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Rahim Redcar, the artist formerly known as Christine and the Queens, has covered “It’s Okay to Cry” by the late SOPHIE. While this is the first proper recording of his take on the song, Redcar has actually been performing the cover live during his recent club tour of Europe. Give it a listen below. Back

Daniel Blumberg scored Brady Corbet’s new A24 movie The Brutalist, and he’s now sharing the details of his soundtrack album. The Brutalist soundtrack is out December 13 via Milan Records. Leading the 32-song release are three “Overture” tracks. Listen to the new songs below. In a statement about the “Overture” songs, Blumberg said: “Brady and

With basically no warning, Kendrick Lamar released his new album, GNX, on Friday, and he caught everybody’s attention from the jump. On the album’s first song, “Wacced Out Murals,” Lamar mentions three veteran rappers by name, and each has responded to the name-checks, as Stereogum notes. First, Lamar raps, “Used to bump Tha Carter III,

Elsewhere, Lamar has soundtracked a Chanel short film, played a Pop Out concert in Inglewood, California, and kept his and Dave Free’s pgLang enterprise ticking along, dropping a bespoke phone last year. He also reunited with Baby Keem for “The Hillbillies,” in late 2023, and adopted the title to headline Camp Flog Gnaw. Released in

Kanye West has been sued by a woman who claims that he sexually assaulted her during a music video shoot in 2010. The woman, a model named Jenifer “Jenn” An, filed her lawsuit today (November 22) in a New York federal court. She is suing West and co-defendants Universal Music Group and Stink Digital USA

TV on the Radio performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night, playing the 2004 Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes cut “Staring at the Sun.” Watch their intense performance below. TV on the Radio recently reissued Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes for its 20th anniversary. The band is gearing up to play reunion

Jussie Smollett, the former Empire actor who was convicted, in 2021, of staging a hate crime on himself in 2019, has had that conviction overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. The court ruled that, since Smollett had negotiated an agreement when similar charges were filed in 2019, prosecutors violated due process by trying him again

Omar Apollo, a star of Luca Guadagnino’s new A24 film Queer, has shared a song from the movie produced by Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. The “Te Maldigo” video, directed by Guadagnino, features Apollo in character. Watch it below. Reznor and Ross composed the score for the film, which is based on

The lineup for the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is here, and it confirms that Post Malone is among the headliners. He’ll perform a career-spanning set on the two Sundays (April 13 and 20). Before he takes the stage, Lady Gaga will headline on the Friday nights (April 11 and 18), Green Day

Oakland rapper Saafir died on Tuesday morning, November 19, KQED reports, citing an Instagram post from Xzibit and the late musician’s younger brother and son. A cause of death was not provided. Saafir was 54 years old. Born Reggie Gibson, in Oakland, California, Saafir was a prominent figure in the 1990s Bay Area rap scene.

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are compiling some of their lesser-known tracks on a new album. The B-Sides compilation Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010 is out February 7. Take a look at the tracklist, and revisit the music video for 2010’s “Say No to Love,” below. “Many of these songs, like

Edith Frost will return on February 28, 2025, with her first album in 19 years. In Space, the Drag City singer-songwriter’s follow-up to 2005’s It’s a Game, features contributions from Califone’s Jim Becker, Finom’s Sima Cunningham, Bill MacKay, and Jeff Ragsdale, with arrangements by Mark Greenberg and Rian Murphy. Watch the video for the single

On the heels of releasing his new album, King of the Mischievous South, Denzel Curry has announced he’s going on an extensive 2025 tour. Dubbed the Mischievous South World Tour, it brings the Miami rapper across Australia, North America, and Europe for most of next year. Slated to open are 454, Kenny Mason, and Clip.

Beyoncé’s first performance since releasing Cowboy Carter will be available to watch for anyone with a Netflix subscription. The singer announced she’s playing the halftime show at the NFL’s Christmas Day game, at NRG Stadium, in her hometown of Houston, Texas. The game, which is between the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens, will be

Godspeed You! Black Emperor is postponing the remaining U.S. stops of their 2024 North American tour, according to a statement posted to the Constellation Records Instagram page. Earlier this month, the Canadian post-rock group cancelled dates in Nashville, Knoxville, Atlanta, citing a “band health situation.” The postponement includes tonight’s show in Saxapahaw, NC, plus Washington,

Shabaka has enlisted rapper billy woods for a new song called “Timepieces.” It serves as the opening song on the jazz musician’s Possession EP, which features further contributions from woods’ Armand Hammer bandmate, Elucid, Esperanza Spalding, South African jazz musician Nduduzo Makhathini, Brandee Younger, Carlos Niño, and Jason Moran. Listen to “Timepieces” below. The Possession

Ty Segall’s got another new band: Freckle, a duo with Color Green guitarist and singer Corey Madden. Freckle will release their self-titled debut on January 31 via Segall’s Drag City imprint, God? Below, listen to Freckle’s first single, “Taraval.” Segall, who released the solo album Three Bells earlier this year, has been in a lot

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Lil Durk has pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges related to an alleged murder-for-hire plot, Rolling Stone reports. He is tentatively due to stand trial, in California, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Durk, who is in federal custody, in Los Angeles, has also delayed the release of his new album, Deep Thoughts, which had