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Two months ago, producers A-Trak and Armand Van Helden relaunched their collaborative Duck Sauce project after a six-year absence following their debut album, Quack, which spawned the viral hit "Barbra Streisand." … More »View the full article

Bob Dylan has released a new 17-minute song called "Murder Most Foul." It's about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the era it happened in, which naturally Dylan was a part of. A photo of Kennedy is on the single artwork. More »View the full article

Last year, Channel Tres released his second EP, the excellent Black Moses, which made our list of the best EPs from 2019. He also made our list of the Best New Artists. Since then, he's linked up with Baauer for a track with Danny Brown and hung out with … More »View the full article

In the beginning of February, Hamilton Leithauser began rolling out his latest solo album, The Loves Of Your Life. So far, we've heard "Here They Come" and "Isabella." Both of those came with amusing teasers shortly before their release, "Here They Come" previewed by a sketch in which Ethan … More »View the full article

The COVID-19 pandemic has everyone in quarantine. The city of London is currently on lockdown, which means that there are fewer cars on the road and no tourists milling about. That's bad news in general, but it's good news for the famed Abbey Road crosswalk, which got a much-needed paint job thanks to … More »View the full article

Like many others, Neil Young is helping us get through this trying time with a little music and the magic of the internet. Last week, the legendary folk-rocker invited us into his Telluride, Colorado home to perform rarities from across his discography in a six-song acoustic Fireside Session. The idea was to make … More »View the full article

Nick Reinhart is best known as the frontman for Sacramento math-rockers Tera Melos. He's also frequently collaborated with Death Grips and is in the experimental supergroup Big Walnuts Yonder with Minutemen's Mike Watt, Wilco's Nels Cline, and Deerhoof's Greg Saunier. So it was surprising to hear him tackle straight-ahead '90s guitar-pop on "More »View the full article

Governors Ball 2020 has officially been cancelled. The festival, which was set to take place 6/5-7 on New York's Randall’s Island Park, would've featured performances from Tame Impala, Missy Elliott, Vampire Weekend, Stevie Nicks, Solange, Miley Cyrus, Carly Rae Jepsen, Danny Brown, and more. Read a statement from the organizers below: … More »View the full article

After debuting "Life in Quarantine" during his livestream set last week, Ben Gibbard has released the studio version of the track. Done in his home studio, Gibbard, who goes by Benjamin on this track, sang of what's currently happening in the world of coronavirus. "I know this is a really fucked… View the full article

Swedish pop group Ace Of Base's #1 smash "The Sign" was everywhere in 1994. It will always remind me of summer days at the now-defunct Columbus waterpark Wyandotte Lake. It also reminds me of Zoombezi Bay, the revamped Wyandotte Lake now open at the same site, which was playing hella '90s music last time I … More »View the full article

The 12.9-inch 2020 iPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard and Magic Trackpad peripherals. [credit: Samuel Axon ] The new iPad Pro is a great tablet and an OK computer. Sure, Apple’s marketing tagline for the new iPad Pro says, “Your next computer is not a computer.” But this year’s update comes with full mouse and trackpad support, and that moves this device into completely new territory. It was always a computer, of course, but there’s no room for ambiguity now. We’re going to talk about trackpad support at length, but we’ll also make some judgments on performance. More importantly, we’ll examine the new 3D sensor Apple introduced. It’s the one component that truly distinguishes this from previously released iPads. Read 103 remaining paragraphs | Comments View the full article

Right now, NPR is doing something cool with its already-cool Tiny Desk Concerts video series. Since nobody can make it to play at the actual tiny desk at the NPR offices in Washington, DC -- since those offices are hopefully closed -- musicians are recording and sending in their own Tiny Desk Concerts at home. More »View the full article

Enlarge (credit: Qualcomm) Qualcomm is introducing a new slate of chips for truly wireless Bluetooth earbuds. You might not have realized it, but these Bluetooth earbuds are tiny computers now, and just as Qualcomm makes smartphone SoCs that end up in most smartphones, it also makes "Bluetooth Audio SoCs" that end up in a host of Bluetooth headphones. There are two chips in Qualcomm's announcement, the QCC514x and the QCC304x, with the difference being that the 514x SoC is built for always-on voice recognition using assistants from Google and Amazon. You'll be able to just shout the wake word, and the headphones will pick up. As you might expect, the focus is on better battery life, with Qualcomm promising 13 hours of playtime from a 65mAh battery. Active noise canceling (ANC) is built into both SoCs, so expect to see this high-end feature make its way to many more headphones in the future. There's also a "Hybrid ANC" mode, which lets some sound from the real world in so you can remain aware of your surroundings. Qualcomm also has a feature called "TrueWireless Mirroring," which lets you use the left or right earbuds in mono mode, and even if you swap configurations, the sound will continue uninterrupted. Some previous designs had a "Primary" earbud that communicated with the playback device and then passed audio to the secondary earbud, but now, it looks like both earbuds talk to the playback device directly. Qualcomm has lots of customers. (credit: Qualcomm) Qualcomm provided the above list of headphone vendors that use its previous-generation chips, and many of the big headphone vendors are on there. The big missing companies are Apple and Samsung, which build their own headphone chips, and Sony, which uses a combination of its own chips and some parts from Mediatek. Read 2 remaining paragraphs | Comments View the full article

Nine Inch Nails fans have been waiting for new music for some time now. And finally, the band delivered not one, but two albums...for free! https://twitter.com/trent_reznor/status/1243160892717412353 Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts have dropped on both Nine Inch Nails' YouTube channel and official website. Trent Reznor… View the full article

While some artists putting on livestream concerts or starting a storytime session, Kesha has been using her time to pen some new music. But not the tunes you'd expect. The "Praying" singer has just released a new track that was inspired by actor Nicolas Cage. Yes, the one who's best known… View the full article