NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Hazel Cills discuss new releases by Billie Eilish, Portishead's Beth Gibbons and Rapsody.
Featured albums: - Billie Eilish, 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' - Rapsody, 'Please Don't Cry' - Beth Gibbons, 'Lives Outgrown'
Other notable albums out May 17: - Shellac, 'To All Trains' - The Avett Brothers, 'The Avett Brothers' - V/A, 'Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense' - Mach-Hommy, '#RICHAXXHAITIAN' - Cage the Elephant, 'Neon Pill' - of Montreal, 'Lady on the Cusp' - Wu-Lu, 'Learning To Swim On Empty' - Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band, 'Loophole' - The Lovely Eggs, 'Eggistentialism' - Kaia Kater, 'Strange Medicine' - Álvaro Díaz, 'SAYONARA' - ZAYN, 'Room Under the Stairs' - One Step Closer, 'All You Embrace' - A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, 'Better Off Alone' - Crumb, 'AMAMA' - Lightheaded, 'Combustible Gems' - Pallbearer, 'Mind Burns Alive' - Joywave, 'Permanent Pleasure' - Blitzen Trapper, '100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions' - Payroll Giovanni, 'Have Money, Have Heart' EP - UFOmammut, 'Hidden' - SQÜRL, 'Music for Man Ray' - pub, 'process the wise'
Speaking alongside brother/collaborator Finneas, Eilish says she discovered a new self-awareness on Hit Me Hard and Soft, after years of seeing herself through others' eyes.
The new music biopic Back to Black chronicles the life of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. The film stars Marisa Abela, and follows Winehouse as she records her breakthrough album, gets married, and struggles with addiction. But does the movie do justice to the singer and her music?
The rapper slipped free from the legal mess that swallowed his label and his mentor Young Thug — but on his new album, he's still in the grip of an unending image crisis.
Every year thousands of musicians enter NPR's Tiny Desk Contest. This year's winner was announced Wednesday — an artist called The Philharmonik, with a song called "What's It All Mean?"
System of a Down singer Serj Tankian covers fleeing the Lebanese Civil War as a child, advocating for recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and why his band hasn't made a new album since 2005.
We update our running list of the year's best songs with new ones from Dominic Fike, WILLOW, Kamasi Washington, Illuminati Hotties and more.
Featured artists and songs: 1. WILLOW: "run!" from 'empathogen' 2. Dominic Fike: "hi grace" from '14 minutes' 3. Kamasi Washington, George Clinton & D Smoke: "Get Lit," from 'Fearless Movement' 4. Illuminati Hotties: "Can't Be Still" (single) 5. Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion: "To Music," from 'Rectangles and Circumstance' 6. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: "L'ouef" from 'Challengers' OST
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AI can conjure the voice or likeness of a dead celebrity with just a few clicks. This opens a host of legal questions about the rights of the deceased and their heirs to control their digital replicas
The Bikini Kill frontwoman pioneered the "riot grrrl" movement in the 1990s. "I thought of myself as a feminist performance artist who was in a punk band," Hanna says.
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge approved the conservatorship Thursday, noting that Brian Wilson suffers from "a major cognitive disorder." Wilson has agreed to the conservatorship.
