April 2016 Music Articles
- Radiohead Just Sent a Witchy, Cryptic Letter to UK Fans
- The 5 Best Songs We Heard This Week: Horse Lords, Chloe x Halle, Ross From Friends
- Listen to Kesha’s Triumphant “True Colors,” a Collaboration with Zedd
- Edward Snowden and Jean-Michele Jarre’s Music Video Is Like a Bad Episode of ‘CSI: Cyber’
- Calvin Harris and Rihanna’s New Song Is Exactly What We Came For
- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: So Post-Music Not Even the Lead Singer Can Describe It
- From the 6 No More, New Drake Album Is Simply “VIEWS”
- Beyoncé Wins the Tour Merch Battle with “Boycott Beyoncé” T-Shirts
- Beyoncé Honors Prince and Vanity 6 At Formation World Tour Opening
- Kesha and Zedd Collaborate in the Studio, Will Release “True Colors” on April 29
- Beyoncé’s Path to an EGOT: HBO Will Submit ‘Lemonade’ for an Emmy
- Debbie Harry Wants Trump and Cruz to Lobby Congress to Force YouTube to Pay Musicians
- Azealia Banks Is the Only Girl in the World in “The Big Big Beat” Music Video
- Internet Science Proves Drake Is a Giant on New Album Cover
- Watch Dave Chappelle Sing Radiohead’s “Creep” at Erykah Badu’s Birthday Party
- Father John Misty, Ezra Koenig Detail the Weird Way They Wrote for Beyoncé
- Portishead’s Completely Alienating Cover of ABBA’s “S.O.S.” Appears Online
- Watch ‘Community’s’ Joel McHale Perform Björk’s “It’s Oh So Quiet” on ‘Lip-Sync Battle’
- Watch Grimes Talk About Fashion, Friends in Brief Ad for Stella McCartney Perfume
- Flavorwire Premiere: A Dead Forest Index’s “In All That Drifts From Summit Down”
- Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Now Available on iTunes
- Bruce Springsteen Covered Prince’s “Purple Rain”
- Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ is a Whole New Album, and It’s Exclusively On Tidal Because Of Course It Is
- The 5 Best Songs We Heard This Week: Holy Ghost!, A$AP Ferg, Boys Noize
- Prince Honored On Broadway: Casts of ‘Hamilton’ and ‘The Color Purple’ Pay Homage to Prince
- Watch Teen Wolf Perform New M83 Songs on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
- The Opposite of Death: Celebrating Prince’s Life, Work and Revolutionary Fluidity
- Saying Goodbye to Prince: Today’s Recommended Reading
- RIP to a Genius: Legendary Musician Prince Dead at 57
- M.I.A. Wants to Know if Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar Think #MuslimLivesMatter
- Listen to Brian Eno’s Beautiful Cover of the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Set Free”
- Rihanna’s “Needed Me” Is a Glorious Middle Finger to Old School Decorum
- The Garbage Sure Isn’t ‘Empty’: Band Releases New Track from Upcoming LP
- Shepard Fairey to DJ, Edward Sharpe to Perform at Bernie Sanders Coachella Party
- Tracy Morgan, Pearl Jam, and More Boycott Mississippi and North Carolina Due to “Religious Freedom” Laws
- Watch Savages Perform “Adore” on ‘Ellen’
- Don’t Believe the Hype — The “Music Industry” Is Doing Just Fine
- Hear a New Song from Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs: “Honey and Smoke”
- Watch Colbert Sing a Waffle House Song with Sturgill Simpson
- Flavorwire Video Premiere: Guerilla Toss’ Technicolor Acid Test Gets Doused in “Perfume”
- Dev Hynes Announces ‘Freetown Sound,’ His Upcoming, “Very Personal” Blood Orange Album
- Alternate Routes: Contemporary Peyote Songs, Electric Indian Mandolin Bliss, Custom Melodies, a Synth Oddity, & Recent Yo La Tengo Jams
- Listen to Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions’ Record Store Day Release
- John Carpenter’s ‘Lost Themes II’ Is the Monotonous Soundtrack to Your Dead Imagination
