Sia has announced Music – Songs From and Inspired By the Motion Picture, a new album out February 12th via Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic. Ahead of the release, the Australian singer dropped the upbeat “Hey Boy,” accompanied by a lyric video featuring smiling food faces — including donut eyes and chocolate grins. …

Steve Earle has announced details for his album of songs dedicated to his late son, the singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, who died this past August at the age of 38. Following in the traditions of tribute albums Earle has recorded to honor close friends like his son’s namesake, Townes Van …

While Trump continues to whine about the way some of Fox News‘ anchors have covered him during the 2020 presidential election cycle, on Sunday one anchor called his claims of widespread voter fraud baseless, false and an “insult to thousands of election officials.” https://thisforall.net/brooklynmutt/status/1328090888556384256?s=20 As the Daily Beast’s Justin Baragona …

Morrissey and David Bowie’s live duet of T. Rex’s “Cosmic Dancer,” recorded at Los Angeles’ Forum in 1991, has been officially released for the first time after years as a widely circulated bootleg recording. The cover, released digitally Friday, will also serve as the A-side of an upcoming seven-inch single …

Sharon Van Etten has released renditions of the holiday classics “Silent Night” and “Blue Christmas.” “Silent Night,” which she recorded in 2018 for Eric Paschal Johnson’s short film The Letter, is haunting and stark, as she sings against synths. “Blue Christmas,” the B-side, takes on a lighter feel, her lithe …

In 2017, Kim Jong-nam — the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and once the favored heir apparent of their late father and former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il — was assassinated. The perplexing circumstances surrounding the murder and subsequent prosecution of the two women accused of the crime …

Guitars played by Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley have been added to Julien’s Auctions’ annual sale, Icons and Idols Trilogy: Rock and Roll, taking place December 1st and 2nd. Two of the guitars belonged to Hendrix, including a favored left-handed Fender Stratocaster that the musician kept and played during his …

I n an alternate universe, NicWeldon would be focusing one of his video cameras on Janet Jackson right about now. At 35, he’s spent most of his working life on road crews, as either a director or a cameraman on tours with the Eagles, Kings of Leon, and Ricky Martin. …

A week after recruiting Angèle for “Fever,” Dua Lipa has dropped a video of the duo immersing themselves in London nightlife. Directed by Clément Durou and Pierre Dupaquier, the clip opens with Lipa calling a cab in London, only to have Angèle suggest they take a walk instead. They stroll …

Samantha Bee put a Wayne’s World spin on Election Day with a sketch that — emulating Mike Myers’ Saturday Night Live character — imagined the many alternate endings of the presidential race. With Juliana Hatfield serving as the basement band, Bee’s Wayne Campbell first receives the worst possible news regarding …