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Let’s Eat Grandma have shared a video for their new song “Happy New Year.” It’s the latest single from their forthcoming third LP Two Ribbons, following “Hall of Mirrors” and the title track. Check out the video, featuring Let’s Eat Grandma’s Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth battling in a tennis match that turns festive, below. In a statement, Walton said of the video: I wrote “Happy New Year” after a breakdown between [Jenny Hollingworth and me] that lasted for a long period of time, to communicate to her how important she is to me and how our bond and care for each other goes much deeper than this difficult time. I used the setting of New Year as both an opportunity for reflection, looking back nostalgically through childhood memories that we shared, and to represent the beginning of a...

The Weeknd has announced a new album. Dawn FM is out this Friday, January 7. Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne, Quincy Jones, frequent collaborator Oneohtrix Point Never, and, mysteriously, the actor Jim Carrey feature on the record. Check out the trailer below. In a message he posted on Instagram last week, the Weeknd wrote, “Music can heal and that feels more important than another album rollout. Let’s just drop the whole thing and enjoy it with the people.” Although Carrey’s role in the album is unclear, the Weeknd has noted that the pair are telescope buddies. Last August, the Weeknd shared his first track since 2020’s After Hours, “Take My Breath.” The song’s strobe-heavy music video was pulled from Imax theaters shortly before its release over concerns that it could trigger epileptic sei...

Traxamillion, the San Jose hip-hop producer known for his contributions to the hyphy movement, has died at age 42, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Bay Area online blog Thizzler on the Roof posted a tribute to the producer on January 2, tweeting, “This is a huge loss for Northern California 💔 We send our condolences to his family & loved ones.” In addition, Traxamillion’s record label Empire wrote, “We lost a true Bay Area cornerstone to cancer today. Rest in Power to Traxamillion, the architect of the Hyphy sound and a legendary producer to the fullest.” The hyphy movement and genre emerged in Oakland in the late 1990s, and was often characterized by its gritty, frenetic rhythms. Traxamillion, who was born Sultan Banks, got his start in the early 2000s, producing cuts ...

Warner Chappell Music has acquired the global music publishing rights to David Bowie’s song catalog. WCM and the estate of David Bowie announced the news earlier today (January 3). According to a report by Variety, the catalog was purchased for “upwards of $250 million.” The deal has been in the works for several months, and comprises songs from Bowie’s 26 studio albums, his recent posthumous release Toy, both Tin Machine LPs, and one-off singles from soundtracks and other projects. Bowie’s catalog spans six decades, and includes hundreds of legendary recordings such as “Changes,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “Heroes,” “Space Oddity,” “Golden Years,” “Blackstar,” and many more. According to The New York Times, the collection includes over 400 songs. The acquisition follows WCM’s 2021 agreement with t...