Daveed Diggs’ (Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in Hamilton) rap trio clipping. last night made their television debut on “The Late Late Show With James Corden.” Watch their performance below. They performed “A Better Place,” from their most recent album, Splendor & Misery. Diggs won a Tony Award for “Best Featured Actor in a Musical” but left Hamilton in July.
Dave Grohl’s mother, Virginia Hanlon Grohl, has written a book titled From Cradle to Stage: Stories From the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars. It is set to be out April 25, 2017 via Seal Press, as Stereogum reports. The book, which features a foreword by the Foo Fighters frontman, has Grohl interviewing the mothers of other famous musicians, including Verna Griffin (Dr. Dre), Janis Winehouse (Amy Winehouse), Donna Haim (the Haim sisters), Marianne Stipe (R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe), Hester Diamond (Beastie Boys’ Mike D), and Patsy Noah (Adam Levine). The book will include the Grohls’ “exclusive” family pictures. See the book cover above.
American teen comedy film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which has become a classic since its release, never had an official soundtrack come out when the film was put out in 1986. Starting September 13th, La-La Land Records will put out the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off soundtrack for the first time. According to Film Music Reporter, the release will collect songs that were played in the movie as well as Ira Newborn’s original score, and is limited to 5000 copies. The tracklist will include Yello’s “Oh Yeah” and “Danke Schoen” by Wayne Newton, and the marching band version of “Twist and Shout”; find the full list here.
This past weekend, Beyoncé celebrated her birthday at Made in America festival. Chance the Rapper celebrated the occasion by leading “Happy Birthday”while Beyoncé and Jay Z watched from the crowd, as the Fader pointed out. Watch fan footage below.
1. First Love Never Dies – Soko
2. Emptiness is a Closet Full of Your Old Clothes – Wishing
3. Out of Sight – Spookyghostboy
4. Little Fang – Avery Tare’s Slasher Flicks
5. Sleep Easy – Sam Evian
6. Algae Slant – Todd Slant
7. You Are the Coffin – Flatsound
8. I Know – Generfius
9. Burma Between You and Me – Humeysha
10. Hey Spaceman! – Tracy Bryant
11. Gloomy Planets – The Notwit
12. Peel Away – Sat. Nite Duet
13. Cat In a Box – Fat History Month
14. Badges – Yohuna
15. Dead Oak – Now, Now
16. No Good – Nice Try
17. Sincerity – Meishi Smile
18. Or Maybe We’re Not – Pupppy
19. A Curse – Emily Yacina
20. All the Time – Spirit Club
The original soundtrack for Comedy Central sitcom “Broad City” has been announced. The tracklist has artists such as RJD2, Lizzo, Scooter Island, Tony Quattro, and more. Listen to the first song from the soundtrack, Jarina De Marco’s “Tigre,” below. The song is exclusive to the soundtrack, which is executive produced by the show’s Music Supervisor Matt FX Feldman. The album is due out October 28th through Milan Records, with vinyl exclusively from Urban Outfitters. Find the tracklist below and the cover artwork for the soundtrack above.
Broad City OST:
01 DJ Raff: “Latino & Proud (Intro)”
02 Jarina De Marco: “Tigre”
03 Zebra Katz & Kashaka: “Marijuana”
04 Ana Tijoux: “La Nueva Condena”
05 Scooter Island: “#NOTYOURS” [ft. Junglepussy]
06 K Rizz: “YES Bitch”
07 Tasha the Amazon: “Steady Now (Cubby x Karman Remix)”
08 Lizzo & Caroline Smith: “Let ‘Em Say”
09 Tony Quattro: “Dat Gyal”
10 Normaling: “Low Drop” [ft. Rye Rye & TT the Artist]
11 RJD2: “See You Leave”
12 DJ Raff: “Latino & Proud”
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds have released a new song from their upcoming album Skeleton Tree. It’s named “Jesus Alone,” and it is paired with a video of the song being performed live, from the band’s new feature film One More Time With Feeling. The album and film will both be released September 9th.
Tom Krell, aka How to Dress Well, has released a new song, “What’s Up.” Listen to it below. “What’s Up” is from Krell’s upcoming album Care, which is due out September 23rd via Weird World/Domino. It is his first album since “What Is This Heart?” in 2014.
Krell also recently shared an a cappella video for “What’s Up.” Watch that below, and also find for the song’s lyrics, which were shared on Twitter.
The fourth annual Cassette Store Day the alternative for cassettes to Record Store Day, will go down on October 8th at venues and record stores in the United States, UK, Germany, Japan, and more. The first releases from this year have been announced, with different areas getting different releases. Artists that are coming out with tapes in the U.K. include Courtney Barnett, Pixies, and Gonjasufi, while, Big Star, the Ramones, J Dilla, and Death Cab for Cutie will release in the U.S. Find the full list of U.S. releases and stores here and here. The full list of U.K. releases and stores can be found here and here.
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