Music

With music shops around the world struggling with coronavirus lockdowns, the organizers of Record Store Day announced Wednesday that they’ll spread out the annual event over a number of months. Dates in late summer and fall will replace the previously announced dates, which had been moved as cities started announcing …

Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider, has announced Side by Side: A Celebration of Service, a television special honoring healthcare workers and the military to air this Memorial Day, May 25th at 7 p.m. ET on WNBC Channel 4. Additionally, every Monday at 7 p.m. ET leading up to …

Over 200 celebrities, entertainers, artists and leaders will appear onThe Call to Unite, a 24-hour livestream event to take place from Friday, May 1st at 8:00 p.m. ET to Saturday, May 2nd at 8:00 p.m. ET. Organized by Tim Shriver, the longtime chairman and CEO of the Special Olympics, the …

On Monday, Travis Scott ruined my life. That was the day the rapper announced he would be holding a concert in Fortnite, the wildly popular battle royale game, and my editor informed me that I would be covering it. My response was immediate. “Not going to lie, this is my …

Texas Gentlemen get into spacey Seventies-rock mode in the new song “Ain’t Nothin’ New,” the first offering from the group’s upcoming second album. Titled Floor It!!! — with three exclamation points! — the project will be released July 17th. Taking cues from Little Feat, early Elton John, and even a …

With live events on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Warner Music Group is getting into the virtual music festival game. On Tuesday, the label unveiled PlayOn Fest, a three-day virtual music festival to take place from Friday, April 24th through Sunday April 26th, streaming noon to midnight ET each …

The Weeknd‘s After Hours held strong at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart for the fourth straight week, amassing nearly 20,000 more in sales and more than 63 million streams. Tory Lanez landed at Number Two with The New Toronto 3, which earned close to 62 …

Pretty much every singer-songwriter who achieves any kind of success on their own eventually struggles with the same question: Keep things spare, or scale up, trying out a lusher sonic palette? Some who take the latter route stumble, but Elliott Smith soared. Figure 8 — the final album he released …

Kentucky-based singer-songwriter S.G. Goodman has issued the new song “Red Bird Morning,” along with its accompanying video. Goodman’s upcoming album Old Time Feeling was co-produced by My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James and will be released July 17th via Verve Forecast. A plaintive acoustic ballad, “Red Bird Morning” shows off …

100 Gecs have tapped Charli XCX, Benny Blanco, Cashmere Cat, and others for a digital festival inside the game Minecraftthat will take place April 24th from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET. The event, dubbed Square Garden, boasts a lineup of pop experimentalists and post-genre internet favorites, including A.G. Cook, …