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Jim James (photo by Ben Kaye), Fred Armisen (photo by Ben Kaye), and Jarvis Cocker Light in the Attic Records has won music listeners’ hearts by reissuing cult favorite albums, such as the score to Jodorowsky’s Dune. Now, the label is earning our love once again with a star-studded livestream COVID-19 charity concert featuring Jarvis

Digital Mirage Online Music Festival, powered by Promixity and Brownies & Lemonade with Trap Nation, has released set times for the event beginning this Friday. Starting an noon every day with major artist like Kaskade, Gryffin, and Louis The Child (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, respectively), it will go until the wee hours of the morning. 51

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Moments after Pop Smoke was shot someone called 911, but the only thing the dispatcher on the other end could hear was pandemonium and no one willing to provide details. TMZ’s obtained the 911 call made from the Hollywood Hills rental property where the rapper was shot and killed in

Ellis Marsalis, the New Orleans jazz pianist and patriarch of an accomplished family of musicians, has died. The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music confirmed his death to NBC News. Branford Marsalis said his father died of COVID-19 complications. He was 85. Marsalis was the father of renowned musicians Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo, and Jason Marsalis; his

Well, it took awhile, but April is finally here, a time of Easter eggs, yellow chickadees, and fluffy bunnies. While that’s all fine and good, April means something else entirely for us horror hounds out there. It means we’re only six months away from October. In other words, we’re halfway to Halloween, folks. To celebrate,

Most of 2020 has been a drag, but Love Regenerator is most definitely not. The newly formed project by Calvin Harris takes it back to his house roots, feeding off nostalgic, feel good energy and lively, dance-focused music. Add Eli Brown in the mix and he brings Love Regenerator to the next level. Coming this Friday, a new

It’s been exactly one year since Nipsey Hussle was shot dead in L.A. — but his memory lives on … and some of the biggest athletes in the world are paying tribute to the fallen rapper. Hussle’s music definitely struck a chord with athletes in all sports — with stars like Russell Westbrook, Kyrie Irving,

Tame Impala have released a full-length reimagining of their latest album The Slow Rush. The hour-long clip includes every track on the new record, but the mix sounds muddied—like you’re hearing it from the bathroom at a party (similar to a remix trend that cropped up a couple of years ago). Check it out below.

The coronavirus pandemic may have forced Coachella to postpone until the fall, but festival-goers can still get their fix by tuning into a new documentary on the festival set to air on April 10th. Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert premieres at the exact time the doors of the festival would have otherwise opened –

Diplo is giving the LGBTQ+ community major credit for all they’ve done for music — and yes, queen — we’re here for it! Diplo and Orville Peck grace the cover of Attitude‘s May issue, in which the superstar DJ/producer opens up about underground music and culture, a movement which he attributes largely to the queer community. He

Breaking News Country star Joe Diffie — who skyrocketed to fame with his hit “John Deere Green” — has died from the coronavirus … this according to his team. The Grammy-winning singer passed away Sunday due to complications from the disease known as COVID-19, so says his management company, Adkins Publicity. Diffie had just gone

The music video for Pop Smoke and Quavo’s “Shake the Room” has arrived. Directed by designer and DJ Virgil Abloh, the first posthumous video to be released since Pop’s death sees the rappers driving around Paris during Fashion Week. The song originally appeared on the late Brooklyn rapper’s final album Meet the Woo 2. Pop

Kurt Vile was expected to hit the road next week for his first North American solo tour in ten years. Now, due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, all of those dates have been rescheduled. Initially slated for the months of April and May, the entire trek is now taking place over the summer. A majority

In a quickly deleted tweet, Pasquale Rotella announced that Insomniac was pausing automatic payments on layaway tickets for EDC Las Vegas. EDC in May is one of the last festivals to refrain from postponing or cancelling the event, despite calls from many to do so in the current climate. The tweet stated, “For those of

Exclusive Yung Berg allegedly pistol-whipped a woman after having sex with her, and now she’s been granted court-ordered protection from him … TMZ has learned. According to new legal docs … Talia Tilley claims Yung Berg pistol-whipped her face, pointed the gun at her mouth and threatened to kill her … after they had sex

