Just a few days ago, the great Janelle Monaé dropped her first new single since her 2021 protest song “Say Her Name (Hell You Talmbout).” “Float” was recorded with Seun Kuti and his Afrobeat band Egypt 80. Very shortly after, Monaé made her debut on Friday night playing in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at […]
Watch Olivia Newton-John’s Posthumous “Jolene” Duet With Dolly Parton
Olivia Newton-John and Dolly Parton had a great friendship while the Grease actor and singer was still alive — ever since Newton-John won the Country Music Association Female Vocalist Of The Year award in 1974 for “If You Love Me (Let Me Know),” making her the first non-American-born artist to win that award. Before Newton-John […]
Watch Beck Play Kimmel With Blake Mills & Pino Palladino
Beck is back in acoustic mode. The ever-morphing musician has been doing solo acoustic shows lately, he covered Neil Young for an NFL ad, and his new single “Thinking About You” — alas, not a Frank Ocean cover — taps into that morose ballad zone that made Sea Change so compelling and won Morning Phase […]
Lizzo’s Rocking Live-Band Cover Of Sam Smith’s “Unholy” Features A Flute Solo, Obviously
When visiting the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, it’s customary to perform a cover song. Lizzo’s choice was “Unholy,” the massive and historic Sam Smith/Kim Petras hit that became culture-war fodder after Smith and Petras performed it with a campy/spooky devil theme at the Grammys. Lizzo’s take on “Unholy” is quite different: In the Live […]
The 1975, Kelsea Ballerini To Be SNL Musical Guests Next Month
A new round of Saturday Night Live host and musical guest pairings have been announced. The show already revealed that Jack White would play the Feb. 25 show with host Woody Harrelson. Now they’ve added two more lineups. On March 4, Super Bowl champion tight end Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs will make […]
Nourished By Time – “Quantum Suicide”
Baltimore-born, South London-based indie-pop/R&B singer/songwriter Nourished By Time might be a familiar name if you follow Dry Cleaning; he toured with the UK post-punk collective and even remixed the song “Gary Ashby” on Dry Cleaning’s forthcoming Swampy EP. Additionally, he’s a featured guest on Yaeji’s upcoming album With A Hammer, out on April 7. Now, […]
Fenne Lily – “Dawncolored Horse”
Last month, UK songwriter Fenne Lily announced her new album Big Picture would be coming in April. She’s already shared lead single “Lights Light Up,” and now Lily is unveiling another single, “Dawncolored Horse,” which takes its title Taking from a Richard Brautigan poem, “The Horse That Had A Flat Tire.” “[Brautigan] talks about the […]
Janelle Monáe – “Float” (Feat. Seun Kuti + Egypt 80)
The great and impossible-to-categorize pop-music weird Janelle Monaé has spent the past few years establishing themselves as a straight-up movie star and “free-ass motherfucker.” Monaé hasn’t released an album in nearly five years, which feels like a long time. Today, though, Monaé has dropped their first new single since her 2021 protest song “Say Her […]
Naima Bock – “Lines”
Last summer, folk experimentalist Naima Bock released her stunning debut album Giant Palm, which landed on our 50 Best Albums Of 2022 list. Early next month, Bock will kick off a round of North American tour dates in support of Giant Palm. Today, Bock is sharing a standalone single, “Lines,” which was produced by Ali […]
Tei Shi – “¿Quién Te Manda?”
We last year from the Vancouver-via-Colombia singer-songwriter Tei Shi when she released her Die 4 Ur Love album in 2020. Right now, Tei Shi is on tour with Kimbra, and she’s just announced plans to follow that last album with a new EP called Bad Premonition. It features a couple of tracks that Tei Shi […]