The great club and R&B futurist Kelela will release her album new avatar next month, and it’s shaping up to be something special. Actually, I have heard it, so I don’t need to say that it’s “shaping up” to be anything. It’s really, really good. You should be excited. But if you’ve been paying attention to the rollout, you probably …

Kenny Beats has been extremely busy as of late. Earlier this year he contributed production to Thundercat’s Distracted and Fcukers’ Ö, as well as forthcoming releases like Weezer’s Gold Album and Show Me The Body’s Alone Together. Now, he’s fronting a new music collective called Fathers. The post Kenny Beats-Led Collective Fathers Announce Debut Album: Hear “Pearl” appeared first on …

Following the New York Knicks’ Championship Parade on June 18, Alicia Keys is set to deliver a special live performance at City Hall in celebration of the team’s historic title… The post Alicia Keys to Perform “Empire State of Mind” at Knicks Championship Celebration appeared first on .

An asteroid has been officially named after the late, great Elliott Smith. Orlando Campopiano, an independent filmmaker based in Edinburgh, got the idea while listening to “Shooting Star” off Smith’s posthumous album From A Basement On The Hill. He worked with Smith’s estate to submit a proposal to the International Astronomical Union, and the governing body opted to say yes. …

Young hitmaker Lil Nas X has had a rough year. In August 2025, LAPD arrested the artist after the artist was seen dancing down Ventura Boulevard in nothing but underwear and cowboy boots. Police claimed that he charged at them and assaulting then, sending one cop to the hospital. Though he faced four felony charges, a judge granted Lil Nas …

The masked, hyperactive UK dance duo Two Shell released a surprise album called IIcons last summer, and they followed it with a pair of double-sided singles earlier this year. Now, Two Shell announce the impending release of their new album Infinite Now. It’s got some memorably ridiculous ultra-retro cover art that honestly does suggest the duo’s supercharged Y2K pop sound; …

Harry Styles just returned with his new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, and he’s the curator of this year’s Meltdown Festival, the series of shows that comes to London’s Southbank Centre every year. Meltdown began last week, and it runs through June 21. As curator, Styles chose a lineup people like James Murphy, Dev Hynes, Kamasi Washington, and …

A couple years back we published a We’ve Got A File On You interview with Dale Crover from Melvins, occasioned by his solo album Glossolalia. This allowed us to ask Crover about the time he starred as a young Neil Young in the 1992 “Harvest Moon” video. Here’s what he told us: The post Dale Crover Shares “Harvest Moon” Cover …

Ariel Pink is once again asking for your attention. Pink and John Maus attended the Jan. 6, 2021 Trump rally in Washington, DC that ended when his supporters stormed the Capitol, and Pink was dropped from Mexican Summer in the immediate aftermath. That same month, Pink’s ex-girlfriend accused him of physical and sexual abuse in a court case. Since then, …

In just a few weeks, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis will release her first solo music as Sad13 since 2020’s Haunted Painting, and it’s got some exciting specs. The new mixtape 1331 comprises 13 “1 minute long-ish songs,” so I guess it’s her very own Whack World? Dupuis made it entirely solo and DIY, serving as the lone performer and recording …