Post Malone is the latest musical artist to visit Sesame Street. The rapper-turnt-country singer and comedian Michelle Buteau will appear in Storm On Sesame Street, a new special premiering this Monday, Aug. 3 on Netflix and PBS Kids, Billboard reports. The special reportedly follows Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and their neighbors as they prepare for a major storm and clean up in its aftermath.

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“They Have Names,” the new song from the Washington, DC hardcore/screamo band NØ MAN, is extremely heavy in all sorts of way. The heaviest part of the song, spiritually if not musically, is the end. The song itself is a fast, furious rager that bandleader Maha Shami, the daughter of Palestinian refugees, delivers with overwhelming passion and conviction: “Deny our death! Doubt our count! Three hundred thirty-five bullets, six bodies found!” As the song winds down from its thunderous conclusion, we hear recordings of loved ones saying the names of people who were murdered in Israel’s ongoing campaign of genocide. I get so sad and so angry when I hear it.

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Late last year, Chicago’s V.V. Lightbody shared a very pretty song called “Best Problem” with strings from Macie Stewart. Now, the singer-songwriter is announcing her new album Period Piece to follow 2020’s Make A Shrine Or Burn It, and it’s her first with herself as the lead producer. The exquisite second single, “Practice Smiling,” is out now.

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Last month, we very much liked “Man The Door,” the debut single from Curbside Lambsear, the band made up of members of caroline and the Umlauts. Now, the intriguing duo is announcing their debut EP, Put Rings On All My Fingers To Weigh Down My Hands. The new single, “No Ordinary Word,” is another entrancing, promising beaut.

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Ariana Grande’s new album petal comes out this Friday, and so far the pop star has only shared the lead single “hate that i made you love me.” She’s currently on her first tour in six and a half years, mostly promoting 2024’s eternal sunshine. But last night (July 28) in Montreal she used the opportunity to sing the yet-to-be-released title track from the forthcoming LP.

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The onstage seduction routine has been a part of Usher’s live show for a very long time. He basically does a variation on Janet Jackson’s old “miscellaneous uncs shoot poison” routine. Usher tells the crowd that he needs one sexy lady to share the stage with him, and then that one sexy lady comes up and grinds on him while he sings to her. Usher is good at that kind of thing, but it can lead to some extremely funny awkwardness if the one sexy lady isn’t into it. That’s what happened last weekend in Nashville.

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In March, Afroman won the defamation case over his viral music videos mocking the Ohio cops who raided his home under suspicion of drugs and kidnapping and found nothing. Now, he’s suing them.

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My Morning Jacket’s Jim James will soon be gracing us with his first solo album in eight years. The good Mr. Olliges announced Wowed Out in June and shared its pounding, soulful, psychedelic hymn “Come Again.” Today he’s back with the title track, which keeps the shimmering keyboard sounds and utopian language flowing.

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Judy is the duo of Diners’ Blue Broderick and Agriculture’s Leah Levinson. They linked up in December as a songwriting and recording exercise, cooking up two EPs in five days. The first, Songs OF Mutt And Hate, dropped in April. The second, Death Of A Ladies’ Mutt (you get it) is out next week, and its lead single “Denim Girls” is available to stream now.

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In a month from today, Natacha Simões releases her debut Maripool album Rotten Luck. The Lisbon-born, London-based singer-songwriter unveiled the compelling lead single “Crossing” last month, and now she’s back with a dark, cathartic anthem called “Favourite.”

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