Music

Jada Kingdom glides through the cheery “Budum,” her first single to be released on Diplo‘s Mad Decent label. “Budum” is produced by Emudio, who concocts a pinging, shuddering beat; Kingdom sings in similarly percussive bursts, slinging drumming syllables across the chattering instrumental. “It’s been such a crazy year with the …

The Mountain Goats have released a new song, “As Many Candles as Possible,” from what will be their second album of 2020, Getting Into Knives, out October 23rd via Merge. The track opens with a bristling twist of guitars and rumbling drums before settling into a steady groove. A distorted …

In June 1970, Elvis Presley made the trip east from his Graceland home in Memphis to Nashville, where he holed up in RCA Studio B on Music Row for five days of recording. Presley, who was in the midst of his Las Vegas comeback at the International Hotel, was joined …

The Prince estate has released the full version of a long-treasured rarity, “Cosmic Day,” which will appear on the upcoming reissue of Sign O’ the Times, out September 25th. The track was recorded at Sunset Sound, Studio 3 on November 15th, 1986, and although a snippet of the recording has …

Australian electro-pop band Cut Copy have announced a new album, Freeze, Melt, out August 21st. The band also dropped a new single, “Like Breaking Glass,” to accompany the announcement.“Every heart beats now/It beats like the sound of breaking glass,” Dan Whitford sings over triumphant reverb and layers of synths. “Every …

MTV has made its first performers announcement for the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, airing live on Sunday, August 30th at 8:00 p.m. ET at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. Doja Cat and J Balvin were announced as featured performers for the ceremony, along with superstar K-pop group BTS in their first-ever …

Courtney Barnett and Phoebe Bridgers teamed up for a remote duet of Gillian Welch’s “Everything Is Free” this past weekend. “Everything Is Free” has become a musician favorite in recent years, also getting the cover treatment from Father John Misty. Performing as part of Newport Folk Festival‘s three-day livestream, Barnett …

Ahead of the Friday premiere of a documentary celebrating the Go-Go’s, the band has released “Club Zero,” their first new song in 19 years. The self-produced song was created via email exchanges between band members and recorded at studios in San Francisco and Los Angeles. In the closing scene of …

13-year-old Keedron Bryant has dropped the new video for his viral hit, “I Just Wanna Live.” The song — penned by his mother Johnnetta Bryant and initially shared as a smartphone-shot video where Keedron sang a cappella — made waves when it was released following the killing of George Floyd …

U2 have spent the past few weeks focusing on the launch of their SiriusXM channel U2 X-Radio, but Bono and the Edge took a break to honor their long-time road crew with an acoustic rendition of “Stairway to Heaven,” which they posted on YouTube. “There’s one annoying aspect of an …