Allen Toussaint had a fatal heart attack after a performance in Spain on Monday. If you're unfamiliar with this New Orleans master then watch this excellent BBC documentary.
I didn't this gloomy orch pop band was still around. I guess they are because here's a new single.
How can you not like a Magnetic Fields cover with singing dogs?
The Tallest Man On Earth, from Sweden, has a new single with a video juxtaposing scenes in the woods and in a ballet studio.
Adele test drives her new song and vocals in a live setting at a french awards show over the weekend.
Electronic chanteuse, FKA Twigs, is much bigger overseas. Here's a great live performance from an urban music awards show in the UK this week.
Joanna Newsom's new album isn't available on streaming services so I've yet to hear it but I'd sure love to based on this live performance on Jools Holland's show.
A new Carly Rae Jepsen video. Hurray.
Courtney Barnett's full ACL performance.
St. Vincent nails streaming music on this Sonos ad.
I've gotten a greater appreciation for Swift's 1989 album since Ryan Adams covered it. Here's a stripped down take on one of her songs to celebrate its first anniversary.
ELO is back! And sounding more like McCartney than ever.
I loved the debut album from Grimes. Her first single from the second album is out and sounding very commercial. This video for it, on the other hand, is a hot mess.
Adele's long awaited new album is ready to drop with the first single being overplayed to death. Here's the video which already has 109 million views.
This band has gotten more commercial too. Think I preferred their lo-fi electronics of the past.
Trevor Powers, the man and the voice behind Youth Lagoon, has to have the quirkiest voice in music today. It's polarizing, but I tend to enjoy it.
Morrissey performs live on a British TV show last weekend.
There's something about sad lyrics set to catchy pop songs. Here's a good example.
Robyn has a new song out, though she's going by the name Nixxie. The little minx.
Can there ever be enough Lana Del Rey videos? No.
Ryan Adams, Jakob Dylan, Norah Jones, Patrick Carney and Charles Bradley cover Ohio.
Speedy Ortiz's lead singer Sadie Dupuis takes the band back to the Connecticut summer camp she went to as a kid to film their new video.
The Dead Weather, Jack White's the drummer, perform for the first time in five years on Late Night with Colbert.
Indie dance floor darlings Disclosure release their second album in a couple of weeks. Here's the single from it.
The second single from Deerhunter's latest album sounds great. I've got to revisit this album.
Dan Auerbach's side project, the Arcs, and their new video.
A promo teaser for Lana Del Rey's new album, due out next month, is as good as a full blown music video and features pieces of new songs.
The new single from Blur's comeback album. It has a very K-pop feel.
Here's a bootleg video from The Faces first reunion show. It's been 40 years but, damn, Rod should've been here in Cleveland for their induction into the Rock Hall 3 years ago.
La Sera (Katy Goodman) is an ex-member of The Vivian Girls. Here's the new single from her debut from last year filled with sunshiney west coast retro psych pop.
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