July 2016 Music Articles
- Canadian Band Meet Drake’s Dad, Write Song About It Called “Drake’s Dad,” Make Video Featuring… Drake’s Dad
- Watch: Kanye and Kim Do Some Longform Weeping in Video for New Version of “Wolves”
- M.I.A. Accuses VMA Nominations of “Racism, Sexism, Classism [and] Elitism” for Excluding Her ‘Borders’ Video
- Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade,’ Bowie’s “Blackstar,” and FKA twigs’ ‘M3LL155X’ Among Noteworthy Videos Nominated for VMAs
- New Bowie, Sort Of! Unreleased 1970s Album ‘The Gouster’ to Be Included in New Box Set
- Wilco, Shcmilco: Jeff Tweedy and Co. Have a New Album on the Way
- Watch the Republican National Convention Band Sing About Cocaine Use in Bowie Cover
- Take a Free Dance Workshop with FKA twigs in Baltimore
- Listen: New Against Me! Single “333” (Also: There’ll Be a New Album Out In September!)
- Suicide’s Alan Vega Dies at 78
- The 5 Best Songs We Heard This Week: M.I.A., Clams Casino, King Creosote
- Watch The Ground Explode in M.I.A.’s “Go Off,” From Her Upcoming “Happy” Album, ‘A.I.M.’
- The National and Låpsley Become ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Characters and Sing About Bathroom Shame in New Video
- Clams Casino’s ’32 Levels’: A Real Album That Doesn’t Quite Match Up to Its Non-Real Predecessors
- PJ Harvey Halfway Returns to Her Older Sound in Her Feverish New Track, “Guilty”
- Watch: FKA Twigs Debuts New Material in Moscow
- Taylor Swift is Now the World’s Top-Earning Entertainer
- Listen: ‘Golden Girls’ Theme Song “Thank You for Being a Friend” Becomes a Dirge — By St. Vincent
- M.I.A. Is “So on the Verge of Leaking” Her Potential “Last” LP
- Watch the New Radiohead Short Film for “The Numbers”
- Miguel Shares New Song Asking “How Many Black Lives Does it Take to Wake a Change?”
- Jay Z Pens New Song, “Spiritual,” About Police Brutality
- Watch Vaginas Come to Life and Frolic in Peaches’ Video for “Vaginoplasty”
- Beyoncé Responds to Killing of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Saying “Stop Killing Us”
- Chance The Rapper Responds to Philando Castile Killing: “Is There Any Situation Where Police Get Arrested?”
- Watch the New Video from Kathleen Hanna’s The Julie Ruin
- Justin Bieber, Nick Jonas, and More Go to Bed to Parody Kanye
- Drake Responds to Alton Sterling Shooting: “No One Begins Their Life As a Hashtag”
- Watch Courtney Barnett’s Sleater-Kinney-Cameoing “Elevator Operator” Video
- Watch the Music Video Rose McGowan Directed for Yoko Ono’s “Catman”
- Blood Orange’s ‘Freetown Sound’ is Pop as the Modern Day Spiritual
- Listen: Pixies Release Blitzy Headbanger Single “Um Chagga Lagga” and Announce New Album
- There’s a Maya Rudolph Guest-Starring Talking Heads Parody Episode Of ‘Documentary Now!’ on its Way
- Watch Frank Ocean Move Water With His Mind (and His Calvins, Apparently) in Calvin Klein Ad
- ‘Nite-Funk’ Is the Soundtrack to Your Next Neon Sunset LA Cruise
- Seven Suspects Identified at Swedish Festival Where Over 32 Sexual Assaults Were Reported
- Arca Debuts New 14-Track Soundcloud Series ‘Entrañas’
- President Obama Sings “Happy Birthday” with Kendrick Lamar and Janelle Monáe As Backup
- Kendrick Lamar to Perform at July 4 White House Celebration
- The 5 Best Songs We Heard This Week: Blood Orange, Aphex Twin, Nite-Funk
- Radiohead and Ben Wheatley Compel a Floating Man Across Stones in New Video for “Full Stop”
- Of Montreal’s “It’s Different for Girls” and the Sometimes Joyous, Sometimes Annoying Embrace of Bloggy Didacticism
- Watch Jamie xx’s Stunning New Video For “Gosh”