Music

News Music Venues Will Soon Be Able to Apply for COVID-19 Relief Applications for the Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant will open next month By Matthew Ismael Ruiz March 19, 2021 Facebook Twitter The Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, participates in the Save Our Stages marquee campaign, March 13, 2021. (Photo by Paras

News Paul Jackson, Jazz Bassist Who Played With Herbie Hancock, Dies at 73 Jackson was a founding member of Hancock’s group the Headhunters By Madison Bloom March 19, 2021 Facebook Twitter Paul Jackson, September 1974 (Soul Train via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Paul Jackson, jazz bassist and founding member of Herbie Hancock’s group the Headhunters,

News Lana Del Rey Releases New Album: Listen Chemtrails Over the Country Club has contributions from Weyes Blood, Jack Antonoff, and more By Matthew Strauss March 19, 2021 Facebook Twitter Photo by Lana Del Rey Facebook Twitter Nearly a year after revealing its title, Lana Del Rey has released her new studio album Chemtrails Over

News Watch the Avalanches’ New “We Go On” Video The We Will Always Love You track features vocals from Cola Boyy and the Clash’s Mick Jones By Madison Bloom March 18, 2021 Facebook Twitter The Avalanches’ Robbie Chater and Tony Di Blasi, photo by Grant Spanier Facebook Twitter The Avalanches have shared a new visual

News Saba Shares Video for Two New Songs “Ziplock” and “Rich Don’t Stop”: Watch The double-single is accompanied by an Ian Lipton-directed visual By Madison Bloom March 17, 2021 Facebook Twitter Saba, photo by Cristela Rodriguez Facebook Twitter Chicago rapper/producer Saba has released a new double-single. His two new tracks “Ziplock” and “Rich Don’t Stop”

News Share Your Favorite Live Music Memories With Pitchfork Help us all look forward to the day when we can sing and dance together again By Pitchfork March 17, 2021 Facebook Twitter Photos: Elena De Soto (tickets; crowd, right), Ryan Watanabe (crowd, left) Facebook Twitter One year into the COVID-19 pandemic means it’s been one

News Helado Negro Covers Deerhunter’s “Futurism”: Listen Check out Tune-Yards’ Breeders cover, Bing & Ruth’s rendition of Pixies’ “Gigantic” from 4AD’s Bills & Aches & Blues By Evan Minsker March 17, 2021 Facebook Twitter Helado Negro (Alessandro Bosio/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter A new compilation from 4AD called Bills & Aches & Blues

News Listen to Squid’s New Song “Paddling” The second offering from the band’s debut Bright Green Field By Matthew Strauss March 16, 2021 Facebook Twitter Squid, photo by Holly Whitaker Facebook Twitter Squid have shared a new song from their debut album. “Paddling” follows the Bright Green Field single “Narrator.” In a press release, the

News Watch Japanese Breakfast Perform “Be Sweet,” “Jimmy Fallon Big” on Fallon The songwriter brings her new Jubilee song and her Fallon homage to Fallon’s show By Evan Minsker March 16, 2021 Facebook Twitter Japanese Breakfast on Fallon Facebook Twitter Japanese Breakfast was the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring

News Aphex Twin Sells NFT Artwork for $128,000 Richard D. James has entered the controversial digital marketplace, auctioning a graphic for 72.00 ETH By Jazz Monroe March 15, 2021 Facebook Twitter Aphex Twin at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2011 (Kristy Sparow/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Aphex Twin has sold a graphic artwork in NFT form, earning

News Grammys 2021 Winners: See The Full List Here Beyoncé, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor Swift, Megan Thee Stallion, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and more are up for awards tonight By Evan Minsker March 14, 2021 Facebook Twitter Photo by Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Facebook Twitter The 2021 Grammy Awards are

News Nas Wins Best Rap Album at 2021 Grammys A career-first win for the Queensbridge veteran By Noah Yoo March 14, 2021 Facebook Twitter Nas (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Nas has won Best Rap Album at the 2021 Grammys Awards. The rap veteran’s 13th studio album King’s Disease beat out works by D Smoke

News Posthumous Tony Allen Album There Is No End Announced Check out “Cosmosis,” featuring Skepta and co-produced by Damon Albarn By Madison Bloom March 12, 2021 Facebook Twitter Tony Allen, photo by Bernard Benant Facebook Twitter The Afrobeat legend Tony Allen died in the spring of 2020 at the age of 79. The year prior,

News Spoon Cover Tom Petty’s “Breakdown” and “A Face in the Crowd”: Watch Recorded live at the Catacomb in Austin By Evan Minsker March 12, 2021 Facebook Twitter Spoon’s Britt Daniel, photo by Oliver Halfin Facebook Twitter Noted Tom Petty fans Spoon have shared recordings of two Tom Petty covers. Their renditions of “Breakdown” (which

News 100 gecs’ Laura Les Shares Video for New Song “Haunted”: Watch A previously unreleased track from the A2B2 Night of Fire virtual concert By Madison Bloom March 12, 2021 Facebook Twitter Laura Les, photo by Weston Allen Facebook Twitter 100 gecs’ Laura Les has shared a video for a new song called “Haunted,” a

Phoebe Bridgers appeared on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Thursday (March 11) to discuss her wild year off the back of Punisher. She also brought along a special guest: Her pug was photoshopped out of a recent Variety cover but suffered no such indignity on the show. Other topics include her slap-bass-playing neighbor and

Faith No More’s Mike Patton is the latest vocalist to perform the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song. The new rendition is in the trailer for the upcoming retro-style beat-em-up game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. If you would like to hear Patton sing about Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, Splinter, and Shredder, watch the

The Weeknd has stated that he will boycott the Grammys going forward, refusing to attend or put his work forward for contention from here on out. “Because of the secret committees, I will no longer allow my label to submit my music to the Grammys,” he said in a statement to The New York Times.

It’s a Wu-Tang family battle: Raekwon and Ghostface Killah have been announced as the next VERZUZ opponents. “Steel sharpen Steel,” Raekwon wrote. It happens on March 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern. It can be viewed the VERZUZ Instagram account or via the Triller app—the new parent company of VERZUZ.  After closing out its first season

Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, has died at age 94. Ottens died last Saturday, March 6, according to NRC Handelsblad. Ottens’ daughter Arine confirmed the news to WTOP. Born in 1926, Ottens first became involved with recorded music while working as head of the product development department at Dutch-based technology company