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Animal Collective’s Avey Tare Announces New Solo Album 7s, 2023 Tour
Animal Collective’s Avey Tare has announced his latest solo album, 7s, will be released on February 17th via Domino. What’s more, he’s mapped out a spring solo tour (grab your tickets here) and shared the lead singles “The Musical” and “Hey Bog.” The new set, which is Dave Portner’s fourth studio effort solely as Avey Tare, was recorded in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina with producer Adam McDaniel. The project began with home studio sessions in Fall 2020 following the completion of Animal Collective’s Time Skiffs, and he later linked up with McDaniel to help populate what he describes in a statement as the album’s “dreamy, surrealist landscape.” Portner has provided the first glimpses of his new project with the dual release of album cuts “The Musical” and “Hey Bog,” which arriv...
Leslie Jordan Tribute Show to Feature Eddie Vedder, Maren Morris, Billy Strings, and More
A tribute show to the late Leslie Jordan has been announced for February 19th at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House. Eddie Vedder, Maren Morris, and Billy Strings will be among the performers at the event, called Reportin’ for Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan. Other featured performers include Brothers Osborne, Brittney Spencer, Lukas Nelson, Jake Wesley Rogers, Ashley McBryde, Fancy Hagood, Jelly Roll, Danny Myrick, and Travis Howard. There will also be special appearances from Jim Parsons, Anthony Mason, Mayim Bialik, Cheyenne Jackson, Max Greenfield, Margaret Cho, Robyn Schall, and Leanne Morgan. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 13th at 10:00 a.m. local time via the Grand Ole Opry website. All proceeds will benefit EB Research Partnership, the largest global org...
Billboard’s Power Players’ Choice Award: Vote for Music’s Most Impactful Executive (Semifinalists)
The second round of voting is now open for Billboard‘s first-ever Power Players’ Choice Award, featuring the top 20 nominees voted by their peers. Voting is open to all Billboard Pro members, both existing and new, with one vote per member. Vote below. As previously announced, for the first time ever, Billboard is introducing a peer-voted award to its annual Power 100 ranking of the music industry’s most influential executives. This new Power Players’ Choice Award will honor the executive whose peers believe has the most impact across the music business over the past year, from recording and publishing to touring. The second round of voting featuring the top 20 nominees is now open and will end at 11:59 p.m. EST on Jan. 12. The top five vote-getters will proceed to the third round, beginni...
Austin Butler, Steven Spielberg, Justin Hurwitz & More Record-Setters at 2023 Golden Globes
The Oscar music races remain very much in flux following the 2023 Golden Globes, which were presented at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Tuesday (Jan. 10). “Naatu Naatu” from RRR won best original song, beating songs by three of the hottest female music stars on the planet – Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift, as well as a song from Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio. “Naatu Naatu,” an Indian Telugu-language song, is the second song not performed in English to win the Globe for best original song. Remarkably, both of these songs have won in the last three years. The first was “Io sì (Seen)” an Italian-language song co-written by Diane Warren, Laura Pausini and Niccolò Agliardi for the soundtrack of the 2020 film The Life Ahead. M. M. Keeravani com...
SZA’s Unleashes Brutal ‘Kill Bill’ Music Video: Watch
It’s fair to say SZA’s “Kill Bill” has been killing it. Lifted from the R&B star’s long-awaited sophomore album SOS, “Kill Bill” this week soars to No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart. The fictitious murder-confession song marks her first leader on the list, and completes a rare chart double; SOS has lorded over the Billboard 200 for the past four weeks. On the other side of the Atlantic, “Kill Bill” is a top 5 hit. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news As “Kill Bill” takes out the opposition on sales charts, a bloody new music video should give it extra firepower. Directed by Christian Breslauer, the cinematic clip pays homage to Quentin Tarantino’s revenge film of the same name, and features a cameo from Vivica A. Fox...
