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Neil Young played the first show of his two-night stand at Port Chester New York’s Capitol Theater on Wednesday. Midway through, he broke out a new song called “Eternity.” “The first time we played this we played it on a train,” he said. “We don’t have a train, but we’re …

Sumac, Love in Shadow|★★★ 1/2 Keiji Haino and Sumac, American Dollar Bill – Keep Facing Sideways, You’re Too Hideous To Look at Face On |★★★★ Sumac is an extreme metal power trio with seemingly no boundaries, jazz-like interplay and a hankering for noises both brittle and extreme, sparse and overwhelming. …

Wolf Alicehave won the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize. The annual award is bestowed on the best British album of the past year as chosen by an independent panel of music journalists and music industry members. In a ceremony held on Thursday at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, the band received the …

Ann Wilson performed a scorching version of Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday. Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me,” produced by the legendary Quincy Jones, became a Number Two hit in 1964. Her version pairs self-assertive lyrics — “Don’t tell me what to do/ Don’t …

When 22-year-old pop singer and dancer Normani flew the Fifth Harmony coop to embark on a solo career, timing could not have been more perfect for a big, brazen pop anthem. With all the choreo queens — Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Beyoncé — occupied by tours or side projects, the skilled …

Sofi Tukker, the American duo who broke out behind the iPhone-X-ad-synced single “Best Friend,” recruited the Brazilian pop star and noted drag queen Pabllo Vittar for a remix of “Energia.” It’s an easy union. “Energia” is high energy, all-purpose club music. Vittar sings with the grandeur of Nineties house vocalists; …

On Wednesday, Complex‘s Open Late With Peter Rosenberg paid tribute to the late Mac Miller. In a clip from the program. Kendrick Lamar spoke fondly of his friend’s great sense of humor, saying that he “told jokes all night.” He also reminisced about running jokes they shared. “He was just …

On Thursday, Mick Jagger posted a photo under the iconic entrance of Sun Records, the spot where Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis recorded classics that helped set Jagger on his own legendary path. The visit became even more intriguing when Jagger posted a follow-up photo …

Autumn is closing in rapidly, but thankfully we have Rina Sawayama’s midtempo pop jam “Cherry” to remind us what Summer feels like. Japanese-British singer/model Sawayama made a splash last year with the release of her self-titled debut EPRina, but it’s nothing in comparison to tidal wave she could be set …

Kurt Vile will release a new solo album, Bottle It In, on October 12th via Matador Records. He previewed the 13-track LP with “Bassackwards,” a nearly 10-minute exploration of meditative acoustic fingerpicking, reversed psychedelic guitars and existential lyrics. “I was on the beach, but I was thinking about the bay,” …