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Darkside are back. Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington have shared “Liberty Bell,” their first new song in years. The duo has also announced it will release a new album, titled Spiral, in spring 2021 via Matador. Listen to “Liberty Bell” below. Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington released their debut DARKSIDE EP in 2011, before sharing

Play video content Verzuz / Apple Music Too Short and E-40 played their classic tracks, put down some classic dancing and told classic stories — so yeah, the last “Verzuz” of 2020 was a West Coast classic. The Bay Area rap legends acknowledged their longstanding friendship from “BR” — before rap, as 40 puts it

Dua Lipa was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night (December 19), where she performed “Don’t Start Now” and “Levitating.” This week’s episode of SNL was hosted by former cast member Kristen Wiig; Dua Lipa joined her and Bowen Yang in a sketch about Christmas Eve entertainment during World War II. Watch Dua

Play video content Exclusive Details The Game and Blueface‘s manager, Wack 100, squared up against two white men and held his own … this after they allegedly hurled an epithet, which Wack says sparked the brawl. Sources tell TMZ … Wack was at Primo Burgers in Lancaster, CA Saturday when he encountered a couple of

Grimes has changed the album cover for Miss Anthropocene across digital streaming platforms, her representatives confirmed to Pitchfork. “This was the original Miss Anthropocene album cover which I commissioned from one of my *favourite* artists [Rupid Leejm],” she explained in an April Instagram post featuring the new artwork. “I polled a bunch of ppl and

Play video content TMZ.com Mulatto‘s encouraging voter turnout in Georgia by doing what she does best … grabbing a mic. The “Muwop” rapper hit up a polling place Friday in DeKalb County where she gave people waiting in line to vote an impromptu concert while riding on the bed of a huge truck. She had

In June, soon after the music industry slowdown for “Blackout Tuesday,” the label and publisher BMG launched an audit into its historical record contracts to determine whether Black artists were fairly compensated. Today, it has revealed its first findings, the BBC reports. Under four of its labels, the report says, there were “significant disparities” between

Exclusive Details Mystikal insisted he wasn’t guilty of rape … and now it looks like a grand jury agreed with him ’cause TMZ’s learned his rape charges have been dismissed. A spokesperson with the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office tells TMZ … a grand jury found there wasn’t enough evidence to move forward with the

The Recording Academy and racial justice organization Color of Change have announced the #ChangeMusic RoadMap—an initiative that aims to create racial justice within the music industry. The full RoadMap may be viewed at the Color of Change website. According to the groups’ mission statement, the purpose of the initiative is to “work to increase the

Lil Baby is looking out for George Floyd‘s family … by hosting a huge bash for George’s daughter, Gianna. Her 7th birthday party is going down right now in Atlanta. Our sources tell us the rapper is covering all the expenses, and it looks like he pulled out all the stops. Play video content @lilbaby_1

Kacey Musgraves has been cast in the English version of Studio Ghibli’s forthcoming film Earwig and the Witch. The movie is directed by Goro Miyazaki and based on Diana Wynne Jones’ children’s book of the same name. Musgraves will voice Earwig’s Mother. In addition, she’ll perform the English version of the film’s theme song “Don’t

Exclusive Struggling to make plans for New Year’s Eve? Mariah Carey‘s got ya covered with this SICK dome up for grabs through Airbnb. The vacation rental company is offering this unbelievable 1-night stay under the New Year’s Eve Ball at Times Square. The lucky person who books this, along with their guest, will stay on

In March, Bandcamp announced an initiative to help musicians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the platform waiving its percentage cut for sales made on the first Friday of each month. After the final Bandcamp Friday of 2020 on December, the company has announced an extension of the program. Bandcamp Fridays will continue through May

Exclusive Eddie Money received some pretty bad medical treatment at USC’s Keck Hospital before he died … at least according to his estate, which is now suing for wrongful death. The late singer’s estate is suing the university hospital and three doctors — Mark Cunningham, Leonard Clavijo and John Anderson-Dam — for medical negligence and

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our

Eddie Van Halen now has a final resting place, TMZ has learned … the beautiful Pacific Ocean off the coast of Malibu. The late rock star’s body was cremated 22 days after he died … this according to Eddie’s death certificate obtained by TMZ. The ashes went to Eddie’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen. Sources tell

Bruce Springsteen was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend, returning to the program with the E Street Band for the first time since 2015. They played “Ghosts” and “I’ll See You in My Dreams” from Letter to You, watch both below along with host Timotheé Chalamet’s opening monologue.  Springsteen released Letter to