Finn Wolfhard Delivers New Single “Pieces of Gold”
Finn Wolfhard has shared his latest Emile Mosseri-assisted track “Pieces of Gold,” which is credited under his latest musical project, Ziggy Katz. The Stranger Things actor’s latest single serves as the trailer for A24’s coming of age film When You Finish Saving the World, which stars Wolfhard and Julianne Moore as mother-and-son Evelyn Katz and Ziggy. The comedy drama is based on Jesse Eisenberg’s 2020 audio drama of the same name and had its premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Ziggy Katz marks Wolfhard’s newest musical project, following The Aubreys and now-disbanded Calpurnia. Stream “Pieces of Gold” above. When You Finish Saving the World premieres in US theaters January 20. Elsewhere in music, watch SZA’s “Kill Bill” music video. Read Full Article
Father John Misty Adds Spring 2023 Tour Dates
Father John Misty has announced a headlining spring tour in support of Chloë and the Next 20th Century, his fifth and latest studio album. After he finishes up performing in Europe, the singer-songwriter will being the U.S. leg on April 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina and stay on the road through May. Find a complete list of tour dates below. Back in August, Father John Misty stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform “Buddy’s Rendezvous,” where he was joined by a lounge-style band and string section. He also released a special cover of that same song sung by Lana Del Rey. As previously announced, Father John Misty is still in the midst of his original world tour behind Chloë and the Next 20th Century. His remaining stretch from that includes concerts in Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germ...
M. M. Keeravani, Kala Bhairava, and Rahul Sipligunj Win Best Original Song for RRR’s “Naatu Naatu” at Golden Globes 2023
M. M. Keeravani, Kala Bhairava, and Rahul Sipligunj have won Best Original Song at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards for “Naatu Naatu” from RRR. They were nominated alongside Taylor Swift (Where the Crawdads Sing’s “Carolina”), Rihanna (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s “Lift Me Up”), Lady Gaga (Top Gun: Maverick’s “Hold My Hand”), and Gregory Mann (Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’s “Ciao Papa”). Earlier in the evening, Justin Hurwitz won Best Original Score for his work on Babylon. “I’m very much overwhelmed with this great moment happening,” M.M. Keeravani said upon accepting the award. “It’s been an age-old practice to say that this award actually belongs to someone else. So I was planning to not say those words when I get an award like this, but I’m sorry to say I’m going to repeat the tradii...
SZA Releases New Video for “Kill Bill”: Watch
SZA has released a new music video for “Kill Bill” from her new album SOS. Directed by Christian Breslauer, the clip draws heavily from the Quentin Tarantino films of the same name, with a katana-wielding SZA seeking revenge on a violent ex-lover. It also features a second sequence with SOS track “Seek & Destroy,” in which SZA hangs nude from the ceiling restrained with shibari, a decorative style of Japanese bondage. Watch it below. “Kill Bill” is the third SOS track to get a music video, following “Shirt” and “Nobody Gets Me.” Starting on February 21, SZA will hit the road for a North American tour in support of the album. SOS is SZA’s second studio full-length, following 2017’s Ctrl, and her first No. 1 album. Across 23 tracks, the new LP features Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott, Don ...
Watch Alvvays Perform “Belinda Says” on Fallon
Alvvays appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night (January 10) for a performance of their single “Belinda Says” from Blue Rev, their latest album. It marked the band’s late-night TV debut. Watch it happen below. Starting in March, Alvvays will go on a world tour in support of Blue Rev. In addition to dates in the U.S. and their hometown of Canada, Alvvays will be playing live in Europe. Along the way, they will perform at festivals like Primavera Sound and Dot to Dot Festival. Last month, Alvvays tapped an unexpected collaborator to create a music video for “Many Mirrors”: Stardew Valley creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone. “When I learned they were fans of Stardew Valley, it felt like a real honor,” he said. “The whole album is fantastic, but the song ‘Many Mirror...
French Montana Documentary Produced By Drake In The Works
HipHopWired Featured Video French Montana is currently promoting the latest release of his Coke Boys 6 mixtape series and making the interview rounds in the process. In a recent appearance, the Moroccan-American rapper shared that an autobiographical documentary produced by Drake is currently in the works. French Montana was a recent guest on Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson and spoke with the former boxing champion and his co-host Angie Martinez about a number of topics, most especially his early upbringing in Morrocco and his rise in Hip-Hop. Related Stories Early in the interview, Montana shared that he returned to New York to complete his documentary, and dedicated the project to this mother. “It’s called For Khadija, that’s for my mother,” Montana shared. “You know she came out here and...
Dr. Dre Gets Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Video Using His Song Removed From Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theo Wargo / Getty Dr. Dre has a number of notable hits and songs bearing his production that have been used in commercials, stadium events and more. After Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene used a track of his without permission, his legal team sent a letter asking for the removal of the song from a promo video Greene posted on Twitter. Dr. Dre, real name Andre Young, filed a complaint via his attorney Howard King asking Twitter administrators to remove a video posted by Greene that featured the track “Still D.R.E.” as its background as reported by TMZ. The video in question appeared to be in celebration of Rep. Kevin McCarthy becoming the Speak of the House. Related Stories The letter took a not-so-veiled jab at Greene’s political aims writing, “Mr. Young has ...
