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Sufjan Stevens has released a new ambient piece, “Celebration VIII,” from Celebrations, the fourth installment of his five-volume set, Convocations. “Celebrations VIII” opens with an ominous edge as glitchy synths and feedback sputter around more ethereal sounds. That harsher edge dissipates as the song exhales into a far more serene …

Las Vegas festival Electric Daisy Carnival has postponed its May event until October. In an announcement on Instagram, Pasquale Rotella, founder and CEO of EDC organizer Insomniac, explained that continuing Covid-19 restrictions can’t allow EDC to take place as planned. According to Rotella, the festival’s home of Clark County passed …

Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, and Simon Helberg star in Annette, a musical romance featuring an original soundtrack by Sparks and directed by French filmmaker Leos Carax (Holy Motors) in his English-language debut. The movie received its first trailer on Monday when it was announced that it will open the 2021 …

Jon Batiste offered a lively, soulful rendition of his track “Freedom” on The Late Late Show,giving the song a retro vibe for the performance.The song, which comes off Batiste’s new album We Are, got some accompaniment from backup singers who appeared on vintage TV sets behind the singer. The performance …

Brockhampton have recruited Lil Nas X and Dominic Fike for their “Count on Me” video. The song appears on Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine, which the group dropped last week. In the Kevin Abstract and Dan Streit-directed video, Lil Nas X and Fike take a sunny ride into a forest …

St. Vincent has released a new music video for “The Melting of the Sun,” a track off her upcoming album, Daddy’s Home, out May 14th via Loma Vista. The animated clip remains firmly in the Seventies aesthetic St. Vincent has embraced for Daddy’s Home, down to a cheeky title card …

Lil Tjay scored his first top 10 on the RS 200 in late 2019 with True 2 Myself, which debuted at Number Five. Now, he seems to be gearing up to do it again with Destined 2 Win, which was released April 2nd. Last week, Destined 2 Win was the …

H.E.R. has released a new video for her song, “Fight for You,” which appears on the soundtrack for the film, Judas and the Black Messiah. The clip sets the singer’s graceful soul protest song to a condensed, but impactful, overview of the history of the Black Panther Party and its …

Fucked Up have released the third act in the Toronto hardcore band’s epic “Year of the Horse” series of songs, with the National’s Matt Berninger among the track’s guest vocalists. The 22-minute, five-scene “Year of the Horse – Act Three” — penned and performed in the style of a hardcore …

BBC Two will air a new documentary, Amy Winehouse: 10 Years On, to mark a decade since Amy Winehouse’s death. The documentary, commissioned by BBC Two and BBC Music, will be told primarily from the perspective of Winehouse’s mother, Janis. “I don’t feel the world knew the true Amy, the …