Category: Music News

Headline: Poll: Most Americans don’t plan on attending any live shows until a working coronavirus vaccine is available Main Links: Record Store Day 2020 gets postponed again; moves to three “RSD Drop” days in coming months Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker lied to his first label that Tame Impala was a full band with other individuals […]

Headline: Amoeba announces permanent closure of Sunset Boulevard location; all focus to move to new Hollywood Boulevard location for fall opening Main Links: Kevin Parker sits down with Rick Rubin and talks about his childhood, his first experience making music, and how his creative process takes a hold of him Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon says […]

Headline: Daft Punk is making new music, just not for themselves… Main Links: Travis Scott and Kid Cudi break ‘Fortnite’ streaming record with virtual ‘Astronomical’ show Minecraft Block By Blockwest festival has been postponed until May due to a server overload It looks as if Maynard and crew are teasing a new Puscifer album in […]

Headline: Scarface was “inches away from death” in battle with coronavirus; Houston rapper now on dialysis Main Links: Radiohead 2021 touring plans discussed in pre-coronavirus environment now up in the air Post Malone wants to put out a new album “as soon as I f***king can” Zedd live streams in Twitch Tame Impala perform an […]

Headline: Eminem launches love your DJ competition; Michigan-based DJs battle for airplay on SiriusXM Main Links: Mike Huckaby, Detroit-based DJ, label head, producer, and educator, is dead at 54 The beats that inspire DJ Premier’s sound Lizzo’s ‘Juice’ removed from Rock Band for racial slur; clean version to appear soon Ed O’Brien is taking inspiration […]

Headline: Juice WRLD’s estate releases his first posthumous song, ‘Righteous’ Main Links: Post Malone along with Travis Barker cover Nirvana classics James Blake releases a new song, ‘You’re Too Precious’ The Killers are putting the final touches on their new album, delay the release, but share new single, ‘Fire in Bone’ Kid Cudi and Travis […]

Headline: Frustration sets in for musicians and artists navigating relief funds and federal aid requests Main Links: Lady Gaga’s ’Chromatica’ boasts a star-studded lineup: Skrillex, Boys Noize, Madeon, Ariana Grande, Elton John, and more Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Flea, Cat Power & more playing Pathway to Paris live stream fest A Whitney Houston biopic is […]

Headline: Post Malone will perform Nirvana covers to raise money for United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund Friday, April 24th Main Links: Want to watch Jersey 4 Jersey Benefit show with Fountains of Wayne, Halsey, and others, here’s how Artists can now fundraise directly in Spotify for themselves or the charity of their choice […]

Headline: Amoeba Music Record stores may not see the other side of the pandemic; launches GoFundMe to stay afloat Main Links: Bandcamp will once again share revenues with artists one day in May College radio stations fall on deaf ears as campuses are empty amid the pandemic Kayne West and Chick-Fil-A are unlikely partners as […]

Headline: Lady Gaga’s One World: Together At Home concert performances released as 79-track live album Main Links: David Guetta performs from Miami rooftop and raises $700,000 for COVID-19 Robert Plant donates frontline medical supplies to battle coronavirus Toni Cornell, daughter of Soundgarden frontman, Chris Cornell shares her cover of ‘Hunger Strike’ during LiveXLive’s COVID-19 benefit […]