Arca has announced that her music will soundtrack the lobby of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. A composition she wrote using the Bronze AI engine will play for two years once the museum reopens on October 21 after four months of renovations. The Bronze format allows artists to make what is described […]
Noname, Saba, and Smino have formed a new group called Ghetto Sage. Their debut song, “Häagen Dazs,” is out now. Hear it below. Noname, Saba, and Smino have collaborated on several occasions. The latter rappers joined Noname for “Shadow Man” on 2016’s Telefone. Then, last year, they appeared on Noname’s Room 25 track “Ace.” The […]
Beck has released “Hyperlife” and “Uneventful Days,” two new songs from his forthcoming LP Hyperspace. The album is due out November 22 via Capitol. Listen to both songs below. Earlier this year, Beck promised the new album with the release of a Pharrell-assisted new single called “Saw Lightning.” Find physical editions of Hyperspace at Rough […]
The country music community came together on Wednesday evening (Oct. 16), to honor the biggest acts in the genre during the 10th annual CMT Artists of the Year event. The 2019 class, which includes Carrie Underwood, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay and Thomas Rhett as well as breakout artist of the year Ashley McBryde and artist of a lifetime […]
Offset headlined the third installment of the Billboard Hip-Hop Live concert series, which rumbled through NYC’s cavernous Sony Hall on a rainy Wednesday night (Oct. 16). A refreshed Set was ready to get back to work following a relaxing getaway with Cardi B and some close loved ones over the weekend in Turks and Caicos to […]
Beck’s Hyperspace is moving forward at ludicrous speed. In fact, some of it has already arrived. The veteran, Grammy-winning artist announced the new album will drop in full Nov. 22, and he’s shared two tracks from it, the dreamy, 100-second-long “Hyperlife,” and the retro-plus-beats number “Uneventful Days.” “Uneventful days, uneventful nights/ Living in that dark, waiting […]
LYON, France — The Lumière Festival’s International Classic Film Market (MIFC) kicked off on Tuesday in Lyon, France, with a keynote address by Criterion Collection President Peter Becker. The exec discussed the company’s storied history and evolution over the decades into a leading publisher of classic and contemporary films from around the world in high-quality […]
For the fifth year running, Lyon’s Lumière Festival will honor Hungarian cinema and invite guests of the Hungarian National Film Fund to present two classic Hungarian films from important national filmmakers, Márta Mészáros’ “Ők ketten” (“Women”) and Zoltán Fábri’s “Fifth Seal.” Both films will be presented by Lumière Festival special guest Marina Vlady on Oct […]
In the still American-led realm of the Academy Awards, it’s unusual for the helmer of a film not in the English language to score a Best Director nomination. It’s far rarer still, meanwhile, for a woman to be nominated in the category at all: just five have done so in 91 years. Only one director, […]
Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein was an answer on the latest episode of long-running American trivia show Jeopardy!. The full clue for the answer was: “Fred Armisen and this Carrie were co-stars and co-creators of Portlandia.” Watch a Jeopardy! contestant correctly answer “Who is Carrie Brownstein?” in a clip from Brownstein’s Instagram below. “At long last,” Brownstein […]
Syrian wedding singer and global dance music sensation Omar Souleyman is back with a new album. Shlon is out November 22 via Mad Decent/Because. Check out the lead single “Layle,” and find his forthcoming tour dates, below. Souleyman’s last album was 2017’s To Syria, With Love, which followed 2015’s Bahdeni Nami and the Four Tet-produced […]
Earlier this year, Mute Records announced that they had partnered with Throbbing Gristle to bring the band’s discography to streaming services for the first time. The label also revealed that they planned to make “long out of print and important pieces of work” from the band publicly available, both physically and digitally, for the first […]
There’s often tears when Ariana Grande’s music fills the room. That was certainly the case as Elise Azkoul and Myracle Holloway sang Ari’s ‘Breathin’” during part two of the Battle Rounds. Team Gwen’s singers gave it their all, but Holloway’s vocal power and on-stage charm gave her the edge. “Elise, I was really impressed with your control,” […]
Rapper, actor and entrepreneur Chris “Ludacris” Bridges can add artist-in-residence to his resume as he takes on the position at Georgia State University. The university confirmed Tuesday that Bridges will mentor students and work with professors at the Creative Media Industries Institute this fall. The Atlanta-based artist and former student of the university will focus […]
Music IP investment company Hipgnosis has closed one of its biggest deals to date, acquiring the complete catalog of multiple Grammy-winning hit-maker Timbaland. “Ask any of today’s greatest creators who their biggest influences are and the one name that appears on everybody’s list is Timbaland,” said Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis announcing the deal, which sees […]
