Music

Twenty years ago today (June 30), nine Pearl Jam fans were crushed to death shortly after the band took the stage at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Audience members slipped on the muddy grounds during a chaotic push to get closer to the front, and, in the chaos, they were …

Björk has announced a trio of August shows — complete with concertgoers — in Reykjavík, Iceland, which has begun the process of reopening after nearly eliminating the coronavirus from the country. The three shows will also be livestreamed to raise money for domestic women’s charities in both Iceland and worldwide. …

Comparisons between Led Zeppelin and Semisonic — the alt-pop band best known for the rousing 1998 hit “Closing Time” — are few and far between. But former Semisonic singer, guitarist and songwriter Dan Wilson thinks there’s at least one: It’s not easy to just dash off a good Semisonic song …

Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, and 9th Wonder debuted their new supergroup, Dinner Party, with an effortlessly smooth, but lyrically pointed track, “Freeze Tag.” The song will appear on Dinner Party’s self-titled debut album, out July 10th via Sounds of Crenshaw/Empire. “Freeze Tag” boasts a tasteful groove anchored by …

Stevie Wonder took to social media on Tuesday to discuss Juneteenth, Primary Election Day and the failings of Donald Trump. “This past Friday many of us celebrated Juneteenth,” he said. “I did. And yet, so many others didn’t and haven’t. As a matter of fact, there are three states that …

Samantha Bee continues herFull Frontal Live From the Shed performance series for quarantine, this time with Dirty Projectors. The Brooklyn-based group led by David Longstreth comes out with a new EP,Flight Tower, on June 26th, and they performed the collection’s lead single, “Lose Your Love.” With Longstreth on guitar and …

Cypress Hill will play their hits during a livestreamed concert Friday — filmed entirely with 360-degree video technology. The rap group’s Live From L.A. gig — the first time Cypress Hill has performed together since the COVID-19 lockdown began — will stream exclusively on June 19th for free through the …

Folk Uke, the rootsy music project from Amy Nelson and Cathy Guthrie, address toxic masculinity and the threat it poses to all living things in their new song “Small One.” Under deceptively sweet guitar strums and melancholic steel pedal, Nelson and Guthrie target a man who has gotten too “big-headed” …

Metallica will put out their S&M2 concerts — where they performed alongside the San Francisco Symphony last year — as a box set this summer. Lars Ulrich announced the release Wednesday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live! when he surprised Long Island nurse Tracy Bednar during the host’s #HealthcareHero segment. She …

The Hi, How Are You Project — the mental health nonprofit inspired by the life and legacy of Daniel Johnston — has shared a previously unreleased clip of Johnston and Jeff Tweedy performing “Walking the Cow.” The footage comes from the Chicago stop on Johnston’s 2017 farewell tour. At each …