Rina Sawayama

Always first out of the gate with end-of-year lists, Rough Trade has just announced their 2020 Albums of the Year list...

Plus: Devastation On The Nation (Rotting Christ, more), Black N' Blue Bowl, Jorma Kaukonen, and more tour news.

”If arts awards are creating their own sort of version of border control around their eligibility, I think that's really problematic,” the British pop artist said in a new interview, where she revealed that she's not eligible to submit her debut LP to be considered for the Me…

Listen to new songs by Year of the Knife, Jadasea/King Krule, Sun Kil Moon/Petra Haden, Devendra Banhart, Rina Sawayama (Lady Gaga cover), Orville Peck (Bronski Beat cover), and more...

Pussy Riot, Rina Sawayama, Aluna, Diplo, Madame Gandhi, Sofi Tukker and more are also set to perform.

Primavera Sound ended up canceling its 2020 edition (after first postponing it). They have not waiting long, however, to announce their 2021 edition, with a lineup that features a mix of 2020 hold-overs and new additions.

plus: Robyn Hitchcock doing an all Syd Barrett set, Grateful Dead, The Tallest Man on Earth with Courtney Marie Andrews, Nathaniel Rateliff, Alice Glass, Stella Donnelly, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

While we wait for The 1975's highly anticipated new album Notes on a Conditional Form, artists including Phoebe Bridgers, beabadoobee, Rina Sawayama, Pale Waves, Clairo, Cavetown, and Gracie Adams, did a special virtual tribute to the band.

Rina Sawayama, Heather Baron-Gracie of Pale Waves, and more will also cover The 1975 for the livestream special.

Listen to new songs from Norah Jones, Pottery, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Bing and Ruth, Tim Burgess (The Charlatans), Nicole Atkins, Mavi, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Amber Mark, and more.