The paranoia and icy alienation of Radiohead’s masterpiece Kid A may have seemed like a bit much back to some listeners when it was released in 2000. But in 2020, Kid A (which just landed at Number 20 on Rolling Stone’s revamped list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All …
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David Bowie’s Nineties live performances will be the focus of an upcoming set of six concert albums that will be released individually over the next few months. Dubbed Brilliant Live Adventures, the series kicks off with Ouvrez Le Chien (Live Dallas 95), a recent digital-only release that will make its …
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After a TikTok where a man lip-syncs to “Dreams” while longboarding and drinking Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry Juice went viral, Fleetwood Mac‘s 1977 classic has seen a massive spike in streams, enough to enter the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs Chart. The track, off the band’s 1977 album Rumours, currently sits …
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Sharon Van Etten covered Nine Inch Nails‘ “Hurt” for Suicide Prevention Month as part of Sounds of Savings’ Song That Found Me at the Right Time series, a partnership with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The clip opens with Van Etten sharing her own struggles with emotions and reaching out …
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Earlier this year, Norah Jones releasedPick Me Up Off the Floor, a raw and personal LP reminiscent of her earliest work. She’s been staying prolific ever since, playing a series of weekly at-home concerts where she covers everyone from Duke Ellington to Guns N Roses. On October 16th, Jones will …
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Two Oakland artists unite as Fantastic Negrito has recruited E-40 for the singer’s new video for “Searching for Captain Save a Hoe,” an update on the Bay Area rapper’s 1993 single “Captain Save a Hoe.” The video for “Searching for Captain Save a Hoe” finds Fantastic Negrito and his many …
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Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has released a rendition of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” Keeping primarily true to the original, Bellamy captures the reassuring sentiments and emotional weight of the song with uplifting falsettos in his abridged version. In lieu of the piano-led melodies found on the …
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Brian Eno has collected highlights from his soundtrack work over the past 40 years — some familiar, some hard-to-find — for the producer and ambient music pioneer’s new collection Film Music 1976-2020. The compilation is a sequel of sorts to Eno’s 1978 EP Music for Films — as well as …
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Alicia Keys performed new song “Love Looks Better” during the NFL Kickoff event for the 2020 season on Thursday. She shared the song earlier in the day via YouTube. Backed by a five-piece band that included two backup singers, Keys opened her appearance while playing a grand piano to introduce …
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Simeon Coxe, the co-founder of the groundbreaking synth outfit Silver Apples, died Tuesday after a battle with the lung condition pulmonary fibrosis, The Guardian reports. He was 82. Coxe was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, but eventually moved to New York City and became part of the underground music scene there …
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