Ziggy Marley, Chance the Rapper, and Stephen Colbert have shared their version of the “Arthur” theme song, which was originally written and recorded by Marley, in a new video. Watch it below. Chance has loved the “Arthur” theme and that affection goes back, he used to cover it at his shows in 2014. He released his version of it on SoundCloud that same year.
Coast Modern have shared their latest song, “Comb My Hair.” The Los Angeles duo delivers a blend as heady as it is relaxing. “Comb My Hair” is the lead single off Coast Modern’s recently announced debut full-length, which is set to be out May 5th via 300 Entertainment and +1 Records. “We skinny dipping in your living room, crying and laughing/ Ha ha ha ha, he he he he,” singer Luke Atlas sings. “Just comb my hair ’cause I get scared when I don’t know what will happen to me/ What happened to me?” Lord, could I use a hair combing right about now.”
Today was the Women’s March on Washington, a massive protest that went on in Washington, D.C. and a multitude of cities around the United States (and world), less than 24 hours after the inauguration of Donald Trump. When Janelle Monáe spoke at the event (“Get off our areolas; get off our vaginas,” she demanded), she and Jidenna led the crowd in a call-and-response performance of “Hell You Talmbout.” They were accompanied by the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Mohamed Bah, Eric Garner, Dontre Hamilton, and Jordan Davis. Watch a segment of her speech and the performance below.
Arcade Fire has released a new song featuring Mavis Staples. It is named “I Give You Power” and all proceeds from the track will go to the American Civil Liberties Union. “It’s never been more important that we stick together & take care of each other,” the artists said in a tweet. Listen to the song below. It is still unclear if this song will appear on an upcoming release.
Bonobo recently released his latest album Migration. He has released a new video for “No Reason” a collaboration with Nick Murphy. The clip, directed by Oscar Hudson, follows a never-ending series of connected rooms as a man grows inside them. Watch it below.
Spoon have released the title song from their just-announced album Hot Thoughts. Listen to it below. The album is set to be out March 17th via Matador. The album’s 10 tracks were co-produced by Spoon and Dave Fridmann. The band also announced a three-night residency in Austin during SXSW, which also is the same week as the album’s release. “The band will resurrect the original, classic Austin venue Emo’s location, currently referred to as ‘The Main’ on March 14, 15 and 16,” a press release reads. “The band will curate a unique line up each night and will stubbornly be referring to the venue as ‘Eno’s.’”
Bon Iver went to Funkhaus studios in Berlin in early October of last year for Michelberger Music, an art event/festival that Justin Vernon helped organized with the National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner, and others. Artists came together for performances, workshops, collaborations, and more. Vernon participated in a techno jam as well as play some of the first 22, A Million performances with his band. A new video from the event has appeared which features Vernon performing his song “Babys” from the Blood Bank EP with collaborator S. Carey. Watch it below.
Sampha’s latest album Process is due to be out February 3rd via Young Turks. He was the musical guest on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” last night. Watch him perform his new single “(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano.”
Foxygen have released the video for their new song “On Lankershim,” off of their upcoming album Hang. Directed by Foxygen and Danny Lacy, the lo-fi clip shows the band driving around Los Angeles and hang out around the house, dancing and playing video games. Watch it below.
Hang is due to be out January 20th via Jagjaguwar.
On last night’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” they featured a ton of music-related segments. Watch the Flaming Lips perform “The Castle” from their upcoming album Oczy Mlody, and talk about having multiple Hells Angels encounters while on tour; “Portlandia”’s Fred Armisen chat with Jimmy Fallon and read fake proverbs; the Roots do their classic reenactment of “The Bachelor” and freestyle songs about audience members; and John Legend jokily break down the lyrics of his song “All of Me” below. Wayne Coyne and Armisen played a game called “Humannequins” with Queen Latifah as well which is below too.
The Flaming Lips also appeared on “Portlandia” as two different sets of Flaming Lips.
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