November 20, 2021

Chuck D to Live Nation: “Stop letting one young black man take the blame”

• Best New Music Playlist: Griff, No Rome, clovo, Day Wave, Nell Smith with The Flaming Lips, and more
• 3 New Albums Out this week you Should Listen to Now: IDLES, Courtney Barnett, and Aesop Rock with Blockhead
• Mick Rock, photographer of Bowie, Queen, the Velvet Underground, and more dies at 72
• Grammy-nominated musician and songwriter who wrote the classic tune ‘I’m Just a Bill,’ has died.
• Young Dolph leaves a lasting legacy in Memphis
• Billie Eilish and Charli XCX announced as SNL musical guests
• Robert Plant & Alison Krauss to launch first tour in 12 years
• Snoop Dogg Presents: Algorithm is a showcase of Def Jam’s brightest and best
• REZZ returns with third album, Spiral
• Snail Mail make misery sound wonderful and welcoming on their second album, Valentine
• The War On Drugs 5th album is a sprawling, yet refined opus that’s deserving of massive arenas
• Benji Lewis captures the hope and happiness of the Australian summertime on ‘Unwind’
• Gold Coast R&B/Soul outfit, daste. releases a heartfelt debut album
• L.A.’s Slouch Online releases his latest single, ‘This Is All Just Part Of the Show’
• Plus and Son Little join forces to create a gritty new single, ‘Feel So Heavy’
• Corpsegrinder announces debut studio album, shares piece of brutal new song
• 100 gecs preview second album with first single ‘mememe’
• Green Day share ‘Walking Contradiction’ from BBC Live Sessions album
• Freddie Gibbs and Jadakiss reunite on ‘Black Illuminati’ (watch the video)
• Hit-Boy teases a new Cordae song he produced featuring Lil Wayne
• Earl Sweatshirt – ‘2010’
• Must-stream: GRiZ, Subtronics take ‘GRiZtronics’ to ‘Another Level’
• Gorillaz, Little Simz, Sigrid among first names for Flow Festival
• IDLES announce 2022 Australian and New Zealand tour
• Twenty One Pilots announce Icy tour dates for 2022: Details
• Watch Bad Bunny perform ‘Maldita Pobreza’ at the 2021 Latin Grammys
• Cassandra Jenkins made a playlist of what she’s listening to on tour; new LP & video out now