Note: This article discusses sexual assault allegations. French Montana has been sued for sexual battery, The Blast reports. A woman under the pseudonym Jane Doe filed the lawsuit against the rapper, his employee Mansour Bennouna, and his label Coke Boy Records. Jane Doe’s lawsuit claims that she was invited by French Montana to his home

Amid the coronavirus crisis, NPR has temporarily revamped its beloved series Tiny Desk Concerts as Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts. For the latest installment, Margo Price performs from her home in Nashville with the help of husband and fellow songwriter Jeremy Ivey. Notably, her mini-set features the debut of a previously unreleased song called “Someone Else’s Problem”. Price’s

Another DJ/producer has revealed they have COVID-19, this time Paavo Siljamäki of Above & Beyond. The artist went on Instagram Live earlier today to talk to fans when he announced his diagnosis, stating he’s on day 11. He appears to have contracted it during a stay in Bali when he was getting a massage from a

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Slim Thug is imploring folks in Houston — and young people everywhere — to start taking coronavirus seriously, and he hopes his diagnosis is a wake-up call. The H-town rapper joined us Wednesday on “TMZ Live” and told us too many people in his hometown are taking the pandemic lightly,

Christine and the Queens has shared a cover of the Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” her contribution to the social distancing hashtag #TogetherAtHome. Check it out below. Last month, Christine and the Queens surprise-released the six-track EP La vita nuova, along with a companion film of the same name shot in Paris. She also debuted a new

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has led Warner Bros. to postpone the release of three summer tentpoles: the superhero sequel Wonder Woman 1984, the animated feature Scoob!, and the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical In the Heights. The second Wonder Woman, which finds Gal Godet once again wielding the Lasso of Truth under director Patty Jenkins, was originally set for

There’s no DJ/producer quite as genre-defying as Diplo — and he just confirmed a country album on the way. It’s time to meet Diplo’s country alter ego, Thomas Wesley, which just so happens to be his real name. He’s already taken on Stagecoach Festival, remixed one of the greatest hit collaborations of all time, Lil Nas

President Barack Obama sent a heartfelt, admiring letter to blues legend B.B. King just a month before he died, and the unique piece of history can be yours for … for a pretty penny. The personally signed piece of White House stationery — equipped with the presidential seal on top — was sent to an

On Friday (March 20), the Weeknd dropped his new studio album After Hours. Now, he’s shared a deluxe edition of the LP, which offers four remixes and one live recording from his recent Saturday Night Live performance. Find the new versions, which feature Lil Uzi Vert, OPN, Chromatics, and more, below. After Hours features contributions

Chet Hanks isn’t the only member of Hanks-Wilson family able to spit some bars. His mother, Rita Wilson, has posted a video of herself rapping along to Naughty By Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray”. Of course, Wilson has spent the last two weeks in quarantine in Australia, after she and her husband Tom Hanks tested positive for

Music festival season is going down online — and Beyond Wonderland has a totally stacked virtual rave-a-thon in store for electronic dance music fans everywhere! The Insomniac live stream event began yesterday and continues tonight, Friday March 20th and Saturday March 21st featuring a killer lineup and some very special guests. Dr. Fresch, Kill The

Play video content Swae Lee is continuing to give his fans what they want — and the coronavirus won’t stop him … not entirely, anyway. The Rae Sremmurd rapper hopped on Instagram Live Friday night to put on a concert of sorts — basically, it was him in a studio with a mic … and

Avant-garde composer William Basinski has released a project called Hyms of Oblivion. The 30-year-old song cycle features lyrics by Jennifer Jaffe, of art collective TODT. Listen to the album below via Bandcamp. In a statement about the project, Basinski wrote on Bandcamp: never released, 30 year old song cycle with lyrics by Jennifer Jaffe of

Rebecca Ryskalczyk of September Artist of the Month Bethlehem Steel has formed a new side-project dubbed DAMP. The rock outfit features Ryskalczyk’s partner, Nick Dooley, as well as members of the bands Washer and Pile. As a first listen to the group, DAMP’s self-titled EP is available now exclusively on Bandcamp. Ryskalczyk and Dooley initially