Lucy Dacus sat behind an actual tiny desk for her NPR Tiny Desk Concert appearance, filmed at her high school alma mater, Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School in Richmond, Virginia. With her band — which includes two of her former classmates, guitarist Jacob Blizard and audio engineer Collin Pastore — …
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Rising R&B singer Kyle Dion has released a new song, “Placebo,” featuring Ja Rule. The track will appear on Dion’s forthcoming album, set to arrive on August 20th via AWAL. “Placebo” boasts a soulful groove, with Dion lacing his pitch-perfect falsetto over crisp drums and a heady mix of synths. …
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A trailer for the six-part Hulu documentary series McCartney 3, 2, 1 has been released. It shows Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin dissecting Beatles classics like “Come Together,” “All My Loving,” “With a Little Help From My Friends,” and “In My Life,” sharing behind-the-scenes stories, and even playing bits of …
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Ahead of his new album, which drops Friday, July 9th, Vince Staples has shared the track “Are You With That?” Produced by Kenny Beats and Reske, the moody slow jam features Staples singing more than rapping as he reminisces about his days on the streets and relives several near-death experiences: …
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Jeff Tweedy covered Japanese Breakfast’s Jubilee track “Kokomo, IN” on his latest Instagram livestream, where the Wilco frontman frequently delivers surprise acoustic renditions of recent releases. Following Tweedy’s performance, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner shared her excitement about the rendition on social media. “Words can’t begin to express how mindblowing it …
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Lil Nas X has announced his debut album, Montero, sharing a short trailer that lightly spoofs the title card for Marvel Studios. Set to some dramatic orchestral music, the clip boasts a collage of Lil Nas X clips, from “Old Town Road” through “Montero (Call Me By Your Name”). The …
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Beabadoobee virtually performed her new single “Last Day on Earth” live(-ish) for the first time on Friday’s episode of The Tonight Show. This “Last Day on Earth” begins as a typical pandemic-era virtual performance before the camera pulls back and reveals Beabadoobee and her band are actually in a large …
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Polo G finally unseated Olivia Rodrigo after her three-week reign at the top of the Artists 500 chart. For the week of June 11th through June 17th, Polo G — who’d previously peaked at Number Three on the Artists 500 — earned 186 million streams thanks to the release of …
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Soundgarden and the estate of Chris Cornell announced a “temporary” agreement Wednesday where the band’s social media accounts will transfer back to the band’s surviving members. In February, in response to another lawsuit between the band and the estate, Soundgarden said in a statement, “For more than a year, Soundgarden’s …
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Indie rock outfit La Luz has released their first new song in three years, “In the Country” via Hardly Art. The song is a rich, expansive bit of spaced-out surf rock with a serene refrain from singer/guitarist Shana Cleveland, “Why leave? We can have all we need/Growing out in the …
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