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 …
Read More »Amythyst Kiah Previews New Album With Haunting 'Wild Turkey'
Tennessee singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah will be releasingWary+ Strange, her anticipated Rounder Records debut, later this year. The album follows Kiah’s breakout with the 2019 collaborative album Songs of Our Native Daughters, which included Kiah’s Grammy-nominated single “Black Myself.” Kiah revisited “Black Myself” and 10 other originals on Wary + Strange, …
Read More »Watch Jon Batiste's Soulful Performance of 'Freedom' on 'Corden'
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 …
Read More »From Panama With Love: Sech Reinterprets Reggaeton's Roots for the World
Though he’s known for a gliding voice that’s brought him to the top of the Latin music industry, the Panamanian singer Sech has always been a writer. He started scribbling in journals and putting together ideas for songs when he was a kid growing up in Río Abajo, a township …
Read More »Watch Brockhampton's New 'Count on Me' Video With Lil Nas X, Dominic Fike
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 …
Read More »From 'Blowin' in the Wind' to 'I Can't Breathe': Protest Songs Spotlighted in Revamped Exhibit
About a week after he watched footage of George Floyd’s death, seasoned Chicago bluesman Dave Specter did something he’d never done before — he wrote a topical song. “It was such a strange time,” he recalls. “Things were in a very dark place. The music business was shut down, and …
Read More »St. Vincent Embraces Trippy Seventies Animation Vibes in 'The Melting of the Sun' Video
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 …
Read More »Lil Tjay Tops Apple Music Pre-Add Chart with 'Destined 2 Win'
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 …
Read More »H.E.R. Drops Powerful New Video for 'Judas and the Black Messiah' Song 'Fight for You'
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 …
Read More »Hear Fucked Up's Epic 22-Minute Song 'Year of the Horse – Act Three'
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 …
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