Music

April 11, 2021 | 11:15am ET “I want Black men to grow old.” While scaling out to the larger population, away from the complexities of rapper Earl “DMX” Simmons’ untimely death, television writer Camilla Blackett simultaneously managed to home in on a core understanding. For Blackett and many others, the premature loss of Simmons labors

News Swizz Beatz Remembers DMX: “He Lived His Life for Everyone Else” The “Ruff Ryders Anthem” producer paid tribute to his late friend on Instagram: “He was the most loyal person I’ve ever known” By Noah Yoo April 10, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter The music world continues to mourn the loss of DMX, who

April 10, 2021 | 4:55pm ET Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week,

News Arca, My Bloody Valentine, More to Curate NTS 10-Year Anniversary Radio Shows Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Theo Parrish, Laurie Anderson, others will also participate in the week-long benefit broadcast By Noah Yoo April 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter NTS Radio is celebrating 10 years of broadcasting with a week-long special broadcast and charity

April 10, 2021 | 12:53pm ET Setting the Stage: Before worldwide touring was shut down due to the pandemic, Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals provided hard-hitting support on Slayer’s farewell tour in late 2019 by offering up a set full of Pantera classics. But for obvious reasons, the band was unable to build upon

News Watch WizKid and Tems’ New “Essence” Video The stylish Made in Lagos visual was filmed in Accra, Ghana By Matthew Strauss April 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter WizKid and Tems in “Essence,” directed by DK Facebook Twitter WizKid and Tems have shared the music video for their Made in Lagos collaboration “Essence.” The visual, directed

April 9, 2021 | 5:50pm ET The Lowdown: “For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work,” Taylor Swift wrote in a 2019 social media post after her longtime label, Big Machine, sold her master recordings without her consent. Swift had been unable to gain control of her first six albums through

News Brent Faiyaz’s Sonder Share New Song With Jorja Smith: Listen The two singers duet on “Nobody But You” By Allison Hussey April 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter Brent Faiyaz, Jorja Smith (Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Sonder, a group consisting of singer-songwriter Brent Faiyaz and producers Atu and Dpat, have shared a new song with Jorja

April 9, 2021 | 4:00pm ET Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Aly & AJ catch up with Kyle Meredith to talk about their first album in 14 years, A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up On Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun. The sisters talk about making a West Coast

News CupcakKe Shares Video for New Song “Mickey”: Watch The Chicago rapper holds a man at knifepoint  n her new visual By Allison Hussey April 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter CupcakKe in “Mickey” video Facebook Twitter CupcakKe has released another new song, the latest of several new singles from the Chicago rapper over the past year.

April 9, 2021 | 3:00am ET The Pitch: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone suit up for Thunder Force. It’s a chummy riff on the superhero craze, built around Lydia (McCarthy), a Chicago forklift operator who likes drinking Old Style on the job and wears her Cubs and Bears merchandise with pride. But also her old

News Roger Waters Announces 2022 North American Tour Waters’ This Is Not a Drill Tour had originally been set to take place in the summer and autumn of 2020 By Noah Yoo April 8, 2021 Facebook Twitter Roger Waters, June 2017 (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Roger Waters has rescheduled his North American tour to

April 8, 2021 | 3:59pm ET The experimental rap trio clipping. have shared their “(Home)” version of NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series, and they really took the “tiny” aspect to its most extreme point. In a typical, non-pandemic-times Tiny Desk concert, the guest artist performs an intimate set while stuffed behind desks in NPR’s actual office workspace.

News Chynna’s New Song “burnout” Released: Listen The song arrives as New York celebrates the late rapper’s life on Chynna Day By Madison Bloom April 8, 2021 Facebook Twitter Chynna, photo by Cool Tavie Facebook Twitter A new song from late rapper Chynna has been released. “burnout” arrives on New York City’s Chynna Day (April

April 7, 2021 | 9:31pm ET Character actor Walter Olkewicz, best known for his roles on Twin Peaks and Grace Under Fire, has died at the age of 72. Olkewicz passed away early Tuesday morning at his Reseda home in Los Angeles, as revealed by his son, screenwriter Zak Olkewicz, to The Hollywood Reporter. Over the past

News Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien Shares New Paul McCartney Remix: Listen A distorted rework of the Beatle’s McCartney III track “Slidin’” By Noah Yoo April 7, 2021 Facebook Twitter Ed O’Brien and Paul McCartney photos via Getty Images Facebook Twitter Ed O’Brien (EOB) has released a new remix of Paul McCartney’s McCartney III track “Slidin’.” It

April 7, 2021 | 4:00pm ET Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Bomba Estéreo‘s Simón Mejía catches up with Kyle Meredith to dish on the details about the Brazilian duo’s new LP, Deja. Mejía, along with musical partner Li Saumet, had began writing and planning the record in 2017 around the concept of the end of

News Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson Cast in New Scorsese Movie Killers of the Flower Moon Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio are starring in the upcoming thriller By Noah Yoo April 6, 2021 Facebook Twitter Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson photos via Getty Images Facebook Twitter Killers of the Flower Moon is the next

April 6, 2021 | 6:49pm ET The cast for Martin Scorsese’s upcoming film Killers of the Flower Moon is adding even more star power. First it was reported that Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio would star in the new thriller, and then news broke that Jesse Plemons would take on the lead role. Now, it looks