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Phoebe Bridgers Announces New Song “Sidelines”
Phoebe Bridgers has a new song on the way, titled “Sidelines.” It arrives with Hulu’s serial adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Conversations With Friends, and it’s out at midnight on Friday (April 15). Watch a trailer for the show below. “Sidelines” is the first new original material from Bridgers since she released Punisher in 2020, which she followed with the Copycat Killer EP later that year. After collaborating with Conor Oberst for a re-work of Bright Eyes’ “Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh,” Bridgers joined Bright Eyes for a take on Elliott Smith‘s “St. Ides Heaven.” She put her spin on Tom Waits’ “Day After Tomorrow” as a fundraiser for the Local Integration & Family Empowerment Division of the International Institute of Los Angeles last year. Also recently, Bridgers released an a...
Listen to Jamie xx’s New Song “Let’s Do It Again”
Jamie xx is back with a new song. It’s called “Let’s Do It Again,” and it marks the producer’s first new solo single since 2020’s “Idontknow”—which was his first solo piece since 2015. Check out “Let’s Do It Again” below. Jamie xx first teased the new track on Instagram last week, stating that he’s been performing “Let’s Do It Again” in his live sets since 2021. He added in a press statement, “I started making this tune last year, just as it felt like we might all be able to start doing the things we love again.” Jamie xx’s solo debut In Colour landed back in 2015, but more recently he has released tracks with Headie One and Fred Again.. (“Smoke”), as well as the Avalanches, Neneh Cherry, and Vashti Bunyan (“Wherever You Go”). He’s also produced his xx bandmate Oliver Sim’s new song “Roman...
Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough Detail Soundtrack for New Movie The Northman
Composers Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough have detailed their soundtrack for Robert Eggers’ new movie The Northman. The soundtrack album is out digitally on April 22 via Back Lot Music; physical editions will be released via Sacred Bones on July 1. The first offering from the soundtrack is the new song “Storm at Sea / Yggdrasill,” which you can hear below. Robin Carolan is the founder of Tri Angle Records, and Sebastian Gainsborough is known for his work as Vessel. In a statement, the musicians explained, “Robert wanted the world of The Northman to feel harsh and uncomfortable, and for everything to feel like it was caked in mud and dry blood, so it was crucial for the score to mirror that.” The Northman hits U.S. theaters on April 22. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Ki...
Tim Heidecker Announces New Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch
Tim Heidecker has announced the new album High School. He produced the record with Drew Erickson, Eric D. Johnson, and Mac DeMarco. The lead single is “Buddy,” and it comes with a music video that was shot and edited by Doug Lussenhop (aka Office Hours Live co-host DJ Douggpound). Check it out below. High School arrives June 24 via Spacebomb. The LP, which follows 2020’s Fear of Death, includes a collaboration with Kurt Vile called “Sirens of Titan.” This summer, Heidecker will go on a two-act tour: The shows will feature a stand-up routine from Heidecker and a musical performance by Tim Heidecker and the Very Good Band. Find the tour dates below. Tim Heidecker: High School High School: 01 Buddy02 Chillin’ in Alaska03 Future Is Uncertain04 Get Back Down to Me05 I’ve Been Losing06 Punch in ...
How Madeon and a Team of Architects Designed the Hallucinatory “Good Faith” Experience—And Blew Everyone’s Mind
They say ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind—and Madeon has four of them. The French electronic music virtuoso, whose real name is Hugo Leclercq, is currently on his “Good Faith Forever” tour, where he’s been baffling ravers with a new, pupil-popping stage production. But just like any groundbreaking show, there’s more to it than meets the eye. Four visual artists, Shinichiro Fujita, OSEAN, Mollie Tarlow and Mike Kluge, function as the brainstem of “Good Faith Forever” as well as its illusory encore, which finds Madeon lifted atop a giant cylindrical structure as his silhouette morphs into the tour’s phantasmagoric imagery. Their cerebral work, Leclercq says, has shaped not only the tour, but also his own cre...
PinkPantheress Announces Release Date for Collab With Willow Smith, Skrillex and Mura Masa
PinkPantheress is set to unveil her superstar collaboration with Willow Smith, Skrillex and Mura Masa. Later this month, the young superstar will release “Where You Are,” featuring the vocal stylings of Smith and production from the pair of renowned electronic music producers. This will not be the first collaboration between the duo, who joined forces back in 2018 for Masa’s bubbly track “Complicated” (with NAO). As for the upcoming song’s lead artists, it marks the first collaborative release from PinkPantheress and Smith. Fans of the two have been begging for a team-up for quite some time now, and PinkPantheress herself shared that she’s been waiting for this moment for years. PinkPantheress took to Instagram in the winter to showcase the upcomin...