- Kristen Wiig, Tig Notaro, Paul Dano and Maddie Ziegler Were Proxies for Sia’s Face at Coachella
- Michael Stipe Publishes Full Video of “Ashes to Ashes” Bowie Tribute and Talks Performance
- Edward Snowden Makes Electronic Music Debut in Jean Michel Jarre’s “Exit”
- The 5 Best Songs We Heard This Week: Skepta, Sturgill Simpson, DJ Shadow
- Charli XCX Takes on The Stooges’ “No Fun” for ‘Vinyl’ Soundtrack
- Grimes Reveals That Numerous Male Producers Have Demanded Sex From Her
- The Flaming Lips Covered Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” Made a Video of It
- Radiohead’s Manager Says New Album Out in June
- PJ Harvey Stares Through the Glass at Poverty on ‘The Hope Six Demolition Project’
- Jessie Ware Reunites with ‘Devotion’ Producer on The Invisible’s “So Well”
- ANOHNI Predicts Nuclear Attacks Should Trump Become President
- J Dilla’s ‘Diary’: The Late, Great Producer’s Story in 13 Beats
- Laura Jane Grace to Perform in North Carolina in Protest of HB2
- Watch Vampire Weekend Perform for Thousands of Bernie Sanders Supporters
- Aziz Ansari and Eric Wareheim Made an Italian Cuisine-Worshipping Music Video for Kanye’s “Famous”
- Bruce Springsteen, North Carolina, and the Futility of Deprivation Activism
- Call It a Comeback: The Avalanches to Perform This Summer
- Bono Wants to Fight ISIS with Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, and Belly Laughs
- Kesha to Perform at a Bob Dylan Birthday Festival
- Making Music About the Stuff That’s Going On in Your Brain: All Dogs and Punk’s New Sincerity
- New John Cage Composition Discovered and Performed — and It’s Not Just Silence
- Laurie Anderson Is Curating a Daylong Tribute to Lou Reed at Lincoln Center
- Kathleen Hanna’s Band, the Julie Ruin, Announces New Album, Share “I Decide”
- Watch Michael Stipe Eloquently Introduce Bernie Sanders in Brooklyn
- Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Show Due to Anti-LGBT Law
- The 5 Best Songs We Heard This Week: Dan Lissvik, DJ Shadow, D.R.A.M.
- Bob Dylan Will Sing Pop Standards on New Album — Listen to “Melancholy Mood”
- It’s a #NoBoysAllowed Utopia in Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Boy Problems” Video
- Chance the Rapper is the Protector of Chicago in Saba-Assisted “Angels” Music Video
- Hear PJ Harvey’s New Song “The Orange Monkey”
- Iggy Pop’s Cockatoo Has the Only Instagram You Need to Be Following
- Paul Simon Announces New Album, Shares “Wristband”
- Drake Wants to Fill All Your Holes with Content
- Watch Babymetal Bring Their Jarring, Cute Metal Act to America on ‘Colbert’
- Watch the Gorgeous Animated Video for David Bowie’s “I Can’t Give Everything Away”
- Beyoncé Makes the Should-Be-Obvious Distinction Between “Anti-Police” and “Anti-Police Brutality”
- M83’s ‘Junk’ Is the Kitschy Headache of an Album We Deserve
- Watch Explosions in the Sky Riff Some Sweet Tuneage on ‘Colbert’
- How Nashville Made Music Band’s Rock and Roll Dreams a Reality
- Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Sit Through Amy Schumer’s ‘Hamilton’ Rip-Off
- Watch Bernie Sanders Give Killer Mike a Shout-Out During His Hot 97 Interview
- Kesha Says She Was Offered “Freedom” in Exchange for Public Apology
- The 5 Best Songs We Heard This Week: Kingdom, Empress Of, Royce 5’9″
- Dana Scully Explores the Unknown in New ‘X-Files’-Inspired Tacocat Video
- Taylor Swift Raps to Drake, Dramatically Falls on Face in New Apple Music Ad
- Watch Wayne Coyne, Michael Stipe, the Pixies, and More Pay Tribute to David Bowie
- ‘The Life of Pablo’ Set Free from the Prison of Tidal
- The 10 Albums You Need to Hear in April
