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UPDATE: Walk has issued a statement following Republic Records placing the music executive on leave after accusation of sexual harassment. “Out of respect for the contestants, my fellow judges and everyone involved with the show, I have made the decision not to attend the finale of The Four,” Walk said.“I …

Lorde and Jack Antonoff performed a chilling cover of Carly Rae Jepsen‘s “Run Away With Me” during the fourth annual Ally Coalition charity show on Wednesday. Jepsen’s “Run Away With Me,” released in 2015, was euphoric and highly produced. Lorde and Antonoff reworked the track as a lonely piano ballad. …

Jhené Aiko has dropped her futuristic, Rae Sremmurd-featuring video for the remix of “Sativa,” the latest visual off the R&B singer’s 2017 album Trip. “Sativa” opens with Aiko seemingly created in a lab by the Mississippi rap duo before she’s unleashed into the world. Dance parties, steam rooms and card …

As arguably the biggest artist of the post-Kanye era, Drake has exerted a transformative influence on how pop music works, what it does, how it can matter. Hip-hop used to be all about being hard; he opened it up to softness. It used to obsess over regional purity; he’s helped …

Drake dropped a pair of new tracks with no warning as the rapper’s “God’s Plan” and “Diplomatic Immunity” premiered on streaming services Friday night. The two songs form Drake‘s new EP Scary Hours. The synth-laden “God’s Plan,” produced by frequent collaborators Yung Exclusive, Boi-1da, Cardo, and Noah “40” Shebib, charts …

David Byrne will embark on a short North American tour next year in support of a new solo album that’s expected to arrive in March. Byrne will play six shows on the East Coast, starting March 3rd at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey and wrapping March …

Broken Social Scene have unveiled a cover of Tom Waits‘ “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up” and a new rendition of their Hug of Thunder song, “Skyline.” The pair of tunes was performed for Spotify’s Singles series, which were recorded at Spotify Studios in New York. Differing from the raw and …

An autopsy revealed that Chester Bennington had alcohol in his system at the time of his death. The report, first published by TMZ, said that the singer was not under the influence of drugs at the time of his death. The Linkin Park frontman died of suicide by hanging this …

Former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij delivered a nimble cover of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone” during an appearance on Sirius XMU. The stripped-down performance featured just vocals and piano, but found Batmanglij – who releases music under the name Rostam – capturing the most playful elements of Dylan’s …

A Perfect Circle continue their march towards releasing their first new album since 2004 with the somber, black-and-white video for “The Doomed.” “The Doomed” moves between drubbing, guitar-heavy verses and pensive, highly melodic yet utterly bleak hooks: “What of the pious, the pure of heart, the peaceful?” Maynard James Keenan …