Roger Waters, Tom Morello, and Brian Eno are among the artists participating in Live for Gaza, an online benefit concert whose aim is to raise funds for musicians in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. The livestream will take place Saturday at 2 p.m. EDT. Tickets are available via Eventbrite. For the …
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In the earliest stages of Covid lockdown, Leslie Jordan was visiting his family in Tennessee and rented a condo in downtown Chattanooga. During that first month or so of isolation and distancing, the television star and comedian started to go a little stir crazy. He filmed himself talking and posted …
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Tierra Whack has released a light-hearted and imaginative new music video, “Link,” in partnership with Lego. Whack created the visual with the help of director Cat Solen as well as a group of Philadelphia school children, whose ideas for a rocket ship made out of animals formed the basis for …
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Brockhampton have dropped a new song from their upcoming sixth studio album Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine. The track, “Count on Me,” features vocals from Shawn Mendes and Ryan Beatty, and a co-write from A$AP Rocky (credited as Rakim Mayers). This marks Brockhampton’s second single of 2021, following “Buzzcut” featuring …
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Justin Bieber has responded to criticisms regarding his use of Martin Luther King Jr. speech samples on his recently released album Justice. The samples culled from King Jr.’s powerful speeches — the use of which Rolling Stone called “a jarring musical misstep” — are sprinkled throughout Bieber’s latest LP; “Injustice …
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Lil Nas X is releasing a pair of unofficial “Satan Shoe” Nikes — although you won’t find them at your local Nike retailer. The design, which features an Air Max 97 silhouette with a bronze pentagram, an inverted cross, and a drop of real human blood, is part of a …
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Brockhampton take a wild ride in their new video for “Buzzcut” featuring Danny Brown. In the new clip directed and edited by Dan Streit with creative direction by Kevin Abstract, the band is seen cruising around in a car on a ride where the landscape morphs. The trip gets stranger …
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Burna Boy has released a lush music video for his single “23” from his 2020 album Twice as Tall. Produced by Skread and directed by Clarence Peters, the video features several references to basketball player Michael Jordan, whose jersey number gave “23” its name. Burna Boy looks to Jordan as …
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Matthew McConaughey’s online concert benefitting those affected by the Texas winter storm featured a number of country cameos, from Kacey Musgraves and Willie Nelson to Parker McCollum and Randy Rogers. There was even a Post Malone sighting: the Texas native sang covers of Sturgill Simpson and Brad Paisley for the …
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John Oates has teamed with a giant, saxophone-playing Sasquatch — named Saxsquatch, naturally — for a new EDM spin on Hall & Oates’ classic “Maneater.” “I’ve had a lot of otherworldly experiences in my career, but none as mystical and magical as this collab with the amazing, soulful Saxsquatch,” Oates …
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