On Friday, James Blake held a 12-hour event full of DJ sets and performances, taking place at New York’s Knockdown Center from 5PM-5AM. On Wednesday and Thursday, the British singer and producer performed piano shows with covers of Frank Ocean, Joni Mitchell, Feist, and more. Today, he unleashed a surprise EP titled CMYK 002.

On Thursday, Vampire Weekend kicked off their North American tour in Houston. The band — who released its latest album Only God Was Above Us earlier this year — closed the show with attempted covers of Phoenix’s “1901” and Oasis’ “Wonderwall” as well as Crowded House’s “Don’t ...

Gnarled noise-rock legends the Jesus Lizard returned to the road for a few years in the late 2010s, but they hadn’t released any new music since 1998’s Blue until Wednesday. That’s when the band announced Rack, their first album in 26 years, and shared its opening track “Hide & Seek.” Th...

Last year, Canadian folk icon Gordon Lightfoot passed away at 84, and he was honored with a tribute concert at Massey Hall in Toronto on Thursday night. Performers for the show included Burton Cummings, Tom Cochrane, Allison Russell, City And Color, and Gordon’s daughter Meredith Moon. And, as Rolling Stone points out, Rush’s...

On Monday, one of Drake’s security guards was shot several times in a drive-by shooting outside the rapper’s Toronto mansion. According to CP24, a man was taken into custody after trying to access that Bridle Path property on Wednesday; on Thursday, another intruder attempted to enter and was taken to the hospital following an altercation wi...