Music

Jessie Ware has dropped a new track, “Hot N Heavy,” off What’s Your Pleasure? The Platinum Pleasure Edition. Written by Ware along with Shungudzo Kuyimba, Model Child, and SG Lewis and co-produced with Lewis, the soulful dance number has an Eighties vibe. What’s Your Pleasure? The Platinum Pleasure Edition,a deluxe …

Smokey Robinson explains how some Christmas shopping inspired not only the Miracles’ 1960 hit ”Shop Around,” but the group’s 1967 track “I Second That Emotion,” on the first installment of AARP Studios’ new series Smokey Wrote That. In the clip, Robinson calls “I Second That Emotion” another “happenstance song,” which …

Philadelphia-based musician/poet Moor Mother — the project of Camae Ayewa — has signed to the storied punk label Anti- and dropped a new song, “Zami.” “Zami” was produced by Moor Mother’s regular collaborator, Madam Data, and the track is heavy with grinding, swelling synths, although some softer, more ambient tones …

After years of quiet conflict, David Gilmour and Roger Waters have finally agreed on a release plan for a deluxe edition of the 1977 Pink Floyd masterpiece Animals. There’s no exact release date at the moment, but Waters announced in a post on his website and Instagram page that it’ll …

Stevie Nicks, Run the Jewels, and the Strokes have been tapped to headline the 2021 Shaky Knees Festival, which will take place October 22nd through 24th at Central Park in Atlanta. The three-day festival will also feature performances from St. Vincent, Mac DeMarco, Alice Cooper, Portugal. the Man, Modest Mouse, …

Danny Elfman has created a surreal 3D video for “Insects,” a remake of a 1982 Oingo Boingo song that is appearing on his double LP Big Mess, which arrives on June 11th. “In the beginning of 2020 I was preparing a live show for Coachella,” Elfman says in a statement. …

Brandi Carlile, Demi Lovato, and H.E.R. will take part in a special tribute honoring Elton John at the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards, which will air May 27th on Fox. John will receive the iHeartRadio Icon Award this year in recognition of his long career, impact on popular music and culture, …

On Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday, May 24th, the producers of the musical Girl From the North Country, announced that the jukebox musical would resume performances on Broadway on October 13th. To accompany the announcement, the cast of Girl From the North Country shared a video in which they perform Dylan’s …

Comedian Ziwe has dropped a snarky new banger, “Stop Being Poor,” that takes aim at the glib, myopic responses wealthy people often throw out regarding income inequality. Ziwe co-wrote the track with Jordan Mendoza and received some additional production help from Chicken. The tune channels early-aughts dance-pop, with Ziwe droning …

Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen have teamed up for a new song, “Like I Used To.” The single was produced by John Congleton, who has worked with both Etten and Olsen in the past, and was released on Thursday with a music video directed by Kimberly Stuckwisch and filmed …