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,…
Cate Le Bon has announced a new album. The Welsh musician’s follow-up to 2022’s Pompeii, Michelangelo Dying is out September 26 on Mexican Summer and features fellow Welsh artist John Cale on a song. The lead single, “Heaven Is No Feeling,” comes with a music video directed by longtime collaborator H. Hawkline. Watch it below….
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In a newly filed court document, Russell Simmons claims that the 2020 documentary On the Road is defamatory. The film, made by directors and producers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, dove into allegations of sexual misconduct against Simmons. It was released via HBO Max. Simmons and his legal team filed their summons with notice in…
Max Richter is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his landmark album Sleep with a sequel of sorts, Sleep Circle, and two London shows. The record returns to the hypnagogia of its eight-hour predecessor, presenting music composed to enhance the drifting consciousness of drowsy and dozing listeners. This one lasts 90 minutes, the length of a…
