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This past week, Joanna Newsom has been performing as part of a Los Angeles residency, and she’s been playing some new songs. On Saturday afternoon, she had a matinee show with a setlist that was advertised as “not only suitable for children, b... more info

Sabrina Carpenter was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night, working late ’cause she’s a singer. She of course did her meme-able hit “Espresso,” and she also performed “Feather” with an SNL-specific “Nonsense” outro. ... more info

Last year, Feist released her sixth LP Multitudes, which was our Album Of The Week. Today, the indie-pop musician and Broken Social Scene member is celebrating 20 years of her breakthrough record Let It Die. more info

Yesterday was the first day of the Hangout Music Festival. Lana Del Rey headlined the Alabama event, and the singer brought out Jelly Roll for a performance of “Sweet Home Alabama” to close her set. more info

Olivia Rodrigo is currently on her massive GUTS tour. Last month, the pop star brought out Jewel on stage for “You Were Meant For Me” in New York; last night, she was joined by Lily Allen for “Smile” in London. more info

Happy for Kendrick, but back to back “Fortnight” and “Not Like Us” weeks might mean “Espresso” missed its shot at #1. In any case, Sabrina Carpenter will be on SNL tomorrow… more info

Sometime after the British-Australian singer-songwriter Hana Stretton released her album Soon last year, she was booked to open for Mount Eerie in Melbourne. When Phil Elverum saw who was playing the show, he decided to check out Stretton’s albu... more info

Last month the Montréal power-pop band Laughing shared “Bruised,” an early single from their new album Because It’s True. They’ve got another teaser track out today. “Will She Ever Be A Friend Of Mine” is three minutes of pure Byrds-y... more info

In November of last year, Cassie Ventura, known for her singing career under the mononym Cassie, sued Sean “Diddy” Combs, her former boyfriend and record label head, alleging that he raped her and, on multiple occasions, physically abused her.... more info

A very long time ago, Apocalytpica got their start as a classical Metallica tribute act; the Finnish band released their debut album Plays Metallica By Four Cellos way back in 1996. Apocalyptica quickly evolved into their own symphonic metal proje... more info