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This fall, The Big Climate Thing: Concert For People And the Planet will take place at Forest Hills Stadium in New York City on September 16, 17, and 18. The event is organized by Climate Control Projects, and will feature performances by Khruangbin, Haim, The Roots, Sheryl Crow, The Flaming Lips and Gary Clark Jr., Courtney Barnet, Princess Nok...

The second installment of Randall Poster’s five-volume, 242-song, birdsong-inspired compilation For The Birds is upon us. Arriving a month after Vol. 1, which featured such talents as Beach House, Beck, Nick Cave, and Karen O, today’s offering includes new music from artists such as Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costello, Dan Deacon, El...

FORMAT is a new festival that will take place this fall in Bentonville, Arkansas, which is located in the Ozarks. The inaugural lineup features Beach House, the War On Drugs, Nile Rodgers and Chic, Herbie Hancock, the Flaming Lips, Phoenix, Khruangbin, Rüfüs Du Sol, Thundercat, Fatboy Slim, Moses Sumney, Robert Glasper, Jamila Woods, Digable P...

Frustrated with the public perception of Yoko Ono and her artistic legacy, Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard took it upon himself to put together the new tribute album Ocean Child: Songs Of Yoko Ono. The LP features contributions from heavy hitters like Yo La Tengo, Sharon Van Etten, the Flaming Lips, the Magnetic Fields’ Ste...