Yves Jarvis has won the 2025 Polaris Music Prize. The psych-pop singer-songwriter won the award for best Canadian album of the year for his February LP, All Cylinders. Mustafa, meanwhile, won the inaugural Polaris Song Prize for his Dunya song “Gaza Is Calling.” Chosen by a jury of music industry members, the prizes were awarded…
ABC shocked the TV industry last night by pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live! off air under pressure from the Trump administration, prompting anxiety over state censorship and a wave of support for the late-night host. Earlier Wednesday (September 17), Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission, had threatened the network with retaliation if…
Pavement have just released Hecklers Choice: Big Gums and Heavy Lifters, their new best-of compilation; physical editions will follow on November 14 via Matador. What’s more, the band has also announced that vinyl and CD versions of the soundtrack to their oddball movie Pavements—a blend of documentary, biopic, and mockumentary, all directed by Alex Ross…
Charlotte Gainsbourg is back with her first new song in years. “Blurry Moon,” produced and arranged by SebastiAn, follows Gainsbourg 2018 EP, Take 2, and standout 2017 album, Rest. It comes with a music video directed by Saint Laurent’s creative director, Anthony Vaccarello. The visual, co-produced by Saint Laurent and Because Music, finds Gainsbourg riding…
Milan Records has released the soundtrack for A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, a new film starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell. The soundtrack includes famed Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi’s score for the film, four tracks performed by Laufey, and a cover of the Who’s Pete Townshend’s “Let My Love Open the Door,” performed by Mitski….
For Icelandophiles who semi-learned the words to Sigur Rós and Sin Fang records back in the day, the wait for Múm’s return has been long enough. History of Silence, Múm’s first album in 12 years, nestles into the fibers of their longtime sound: whispered lyrics, gauzy strings, melodica, and percussive ambiance. Although their seventh studio…
The music video director Diane Martel died on Thursday, September 18, in New York, her family told Rolling Stone. “Diane passed away peacefully at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital—surrounded by friends and family—after a long battle with breast cancer,” the family said. “She is survived by her aunt, Gail Merrifield Papp (wife of Joseph Papp, founder…
Kneecap have been barred from entering Canada, Vince Gasparro, the country’s parliamentary secretary for combating crime, announced in a video on social media today (September 19). Gasparro accused the Irish rap trio of amplifying political violence and displaying antisemitic symbols, alluding to the alleged shows of support for Hezbollah and Hamas for which bandmember Mo Chara…
Canadian authorities have charged a 26-year-old Ottawa man whom they accuse of posting death threats against Morrissey online, the Ottawa Citizen reports. The man, Noah Castellano, is being charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, and he was released from custody on $5,000 bail, according to the report. According to court documents…
Xaviersobased is hitting the road. The New York rapper has announced the Riverside Tour, which begins in November. The first date is in Vancouver, and Xaviersobased will stop in Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Detroit, and elsewhere, before wrapping things up, on December 18, with a hometown show at New York’s Webster Hall. See his schedule below….
