Among those watching was Irish musician Bob Geldof, who became determined to help in the only way he knew how. Thus began an unlikely pairing of pop music and activism that would inspire other charity singles like 'We Are the World' and lead to the historic Live Aid concerts. The iconic Christmas single, 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', was written by Geldof and Midge Ure. It would raise £8m for Ethiopia within a year and forever changed the relationship between charity and celebrity.
Every week for the past month or so has been bittersweet because every week San Jose grows one step closer to the closing of one of the area's best venues, Art Boutiki. However, as their final days draw near, the venue continues to host an array of unique local artists, and this week-three days before their doors shut forever-is no different.
With Christmas just days away, Damon Albarn stopped by BBC Radio to read Dr. Seuss' classic children's book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Stream his rendition here, and listen to a preview below. Get Gorillaz Tickets Here Since its publication in 1957, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! has been adapted for TV, film, and as a 2007 musical. A live-action film starring Jim Carrey and directed by Ron Howard was released in 2000, followed by a CGI adaptation voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch in 2018.
Just over a month after he was released from prison following a 16-year-long stint behind bars, Max B is back with his first new full-length in four years. The rapper has surprise-released Public Domain 7: The Purge, the seventh installment of his ongoing Public Domain mixtape series. You can listen to it below. Public Domain 7: The Purge follows Max B's 2021 album Negro Spirituals.
The late '90s saw the advent of new subgenres variously dubbed trip-hop, downtempo, electronica and chillwave. The overall style was exemplified by Massive Attack, Portishead, Sneaker Pimps, Morcheeba, Zero 7...and Thievery Corporation. Deeply hypnotic melodies, sophisticated arrangements, top-flight guest vocalists and an undeniably sexy vibe are among the hallmarks of the music. Decades later, it still sounds fresh. Thievery Corporation was and remains better than most in blending world music elements into the heady mix.
Forget the vinyl revival. CD players and compact discs are back on Christmas lists this year amid a wave of 90s nostalgia and coveted deluxe releases from big acts such as Taylor Swift and Pink Floyd. Demand for compact discs peaked in the mid-00s and many households ditched their systems and libraries as digital music took off. But the distinctive whirr is returning to bedrooms around the country, with retailers and marketplaces experiencing an uptick in appetite for vintage tech and music to play on it.
Above all else, grief is intensely personal. Where hope is a thing with feathers, a flying, beautiful feeling we all recognize, grief is its opposite: a universal emotion that's nonetheless mostly private and impossible to convey in its depths. Grief creates a gulf between you and other people. I find that ironic, given its universality. We'll all lose someone or something foundational, but that certainty doesn't make it any more legible. Though it does resonate; it does produce echoes in others.
Basically, anyone who wants to participate grabs a color-coded bell, and the conductors raise their colored flags when it's time for those bells to be rung. At first, it takes everyone a little bit of time to get accustomed to it, says James Burke, the executive director of MMNY. But, you know, by the end of a half-hour music jam session, the first-timers are really genuinely making music together, and the compositions get kind of more complex as the program proceeds.
Not everybody loves Jesus, but you can certainly say the following: He was a duly elected president of these United States, perhaps overwhelming by the popular vote, as well as the Electoral College. End of story,
An investigation into chants by rap duo Bob Vylan at Glastonbury Festival in June will not lead to any further action by prosecutors as there is insufficient evidence for there to be a realistic prospect of conviction, Avon and Somerset Police said. In a statement, the force said: We have concluded, after reviewing all the evidence, that it does not meet the criminal threshold outlined by the CPS for any person to be prosecuted.
Simply captioned, "My Sunshine 12.17.2025," the singer and former tennis star posted a photo of their newborn on Instagram. The couple's new bundle of joy is seen wearing a blue and pink striped beanie and bundled up in a bassinet with a sloth stuffed animal on the side. The comments section was filled with congratulatory messages from friends and fans celebrating their happy news.
The universally beloved Moldavian DJ Andrei Rață, aka Andrew Rayel aka Rayel, has had a passion for trance music for two decades. Growing up in Eastern Europe, Rayel would listen to Armin [van Buuren], ATB and Tiesto, sending the young teen into ASMR heaven. Attending music school, Rayel began composing melodies that have caused millions of mostly young people to sway at international festivals like the Electric Daisy Carnival in Tokyo.
Amidst that select company, the Berkeley Community Choir and Orchestra stands out as an organization that has thrived by hewing tightly to the radically egalitarian vision of its founder, the color-line-breaking Oakland firefighter Eugene Jones. Launched in 1966, the BCCO has maintained Jones's open-door policy, inducting new members without audition and always performing for free. Conducted since 2011 by Ming Luke, the BCCO's third music director, the 240-member choir kicks off its 60th season with three performances of Verdi's Requiem at UC Berkeley's Hertz Hall
A new Lady Gaga concert film will arrive on Christmas Eve. Lady Gaga in Harlequin Live: One Night Only was recorded last year during a performance at Los Angeles' Belasco Theatre, where Lady Gaga performed Harlequin-her 2024 "companion album" to Joker: Folie à Deux, in which she starred as Harley Quinn-in its entirety. The film premieres on YouTube this Wednesday, December 24, at 4 p.m. PST/7 p.m. EST.
