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 […]
Category: Music News
June 29, 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 […]
June 28, 2020
Headline: Hayley Williams is urging lawmakers to change Mississippi’s state flag Main Links: A look at songs inspired by the 2020 protests for racial justice Watch Common dedicate heartfelt poem to Breonna Taylor at Kentucky rally Taylor Swift calls out U.S. Census for transgender erasure A lawsuit is trying to prove Ticketmaster’s terms are hard […]
June 27, 2020
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” […]
June 26, 2020
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 […]
June 25, 2020
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 […]
June 24, 2020
Rick Rubin and Beastie Boys revisit the early days on ‘Broken Record’
June 23, 2020
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 […]
June 22, 2020
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 […]
June 21, 2020
Headline: Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged guitar sells for record-setting $6 million in auction Main Links: Prince’s custom guitar from the 1980s brings big dollars at auction Beyonce releases new song, “Black H.E.R. releases protest song ‘I Can’t Breathe,’ shares new video DJ Snake is finally releasing that massive ID from his Paris show, his first […]