Van Dyke Parks
12 great Pee-wee Herman musical moments
From Rob Zombie and Twisted Sister to Danny Elfman and Mark Mothersbaugh, plus Grace Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Au Revoir Simone and more musicians in Paul Reubens/Pee-wee Herman’s orbit.
39 New Songs Out Today
Listen to new songs by Latto/Cardi B, Rufus Wainwright (ft ANOHNI, David Byrne, more), Bloc Party & KennyHoopla, Noel Gallagher (Pet Shop Boys remix), Burna Boy, Weird Nightmare (Ramones cover) & more…
Lenny Kaye hosting all-star 'Nuggets' 50th anniversary concert
Members of The Seeds, The Chocolate Watchband, Love, R.E.M., The Cars & more are all playing this 50th anniversary tribute to Kaye’s classic psych comp ‘Nuggets‘
Rufus Wainwright taps David Byrne, ANOHNI & more for 'Folkocracy', shares Brandi Carlile collab
Rufus also has extensive touring ahead this year, including a residency at NYC’s Cafe Carlyle where he’ll pay tribute to Kurt Weill.
Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks prep expanded 'Orange Crate Art' reissue, share new video
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.”
stream Nick Cave's "Cosmic Dancer" from Hal Willner-produced T. Rex tribute album
The album also features covers by Joan Jett, Devendra Banhart, Lucinda Williams, Father John Misty, Peaches, Beth Orton, King Khan, U2 (ft. Elton John), David Johansen, and more.
32 videos of Hal Willner’s ’80s series ‘Night Music’ that display his gift for weird, amazing collaborations
We lost Hal Willner yesterday. He was a gifted producer whose greatest skill may have been his ability to bring together disparate talents that you might not think would fit together but turned out to be truly inspired. One of the places where you can really see that in action was Night Music, a musical offshoot of Saturday Night Live that lasted two weird wonderful seasons…
read tributes to Hal Willner from Sonic Youth, Michael Stipe, Julia Louis Dreyfus, John Mulaney, more
Hal Wilner was a true forward thinker, a champion of the strange and a brilliant producer with a knack for unusual musical combinations and collaborations. Tributes have been pouring in since news of his death from coronavirus compilcations hit earlier today…
19 New Songs Out Today
Listen to new songs by Vegyn/JPEGMAFIA, Foals, Screaming Females, Young Guv, Juliana Hatfield (Police cover), Roger Harvey (Kacey Musgraves cover), Dawn Ray’d, Macseal, and more.
lost Harry Nilsson album being released in November (stream 2 tracks)
It’s the first album of new Nilsson songs in nearly 40 years and features contributions from Van Dyke Parks, Jimmy Webb, and more.