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Last month, Third Man Records launched Third Man Public Access, broadcasting live performances by artists and bands at the label’s headquarters in Nashville. The series was meant to be a salve to the increasingly dire coronavirus pandemic; as live events were getting canceled left and right, Third Man jumped at …

As promised, the Wonders — the fictional band at the heart of That Thing You Do! — reunited via Zoom Friday night to watch and provide commentary to the 1996 film. The watch party raised money for MusiCares’ COVID-19 Relief Fund. Actors Johnathon Schaech, Tom Everett Scott, Steve Zahn and …

The soundtrack to filmmaker John Carpenter‘s landmark sci-fi thriller The Thing will get special reconsideration this spring with two distinct LP reissues. The first features the original score by Ennio Morricone — best known for spaghetti westerns like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and his Oscar-winning music for …

A federal judge in New York has denied R. Kelly‘s request to be released from prison on bail due to the COVID-19 crisis. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Anne Donnelly of the Eastern District of New York ruled the singer must remain in custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in …

Australian singer-producer Tones and I released a visual for her new single “Bad Child” on Wednesday, directed by Nick Kozakis and Liam Kelly. The video depicts two children (one of whom is dressed in Tones’ signature baseball cap) who feel like outcasts inside their family’s lush mansion. One of the …

Fall Out Boy have donated $100,000 to their hometown of Chicago for COVID-19 relief. Titled Chicago Community COVID-19 Response Fund, the organization is a partnership between the City of Chicago and United Way of Metro Chicago. Funds will go directly toward food banks, food for students who typically get their …

There has been an outpouring of love for Bill Withers ever since the news arrived Friday that the soul legend had died from heart complications at 81. Many musicians have taken to the internet to remember the icon, from Questlove to Flea. Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, whom Withers once called …

Nick Lowe has dropped a new song, “Lay It on Me Baby,” off his upcoming EP, Lay It on Me, out June 5th via Yep Roc Records. “Just like a fish in a babbling brook/I’m nibbling at your hook,” he sings over a surf rock riff, backed by Nashville outfit …

Before production on Jimmy Kimmel Live was shut down due to coronavirus, the late-night show had scheduled Wilco to perform. Since that could no longer take place, Kimmel tapped singer and guitarist Jeff Tweedy to virtually perform his song “Evergreen.” Tweedy opted to showcase the song, which comes off Tweedy’s …

Niall Horan joined Jimmy Fallon for the most recent edition of The Tonight Show, filmed at home in Fallon’s house during the COVID-19 pandemic, to perform “Dear Patience.” Appearing via video chat at the 7:45 minute mark, Horan discussed his new album, Heartbreak Weather, and how he’s coping with self-quarantine. …