In response to the pandemic earlier this year, Bandcamp waived its own revenue share on the first Friday of every month since March giving artists all proceeds from their sales. Today, the site revealed that artists earned $40 million from those dates and pledged to continue Bandcamp Fridays in 2021. The dates will be Feb. […]
St. Vincent Promises a 'Tectonic Shift' on Her Sixth Album
St. Vincent’s new album, the follow-up to 2017’s MASSEDUCATION, is “locked and loaded,” ready for an early 2021 release, she revealed in a MOJO interview shared on Reddit. St. Vincent, born Annie Clark, joked to the British mag that, “I’m American so I will only use gun metaphors.” She told the publication to expect a “tectonic shift” […]
Lana Del Rey Makes First TV Appearance in Eight Years
Lana Del Rey performed “Let Me Love You Like A Woman” for the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. But that wasn’t the most noteworthy element of her socially-distanced performance. The Tonight Show’s Twitter account wrote that the singer was “Making her first U.S. TV appearance in 9 years.” Though the math doesn’t technically check out (Del Rey performed […]
Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover Bob Dylan's 'Rainy Day Women #12 & 35' Hanukkah
Another night of Hanukkah, another cover of a Jewish artist from Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin. On the fifth night of the festival of lights, the duo covered Bob Dylan’s 1966 song “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35″ as the latest installment of their Hanukkah Sessions. “So now everybody must get stoned (not in the Law of Moses […]
Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Cover Pearl Jam's 'Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town'
Pearl Jam and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda are joining forces to a conversation in order to help out the Democratic candidates in the upcoming U.S. Senate runoff race. Ahead of this Wednesday night’s virtual event, Miranda paid tribute to the alt-rock legends by sharing a cover of 1993’s “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town.” […]
The White Stripes Release 1999 Show to Raise Funds for Fair Fight Voter Participation Group | SPIN
Carrying on with the celebration of their recently released Greatest Hits album, The White Stripes’ have made Live at The 40 Watt available for download on Bandcamp until Dec. 20 at midnight CT. The 11-track collection, on Third Man Records, was recorded September 27, 1999, at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia. All Bandcamp proceeds will go […]
Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover Peaches for Fourth Night of Hanukkah
Another night of Hanukkah, another cover of a Jewish artist from Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin. On the fourth night of the festival of lights, the duo covered Peaches’ [born Merrill Nisker] “Fuck the Pain Away for the latest installment of their Hanukkah Sessions. Unlike the previous covers, the featured artist, in this case, Peaches, made an appearance. […]
Lenny Kravitz and Nate Smith Gift Nandi Bushell a Custom Ludwig Legacy Mahogany Drum Kit
Nandi Bushell may be a bona fide badass and drum battle champion, but she’s still a 10-year-old, and her childlike wonder is part of what makes her so damn loveable. On Sunday, she revealed that Lenny Kravitz and legendary drummer Nate Smith gifted her a custom Ludwig Legacy Mahogany drum kit (the same type of […]
Watch Timothée Chalamet and Pete Davidson Play Clueless SoundCloud Rappers in 'SNL' Sketch
Timothée Chalamet played hosting duty on Saturday Night Live this weekend, and one of the episode’s memorable moments came at the expensive of SoundCloud rap. In the sketch, Chalamet and Pete Davidson play Guaplord and $mokecheddathaassgetta, two rappers who broke the record of most streams on SoundCloud with 3 billion. They join Queen Latifah (played by Punkie […]
Sia Says 'Pathological Liar' Shia LaBeouf 'Conned' Her 'Into an Adulterous Relationship'
Just days after FKA Twigs filed a lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf, claiming “relentless abuse,” Sia is speaking up about how the actor hurt her. “I too have been hurt emotionally by Shia, a pathological liar, who conned me into an adulterous relationship claiming to be single,” she wrote, sharing an article about FKA […]