Kanye West Gives Emotional Performance of “Only One” on "The Jonathan Ross Show"

Kanye West swung by Britain's "The Jonathan Ross Show" to do another performance of "Only One" inside a modern lightbox similar to the one he recently used for his SNL40 performance. This time, he gave an emotional shout out to his daughter at the end, adding: “Nori’s my daughter’s name... I have her name right here on my chest” after collapsing onto the floor. Watch the performance below via Stereogum .

West also recently performed the song with slightly different staging on the Swedish TV show "Skavlan". Watch it here.

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Clark Announces New EP Flame Rave, Shares "Silver Sun"

Chris Clark, aka Clark, has announced a new EP called Flame Rave, the followup to last year's eponymous release, Clark . The new LP is due out March 26 via Warp. Listen to the new track "Silver Sun" above.

In addition to the album announcement, Clark has also announced a North American tour that starts in March, including a stop at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival. Check out dates below.

Flame Rave

01 Silver Sun

02 To Live And Die In Grantham

03 Springtime Linn

04 Unfurla Cremated

Clark

03-27 Knoxville, TN - Big Ears Festival *

03-28 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder *

03-29 Miami, FL - Bardot Miami *

03-31 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West *

04-02 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall *

04-04 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *

04-06 Philadelphia, PA - Johhny Brendas *

04-07 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall

04-08 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Mile End *

04-09 Toronto, Ontario - Coda *

04-10 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *

04-13 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater *

04-15 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's *

04-16 Dallas, TX - Club Dada *

04-17 Austin, TX - Red 7 *

04-21 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom *

04-22 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre *

04-23 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *

04-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Electric Owl *

04-25 Seattle, WA - Neumos *

04-26 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *

05-25 Detroit, MI - Movement Electronic Festival

07-19 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival

* with Nosaj Thing

Listen to Clark's "Unfurla":

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Ride's Andy Bell and Mark Gardner Play First Show in 20 Years

Photo by Emilie Bailey

Ride frontmen Andy Bell and Mark Gardner recently performed several of Ride's greatest hits in advance of the band's reunion tour, which kicks off with Coachella. They did acoustic versions of "Vapour Trail", "Polar Bear", "Chrome Waves", "Chelsea Girl", "Drive Blind", and more. Watch video of the performance below, via Brooklyn Vegan .

Read our 5-10-15-20 with Ride's Andy Bell.

Check out the band's forthcoming tour dates here.

"Polar Bear":

"In A Different Place":

"Like A Daydream":

"Twisterella":

"Tongue Tied":

"Chrome Waves":

"From Time To Time":

"Only Now":

"Paralysed":

"Dreams Burn Down":

"Taste":

"Vapour Trail":

"Drive Blind":

"Chelsea Girl":

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Raekwon Sets Fly International Luxurious Art LP Release Date

Surfer Blood Announce New Album 1000 Palms, Share "The Grand Inquisitor"

Surfer Blood have signed to Joyful Noise to release the followup to 2013's Pythons , which is called 1000 Palms. The album is out May 12. Hear the first track, "The Grand Inquisitor", below.

"The Grand Inquisitor" was quietly released to Joyful Noise VIP Members on 541 "Lathe-Cut CDs”, which double as 5" records that will play both on a turntable and a computer. (Find an instructional video on how to play it here.)

Find more info about Joyful Noise's VIP Membership here. Surfer Blood's track was their "mystery single" for February, and is not available for sale.

Read our 2013 interview with Surfer Blood.

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Drake Brings Out Kanye, Covers "Only One" and "FourFiveSeconds"

Drake brought out Kanye West as a surprise guest during the Sprite NBA All-Star Weekend concert in Irving Plaza tonight, Complex reports. (Nas was also a headliner.) Together, the two covered Chief Keef's "I Don't Like". Drake also covered Kanye's recent singles "Only One" and "FourFiveSeconds", which you can watch video of below.

Drake also brought out iLoveMakonnen and performed a bunch of songs from his recent surprise mixtape, If You're Reading This It's Too Late .

Check out select Instagram video below, via Elliott Wilson.

