The Avalanches have shared two new songs, “Take Care in Your Dreaming” and “Music Makes Me High,” from their next record, We Will Always Love You, out December 11th via Astralwerks. “Take Care in Your Dreaming” is booming track that mixes meditative synths and vocal hooks, with hard-hitting drums and …

For anyone growing up in the 1970s or Eighties, the ensemble funk of Kool & the Gang — whose co-founder and chief songwriter Ronald “Khalis” Bell died on Wednesday at age 68 — was irresistible and inescapable. The group released a platinum- or gold-certified album every year between 1979 and …

After a recent gender reveal party sparked massive wildfires in California, the creator of the original concept, Jenna Karvunidis, spoke with The Daily Show‘s Desi Lydic about why it’s time to put the kibosh on the sometimes dangerous trend. “People should definitely stop doing that,” Karvunidis told Lydic after the …

Last year’s release of The Lion King and Aladdin reboots brought on a wave of disappointment and criticism — a collective realization that Disney‘s strategy of releasing live-action versions of classic animated movies was a creatively bankrupt cash-grab. In Los Angeles, this sentiment spurred Salem Ilese, Bendik Møller, and Jason …

Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard originally planned on spending the bulk of 2020 touring in support of the band’s new album, Gigaton. But when the pandemic hit and Pearl Jam had to delay all their road work until 2021, it gave him time to put the finishing touches on the …

Phoebe Bridgers and Arlo Parks teamed up to perform a cover of Radiohead‘s “Fake Plastic Trees.” The artists’ stripped back, piano-led version was recorded for Phil Taggart’s Chillest Show on BBC Radio 1. Filmed in a church, the pristine acoustics enhance their tender rendition of The Bends classic. Bridgers takes …

Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic reported on Thursday that President Trump doesn’t have quite as much respect for the military as he claims, to put it mildly. Goldberg lists several examples. The most prominent is an account of why, during a 2018 trip to Paris, Trump declined to visit the …

Ziggy Marley continues his socially distanced livestream performance series with the new eight-song Rebellion Rises set. Cut at the Ceek VR studio in Los Angeles, Marley performed several songs from the 2018 album, including the title track, “Circle of Peace,” “World Revolution” and “I Will Be Glad.” He kicked off …

John Boyega discussed the marginalization and difficulties he experienced while working on Star Wars in an interview with British GQ. The piece marked his first major conversation about the films since the franchise’s main saga wrapped last year with The Rise of Skywalker. Boyega didn’t downplay the opportunity and career-boost …

Video game streaming company Twitch has secured its latest victory in its ongoing push into the music industry, announcing a content partnership with hip-hop festival Rolling Loud on Monday. Rolling Loud will air three virtual music festivals exclusively on Twitch, which the organization is calling “Loud Streams.” The first of …