Thurston Moore opens up his London rehearsal space in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s In My Room series. The Sonic Youth frontman and his band — which boasts James Sedward on guitar, Deb Googe on baritone bass and Jem Doulton on drums — played three songs from his latest …
Read More »Juice WRLD's Mother Pens Open Letter About Son's Struggles for World Mental Health Day
Juice WRLD’s mother Carmela Wallace penned an open letter about her late son’s “struggles with addiction, anxiety and depression” to mark World Mental Health Day 2020. In the letter, Wallace writes of her son Jarad “Juice WRLD” Higgins, “I think he felt comfortable being honest with me because I never …
Read More »Halsey, Bernie Sanders Launch Conversational Video Series
Halsey and Senator Bernie Sanders have launched a new video series, Bernie and Halsey Discuss America, airing on IGTV, YouTube, and Twitter. The show consists of Halsey and the former 2020 presidential candidate in conversation — over video call, following Covid-19 safety guidelines — about issues pertaining to the 2020 …
Read More »Selena Gomez Drops Demo Version of 'Lose You to Love Me'
Selena Gomez has released a demo version of her single “Lose You to Love Me.” The hit ballad appeared on her albumRare, released in January. Gomez co-wrote the single with her frequent collaborators Justin Tranter and Julia Michaels as well as producer Finneas, best known for his work with his …
Read More »Ani DiFranco Urges Us to Vote in 'Do or Die' Video
Ani DiFranco encourages voting in the 2020 election in the new single “Do or Die.” Directed by Zoë Boekbinder, the accompanying video opens with DiFranco getting out of bed. “Do you ever just want to give up?” she sings. “Well, me too.” She shaves her head in her bathroom and …
Read More »Blood Orange's Dev Hynes Preps Score for HBO's 'We Are Who We Are'
Blood Orange‘s Devonté Hynes will release the score to HBO miniseries We Are Who We Are on October 2nd via Milan Records. The album features 12 pieces written by Hynes for the coming-of-age drama, along with four previously issued instrumentals from composers Julius Eastman and John Adams. The eight-episode show …
Read More »Steve Miller Unearths 1970 Live 'Peppa Sauce' Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
Steve Miller has unearthed his tribute to Jimi Hendrix — a rendition of his band’s “Peppa Sauce” recorded live on September 18th, 1970, the day Hendrix died — to mark the 50th anniversary of the guitar god’s death Friday. “The next song is in memory of Jimi Hendrix,” Miller told …
Read More »Watch Journey Singer Arnel Pineda Perform a Lockdown Rendition of 'Open Arms'
Journey frontman Arnel Pineda has teamed up with Taka of the Japanese band One Ok Rock to record a lockdown version of the 1981 Journey classic “Open Arms.” “Good day folks,” Pineda wrote on YouTube, “to honor the legacy of Journey’s Escape album, specifically Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, …
Read More »James Blake Releases Full Cover of Frank Ocean's 'Godspeed'
James Blake has released his own version of Frank Ocean’s “Godspeed,” accompanied by a stark music video of Blake performing the cover at his piano. Fans of both artists will know that Blake has some familiarity with the track, as he produced, arranged and played piano on Ocean’s original version …
Read More »Phoebe Bridgers for President: Watch the Singer-Songwriter Perform on NPR's 'Tiny Desk'
Phoebe Bridgers swapped out her skeleton suit for a blazer in a performance for NPR‘s Tiny Desk series. With the ongoing pandemic, artists have been performing at home instead of at NPR, but Bridgers’ segment takes place “in” the Oval Office. Standing in front of the green screen, she’s flanked …
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