Celebrating 10 years of achievement in entertainment technology, the Advanced Imaging Society today named 10 female industry innovators who will receive the organization’s 2019 Distinguished Leadership Awards at the its 10th annual Entertainment Technology Awards ceremony on October 28 in Beverly Hills. The individuals were selected by an awards committee for being significant “entertainment industry […]
Halsey, Rosalía, Becky G, Akon, Ava Max, and Mabel are the first artists announced as performers at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards, the global music show which will air live from Spain on Nov. 3. Pop star Halsey returns to the EMA stage with three nods for Best Collaboration, Best Pop and Best Look. […]
October 15, 2019 3:23AM PT After its previous world was sucked into a black hole, “Fortnite” is back — with an all-new island featuring a map with 13 different locations. The latest installment of the free-to-play battle royale game, which publisher Epic Games calls the first season of “Fortnite” Chapter 2, went live early Tuesday […]
Earlier this year, Pharrell Williams launched the inaugural Something in the Water festival—three days of live music set in his hometown of Virginia Beach. Now, Pharrell has announced the second edition of the event. Next year’s Something in the Water will take place Monday, April 20 to Sunday, April 26, 2020, doubling the original festival’s […]
The influential slowcore band Duster have announced their first new album in 19 years. The self-titled LP spans 12 tracks and arrives December 13 via Muddguts. Check out the cover art, which features a painting by Salvatore Olentino, below. Earlier this year, Duster shared the new song “Interstellar Tunnel” (which will not appear on the […]
Katy Perry, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, Capitol Records, and others are appealing a recent ruling that Perry’s “Dark Horse” plagiarizes a Christian rap single from 2009, Variety reports and Pitchfork can confirm. In the appeal over the lawsuit focusing on rapper Flame’s 2009 single “Joyful Noise,” Perry and the rest asked the court to overturn […]
Halloween has always been difficult for Rain Phoenix and her family. It was 26 years ago on that day her older brother, River, died tragically outside a Los Angeles club. He was 23. At the time, she made the decision to keep her thoughts and feelings out of the public eye, not wanting to add […]
Ally Brooke’s transformation from pop star to twinkle toes continues on Dancing With The Stars, as the former Fifth Harmony singer tackled a contemporary dance routine during Monday night’s (Oct. 14) special Disney episode. Brooke and her dance partner Sasha Farber went big, performing to “Beauty and the Beast” by Ariana Grande & John Legend, […]
Halsey is heading Down Under for next month’s ARIA Awards. The “Without Me” singer is the first international artist confirmed to perform at the 33rd annual ARIAs, the Australian recording industry’s flagship awards ceremony. Halsey’s star is absolutely on the rise in these parts. Her Billboard Hot 100 leader “Without Me” reached No. 2 on […]
Jason Flemyng, fellow actor Ben Starr, casting director Lucinda Syson, and finance expert Cristiano D’Urso are opening The Kernel Factory, a new U.K.-based film and TV indie. Flemyng has a long list of movie credits including “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” and Guy Ritchie’s “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking […]
Tubi, the world’s largest ad-supported video-on-demand service, will launch in the U.K. early next year, with additional territories to follow as part of Tubi’s rapid international rollout, the company announced Monday at Mipcom in Cannes. The company also revealed it will debut a dedicated service for children, Tubi Kids, on Oct. 21. Currently available in […]
October 14, 2019 3:42AM PT K-pop star Sulli, real name Choi Jin-ri, was found dead at home near Seoul on Monday. Choi’s manager found her body and alerted the police. The manager reported that Choi suffered depression, and police said that they are working on the assumption that she committed suicide. Initial investigations found neither […]
TNGHT recently stopped by BBC Radio 1 to share their new Essential Mix. The electronic music duo of Hudson Mohawke and Lunice played unreleased tracks in addition to music from Rustie, JPEGMAFIA, Scratcha DVA, J-E-T-S, Girl Unit, and more. Check it out here. Last month, TNGHT released “Serpent,” their first new song in six years […]
Camila Cabello was the musical guest on last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live. She played “Cry for Me” and “Easy,” performing the former in elaborate rococo dress and the latter in a more modern white dress. Check it out below. Camila Cabello’s last studio album was 2018’s Camila. More recently Cabello shared singles “Señorita” […]
Queen Latifah will be honored by Harvard University for her contributions to black history and culture, the Associated Press reports. Latifah is one of seven honorees who will receive the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal on October 22. Other recipients include poet and educator Elizabeth Alexander, artist Kerry James Marshall, and more. The medal is named […]