Speedy Ortiz Cover TV on the Radio’s “Yo...

Earlier this month, Lionfish Music announced Cover Your Ass Vol. 1, the first installment of a charitable compilation supporting Planned Parenthood. It’s out May 26. The first offering from the compilation is Speedy Ortiz’s cover of TV on the Radio’s “Young Liars.” Stream the cover below. Cover Your Ass Vol. 1 also features Hinds, Cass McCombs Band (covering Pointer Sisters), Porches (covering Big Star), TEEN, Palehound (covering Kelly Clarckson), the Lemon Twigs (covering Dido), Deerhoof (covering Public Enemy), Cut Worms, Daddy Issues, (Sandy) Alex G, The Quilz, and...

Fyre Festival Founder Explains Disaster,...

Fyre Festival, a new luxury festival scheduled to take place in the Bahamas this weekend, was postponed after a chaotic turn of events. The campsite appeared to be half-finished, bands cancelled their appearances, and planes were reportedly grounded because the island was at capacity. After an apology from festival co-creator Ja Rule (“I’m heartbroken at this moment. My partners and I wanted this to be an amazing event. It was NOT A SCAM.”) and a statement from the Bahama Ministry of Tourism, the festival’s founder and co-organizer, Billy McFarland, explained the disaster...

Hamilton Leithauser Announces New Live A...

Last year, Hamilton Leithauser (the Walkman) and Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) released a new album called Had a Dream That You Were Mine. Now, they’re releasing a new live album, I Won’t Let Up: Live at Music Hall of Williamsburg, in conjunction with Leithauser’s newly extended tour. The LP was recorded during a three-show stint in New York. It will be released on vinyl as an exclusive with Vinyl Me Please and can only be purchased in a bundle with a ticket to a show on the new tour, which has dates in the U.S. and Europe. Purchase the bundle here...

Listen to Killer Mike Talk Run the Jewel...

Killer Mike was the guest on the latest episode of Hannibal Burress’ “Handsome Rambler” podcast. It was recorded live at Atlanta’s Laughing Skull Lounge on 4/20 (Mike’s birthday). Listen to the full podcast below. During the episode, Mike talks about why he’d make a terrible Mayor (holding meetings in strip clubs), probes some Atlanta conspiracy theories, retells the Run the Jewels origin story, and opens up about how he and Big Boi were originally supposed to be raccoons for their appearance on HBO’s “Animals” before he shut it down (“We ended up being foxes because I...

Björk Announces Career-Spanning Songbook...

Björk has announced a new career-spanning songbook. It’s titled 34 Scores for Piano, Organ, Harpsichord and Celeste, and it comes out June 5 via Wise Publications. She made the book in collaboration with pianist Jonas Sen, design house M/M Paris (responsible for the Vulnicura Live (Luxury Boxset) with the amazing moth mask), and engraver Werner Wolff. Previously, Björk said she’d been working on the book for the past six years. 34 Scores includes arrangements of songs from Debut, Post, Homogenic, Selmasongs, Vespertine, Medúlla, Drawing Restraint 9, Volta, and Vulnicura....