Drake covering "Only One":

A video posted by @elliottwilson onFeb 13, 2015 at 8:03pm PST

A video posted by @elliottwilson onFeb 13, 2015 at 8:04pm PST

Drake covering "FourFiveSeconds":

A video posted by @elliottwilson onFeb 13, 2015 at 8:05pm PST

Kanye and Drake doing "I Don't Like":

KANYE & DRAKE

A video posted by VNK (@vnnetsrak) onFeb 13, 2015 at 8:00pm PST

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Interpol, The Replacements, Death Cab for Cutie, Run The Jewels, Patti Smith, More to Play Nos Primavera Sound

The 2015 edition of Nos Primavera Sound takes place from June 4-6 in Porto, Portugal. Today, the festival announced its lineup, which features Interpol, The Replacements, Run The Jewels, FKA Twigs, Belle & Sebastian, Death Cab for Cutie, Caribou, Mac DeMarco, Ariel Pink, Sun Kil Moon, Patti Smith performing Horses, and others.

Spiritualized, Babes in Toyland, Dan Deacon, Foxygen, Pallbearer, Health, Jose Gonzalez, Pharmakon, The Thurston Moore Band, The Juan Maclean, Antony and the Johnsons, and others will also perform. Check out more details in the poster above.

Read our festival coverage of last year's Nos Primavera Sound.

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Interpol, The Replacements, Death Cab for Cutie, Run The Jewels, Patti Smith, More to Headline Nos Primavera Sound

The 2015 edition of Nos Primavera Sound takes place from June 4-6 in Porto, Portugal. Today, the festival announced its lineup, which features Interpol, The Replacements, Run The Jewels, FKA Twigs, Belle & Sebastian, Death Cab for Cutie, Caribou, Mac DeMarco, Ariel Pink, Sun Kil Moon, Patti Smith performing Horses, and others.

Spiritualized, Babes in Toyland, Dan Deacon, Foxygen, Pallbearer, Health, Jose Gonzalez, Pharmakon, The Thurston Moore Band, The Juan Maclean, Antony and the Johnsons, and others will also perform. Check out more details in the poster above.

Read our festival coverage of last year's Nos Primavera Sound.

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Justin Timberlake, Arcade Fire, Jack White, Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Many Others To Appear on "SNL" 40th Anniversary Special

"Saturday Night Live" will celebrate its 40th Anniversary with a special that will air this Sunday, February 15 at 8 PM on NBC. In addition to an insane cast of SNL veterans, actors, and comedians, Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Arcade Fire, Fiona Apple, Jack White, Taylor Swift, and many others will make appearances in the three hour program, E! reports. Check out the guest list and watch a brief promo below.

SNL 40th Anniversary Special roster:

50 Cent

Adam Sandler

Aidy Bryant

Al Franken

Alec Baldwin

Amy Poehler

Andy Samberg

Arcade Fire

Backstreet Boys

Beck Bennett

Betty White

Bill Hader

Bill Murray

Billy Crystal

Bobby Moynihan

Bradley Cooper

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Cecily Strong

Charlie Day

Cheri Oteri

Chevy Chase

Chris Kattan

Chris Parnell

Chris Rock

Christopher Walken

Colin Jost

Colin Quinn

Dakota Johnson

Dan Aykroyd

Dana Carvey

Darrell Hammond

David Spade

Deborah Harry

Derek Jeter

Eddie Murphy

Edward Norton

Ellen Cleghorne

Elliott Gould

Elvis Costello

Emma Stone

Fiona Apple

Fred Armisen

Garrett Morris

George Lucas

Gilbert Gottfried

Glenn Close

Horatio Sanz

J.K. Simmons

Jack Nicholson

Jack White

James Franco

Jane Curtin

Jason Sudeikis

Jay Pharaoh

Jerry Seinfeld

Jim Carrey

Jimmy Fallon

Joe Piscopo

John Goodman

Johnny Knoxville

Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Lovitz

Julia Sweeney

Justin Timberlake

Kanye West

Kate McKinnon

Keith Richards

Kenan Thompson

Kerry Washington

Kevin Nealon

Kristen Wiig

Kyle Mooney

Laraine Newman

Larry David

Leslie Jones

Louis C.K.

Ludacris

Martin Short

Maya Rudolph

Melissa McCarthy

Michael Che

Michael Douglas

Mike Myers

Miley Cyrus

Molly Shannon

Norm Macdonald

Paul McCartney

Paul Rudd

Paul Simon

Pete Davidson

Peyton Manning

Rachel Dratch

Rob Schneider

Robert De Niro

Rudy Guiliani

Sarah Palin

Sarah Silverman

Sasheer Zamata

Sean Hayes

Seth Meyers

Sigourney Weaver

Steve Martin

Steven Spielberg

Taran Killam

Taylor Swift

Tim Meadows

Tina Fey

Tom Hanks

Vanessa Bayer

Victoria Jackson

Will Ferrell

Will Forte

Zach Galifianakis

Promo:

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Visage Singer Steve Strange Has Died

Visage frontman Steve Strange died today following a heart attack in Egypt, BBC News reports. He was 55 years old.

