Jim Jarmusch’s band Sqürl pay musical tribute to the late Robby Müller — the filmmaker’s long-time collaborator and cinematographer — with the duo’s new album. Some Music for Robby Müller —out January 31st, 2020 and available to preorder now through Sacred Bones — serves as the score for Claire Pijman’s …
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Ahmir Thompson, a.k.a. Questlove, has been tapped to directBlack Woodstock, a feature documentary on the historical Harlem Cultural Festival. The film will be the musician’s directorial debut. “I am truly excited to help bring the passion, the story and the music of the Harlem Cultural Festival to audiences around the …
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Carly Rae Jepsen is the latest artist to appear on NPR‘s Tiny Desk Concert series, which has arguably become the most sought-after gig in the music business right after headlining Madison Square Garden. Jepsen and her five-piece backing band performed three songs from the artist’s latest album, Dedicated, and were …
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Pink Floyd have unveiled the “2019 remix” for their A Momentary Lapse of Reason closer “Sorrow,” from the band’s upcoming box set The Later Years. The “updated and remixed” version of 1987’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason is among the highlights from the 5-CD/6-Blu-ray/5-DVD set, with guitarist David Gilmour and …
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With its breakneck-paced galloping riffs and James Hetfield’s snarls about weaker people being “ripped and torn away,” Metallica‘s “Battery,” off their magnum opus Master of Puppets, is the apotheosis of thrash metal. The song starts with Spaghetti Western flamenco guitar, and that’s the most clearly defined thread that connects it …
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The genius of Lil Baby’s new track lies in a simple ad-lib, “Woah.” For three minutes that single word punctuates bars and provides stabs of momentum, as if Baby is simultaneously acting as his own hypeman. “None of you guys get fly as me, woah,” he raps across the chorus. …
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Mandy Moore has announced a North American tour for 2020, her first major tour in over a decade. It kicks off March 20th in Pittsburgh at the Benedum Center, with Moore playing shows in New York, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, Dallas and more before wrapping May 9th at Denver’s Gothic …
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Austin alt-rock stalwarts …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead unveiled a new song, “Don’t Look Down,” from their first album in six years, X: The Godless Void and Other Stories, out January 17th via Dine Alone Records. “Don’t Look Down” is a bustling rock track carried …
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Alessa Cara gave a special performance as part of the 2019 E! People’s Choice Awards, which were broadcast live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday evening. The singer performed her song “Rooting for You” in a funky rendition that featured a horn section alongside her live band. …
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Paul McCartney remembered Robert Freeman as “imaginative and a true original thinker” in a tribute to the late photographer who shot some of the Beatles’ most memorable album covers. Freeman’s photos of the Beatles ended up the covers of albums like With the Beatles, Rubber Soul, Help! and Beatles for …
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