This new PinkPantheress project seems like it might be a winner. Three weeks ago the Y2K-minded British pop singer shared the pulse-pounding club track “Tonight” and its luxuriant, Bridgerton-esque video. Now she’s back with news of a mixtape called Fancy That — it’s the release she’s been teasing for May 9 — and another banger from the tracklist.
Neil Young and Fiona Apple come from different generations, but they’re both part of a long and important lineage — artists who make big hits early in their career and who then spend the rest of their lives as major-label iconoclasts who get to do whatever they want. It’s not surprising that Apple would be a Young fan. It is a little surprising, however, that Apple has never covered Neil Young until this very moment. Granted, that’s not entirely true. In 2017, Apple took part in an all-star grand-finale version of “Rockin’ In The Free World” at Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival. As far as I can tell, though, that was the only time she’s done it. So it’s cool to hear what Apple does when she gets into the studio and takes on Young’s 1972 classic “Heart Of Gold,” his only #1 hit.
Jeff Goldblum And The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra release Still Blooming tomorrow (Apr. 25). So far he’s shared “The Best Is Yet To Come” with Scarlett Johansson, “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye,” and “Blue Minor,” and now he’s offering one final taste with his cover of the 1931 song “I Don’t Know Why (I Just Do)” with Ariana Grande.
It’s been four years since the last Lorde summer, although the artist born Ella Yelich-O’Connor hasn’t been totally quiet since her Jack Antonoff-produced “weed album” Solar Power. She sang in te reo Māori on both a Solar Power companion EP and a Marlon Williams album; she covered Talking Heads, MUNA, Bananarama, the Strokes, Rosalía, and Britney Spears; and she broke the internet by joining Charli XCX on a remix of “Girl, so confusing.” Anticipation for LP4 has been growing since the New Zealand pop star previewed new music at a UK festival two years ago and now we finally have our first taste.
Last year, Fine Glindvad Jensen released her debut full-length Rocky Top Ballads under the moniker Fine. The Copenhagen-based songwriter and producer is back today with “I Could,” her first new material since then.
It’s been five years since Buscabulla’s debut full-length Regresa. Since then, they guested on Bad Bunny’s “Andrea” from his massive 2022 album Un Verano Sin Ti. Today, the Puerto Rican indie duo is announcing their sophomore album Se Amaba Así. The new single “El Camino” is out now.
Last month, Neil Husvar of ’90s Scranton hardcore group Option tragically passed away at the age of 52. Next month, a bunch of Northeast Pennsylvania hardcore bands are getting together for a benefit show to raise money for his final expenses as well as suicide prevention and support resources.
On Friday (Apr. 18) Kneecap performed at Coachella and received help from leftist social media personality Hasan Piker in broadcasting pro-Palestine messages on stage and on livestreams to bring awareness to the ongoing Israeli genocide. The Northern Irish rap trio is facing backlash from many people, including Sharon Osbourne and Fox News.
Earlier this month, Lorde teased new music with a snippet on TikTok, and later revealed a song titled “What Was That” is arriving on Apr. 25. Tonight she was probably going to debut it live at a surprise show in New York’s Washington Square Park, but the event was canceled minutes before it was supposed to start.