Strange was born Steve Harrington on May 28, 1959. He co-founded the Blitz Club in London’s Soho district in 1979-- a venue that would pioneer the U.K.'s New Romantic movement in the 1980s, giving the likes of Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, and Boy George’s Culture Club a place to perform en route to mainstream success.

Later, he formed the pop band Visage with with Rusty Egan, Midge Ure, Barry Adamson, John McGeoch, and Dave Formula. They released their first single, "Tar", in 1979, before debuting their breakout hit, "Fade To Grey", as part of their eponymous debut album in 1980.

Strange starred in the video for David Bowie's "Ashes To Ashes" in 1980. Watch that video, and listen to some of Visage's other hits, below.

"Fade To Grey":

See Strange in Bowie's "Ashes To Ashes":

Listen to "Tar":

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Kanye West Performs at First Annual Roc City Classic

Kanye West is currently performing at the first annual Roc City Classic in New York City, which also features Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder. The performance is being live streamed at Jay Z's Life + Times website right now. Watch it below.

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Hundred Waters Share Sci-Fi Animated Video For "Innocent", Plus Illangelo Remix

Hundred Waters have shared a new video and remix for "Innocent", from last year's The Moon Rang Like A Bell . The video features Pixar-like animation of an alien creature moving through a spaceship after a disaster-- and slowly uncovering what happened. It was directed by Jeremy Chaplin. Watch below.

Listen to an Illangelo remix of the song, above.

Watch Hundred Waters do "XTalk" at the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival:

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Online Hosting Service Rapidshare Closing

Bad news for those who still use the hosting website Rapidshare to store and download new music (hopefully, not illegally): you'll need to find another place to go. After thirteen years of business, the Swiss hosting service - once regarded as a titan in the file-swapping world along with rivals like Megavideo and Megaupload - will finally go offline this spring, following an extensive period of decline at the site, BBC reports. All accounts will be deleted on March 31, so if you've got data on Rapidshare, make sure to back it up now. We've reached the end of an era.

Since its inception in 2002, Rapidshare has recieved constant pressure from federal and international authorities seeking compensation for files illegally uploaded and shared on the site. There was a victory; according to BBC, a German court gave the site the go-ahead three years ago, when it ruled that Rapidshare was not responsible for managing the files uploaded and shared by its users. Nevertheless, continued lawsuits and decreasing usage forced the site to adopt a series of measures, such as requiring users to pay a usage fee and removing free downloads altogether. In 2013, the company fired 45 of its 60 employees.

Here's the notice Rapidshare currently has posted on its homepage:

Notice

Dear RapidShare Customers

Kindly note that RapidShare will stop the active service on March 31st, 2015. Extensions of STANDARD PLUS and PREMIUM will be possible until February 28th, 2015.

We strongly recommend all customers to secure their data. After March 31st, 2015 all accounts will no longer be accessible and will be deleted automatically.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send us an e-mail to support@rapidshare.com

Thank you for many years of trust.

Your RapidShare Team

For more on the world of music and file-sharing, check out Eric Harvey's history of Digital Album Leaks.

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Superchunk's Mac McCaughan Announces New Solo Album Non-Believers, Tour

Superchunk's Mac McCaughan has announced a new debut solo album called Non-Believers, which is out April 7 via Merge. According to a press release, the record is about “the irony that comes with being 16 and having a car but not knowing where to go in it, or having a keyboard or a guitar and not knowing how to play it.” A limited-edition, hand-numbered 7-inch of “Box Batteries”/“Whatever Light” will be available prior to the album's release.

McCaughan has also announced some solo tour dates across the U.S., including a stop at SXSW. Check out the dates and the album trailer below.

Mac McCaughan:

03-18-22 Austin, TX - South by Southwest

04-17-19 Winston-Salem, NC - Phuzz Phest

05-07 Washington, DC - Black Cat

05-08 Richmond, VA - Strange Matter

05-09 Wilmington, NC - Bourgie Nights

05-15 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts

05-16 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right

05-21 Atlanta, GA - 529 Bar

05-22 Asheville, NC - The Mothlight

05-23 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle

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Miguel's New Album Tentatively Called Wild Heart

Photo by Erez Avissar

RCA Executive Mark Pitts recently sat for an interview with Billboard in which the ByStorm Entertainment CEO revealed some details about Miguel's forthcoming album, which he says is "90 percent done".

