Music

News Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher Dies at 60 Fletcher, a founding member of the band, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 By Quinn Moreland May 26, 2022 Facebook Twitter Depeche Mode’s Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, January 2010 (Jakubaszek/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Depeche Mode founding member Andy “Fletch” Fletcher has died,

News Animal Collective Cancel Shows After Avey Tare and Deakin Test Positive for COVID-19 The band was touring with Spirit of the Beehive. “Wear your masks, take care of each other, and we’ll see you as soon as we can.” By Evan Minsker May 26, 2022 Facebook Twitter Animal Collective at Washington, DC’s 9:30 Club

News New “Weird Al” Yankovic Graphic Novel Announced Z2 Comics has paired up with the master of parody for The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic By Madison Bloom May 25, 2022 Facebook Twitter “Weird Al” Yankovic, artwork by Mike and Laura Allred Facebook Twitter “Weird Al” Yankovic has teamed up with Z2 Comics for

News Spotify Brings Back Political Ads After Suspending Them in 2020 “We have spent the past two years strengthening and enhancing our processes, systems and tools to responsibly validate and review this content.” By Evan Minsker May 25, 2022 Facebook Twitter Spotify’s 2022 “Desert Kick Back” in Coachella, California (Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Spotify) Facebook

News Watch Harry Styles Cover Wet Leg’s “Wet Dream” He covered the indie pop band in a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session, alongside renditions of “Boyfriends” and more By Jazz Monroe May 24, 2022 Facebook Twitter Harry Styles (BBCRadio1VEVO/YouTube) Facebook Twitter Harry Styles performed a suite of tracks for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge

News Watch Turnstile Perform “Blackout” on Fallon Check out the band’s latest late night performance, plus their new interview with Nardwuar By Nina Corcoran May 24, 2022 Facebook Twitter Turnstile on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Todd Owyoung/NBC) Facebook Twitter Turnstile have been taking over late-night TV one show at a time, and they

News Gia Coppola to Direct Boy Band Documentary Superfans: Screaming. Crying. Throwing Up. The project is based on Maria Sherman’s Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands From NKOTB to BTS By Allison Hussey May 23, 2022 Facebook Twitter Backstreet Boys fans, December 1996 (Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns) Facebook Twitter Gia Coppola is set

News Eminem Interrupts Pete Davidson’s Final Eminem Tribute SNL Sketch: Watch “Pete—don’t fucking do it again,” Em said in “Forgot About Lorne,” a cut-for-time sketch made for Davidson’s last episode as an SNL cast member By Evan Minsker and Madison Bloom May 22, 2022 Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson & Eminem in “Forgot About Lorne” Facebook

News Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers Has Biggest No. 1 Debut of 2022 The Pulitzer winner strode past Bad Bunny, who hopped over Future last week with Un Verano Sin Ti By Allison Hussey May 22, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kendrick Lamar, March 2019 (Photo by Santiago Bluguermann/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Kendrick Lamar’s

News Doja Cat Pulls Out of the Weeknd Tour to Recover From Tonsil Surgery The singer has also canceled a number of upcoming festival appearances By Matthew Strauss May 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Doja Cat, April 2022 (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Facebook Twitter Doja Cat has announced that she will not be

News Pete Davidson to Depart SNL He’d said that he was “ready to hang up the jersey” at the end of last season By Allison Hussey May 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson, May 2022 (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson is expected to leave the cast of Saturday Night

News Sharon Van Etten Performs “Mistakes” on Colbert: Watch A track from her latest album We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong By Allison Hussey May 21, 2022 Facebook Twitter Sharon Van Etten (Still via Twitter) Facebook Twitter Sharon Van Etten closed out the week on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Friday night (May

News Pitchfork to Host Livestream Panel About the Future of Jazz Cécile McLorin Salvant, Jen Shyu, and Samora Pinderhughes will join the conversation, produced in conjunction with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation By Pitchfork May 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Pitchfork is hosting a panel next week about jazz artists pushing the genre forward,

News Bob Neuwirth, Singer-Songwriter and Bob Dylan Collaborator, Dies at 82 Neuwirth was a member of Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue band, recorded Last Day on Earth with John Cale, and co-wrote with Janis Joplin By Evan Minsker May 20, 2022 Facebook Twitter Bob Neuwirth (John Byrne Cooke Estate/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Bob Neuwirth—the musician, songwriter,

News Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Welcome First Child Rihanna gave birth to the baby boy on May 13 in Los Angeles By Allison Hussey May 19, 2022 Facebook Twitter Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, September 2021 (Taylor Hill/WireImage) Facebook Twitter Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have welcomed their first child, TMZ, Us Weekly, and Entertainment Tonight report.

News Two Shell Share Video for New Song “Pods”: Watch The London duo released their new single “home” earlier this year By Evan Minsker May 19, 2022 Facebook Twitter Two Shell (Photography by Nancy McNulty / Edits by Two Shell) Facebook Twitter Two Shell is a London dance music and hyperpop duo who released the

News Taylor Swift Delivers Commencement Speech for NYU Class of 2022: Watch “I hope you know how proud I am to share this day with you. We’re doing this together. So let’s just keep dancing like we’re… the class of ’22.” By Matthew Strauss May 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter Taylor Swift, May 2022 (ANGELA WEISS/AFP

News New York State Senate Passes Bill Limiting Use of Song Lyrics in Court The law would restrict the use of “creative expression” as evidence of a crime By Matthew Ismael Ruiz May 18, 2022 Facebook Twitter The New York state Capitol in Albany, New York, December 14, 2020 (Photo by HANS PENNINK/POOL/AFP via Getty

News Adia Victoria Releases New Song to Benefit Carolina Abortion Fund: Listen “In the Pines” is available exclusively on Bandcamp. It “centers the stories of those who fall victim to the ideologies of emotionally stunted men.” By Madison Bloom May 17, 2022 Facebook Twitter Adia Victoria, October 2016 (David Wolff – Patrick/Redferns) Facebook Twitter Adia