dilemma,” the third preview of their new album, Saviors. The single comes with a music video directed by Ryan Baxley. In the clip, which begins in black and white and ends in color, Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong drinks heavily at a show. Watch the video below.

Say Anything have announced a 2024 tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album, …Is a Real Boy. The record, which includes the single “Alive with the Glory of Love,” is considered a classic from the 2000s era of pop-punk. Find their full list of tour dates below. The 20th anniversary tour kicks

Last month, it was reported that Jack Dorsey’s company Block was planning sweeping layoffs. In addition to Square and Cash App, Block is the umbrella company that owns Tidal, and now the streaming service has been impacted by those layoffs, Bloomberg reports. Approximately 40 staffers across multiple departments, or 10% of the staff, were reportedly

The Sundance Institute has announced what’s coming to the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, which takes place January 18-28. Included are documentaries on Brian Eno, Lollapalooza, Luther Vandross, Devo, and how rap lyrics have played a role in court cases. Eno is a new film from Gary Hustwit, the documentarian behind Helvetica, Objectified, and Urbanized. The

Alvvays have announced a spring 2024 tour of the U.S. After their current tour of Oceania, the band will head across the U.S. in April and May. They’ll head to Europe for a series of festival dates. Find the full itinerary below. The band picked up their first ever Grammy nomination this year. “Belinda Says”

Screaming Females are breaking up. Formed in 2005, the New Jersey power trio and Don Giovanni Records mainstay veered between SST-style punk and sleeker alt-rock across eight albums. “A lot changed around us over those 18 years but at our core we operated pretty much the same throughout,” the band wrote on social media. “We

Fortnite has shared a trailer for Festival, a new music-based experience within the game, that features the Weeknd as a headliner. Developed by Rock Band studio Harmonix, Festival allows players to hit notes in time to a song while watching an artist onscreen. Players have the option of performing in a band with their friends

The first trailer for the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI has arrived, and it’s soundtracked by Tom Petty’s 1989 song “Love Is a Long Road.” The video shows exactly what you would expect from the game—high-speed pursuits with cops, ritzy street takeovers, and general debauchery atop cars and boats alike—with some added Florida touches like

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ tour behind last year’s albums Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen continues. A new batch of dates across North America includes shows with Kid Cudi, Ice Cube, Ken Carson, Otoboke Beaver, Sean Kuti, Wand, and Irontom. See who plays where in the tour itinerary below. The new dates follow

In order to be a good storyteller, one must—to quote Olivia herself—pay attention to things most people ignore. Olivia sees the cracks and contradictions in herself and others and makes the ineffable understandable and transformational for her listeners. Her honest songs about the impossible task of growing up have liberated so many young people fighting

A new “auditory cookbook” from the record label Spinster is out today, featuring new songs from Animal Collective’s Avey Tare, Michael Hurley, Kikagaku Moyo’s Bells, and Magic Tuber Stringband, among others. Listen to Measure, Pour & Mixtape: Music for Cooking , including Avey Tare’s “Tabbouleh,” below. The label said it “envisioned an auditory cookbook of

Power Trip reunited in their home state of Texas on Friday night (December 1), stepping in as surprise headliners for a show with the crossover thrash band Fugitive at Mohawk in Austin. Power Trip guitarist Blake Ibanez co-founded Fugitive last year, and the group’s touring lineup currently includes Power Trip’s Nick Stewart. It’s the first

Empress Of has a new song out today, “Femenine.” She’s also shared a music video for the track, set at a late-night dance party and directed and choreographed by Emmy winner Ryan Heffington. Watch it below. Godmode co-founder Nick Sylvester produced “Femenine.” According to a press release, it’s the first Spanish-language preview of Empress Of’s

Jussie Smollett, the former Empire actor who was convicted of staging and reporting a hate crime on himself in 2019, may have to finish a 150-day jail sentence that was cut short last year, The Associated Press reports. Smollett had appealed his conviction, but an Illinois court has now upheld it. The AP reports that,

The Weeknd has directed $2.5 million, via his XO Humanitarian Fund, to pay for four million emergency meals for Gazans facing food shortages and starvation due to the Israel-Hamas war. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) announced the news today, stating that the donation will fund 820 metric tons of food parcels that is

Sufjan Stevens’ label, Asthmatic Kitty, is launching an official yule log that will be soundtracked by the musician’s many holiday songs. “This video is ideal for your favorite holiday activities: decorating the tree, baking, making calls to loved ones, or enjoying hot cocoa,” the label promises. The yule log video—directed, filmed, and edited by Brian

The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie are extending their co-headlining tour into 2024. The new dates begin in North America in April and stretch into May. The bands plan to play a show in London, too, but the date and venue have not yet been announced. See the groups’ tour schedule below. Benjamin

Daryl Hall accused his Hall and Oates bandmate and partner John Oates of the “ultimate partnership betrayal” in a new court document filed Wednesday, which supports his Nashville chancery court lawsuit over an alleged breach of their business partnership. Hall described Oates’ plan to sell his half of their company Whole Oats Enterprises to Primary

Dogstar, the alternative rock band whose bassist is megastar Keanu Reeves, were the musical guests on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. The band performed “Breach,” the closing track from their new album Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees. Watch it happen below. Somewhere Between the Power Lines and Palm Trees is

Bolis Pupul, who released Topical Dancer in 2022 with Charlotte Adigéry, will release his debut solo album, Letter to Yu, on March 8 via Soulwax’s Deewee. (Soulwax co-produced the album with Pupul.) Watch the video for the lead single “Completely Half,” shot in Hong Kong and directed by photographer Bieke Depoorter, below. Pupul was born

Charli XCX announced on Instagram today that she and the 1975’s George Daniel are engaged to be married. In her own words, the Crash musician declared: “charli xcx and george daniel fucking for life!!!” Charli XCX and George Daniel went public with their relationship in May of last year. Professionally, they’ve worked together on “Crash,”