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Jazz pianist Dan Tepfer is known for forging deep musical relationships. The 2018 album Decade featured highly attuned duets between the 37-year-old and legendary 91-year-old alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, his collaborator for 10 years. Tepfer’s new album features a similar kind of intense communication — the only difference is that …

Questlove joined Maggie Rogers to perform her track “Say It” on The Tonight Show. The song comes off the singer’s major label debut, Heard It In a Past Life, which dropped in January, and took on a particularly emotive tone in the live setting. In the clip, Rogers and her three …

Better Oblivion Community Center, the indie rock duo comprised of Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers, have dropped a new single, “Little Trouble,” with “Sleepwalkin’” as a b-side. On “Little Trouble,” the pair harmonize seething lyrics over punchy drums: “Well, tell me, baby, what’s your biggest conceit?/Is it that you did …

For the past three years, Lil Dicky has quietly been creating one of the biggest all-star charity records since “We Are The World” and he’s finally ready to share it. “Earth,” a song about the desperate need to save the environment before it’s too late, was produced by Benny Blanco …

Frank Ocean‘s contempt for the music industry is Shakespearian in its scale and complexity. The singer’s infrequent interviews are often mystifying, so brief and controlled that they’re often meaningless, but his weathered hatred for the music business is a comforting constant. In Gayletter’s latest cover story, Frank explained the abstract …

British electronic jazz group the Cinematic Orchestra have announced a rare tour of North America, their first trek on this side of the Atlantic in over a decade. The 23-date jaunt opens October 27th in Houston, Texas and wraps a month later at Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall on …

2 Chainz, Lil Wayne and E-40 surround themselves with a strange cast of characters in the bonkers new video for their track, “2 Dollar Bill.” The clip boasts a parade of increasingly surreal images, starting with a scene in a wacked-out old folks home where a ventriloquist dummy chatters away, …

Philadelphia rapper Tierra Whack first introduced us to her surrealist style and pocket-sized jams with last year’s visual album, Whack World, consisting solely of minute-long songs and videos. This year, she’s released a string of individual tracks, and her latest, “Unemployed,” comes with its own clip. At nearly three minutes …

Diplo will host his two-day festival, Diplo Presents The Super Mega Ultra Giant Mad Decent Block Party Festival, July 20th and 21st at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. The brand new festival will feature performances by Billie Eilish, Major Lazer, G-Eazy, Miguel, Pusha T, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie …

Palehound’s Ellen Kempner has spent the past four years building up one of the most distinct styles in indie rock. Her songs often present a low-key front, but there’s a lot going on underneath her dreamy guitar parts and soft-edged vocals. Listen closely to “Cinnamon,” from 2015’s Dry Food, or …