Brian Wilson

Eddie Van Halen‘s influence loomed large and when the sad news of his death spread earlier this afternoon, tributes poured in from all corners of music…

Robin Pecknold revealed the news in a lengthy statement about their new album ‘Shore,’ which also reveals that the album samples Brian Wilson and features members of Grizzly Bear, The Walkmen, Kevin Morby & more…

The reissue will be the first-ever vinyl pressing of the 1995 album. Watch a new video for their cover of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World.”

You can also read tributes to Little Richard from Ringo Starr, Chuck D, Yoko Ono, Chance the Rapper, Krist Novoselic, Gene Simmons, The Kinks’ Dave Davies, Billy Bragg, Margo Price, Lloyd Cole, Frank Turner, and more.

Today’s picks for live videos to watch while you’re home and every show is cancelled include Brian Wilson’s 2004 ‘Smile’ concert film, Cocteau Twins on the Heaven or Las Vegas tour, Jets To Brazil in 1999, Rilo Kiley in 2002, and more.

Bill Withers’ music has touched just about everyone, so it’s no surprise that there’s been an outpouring of tributes since the world learned he died this morning. You can read tributes from Raekwon, Kacey Musgraves, Sturgill Simpson, Lin Manuel Miranda, Yo La Tengo, Billy Dee Williams, and more.

Plus: Thao Nguyen, Christine and the Queens, The Met, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

The 2020 lineup of TFF also includes documentaries on Ronnie Wood, DMX, Serj Tankian, Banksy, Ricky Powell, Pharrell, Yung Lean, Harry Belafonte, plus the NYC premiere of Pete Davidson’s The King of Staten Island and more.

Carrying on the tradition the late Gregg Allman started, the Laid Back Festival is a celebration of music and food, happening at two NYC-area amphitheaters in August.

”This organization supports trophy hunting, which Both Al and I are emphatically opposed to,” Brian Wilson said of the Safari Club International Convention, which Mike Love’s Beach Boys are set to headline.