Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello livestreamed an acoustic performance and discussed their self-isolation plans during the pair’s installment in Global Citizen’s Together at Home series, “a virtual no-contact concert that aims to encourage everyone to take action and help stop the spread of COVID-19.” During the 24-minute broadcast, Cabello and …
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With fans stuck indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic — and with Bandcamp waiving its revenue share Friday — MGMT dropped a new song titled “As You Move Through the World.” The seven-minute instrumental is the B-side to the band’s recent single “In the Afternoon.” “Hey all you COVIDS — …
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Hayley Williams released the first half of her solo project,Petals for Armor, in February, and was due to release the next batch of songs this week. But due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Williams has delayed the new EP’s release, and instead shared one song, “Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris,” on Thursday. The new …
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A switch has been flipped for Rod Wave. The Florida rapper/singer isn’t a household name just yet, but in terms of his streaming numbers, he’s a star in all the ways you can count. Last week, he was the 7th most popular artist on the YouTube charts with 29.2 million …
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Waxahatchee‘s Katie Crutchfield gets realistic about love in her new song “Can’t Do Much.” The track is the third single off her upcoming album Saint Cloud, out March 27th on Merge Records. The clip — grainy to resemble a vintage film — opens with Crutchfield in a striking red blazer, …
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Live Nation and AEG, North America’s largest concert promoters, are halting all large-scale tours in the U.S. and abroad until April, and asking artists to come home amid coronavirus fears. The competitors aligned with the biggest booking agencies in the country to mount a unified effort to address the situation. …
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Neil Young has made no secret of his deep respect and admiration for Bernie Sanders over the past few months, and this weekend he wrote a long, glowing endorsement of the Vermont senator on his website and encouraged his fans to vote for him. “I support Bernie because I listen …
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Nicole Atkins takes chances with the sleek new song, “Domino.” The track is the second single off the singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Italian Ice, out April 17th on Single Lock Records. Inspired by Prince, the Rolling Stones’ “Miss You” andthe gritty glamour of Atkins’ hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey, the …
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UPDATE: Ross Valory has filed a counter-claim against Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, rebutting their allegations that he and Steve Smith tried to improperly wrest control of the Journey trademark. The countersuit alleges that a 1985 agreement that gave Cain, Schon and former singer Steve Perry’s band entity, Elmo Partners, …
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Tobin Sprout’s new song is kind of a downer — in the best possible way. When Sprout was a songwriter for Guided by Voices, his simple writing stood in contrast to frontman Robert Pollard’s bombast. That same distinctive style is on full display on “The Man I Used to Know,” …
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