Kevin Abstract might not be talking to his old Brockhampton bandmates anymore, but he’s staying quite active on the solo music front. Abstract announced his new solo album Blush and shared its lead single “Geezer,” which sounds like some Sublime-influenced acoustic beach pop to slot into late ’90s MTV rotation alongside Sugar Ray. He already streamed the album live on …

This year’s Tribeca Film Festival has turned into a venue for musicians debuting their visual albums. Turnstile did it with Turnstile: Never Enough Thursday night, and Miley Cyrus followed on Friday with the premiere of her Something Beautiful film, the accompaniment to her excellent album of the same name, at the Beacon Theatre. At the Cyrus shindig, there was some …

Cultural treasures like to hang out together sometimes. Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen have shared stages a number of times over the years — in London, New York, New Jersey, Glastonbury. Last year, McCartney gently roasted Springsteen while presenting him with the Ivor Novello Awards’ Academy fellowship. And this week, it happened again, this time in McCartney’s Liverpool hometown.

What a festival. It’s not just the booking, even though the booking is cool as hell. The people who put together the Primavera Sound Festival know how to pull in huge stars and spiky critical-favorite types, and it might be the only fest where you can see Chappell Roan and Chat Pile within an hour of one another. You can …

Nine women have accused Jared Leto of sexual misconduct. The film actor and 30 Seconds To Mars singer allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior over the years with girls as young as 16, according to a new report by Air Mail.

On Saturday night, Charli XCX headlined Paris’ We Love Green festival — her second time topping the bill at a major European fest this weekend. At We Love Green, Charli also put in a guest appearance on a song that has very little of the Brat energy that she’s been bringing to her own shows. Parisian hometown heroes Air also …

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On this day in Hip Hop history, one of the most important films ever made for the culture—Beat Street—hit theaters across the globe. Directed by Stan Lathan, Beat Street played… The post Today In Hip Hop History: Cult Classic ‘Beat Street’ Premiered In Theaters 42 Years Ago appeared first on .

It’s been more than five years since Tame Impala released The Slow Rush. It came out before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. That’s a long time, though not much longer than it took Kevin Parker to follow up 2015’s Currents. In the interim, Parker has released a few scattered tracks including the Dungeons & Dragons soundtrack cut “Wings Of Time” …

Olivia Rodrigo has good taste. She has often welcomed music heroes to the stage to perform their classic songs with them, a trend that continued Saturday in her headlining performance at New York’s Governors Ball.