Big Thief Drop New Song, ‘Certainty,’ Recorded During Power Outage

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s set during the 1979 all-star “No Nukes” concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden is legendary, but only one song from it had been released — until November of this year, when Sony Music Entertainment’s Premium Content Division in partnership with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release “The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts.”The film features ten never-before released Springsteen performances from the concerts, and

Parquet Courts have shared a new song and detailed a 2022 world tour – watch the video for ‘Black Widow Spider’ below.The track is the latest preview of the New York band’s new album ‘Sympathy For Life’, which will come out on October 22 via Rough Trade.So far, the band have shared lead single ‘Walking At A Downtown Pace’ and a physical-only single of the album track ‘Plant Life’.Speaking of new track ‘Black Widow Spider’, guitarist/vocalist Andrew Savage said: “I told [producer] Rodaidh

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFrom the Venice Film Festival to the Met Gala, the Emmys to training for a half marathon, Cynthia Erivo manages to find moments of pause in her jam-packed schedule. While blurs of kinetic energy roil around her, the London-born multi-hyphenate sits serene at the center.“Sometimes I’ll get a nice couple of hours of sleep on the plane,” she laughs.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBTS spoke and gave a special performance at the United Nations in New York on Monday, addressing the assembly and then cutting to a video they filmed, in respectful suits, at the iconic building’s auditorium, lobby and front.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe beach in Asbury Park, N.J., may have at first seemed an unlikely venue to host Pearl Jam’s first concert in more than three years, but it turned out to be a highly appropriate locale the weekend of Sept. 18 at the third-annual Sea.Hear.Now festival on the Jersey Shore.

The Toronto International Film Festival, the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (NETPAC) have named their award winners for work screened at TIFF 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Paradise Square, the new Broadway-bound musical from producer Garth H. Drabinsky set during the history-making New York Draft Riots of the 1860s, will arrive at the Barrymore Theatre in February with several news songs added since its 2019 West Coast incarnation, including an anthemic new musical number that can’t help but summon thoughts of the galvanizing response to recent racial discord: The new number is called “Breathe Easy.”

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a major overhaul of its Awards department that began in May with the elimination of the controversial “secret committees” that determined final Grammy nominations and continued with the departure of longtime awards chief Bill Freimuth last month, the Recording Academy has appointed Ruby Marchand to the position of chief awards & industry officer, with Joanna Chu elevated to vice president of awards.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records today formally launched Imperial Music, a new independent music company led by former Astralwerks executive Glenn Mendlinger that soft-launched last year.According to the announcement, the New York-based label is a new division of Republic and signs, develops and markets emerging independent artists and creators, and partners with Ingrooves Music Group for distribution services.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRecorded music revenues in the U.S. grew 27% in the first half of 2021 over 2020, according to the RIAA’s mid-year report.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAlthough Dua Lipa had the misfortune of dropping a party album just as the pandemic was starting, “Future Nostalgia” became one of the biggest albums of the past 18 months — and she’s finally announced North American arena tour in support of the album, for next year.The tour makes 28 stops across the U.S., including her first-ever headline show at Madison Square Garden in New York City and the Forum in Los Angeles.

Big Thief debuted a brand new song called ‘Dragon’ during their performance at Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend.The Chicago festival kicked off in Union Park yesterday (September 10) and runs until Sunday (September 12). Artists on the line-up include Phoebe Bridgers, Erykah Badu, St.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMusic and technology conference Mondo.NYC have announced that the keynote speakers for its Music & Tech Law Symposium will be the newly-appointed Recording Academy Co-Presidents Valeisha Butterfield Jones and Panos A.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLana Del Rey has announced a new release date for “Blue Bannisters,” her second album of 2021, which was originally scheduled for July 4 but abruptly bumped days before its release.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has promoted Alex Coslov to senior VP of marketing strategy, the label’s executive VP and general manager Jim Roppo announced on Monday.

Bobby Shmurda has dropped his first solo track since being released from prison earlier this year. "No Time For Sleep" is the New York rapper's first release in seven years and comes with a video in which he performs the freestyle surrounded by women, guns, and flamesin a remote barn.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s hard to think of any group of performers that got back together after 40 years apart, and ABBA has not half-stepped the announcement of their return.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorABBA, one of the most successful music groups of all time, has announced its return nearly 40 years with a new studio album — hear two songs from it here — and a new concert that will see singers Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad and instrumentalists/songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus performing digitally via avatars with a live 10-piece band in a purpose-built arena in London, beginning on May 27, 2022.The “Voyage” album will be released worldwide