Charli XCX was the musical guest on last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, where she performed her songs ‘Beg for You’ and ‘Baby’. The British pop singer was originally scheduled to appear on the show back in December, but the performance was canceled due to the pandemic. Check it out below.
‘Beg for You’ and ‘Baby’ are taken from Charli XCX’s forthcoming album CRASH, which is set for release on March 18. In addition to those tracks, the follow-up to 2020’s how i’m feeling now also includes the singles ‘New Shapes’ and ‘Good Ones’.
Phoebe Bridgers has delivered a rendition of Billie Eilish’s ‘When the Party’s Over’. The cover premiered earlier this week during the first episode of Bridgers’ new SiriusXM radio show, Saddest Factory Radio, which takes its name from the record label she launched two years ago. Future episodes will air on the first Thursday of each month. Listen to Bridgers’ take on ‘When the Party’s Over’ below.
Eilish and Bridgers are both set to perform at Coachella next month, and were also just announced for Glastonbury this summer alongside Kendrick Lamar, Paul McCartney, Olivia Rodrigo, Mitski, Lorde, and many more. Eilish is currently touring in support of her sophomore album, Happier Than Ever.
Hurray for the Riff Raff appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Thursday night (March 3) to perform ‘Pierced Arrows’, an early single from their latest album Life on Earth. Watch it below.
Life on Earth, Alynda Segarra’s first Hurray for the Riff Raff full-length in five years, came out last month via Nonesuch Records. They’re set to embark on a North American tour in support of the record later this month.
Daniel Bachman has surprised-released a new short story collection called Sycamore City & Other True Stories, which comes with a companion soundtrack composed of a single 45-minute track. The song, titled ‘Cemetery Music’, is centered around a field recording made between two cemeteries along Crater Road in Petersburg Virginia. You can buy a PDF of Sycamore City & Other True Stories and listen to ‘Cemetery Music’ via Bandcamp.
“I hope this collection of stories helps to illustrate the cycles of violence, power, and occasional absurdity of the American experience,” Backman wrote in a press release. “How we live the same as it ever was, from the Virginia Company to the Amazon distribution center. To further emphasize the disposability of the American worker. And to highlight our shared human experience through the tired centuries. This collection of stories is dedicated to the spirits all around us, with the hope that reckoning with their painful past will help set us free.”
At the start of the year, Bachman released the covers album Lonesome Weary Blues, following up his 2021 full-length Axacan.
“’Driponomics’ is for everyone doing what they have to do to get by and to get fly,” Soul Glo said in a statement. “Oftentimes lower-income and working class people are criticized for how they survive out here, especially in times of crisis. People are getting more desperate but simultaneously more creative with their income options, and this song is a salute to that. Love to Mother Maryrose whose verse on this song is one of the best moments on our album.”
Diaspora Problems, Soul Glo’s fourth studio album and their first for Epitaph Records, is set to arrive on March 25.
Magdalena Bay have shared the music video for ‘Dreamcatching’, a highlight from their 2021 debut LP Mercurial World. To create the fantastical clip, director Felix Geen used VQGAN+CLIP architecture, which combines neural networks working in unison to generate images based on input text and images. Check it out below, along with the duo’s upcoming US tour dates.
“‘Dreamcatching’ is about all the places you want to know and all the places you’ll never go,” Magdalena Bay explained in a statement. “The video uses AI neural networks to create the landscapes and worlds we long for in the lyrics, a computer’s interpretation of our dreams.”
Mar 23-26 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Festival
Mar 27 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
Mar 30 – Portland, OR – Holocene
Apr 1 – San Francisco, CA – Popscene
Apr 2 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks %
Apr 22 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom +
Apr 23 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom +
Apr 29 – Chicago, IL – Byline Lake Aragan Ballroom +
Jun 3 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion ^
Jun 4 – Columbus, OH – Express Live ^
Jun 5 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE ^
Jun 8 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound
Jul 22 – Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
Aug 27-28 – Pasadena, CA – Brookside at the Rose Bowl
Pusha T was the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where he delivered a performance of his recent single ‘Diet Coke’ in the middle of a snowstorm. Check it out below.
Today, Pusha T has also shared his contribution to A Bathing Ape founder Nigo’s upcoming compilation I Know Nigo, which is out March 25 and was executive produced by Pharrell Williams. It’s called ‘Hear Me Clearly’, and it was co-produced by Kanye West, ThaMyind, Luca Starz, and BoogzDaBeast. You can listen to it below, too.
Glastonbury has revealed the initial lineup for its 2022 edition. Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar, and Diana Ross are set to headline the festival, which takes place June 22-26 at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, UK.
The rest of the bill, which is presented in alphabetical order in the poster, includes Olivia Rodrigo, Mitski, Lorde, Big Thief, black midi, Phoebe Bridgers, Holly Humberstone, Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, Turnstile, Yves Tumor, Doja Cat, Little Simz, the Avalanches, HAIM, St. Vincent, the Jesus And Mary Chain, Kacey Musgraves, Doja Cat, Caribou, Fontaines D.C., Cate Le Bon, Clairo, Jessie Ware, Courtney Barnett, Sleaford Mods, Squid, Wet Leg, Dry Cleaning, Khruangbin, Rufus Wainwright, Elbow, Bicep, beabadoobee, Primal Scream, and more. Check out the lineup so far below.
Both Kendrick and McCartney were set to headline Glastonbury 2020, which was canceled due to the pandemic. Taylor Swift is the only artist slated to headline in 2020 not announced for this year’s sold-out festival. Many more acts will be revealed over the coming months, with the full lineup confirmed in May.
Madi Diaz has today released her new Same History, New Feelings EP, which features four new versions of tracks from her 2021 album History of a Feeling, via Anti-. In addition to previously shared collaborations with Waxahatchee and Courtney Marie Andrews, the EP includes ‘Forever (New Feelings Version)’ with Angel Olsen and ‘History of a Feeling (New Feelings Version)’ featuring Natalie Hemby. Take a listen below.
“I’ve been listening as a fan to these four women for quite a while now,” Diaz said of the EP in a statement. “I’m honored to call them my friends and to have their voices singing these songs with me is something that I still can’t quite fathom. I’m so thankful for their artistry and their stories giving these songs a whole new world and a whole new life.”
Band of Horses stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (March 3) to perform ‘Crutch’, the lead single off their brand new album Things Are Great. Watch their performance below.
Things Are Great marks the band’s sixth album and their first since 2016’s Why Are You OK. Prior to its release today, Band of Horses also shared the singles ‘In Need of Repair’ and ‘Lights’.
