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 …
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Ani DiFranco, Zoë Boekbinder, Terence Higgins and more will be participating in a prison reform benefit livestream, produced by Live From Out There and Righteous Babe. Prison Music Project Sessions: Long Time Gone will air as an album release party for the compilation LP of the same name on June …
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Bandcamp will be donating 100 percent of its revenue on Juneteenth (June 19th) to the NAACP in solidarity with recent protests against police racism and brutality. CEO Ethan Diamond made the announcement on Monday, adding that Bandcamp would repeat the practice annually. “The recent killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, …
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Crowded House frontman and current Fleetwood Mac member Neil Finn has enlisted the help of his bandmates Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie for a new song, “Find Your Way Back Home.” The track was released in partnership with the homeless shelter Auckland City Mission, based in Finn’s native New Zealand, …
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Phoebe Bridgers originally titled her new single “ICU,” but upon its release on Tuesday, she’s changed it to “I See You,” due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, or, as she explains, “*gestures at entire world*.” The track opens with a tumultuous, skittering intro as Bridgers’ vocals enter: “I’ve been playing …
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Quarantine hasn’t stopped Big Freedia from releasing one of her signature bounce party tracks, this time collaborating with Swedish duo Icona Pop and New Orleans brass band The Soul Rebels on “Pipe That.” With The Soul Rebels laying down a horn-powered backing groove and Icona Pop on backing vocals, Big …
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Ben Harper has shared the video for his latest single “Don’t Let Me Disappear,” the rocker’s first new song in nearly a year. “‘Don’t Let Me Disappear’ is about the fine line between loneliness, isolation and invisibility, to where you can’t seem to find a way not to be hiding …
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Phoebe Bridgers sang the 1975‘s early hit “Girls” for a virtual tribute concert hosted byThe Face Magazine. Clairo, Gracie Abrams, Clairo and Rina Sawayama are also covering tracks across the band’s first three albums just ahead of their fourth album Notes on a Conditional Form. Bridgers keeps her self-shot cover …
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The three sisters of Haim are all quarantined separately during the COVID-19 pandemic, so they had to make due with remotely performing their new single, “I Know Alone,” for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Broadcasting via webcam, Este, Danielle and Alana were all set up in their respective houses with …
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On Monday night, Ariana Grande joined composer Jason Robert Brown (13,The Last Five Years) for a special virtual concert to benefit the staff and musicians of famed Manhattan venue SubCulture. The intimate theater is currently shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. In between live-tweeting the show, Grande popped in …
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