It was announced, last month, that Young Thug had joined the lineup of the Belgian festival Les Ardentes. Then, he got announced for Switzerland’s Openair Frauenfeld. Now, the Atlanta rapper has lined up yet another post-jail festival performance: He’ll headline Summer Smash, in Bridgeview, Illinois, on Sunday June, 22. See the Summer Smash poster below….
Cameron Winter stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night, March 26, making his late-night TV debut as a solo artist with a striking rendition of “Drinking Age.” The Geese frontperson played the Heavy Metal song alone at the piano before the introduction of a horn section. Check it out below. Winter released Heavy Metal, his…
A long-rumored Ronnie Spector biopic from A24, starring Zendaya in the lead role, is moving ahead with Moonlight director Barry Jenkins at the helm, Deadline reports and A24 confirms to Pitchfork. Based on Spector’s 1990 memoir, Be My Baby, the biopic will focus on the Ronettes singer’s life with Phil Spector—the star producer who was…
Black Country, New Road have shared a new song. “For the Cold Country” is the third single from the British sextet’s forthcoming album, Forever Howlong, and the first to feature pianist and accordionist May Kershaw as the lead vocalist. Listen to it below. Black Country, New Road have previewed Forever Howlong with “Besties” and “Happy…
Lyra Pramuk is back with a new album. Hymnal, the follow-up to her 2020 debut, Fountain, arrives June 13 via 7K! and pop.soil. Listen to a single, “Rewild,” below. Last month, Pramuk shared “Vega” with the launch of pop.soil, her own label and arts hub. That track does not appear on the album, which draws…
Djrum has released “Waxcap,” another new song from his forthcoming new album, Under Tangled Silence. It’s the third preview of the album, following “A Tune for Us” and “Three Foxes Chasing Each Other.” Check out the new track below. “‘Waxcap’ started life as a solo piano improvisation, then a long while after that I returned…
The year is 2014. You’re wearing ripped stockings, denim cutoffs, and your favorite band tee, scribbling poetry in a notebook and blogging on Tumblr. Your favorites are blasting from a thrift store record player: Arctic Monkeys, Lana del Rey, The 1975, Marina and the Diamonds. Many members of Generation Z or young millennials might reflect…
Aminé recently returned with the new song “Familiar” and indicated that he’d be releasing a new album soon, too. The Portland, Oregon, rapper has now confirmed that 13 Months of Sunshine will arrive on May 16 via 10K Projects. Take a look at the album cover, and find the “Familiar” video, below. Buddy Ross, Jim-E…
Lady Gaga has announced a summer tour of North America and Europe behind Mayhem. After her spring dates in Mexico, Brazil, and Singapore, she will head to North America to play multiple nights apiece in New York, Chicago, Toronto, Seattle, Miami, and Las Vegas. A European run follows, starting in the United Kingdom. The Mayhem…
Playboi Carti’s new album, Music, has debuted atop the Billboard 200. The Atlanta rapper’s second chart-topper, following Whole Lotta Red, sold 298,000 equivalent album in its first week, Billboard reports via Luminate. All 30 songs on Music have also placed on the Billboard Hot 100. As a result, Playboi Carti is the first rapper, and…
