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The first trailer has arrived for Chance the Rapper‘s reboot of Punk’d, which premieres on new streaming platform Quibi on April 6th. In the clip, Chance, who executive produces and hosts the series, pranks everyone from Lil Nas X and Offset to Megan Thee Stallion and Ty Dolla $ign. Along …

Iceage have dropped a new single for these dark times. Titled “Lockdown Blues,” the track was inspired by being in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic. “Covid-19 Lockdown Blues/The only way out is through,” singer Elias Rønnenfelt sings over searing guitar. “Confined domestic quarantine/How the itching for lost touch is deafening.” …

Trevor Daniel isn’t a TV critic, but the 25-year-old singer is giving it a go. Netflix’s Luke Cage receives a “bomb dude” rating, and Jessica Jones is “pretty fire.” It’s a week before the release of Daniel’s major-label debut, Nicotine, and instead of doing a press run in New York …

Fernando Bustamante, who raps and produces as Crudo Means Raw, is finely attuned to the power of the loop. Both his viral hit “La Mitad De La Mitad” and the follow-up “Maria” gained much of their undeniable energy from funky, circular bass fillips. But on his new track “Novena,” Bustamante …

Jessie Reyez has dropped her debut album, Before Love Came to Kill Us, and it includes a collaboration with Eminem. The rapper joins Reyez on “COFFIN,” a slow burning, conflicted love song, which is the only feature on the album. Eminem jumps on a verse midway through the track, spitting, …

Margaret Glaspy, Devotion **** Caroline Rose, Superstar, ***1/2 Margaret Glaspy’s second album begins with a brief jolt of vocoder that recalls the statement-making opening to “Oh, What a World,” a highlight from Kacey Musgraves’ 2018 album Golden Hour. Musgraves’ synth-country blockbuster provided a template for how roots-based songwriters can strive …

Nine Inch Nails have surprise-released a pair of sequels to the band’s 2008 instrumental series Ghosts:Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts. It’s all available to download viathe NIN website. “Weird times indeed… As the news seems to turn ever more grim by the hour, we’ve found ourselves vacillating wildly …

The National are launching a fundraiser to benefit the 12 members of their live crew who are now out of work after the band was forced to cancel a handful of dates because of the coronavirus pandemic. Starting today, all profits from merch sales through the National’s webstore will be …

John Fogerty performs Creedence Clearwater Revival classics in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s “In My Room,” a new IGTV series in which musicians perform from their homes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Fogerty’s performance follows Brian Wilson‘s and Angelique Kidjo‘s. The clip opens with Fogerty sitting in …

With most of the nation stuck indoors due to the coronavirus pandemic, Neil Diamond turned his hit “Sweet Caroline” into a public service announcement about social distancing Saturday. “I know we’re going through a rough time right now, but I love ya, and I think maybe if we sing together, …