The Smile have a bunch of European tour dates this summer in support of January’s Wall Of Eyes, but Thom Yorke has an intriguing new venture lined up after that. On the heels of his recently released soundtrack for the Italian drama Confidenza, Yorke has announced a run of solo shows across New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, and Japan this fall. He’ll...

Avril Lavigne brought her Greatest Hits tour to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night, and that’s not all she brought. Deryck Whibley, Lavigne’s ex-husband, was on hand to perform “In Too Deep” from his band Sum 41. Lavigne seemed stoked to have him there, which is nice. Love to see the magnanimity. Watch the full performance, including...

Jane Penny of TOPS released her debut solo album Surfacing back in April, and she’s already rolling out new material in her live sets. Saturday night at Joe’s Pub in NYC, Penny performed two new songs. They kept up the retro post-chillwave pop vibes we’ve come to expect from Penny’s catalog, and I’m looking forward to hearing the studio versions, when...

Charli XCX’s Boiler Room set back in March featured an A. G. Cook edit of “Everything Is Romantic,” a new song from the suddenly imminent new album Brat. Saturday at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, Charli gave the standard version of the track its live debut. “This is a new song from my new album,” Charli announced from the stage. “The best album of the...

Major League Soccer’s Nashville SC (that’s Soccer Club for short) kicked off Pride Month last night with a performance from local celebrity Julien Baker. As part of the festivities, the boygenius member delivered the ball to the field, retrieving it from a box she carried and placing it upon a pedestal. Baker then proceeded to show off her mad guitar...

When Steve Albini died last month, PJ Harvey, who recorded her 1993 classic Rid Of Me with Albini, contributed to a Guardian feature memorializing the legendary studio engineer. She also tweeted this message: