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A new book about Arthur Russell has been announced. Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life, by Richard King, is out Tuesday, April 16, 2024, via Anthology Editions in the United States and April 18 via Faber in the United Kingdom. The book will feature handwritten scores, lyrics, photos, letters, and drawings from the late composer’s archives, plus new biographical text by King, as well as interviews with Russell’s peers, family, and friends. See a selection of photos from Travels Over Fee…
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Thanksgiving is still a few days away, but, for Mariah Carey, Christmas season is in full swing. She performed her holiday classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” tonight at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, which, surprisingly, is the first time she’s performed the song on an awards show. She also received the Chart Achievement award at the ceremony. Watch it happen below.
The show also featured the inaugural U.S. awards show performance from the K-pop group NewJeans, a Mike Tyson cameo for a…
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André 3000 has released New Blue Sun, the instrumental album he suddenly announced this week. It’s an album of instrumental improvisations recorded with Carlos Niño, Surya Botofasina, and Nate Mercereau, among others. Hear the album below.
In the full credits, which are also below, André 3000 is credited for playing a digital wind instruments, contrabass flute, wood and bamboo flutes, Maya flute, pedals, and, on “That Night in Hawaii When I Turned Into a Panther and Started Making These Low Regi…
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Phoebe Bridgers’ annual tradition of releasing a holiday charity single continues with some help from her Boygenius bandmates and the Irish folk duo Ye Vagabonds. The musicians collaborated on “The Parting Glass,” a traditional ballad popular in Ireland. The cover artwork is a photo of the late Sinéad O’Connor, who famously recorded the song in 2002. Listen below.
Both bands and Interscope Records will donate all net proceeds from the single to the Aisling Project, an after-school effort for kid…
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H.E.R. has released a cover of Foo Fighters’ But Here We Are song “The Glass.” She performed the song with the group on Saturday Night Live in October, and now, her version of the song is being released as a single with the Foo Fighters’ original on the B-side. A 7” vinyl pressing of the single is out December 29. Give it a listen below.
Foo Fighters are heading out on tour in 2024 behind their new album. The dates include support from Pretenders, L7, the Hives, Mammoth WVH, Alex G, Amyl and the…
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Car Colors, the new project from the Wrens’ Charles Bissell, has released its first song. “Old Death” is out today digitally, as well as on 12” vinyl. It comes with the B-sides “And It’s All Guns and Arrows” and “I’ll Bear.” The new songs preview the project’s debut album, which is due in early 2024. Check out the Kyle Garrett–directed video for “Old Death” below. Bissell said of the new song in a statement: “Old Death is, like the rest of the album, sort of a sequel to The Meadowlands before i…
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Gossip have announced Real Power, their first new album in 11 years. The new album was produced by Rick Rubin, who previously worked with Beth Ditto and the band on 2009’s Music for Men. The follow-up to 2012’s A Joyful Noise is out on March 22 via Columbia. Check out the Cody Critcheloe–directed video for “Crazy Again” below.
“Getting to work with Rick again was a true gift,” the band told NME. “He doesn’t remotely care about outside opinions around what you could or should be making. He create…
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Note: This article contains references to alleged sexual and physical assault that some readers may find disturbing. The R&B and pop singer Cassie is suing Sean “Diddy” Combs in federal court and accusing the rapper and hip-hop mogul of sexual and physical abuse. The lawsuit, filed in a New York federal court today and obtained by Pitchfork, was first reported by The New York Times. Along with Diddy, Cassie named Epic Records, Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Records LLC, Combs Enterprises LLC, a…
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J Mascis has announced a new solo album: What We Do Now is out February 2 via Sub Pop. Accompanying the album announcement is a music video for the lead single “Can’t Believe We’re Here,” which features David Cross, Amber Tamblyn, Fred Armisen, Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, Clare O’Kane, Damian Abraham, and Mascis’ Dinosaur Jr. bandmate Lou Barlow. The album is Mascis’ first solo full-length since 2018’s Elastic Days. Watch the video below.
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Adrianne Lenker, the songwriter of the band Big Thief, has announced that she will give songwriting lectures through a School of Song workshop. The sessions will be taught on Zoom on the following Sundays at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pacific: January 7, January 14, January 21, and January 28. The workshop costs $160 and will feature lectures, homework assignments, song-sharing sessions, and a live Q&A.
According to the course description, students will “begin with the understanding that songs emerge fr…
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Belle and Sebastian have announce North American tour dates that take place in April and May 2024. Many of the dates replace those that were canceled this year when Stuart Murdoch announced that he needed time to recover from illness. Haley Heynderickx and the Weather Station will support on the shows that Murdoch and the band are performing behind their two recent albums Late Developers and A Bit of Previous. Find those dates below.
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