Following her disco ball-swinging performance at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, Miley Cyrus filmed a set for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge, which included a cover of Billie Eilish’s latest track, “My Future.” Surrounded by candles and her masked band, Cyrus brought a jazzy vibe to the pop track that was almost Amy Winehouse-esque. […]
Moses Sumney has taken the at-home performance to another level with his latest video for “Bless Me.” Teaming up with Microsoft, the visual fuses his movements and performance with abstract 3D animation thanks to the Microsoft Azure Kinect. The video project was initially meant to be a museum installation. Sumney explained in a statement that it […]
To celebrate their 20th “bedroom cover,” Two Minutes to Late Night picked Billy Idol’s “Rebel Yell” for the series’ latest cover. “Rebel rebel, how could they know? Hot yell, I love you so. It’s a Billy Idol cover and Phil is playing his solo in a tiny child rocket ship tent. We did it, everyone!” […]
Rick Astley has returned with a new cover but from an unlikely source. While he’s given fans a solid rendition of the Foo Fighters’ “Everlong,” the ’80s pop-singer-turned-viral-sensation took on Post Malone’s “Better Now,” off the ubiquitous artist’s 2018 album, Beerbongs & Bentleys. “So there are a lot of words in this song,” Astley admitted, […]
A couple weeks after the release of the inspiring anthem “Use My Voice,” Evanescence has shared a new visual for it. Directed by Eric Howell, who directed Voice From The Stone, the video follows Amy Lee, her bandmates and a variety of other activists armed with flags, flares and signs in protest. And opening the […]
With many, including the NPR Music staff, working from home, musicians have been recording themselves performing the iconic Tiny Desk sets themselves. Whether it’s been in their homes or in the Caribbean, fans have been treated to a variety of looks in the series. But Billie Eilish and Finneas brought us back to tradition — […]
Jordan Olds, host of Two Minutes to Late Night, dropped an explosive new cover. But unlike his previous collaborations, Olds took a step down from this one and handed the space over to musicians of color, who covered Rage Against the Machine’s 1992 protest song “Killing in the Name.” “Frick you, I won’t do what […]
Although the members of Luna are literally all over the world, it didn’t stop the band from collaborating on a new recording. And today (Aug. 21), they released their version of “Marquee Moon,” the 1977 title track off Television’s debut album. While they stay pretty true to the original, the video for the song is […]
The Killers’ new album, Imploding the Mirage is finally out today (Aug. 21). And the band celebrated the release by debuting their new single, “Blowback” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (Aug. 20). Unlike their previous quarantine performances, this one shows the full band, while still socially distanced, back together onstage. As […]
The release of Tom Petty’s Wildflowers & All the Rest has been discussed for a while now, and finally, the Petty Estate has announced a release date. The long-awaited reissue has been slated to release on Oct. 15 via Warner Records. The box set celebrates his 1994 album, co-produced with Rick Rubin and Mike Campbell, […]