7 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Grace Ives, Elucid, Joyce Manor, and More

Grace Ives Janky Star

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. […]

UB40 featuring Ali Campbell pay tribute to Astro at Hampton Court Palace Festival – Music News

UB40 featuring Ali Campbell pay tribute to Astro at Hampton Court Palace Festival - Music News

UB40 featuring Ali Campbell paid tribute to late band member Astro as they performed at Hampton Court Palace Festival 2022 in London on Thursday night (09.06.22). The legendary reggae group kicked off the festival in […]

‘Neptune Frost’ review: Visually dazzling tech musical

'Neptune Frost' review: Visually dazzling tech musical

“Neptune Frost” — the mesmerizing Afrofuturist musical brainchild of multihyphenate poet-rapper-writer-musician Saul Williams and his wife, Rwandan artist and cinematographer Anisia Uzeyman — opens with a cacophony of color and sound, both digitized and natural. […]

‘Inventing Anna’ star Julia Garner to play Madonna in self-directed biopic

'Inventing Anna' star Julia Garner to play Madonna in self-directed biopic

“Inventing Anna” and “Ozark” star Julia Garner has been offered the role of Madonna for her biopic with Universal Pictures. In an exclusive obtained by Variety, sources say that dozens auditioned for the role of […]

BET Awards defend values after Lil Nas X criticisms

BET Awards defend values after Lil Nas X criticisms

After Lil Nas X accused BET of never really rooting for him anyway, the network released a statement Tuesday defending its values. The Grammy-winning rapper and singer has directed a string of criticisms — and […]

Remembering Dave Smith, inventor of MIDI and the Prophet-5 synthesizer : NPR

Remembering Dave Smith, inventor of MIDI and the Prophet-5 synthesizer : NPR

Dave Smith, center, photographed attending the 2015 North American Music Merchants convention in Anaheim, Calif. Pete Brown/Wikimedia Commons The sound of pop music in the ’80s was shaped by synthesizers – and one of the […]

R&B nearly man Ural Thomas: ‘My best shot is to just live and be what I am’ | R&B

Ural Thomas playing live at SXSW 2022 in Austin, Texas.

As Ural Thomas freely admits, he is not a man overburdened with ambition. “I’m not trying to compete with anyone, or trying to be better,” he shrugs, on a video call from his home town […]

‘Stranger Things’ lands Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’ in the U.S. Top 10 : NPR

'Stranger Things' lands Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill' in the U.S. Top 10 : NPR

English singer-songwriter and musician Kate Bush poses at her family’s home in London in September 1978, seven years before the release of “Running Up That Hill.” Chris Moorhouse/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chris Moorhouse/Getty […]

ACRAZE Signs to Capitol Records Amid Meteoric Success of Breakout Hit, “Do It To It” – EDM.com

Pictured left to right: Ricardo Vinas (CEO/Founder, Thrive Music), Michelle Jubelirer (Chair & CEO, CMG), Jeremy Vuernick (President of A&R, CMG), ACRAZE, Alex Akleh (Syndicate Management), Carlos Alcala (General Manager/VP of A&R, Thrive Music)

If for some reason you still hadn’t heard of ACRAZE, that will soon be impossible. The Class of 2022 star has signed to the legendary Capitol Records, with whom he’ll build on the success of his global hit, […]