Music

During the last week of his life, Tom Petty grew unusually wistful. Home after a tour with the Heartbreakers, he had his wife, Dana, call up his rarely seen 2002 “Fun in the Desert” video, in which he tooled around a barren landscape on a mini-motorcycle, then asked her to …

Jeff Tweedy has shared two new songs, “Guess Again” and “Love Is the King,” from his upcoming solo album, Love Is the King, out October 23rd via dBpm Records. In a statement Tweedy said the album came about at the start of the Covid-19 lockdown when he began “writing country …

Joni Mitchell has dug deep into the vaults for a massive archive series. She’ll kick it off with Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967),out October 30th. The five-disc Early Years box set contains six hours of unreleased home, live and radio recordings and features 29 unreleased songs. …

WhoHeem is the latest artist to go from unknown to ubiquitous in an astonishingly short time period thanks in part to the widespread adoption of his song “Lets Link” on TikTok. This trajectory has become increasingly common in the music industry over the last 20 months, helping Sub Urban, Benee, …

Kanye West’s presidential bid has cost the rapper nearly $7 million, a recent filing to the Federal Election Commission reveals. While West’s Birthday Party initially missed an FEC deadline, his self-funded campaign has since made its spending public, with West himself loaning $6.8 million to cover expenses from July 15th …

Usher has announced a headlining Las Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, opening Friday, July 16th, 2021. Produced by Live Nation and Caesars Entertainment, the residency will host Usher in the 4,300-seat venue with a show that spans his two-decade career, featuring old hits as well as more …

Los Angeles will host the Olympic and Paralympic games in 2028 and the event organizers commissioned a variety of athletes and artists, including Billie Eilish, associated with the city to design logo versions for the upcoming events. In a video discussing her design, Eilish shares the inspiration behind her logo …

Birdthrower — a.k.a. Robert O. Leaver — has shared a tranquil video for “Pray.” The track is off his self-titled LP, released last year via Ben Harper‘s new label, Mad Bunny. Directed by Larry Fessenden, the video features sequences of the night sky as stars illuminate trees and move in …

Grandaddy will reissue their beloved 2000 LP The Sophtware Slump this fall with a 20th anniversary edition that features the original album, a collection of rarities and a newly recorded rendition of the album that frontman Jason Lytle recorded solo on a wooden piano. The 4LP The Sophtware Slump 20th …

Princess Nokia employs virtual reality to find an ideal match in the futuristic “I Like Him” video. The viral song appears on Everything Sucks, one of two albums the rapper has recently released. In the Sebastian Sdaigui-directed clip, Princess Nokia, who appears as a cyborg, orders up men on-demand and …