The legendary singer, songwriter, and musician Sly Stone has died due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other health issues. The leader of Sly and the Family Stone was 82 years old. Find a statement from Stone’s family below. Sly Stone was born Sylvester Stewart in Denton, Texas, and he was raised in Vallejo,…
Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory have announced their second North American tour of the year. Following a run of European shows this summer, the band will hit the road stateside on September 11 in Indianapolis, Indiana. They’ll be supported by Torres at almost all U.S. and Canadian stops. Check out a complete list…
Universal Pictures has been working on a biopic about Snoop Dogg for several years now, and today they revealed that Outer Banks actor Jonathan Daviss will star as the Long Beach rapper – much to Snoop Dogg’s delight. The as-yet-untitled movie will be directed by Craig Brewer, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Robert…
Sly Stone, born Sylvester Stewart, left this earth today, but the changes he sparked while here will echo forever. From the moment his music reached me in the early 1970s, it became a part of my soul. Sly was a giant — not just for his groundbreaking work with the Family Stone, but for the…
Billy Jones, the co-founder and owner of Baby’s All Right and former booker at Pianos, Sin-é, and more New York venues, has died. According to a statement from the teams at Baby’s All Right, Funny Bar, and Nightclub 101, Jones died on Saturday morning, June 7, due to “a highly aggressive case of glioblastoma.” He…
Clipse have announced a North American tour—Pusha T and No Malice’s first full national outing as a duo since their hiatus in 2010. They’ll take EarthGang on the road for a run that kicks off in Boston, Massachusetts, in early August and wraps on September 10 in Detroit. Check out the Let God Sort Em…
Ariel Kalma, the pioneering French new-age musician, electronic composer, and multi-instrumentalist, has died. The news was confirmed in a statement from record label Rvng Intl., who throughout the 2010s put out a compilation of Kalma’s previously unreleased early recordings as well as several collaborative albums between himself and other artists. “After contending with many health…
Shame have announced a new album. Cutthroat, which was produced by John Congleton, arrives September 5 via Dead Oceans. The English post-punk group has also shared the album’s lead single, “Cutthroat,” alongside a video, directed by Ja Humby, that features lead singer Charlie Steen riding a motorcycle in a wall of death stunt at a…
This Friday, June 6, Lil Wayne is releasing his new album, Tha Carter VI, and he’s now announced a tour in support of it. The tour will also serve as a celebration of all of the rapper’s Carter albums. See his tour dates—featuring support form Tyga, Belly Gang Kushington, NoCap, and Hot Boys—below. Lil Wayne’s…
Big Thief have announced a new album. Double Infinity is the band’s sixth studio LP and follow-up to 2022’s Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You. Out September 5 via 4AD, the record was made with a rotating cast of collaborators, among them Alena Spanger, Ginla’s Jon Nellen, Natural Information Society’s Mikel Patrick Avery,…