Martin Garrix Drops Opening Track From Ultra 2022 Set, “Good Morning”: Listen
Martin Garrix simply cannot stop releasing new music. The last few weeks have been prolific for the Dutch dance music luminary, who has been releasing new tracks at a furious pace as he rolls out his debut club album, Sentio. The latest to arrive from the record has now arrived in the form of “Good Morning,” a monster single with frequent collaborators Matisse & Sadko. While the trio of producers typically go the progressive house route, like in “Hold On” and “Forever,” they’ve opted for a grittier feel this time around. “Good Morning” is a stomping electro tune with a downright nasty drop. It’s so high in energy that Garrix has been playing it out as the opening track in his recent live sets, like his wild performance at...
Thomas Rhett & Katy Perry Get ‘Started’ on Billboard Country Charts
Thomas Rhett‘s sixth full-length, Where We Started, bounds onto Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart (dated April 16) at No. 2. In its first frame, the set, released April 1, earned 29,000 equivalent album units according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data. Rhett earns his sixth total and consecutive top five entry on the survey. The album, released on Valory/Big Machine Label Group, follows his Country Again (Side A), which entered at its No. 2 Top Country Albums high last May. Rhett banked his second No. 1 in June 2019 with Center Point Road, which launched atop both Top Country Albums and the all-genre Billboard 200, marking his second and latest leader on each list. Life Changes opened atop the tallies in September 2017 (with 123,000 units, including 94,000 sold, his biggest week in both m...
How Afrobeats Artists Are Using Fashion To Tell Us Who They Are
This piece was created in partnership with Afro Nation. Billboard and Afro Nation recently launched the first-ever official Billboard Afrobeats U.S. Songs Chart, tracking the most popular rising new music in the rapidly growing genre. The 50-position Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, which went live last month on Billboard.com, ranks the most popular Afrobeat songs in the country based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of leading audio and video music services, plus download sales from top music retailers. When alté music, a genre defined by its inability to be conclusively defined as it moves through different genres and maintains a highly experimental form, began to enter mainstream Afrobeats music in the late 2010s,...
Sony Music Publishing Commits $100,000 to Songwriters Org The 100 Percenters
Sony Music Publishing is donating $100,000 to The 100 Percenters, a 250-member organization that advocates for music creatives with a focus on BIPOC and marginalized songwriters, composers and producers, it was announced Tuesday (April 12). The money will help provide financial relief through the organization’s Songwriter Stimulus Program and its Emergency Fund, both slated to launch later this year, as well as other efforts. “It’s an honor to have the support of [Sony Music Publishing chairman and CEO] Jon Platt,” said 100 Percenters founder and executive director Tiffany Red. “He heard us and took action in a way that I could never have imagined. This is just the beginning.” The relationship between SMP and The 100 Percenters — which recently sponsored a rally in front of Spotify’s forme...
Latin Music US Recorded Revenue Hits Record $886M in 2021: RIAA
Latin music continued its relentless expansion path in the U.S. last year, with recorded revenues reaching $886 million, according to a year-end report released by the RIAA Tuesday (April 12). That’s the highest figure ever for Latin music before adjusting for inflation and marks overall revenue growth of 35% compared to 2020 — far outpacing the 23% growth rate seen in the overall U.S. music market, as previously reported by the RIAA. “With growth of 35% – far surpassing the overall growth rate for recorded music revenues – Latin music is connecting with fans in a historic way,” said RIAA COO Michèle Ballantyne in a statement included in the report. The 2021 numbers mark the sixth consecutive year of double-digit growth in revenue for Latin music, which is defined as music recorded predom...
Absolut Vodka Teams Up With Swedish House Mafia to Create Album-Themed Cocktail
It’s time to pour it up for the return of Swedish House Mafia. In anticipation of the iconic dance music trio’s upcoming closing performance on Sunday night of Coachella 2022, Absolut Vodka is assisting fans with finding paradise. Absolut’s new “Paradise (Again) Paloma” blends the brand’s refreshing grapefruit vodka with a tangy dash of lime juice, soda water, and a sweet Swedish Fish garnish to top it all off. The summertime citrus beverage is being sold as a pre-packaged craft cocktail blend for easy mixing. Even better, with the release of Swedish House Mafia’s debut album Paradise Again looming just around the corner on April 15th, those not attending Coachella will still have the opportunity to join in the conversation. Absolut VodkaR...
