Headline: The Grammys Still Don’t Get It Main Links: Stormzy to donate £10 million to organizations fighting racial inequality #TheShowMustBePaused organizers explain movement, next steps in new interview H.E.R. debuts protest song ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Soccer Mommy teams up with Beabadoobee for the latest release in her charity single series Michael Stipe and Big Red […]
Category: Tour Announcement
June 11, 2020
Headline: Up to 90% of independent music venues could permanently close due to pandemic Main Links: Coachella 2020 canceled, may not be back till fall 2021 AEG layoffs hit as company looks to reschedule Coachella, global tours to next year iHeartMedia extends staff furloughs another 90 days Taylor Swift tweets support for Black Lives Matter: […]
May 27, 2020
Headline: Warner Music Group is going public with $12.5 Billion Valuation Main Links: Pedal-steel guitarist for Bob Dylan and R.E.M., bucky Baxter, dies at 65 Run the Jewels sign with BMG for its fourth album, here’s why… Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach’s punk band The Weapon release debut LP to benefit NYC venues Corey Taylor has […]
May 26, 2020
Headline: Jimmy Cobb, the drummer for ‘Kind of Blue,’ dies at 91 Main Links: Future lands himself at the top of the Billboard 200 chart G-Eazy shares details of his new album, ‘Everything’s Strange Here’ Sonic Youth add ‘Hold That Tiger’ semi-official bootleg to their ever-growing Bandcamp archive Hayley Williams shares stirring cover of SZA’s […]
May 25, 2020
Headline: Two iconic post-punk drummers, Budgie (Siouxsie & The Banshees) & Lol Tolhurst (The Cure), are putting the the final touches on their debut album as LXB Main Links: Brockhampton drop three new songs via their Twitch radio show Inspired by sleepless nights, the new Woods’ album is ‘Strange To Explain’ Ian MacKaye’s latest band, […]
May 24, 2020
Headline: Concerts in a post-coronavirus world: Masks, temperature checks, and empty rows Main Links: The free spirit of Ibiza is still alive, you just have to look a little harder The 1975 are working towards a new future and evolving along the way Slipknot’s Corey Taylor has finished a secretly recorded solo album Cheap Trick […]
May 23, 2020
Headline: The 1975 release there long-awaited and often delayed, ‘Notes on a Conditional Form’ Main Links: The 1975 release ‘Guys’ video from ‘Notes On A Conditional Form’ Kanye West could drop music as early as next week The 50 best songs of 2020 (so far) Suga of BTS has dropped a mixtape as Agust D […]
May 22, 2020
Headline: How The War On Drugs perfected the Art of the Socially Distance Livestream Main Links: Wilco debuts new song, ‘Tell Your Friends’ on Colbert; Jeff Tweedy plays an acoustic version of ‘Jesus, Etc.’ Little Richard is laid to rest Charli XCX doesn’t want to think about what could have been if she didn’t work […]
May 21, 2020
Headline: New Jason Molina album, ‘Eight Gates’ announced 7 years after his death Main Links: Prince’s most significant and elusive guitar, the ultra-rare Blue Angel Cloud guitar from 1984, is headed for auction The National’s Matt Berninger share the release date of his first solo album, shares the first single, ‘Serpentine Prison’ Gorillaz perform ‘Aries’ […]
May 13, 2020
Headline: The Event Safety Alliance release guidelines detailing the reopening process for venues after lockdown restrictions are lifted Main Links: The law firm representing Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, and others has personal data breached Pitchfork launches new live series, the “Listening Club” Spotify launches Group Sessions to allow control to multiple individuals at any given […]
