Thundercat will roar back on April 3 with his fifth album, Distracted, which will arrive exactly six years since its predecessor, It Is What It Is. The Greg Kurstin-produced project is led by first single “I Did This to Myself,” which features Lil Yachty. Other high profile guests on the Brainfeeder album include A$AP Rocky, […]
My Morning Jacket has unveiled an album of 14 acoustic recordings on Bandcamp dubbed Peacelands, proceeds from which will benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, Doctors Without Borders and the International Rescue Committee. The project was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Shawn Everett and includes a blend of originals (“I’m Amazed,” “State of the […]
** Beck has dropped a surprise digital release dubbed Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime, which rounds up six previously released singles, soundtrack cuts and covers in tandem with unheard original recordings of Hank Williams’ “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and Daniel Johnston’s “True Love Will Find You in the End.” The project will be released on opaque red […]
This is the biggest week of the year in music. As the Grammys take over Los Angeles, there are a series of major shmoozes leading up to the big show on Sunday. If there are people you need to see, a lot of ground can be covered in one week. It’s great to see so […]
Every January, NAMM (the National Association of Music Merchants) converges on Anaheim, drawing more than 75,000 attendees to experience the products and services of over 3,500 brands across the music, professional audio and live sound industries. Although the massive, multi-day 2026 event has already come and gone, NAMM 2026 left us fixated on a number […]
Fulton Lee has been releasing music since 2016, but it wasn’t until he posted a short video on social media in 2023 promoting his song “Alright” that he became a viral sensation. In it, Lee stands on a street corner holding a handwritten sign that says, “Stand here if you had a bad day,” with […]
Bruce Springsteen has quickly written, recorded and released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” in response to the shooting deaths of two civilians, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, who were protesting the actions of ICE agents during immigration raids in the state. The track appears to be available only on YouTube and Instagram at the […]
The first single Noah Kahan has been teasing from his upcoming album will indeed be its title track. “The Great Divide” will emerge Friday (Jan. 30), with its parent LP due April 24 from Mercury. Kahan co-wrote the track with longtime collaborator Gabe Simon and has been playing it routinely since its live debut in […]
The extraordinary life of original Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno is chronicled in the upcoming documentary Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, which will be released this summer by Cleopatra Entertainment. The project was directed, produced, written and edited by filmmaker and journalist Wes Orshoski, whose previous work includes Lemmy (about Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister) and The […]
If you want to know who’s on the rise in live music, The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) just dropped its annual cheat sheet of the most exciting up and coming artists of the past year. These aren’t just artists trending on playlists, but bona fide performers driving around the country, unglamourously roughing it, and […]