By Mackenzie Nichols
20.04.2020 - 17:55 / pitchfork.com
In 2017, Moor Mother and noise producer Mental Jewelry linked up for a collaborative EP called Crime Waves. Now, they’ve returned with a collaborative full-length called True Opera. Hear the record below, plus watch Moor x Jewelry’s new video for “Look Alive” (directed by Bob Sweeney).
While their last joint release was grounded in electronics, much of Moor x Jewelry’s new album was composed and recorded live in the studio, revisiting the shared punk music influences of their youth. “We grew up
By Mackenzie Nichols
A galaxy of stars will be on hand on May 11 for Rise Up New York!, a citywide virtual telethon to raise awareness and funds to help New Yorkers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event, organized by iHeartMedia and New York's largest poverty-fighting organization, Robin Hood, will take place at 7 p.m.
Mariah Carey is thankful for her fans.
Nicola Sturgeon says everyone involved in coronavirus decision making will “make mistakes”.
She appears to have U-turned on an initial coronavirus-enforced delay
The 2016 release of Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam Batmanglij’s collaborative album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, yielded the indie-rock hit “A 1000 Times” and scored an iPhone synch for “In a Black Out.” But after, Leithauser — who released his debut solo album in 2014 after nearly 14 years as lead singer of The Walkmen — struggled to record and release new work. The music came easily, but the lyrics... not at all.
Tana Mongeau is making musical moves.
Taylor Swift, 30, is once again taking a stand against music manager Scooter Braun and her former label Big Machine Records! The Grammy winner took to her Instagram story to issue a statement about a live performance album being released by the company, which she was not aware of.
Today (April 20), Mike Dean, the producer/multi-instrumentalist known for his work with Kanye West and Travis Scott, has released a new instrumental mixtape titled 4:20. “I have always had this idea that I wanted to release my own music on the date 4/20,” Dean explained in a press release.
R Kelly's lawyers argue that it's an "absolute probability" he will contract COVID-19 unless released
Fiona Apple has released her first new album in eight years. Listen to Fetch The Bolt Cutters below.
The drought is over.
The-Dream has released Sextape 4. It’s the singer’s follow-up to his 40-song release Ménage à Trois: Sextape Vol. 1, 2, 3 from December 2018. Hear the new album below (via Radio Killa Records).
DaBaby has released his second official album. The Charlotte rapper’s follow-up to 2019’s KIRK is called Blame It on Baby. It features Future, Quavo, Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, and Ashanti. Listen below (via South Coast Music Group/Interscope Records).
Is Whole Lotta Red finally on its way? After years of delays, Playboi Carti's hotly anticipated sophomore album looks to be en route based on his captionless Instagram post late Tuesday night (April 14).
Bing & Ruth, the project led of New York composer David Moore, has announced a new album. Species is out July 17 via 4AD. Moore’s also shared a new video for the new song “I Had No Dream.” Watch it below.
Comedian Tracy Morgan became engaged in a shouting match in New York City’s Times Square over the Easter holiday weekend after an alleged run-in with a pedestrian.