Category: New Album

Headline: The pandemic is still killing people. Why is country music putting on concerts? Main Links: Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Good Kid, M.A.A.D City’ is now the longest-charting hip-hop album in US chart history With new albums, Bob Dylan, Neil Young And Willie Nelson are as relevant as ever Robbie Robertson explains why he turned down playing […]

Headline: Pop Smoke’s new album tracklist detailed, artwork by Virgil Abloh revealed Main Links: People are pissed at Virgil Abloh’s cover art for Pop Smoke’s debut album 50 Cent Says f@!k Virgil Abloh after Pop Smoke’s album art was revealed Pop Smoke’s manager agrees to change Virgil Abloh-designed album cover following backlash Spotify is now […]

Headline: Kanye West Announces New Album ‘God’s Country’, to Release New Song ‘Wash Us in the Blood’ Main Links: Kanye West pens handwritten message for Chicago GAP mural NPR Music’s 25 favorite albums of 2020 (so far) Beyoncé dedicates 2020 BET Humanitarian Award to protestors: Watch The Weeknd donates additional $500,000 to COVID-19 Relief 2020 […]

Headline: Rolling Stones protest Trump using their music at rally, threaten lawsuit Main Links: Rihanna calls for justice for Breonna Taylor: “Her killers are at home watching Netflix” Björk Announces three Iceland concerts – with audience – for August Lady Gaga offered to be Billie Eilish’s mentor Kygo reveals he & The Weeknd have been […]

Headline: Haim – Women In Music Pt. III: An irreverent middle finger to convention and expectation Main Links: The Flaming Lips announce new album ‘American Head,’ share song: Listen Flume, Toro y Moi release claymation music video for Jon Hopkins’ remix of ‘The Difference’ 
Megan Thee Stallion samples N.W.A. on new track “Girls in the Hood” […]

Headline: Prince ‘Sign o’ the Times’ super deluxe edition announced Main Links: Beyoncé to receive 2020 BET Humanitarian Award Michael Eavis warns Glastonbury could “go bankrupt” if it can’t return in 2021 
Bonnaroo 2020 officially canceled 
Sonos slashing 12% of workforce, closing NYC store & cutting executive pay Kelly Rowland donates 70,000 masks to Reform […]

Headline: Switzerland loosens lockdown restrictions, clubs to re-open with limited capacities Main Links: Rihanna, Billie Eilish and Lizzo call for police reform in new open letter Stevie Wonder predicts civil rights battle can end in victory Love Record Stores Day boosts music retail, taking over £1 million in revenue Outside Lands 2020 canceled, 2021 lineup […]

Rick Rubin and Beastie Boys revisit the early days on ‘Broken Record’

Headline: Top artist managers and more launch Black Music Action Coalition: Exclusive Main Links: 17 women are among the Recording Academy’s 40 trustees on newly constituted board Slavery Museum concludes no link between Beatles inspiration ‘Penny Lane’ + slave trader King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard release new documentary for charity Bright Eyes reveal details […]

Headline: K-Pop fans register thousands of fake tickets for half-empty Trump rally in Oklahoma Main Links: 5 new releases we love: Neil Young’s long-lost classic, Elvis Costello’s latest, and more MIKE enlists Earl Sweatshirt for new song: Listen 
Digging through Sonic Youth’s Bandcamp archives 5 big takeaways from Beyoncé’s new song “Black Parade” How Muzz […]