To celebrate her birthday, Eilish took to Instagram to share a childhood picture from a past birthday. In the image, little Eilish appears to be mid-scream and in floods of tears. She's wearing a long-sleeved pink top with a beaded necklace draped around her neck. In front of her is a pink unicorn birthday cake with floral decorations. It's miles away from Eilish's current aesthetic.
From industrial dancehall to leftfield techno to deep, alienating drone made with saxophones, Kevin Richard Martin welcomes the spirit of dub into everything he touches. Across three decades, the physical force of his music has expanded and contracted, but two things remain constant: the pulse of dub, no matter how reduced, and the rumble of the bass. "[The goal] was to make a new form of dub music that I wasn't hearing,"
For several years, the supposed death of the band has been cropping up in state-of-the-nation style music discourse. The obvious culprit? Financial hurdles of the sort that even successful bands can no longer overcome. This autumn, Garbage vocalist Shirley Manson launched a diatribe against the unsustainable realities of touring. Meanwhile, UK post-punk four piece Dry Cleaning were forced to postpone their US concerts due to "increasingly hostile economic forces".
Mounfield was part of The Stone Roses' classic line-up alongside singer Brown, guitarist Squire and drummer Alan Reni Wren. He later went on to join Primal Scream. Bobby Gillespie and Liam Gallagher watch as the coffin is placed in the back of the hearse (Danny Lawson/PA) Ian Brown, from The Stone Roses; Andrew Innes, from Primal Scream; Alan Reni' Wren, from The Stone Roses; and Liam Gallagher from Oasis carry the coffin from the church (Danny Lawson/PA) Mounfield's coffin which was decorated with the classic artwork from The Stone Roses first album was carried into the cathedral as family and friends followed, with more applause from the crowd.
"Obviously, the world is also the custodian of his legacy," Lennon told CBS Sunday Morning 's Anthony Mason. "I'm just doing my best to help make sure that the younger generation doesn't forget about The Beatles and John and Yoko. That's how I look at it."
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we're sharing what our writers are playing obsessively and highlighting some of the Pitchfork staff's favorite new music. The playlist is a grab-bag of tracks: Its only guiding principle is that these are the songs you'd gladly send to a friend.
James, senior director of DEI at General Motors, and Kelly, director of digital-marketing strategies at Fuel Medical Group, met on Tinder. Less than two years after their first date at a Japanese restaurant in Portland, Oregon-where they live-James proposed there, "back where it all started," he says, over sushi. The pair envisioned a wedding ambience that felt warm and friendly, like the tropics, and a party reminiscent of disco music's peak.
The irony of this column is that most metal that interests us is bound to remain underground to the general music-listening public. Even large metal labels release records that are as likely to chart (or break containment, which is the preferred term these days) as I am likely to grow a third foot. Yes, metal is definitely big, but few acts that push the envelope are likely to be one of those "big" bands.
Aiyana-Lee's entry point into Spike Lee's world feels almost too on-the-nose for this specific movie: a direct message on Instagram, sent after he discovered her song "My Idols Lied to Me." "I thought there was no way it was real," she laughs, recalling waking her mom at six in the morning to investigate. But it was legit; they met that same day, and the collaboration quickly became something deeper than a single placement.
But I do think, for me, the cold definitely does bring out a different set of music tastes. There are certain, I think, organic sounds, certain gloomy sounds, cozy sounds. If you think about the way that you spend the winter - and what do I want to hear while I'm sipping hot cocoa on my couch? What do I want to hear while bundled up and walking through the neighborhood as the snow falls?
That's right, Hetfield has unveiled a spoken word version of "A Visit From St. Nicholas," aka "Twas The Night Before Christmas" for all you Christmas plebeians. This much-needed dose of Yuletide joy debuted on the band's own Maximum Metallica SiriusXM channel, with the legendary rockers asking listeners everywhere to "grab your cocoa and settle in by the fire" as Hetfield does his thing.
In an exhilarating blend of high art and pulsating nightlife, Cologne's iconic Bootshaus is set to transform the cultural landscape with its latest groundbreaking event, A Techno Ballet Odyssey. Scheduled for three electrifying nights from February 26th to 28th, 2026, this unique experience promises to be a must-attend for anyone who craves innovation, creativity, and unforgettable nights. Imagine stepping into a world where the evocative elegance of ballet harmonizes perfectly with the electrifying beats of techno.
