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Oneohtrix Point Never has added some New York stops to a tour behind Tranquilizer. The shows at Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works form part of the contemporary classical organization Bang on a Can’s May festival Long Play 2026. A tour of East Asia and Europe will precede the shows in March and April. All of Daniel Lopatin’s

A$AP Rocky was the musical guest on last night’s (January 17) episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard. On the heels of releasing his new album Don’t Be Dumb, the rapper was joined onstage by Thundercat and Danny Elfman for the single “Punk Rocky,” and performed a medley of the

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir died earlier this month at age 78, and his public memorial took place last night (January 17) at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza. Among the many musicians and former bandmates to appear was John Mayer, who played with Weir in his post-Grateful Dead project Dead & Company. In addition

Last night (January 17), Bruce Springsteen made an unannounced appearance at New Jersey’s Light of Day WinterFest — a regular haunt, as far as his “surprise” performances go. While joining headliners Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers onstage at the non-profit’s event, Springsteen strongly denounced the ongoing ICE raids in Minnesota and dedicated his 1978 song

xaviersobased’s 2025 Riverside Tour is getting a sequel. The Riverside 2.0 Tour, featuring support from ksuuvi and 1c’s Backend, will hit American cities the New York rapper missed on his initial run. The tour kicks off in March before heading to Europe the following month. Riverside 2.0 marks xavier’s first international headlining trek. Check out

Mitski is back. Her new album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, is out February 27 via Dead Oceans. Directed by Noel Paul, the music video for lead single “Where’s My Phone?” draws inspiration from Shirley Jackson’s novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Mitski plays a recluse whose gothic manor is set upon

Between the launch of his surprisingly viable acting career and the birth of three children, A$AP Rocky has found plenty of time since 2018’s Testing to pretend his follow-up, Don’t Be Dumb, was just around the corner. The campaign kicked up a gear last month when he unveiled the record’s visual universe, with Tim Burton

Moby has tiptoed into the studio for a new, mostly ambient album, Future Quiet. Out February 20, the follow-up to his similarly minimalist Ambient 23 takes cues from Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil, the producer says. Leading the record is a rework of his 1995 song “When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die” featuring

Charli XCX has shared a new song from Wuthering Heights, her soundtrack and accompaniment to the Emerald Fennel movie of the same name. Listen to it below ahead of the film and album’s dual release on February 13. Charli’s recent singles “Chains of Love” and the John Cale-assisted “House” will appear on the album which

I wasn’t expecting the year to start off with Gwar’s take on “Pink Pony Club” yet here we are. The blood-spewing metal band recently performed Chappell Roan’s mega-hit for A.V. Club series A.V. Undercover. (Gwar has a history of irreverent covers like this; in 2024, they played an equally committed version of “I’m Just Ken”

Harry Styles has announced his first new album in four years, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., which is out March 6 via Columbia. The former One Direction singer hasn’t shared any new music from the LP just yet, but he did unveil the album artwork. Check it out below. Kiss All the Time. Disco,

Elucid has revealed his next solo project. The Sebb Bash-produced I Guess U Had to Be There—out March 13 via Rhymesayers and Secretly Distribution—is the rapper’s first solo album since his 2024 effort REVELATOR. The announcement arrives with the video for opening track “First Light,” featuring Dallas-based experimental artist Mattie. Watch it below. I Guess

The New York edition of the beloved Italian festival C2C will return to Knockdown Center for a second year on May 8. The initial lineup is short but sweet: Los Thuthanaka, Nourished by Time, C2C regular Arca, and Titanic—the project of Mabe Fratti and I. la Católica—among others. The single-day festival has expanded to three

Charlotte Cornfield has signed to Merge Records, the Toronto singer-songwriter announced on Tuesday, January 13. Hurts Like Hell, her sixth album and first on the label, arrives March 27. Check out the artwork and Scott Jacobson-directed video for the title track—which features vocals by Big Thief’s Buck Meek—below. In addition to Meek, Cornfield recruited Feist,

Arlo Parks has announced a new album. Ambiguous Desire is out April 3 via Transgressive and features a guest appearance from Sampha. Watch the music video for lead single “2Sided,” directed by Molly Burdett, below. “At its core ‘2SIDED’ is about yearning and tension,” Parks said in a press statement. “It’s about being struck by

Music executive L.A. Reid has settled a lawsuit by a previous employee who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, Billboard reports. Details of the settlement—which was announced today, January 12, the day Reid’s trial was scheduled to begin—were not disclosed. In 2023, Drew Dixon, a former vice president of A&R at Arista Records, alleged

Chris Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey” is officially the biggest country song of all time in terms of sales. His rendition of the modern country standard—written by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove in 1981—has sold over 20 million units in the United States, making it only the third single ever to be certified double diamond by the

Ludwig Göransson has won Best Original Score at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards for Sinners. He beat out Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein), Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another), Kangding Ray (Sirāt), Max Richter (Hamnet), and Hans Zimmer (F1) for the trophy. This is the sixth Golden Globes nomination and second win of his career. If you

It’s been a long time since French Montana and Max B launched their Coke Wave mixtape series—17 years, to be exact. Now that Max B has been released from prison following a 16-year-long sentence, the close friends and collaborators have picked up where they left off in the form of Coke Wave 3.5: Narcos. For

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir has died. Weir played rhythm guitar and sang lead vocals for the entirety of the Grateful Dead’s 30-year tenure. He also founded and played in several bands during and after his time with the Dead, including Kingfish, the Bob Weir Band, Bobby and the Midnites, Scaring the Children, RatDog,