The followup to 2012's Kaleidoscope Dream is tentatively called Wild Heart, and it will likely come out in the second quarter. Said Pitts:

He's more confident, and it's going to show in the music, his look and in the videos. Miguel is ready to push the button. His first album was about trials and tribulations. The second was OK, we're here; I wasn't bugging. And now it's here we go. He wants people to understand who he is. He's tired of people asking who are you, what's that, do you like girls?" He tells me, "I want everyone to know I am wild, funny, edgy and love women. I need this album to connect."

Miguel was recently spotted posing with Jai Paul on Instagram, and at the end of last year, he released a surprise three-song EP featuring the songs "Nwa" [ft. Kurupt], "Hollywooddreams", "Coffee". Listen to them here.

Watch Miguel play "Adorn" at a Warm Up event at MoMA PS1:

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Morrissey Rants About Brit Awards: "The Elite Decide What It Is That The People Want"

Morrissey has posted a rant about the Brit Awards on true-to-you.net, in which he calls the annual award ceremony "bogus" and suggests that the awards "are unfairly given to singers who, it is hoped, might be encouraged enough by the award to actually write a good song". He also claims that "just as the Mercury Prize lands like a voodoo doll in the hands of the unlucky recipient....a Brit Award generally goes to a lot of shriveled young souls who have not earned it."

He wrote:

The object of the Brit Awards is to create the impression of national consensus as they award pop artists of untested stature or value with bogus awards that, it is slyly implied, have been dictated by you, the objective listener. The Brit Awards do not ask the public who they would like to see receive awards - for that would be to risk too much, yet the fierce insistence is that artists are rewarded for their prominence in the previous twelve months because, after all, "it's what everybody wants." Thus, for 2015, we have MacDonna, who had a quiet 2014 (but who is quite usefully about to release her new album!), yet here she is again promoting her frightening career on the Brit Awards even though her music has not ever said anything at all about British life.

Before adding:

....it really is your own fault if you believe that this Awards show has any connection to anything other than the junk propaganda of the strongest labels gathering to share out awards for their own artists whom they plan to heavily promote in 2015. At its most honest, the Brit Awards are unfairly given to singers who, it is hoped, might be encouraged enough by the award to actually write a good song.

And continuing:

In the guise of serving the public, the Brit Awards have hi-jacked modern music in order to kill off the heritage that produced so many interesting people, to such a degree that we could not imagine anyone who has ever truly affected the course of British music to be on stage at the 02 collecting a deserved award. The maximum trimmings divert your attention from the fact that Taylor Swift has nothing to do with Coventry or Wrexham. To pull off rank fraud in tellyland is not a difficult undertaking, especially if you have the entire population of Peru dancing around you as you mime your song. With solemn cathedral hush, we are asked to watch and to believe, and not to question our empty satisfaction, and certainly, with this year's line-up, the likelihood is that the audience at the London 02 will pay to get OUT. The larger truth may be that any singer or band of any dignity would not join the fantasy pudgery of the Brit Awards.

Read the entire thing here.

Listen to Morrissey's "Everyday Is Like Sunday":

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Kanye West to Live Stream Roc City Classic Show Featuring Kevin Durant

Kanye West will perform at the first annual Roc City Classic, which takes place this Thursday in New York City and features Oklahoma City Thunder basketball star Kevin Durant. Now, it's been announced that Kanye's performance will be live streamed at Jay Z's Life + Times website. The stream will begin at 8 p.m. EST. You can watch a short teaser below.

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Ty Segall Announces Solo Acoustic Tour

Ty Segall has announced plans for a short solo acoustic tour, following a set at Burgerama fest in Santa Ana. Check out the full itinerary below. Ty Segall's latest release is the Mr. Face EP and Live in San Francisco .

Read a recent Update with Ty Segall here.

Ty Segall:

03-28-29 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory (Burgerama 2015) (not acoustic)

04-21 Los Angeles, CA - The Satellite #^

06-24 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right *

06-25 Brooklyn, NY - The Bellhouse *

06-26 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge (early show)

06-26 Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade (late show)

06-27 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle

# with Cory Hanson (of Wand)

^ with Emmett Kelly (of The Cairo Gang)

* with Christian Peslak

Watch Segall do "Wave Goodbye" at Pitchfork Music Festival:

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Kanye West Launches Mysterious Website

Kanye West recently announced he'll be partnering with Adidas for a new project after cutting his ties with Nike. Now, he's shared a link to a new website called "Yeezy.Supply" on Twitter, and while it's unclear whether this is connected to the Adidas launch, the name suggests it might have something to do with retail.

The website features an abstract video of what looks like a parking garage floor with some kind of countdown scrawled across the middle. Check it out here.

Watch the video for Kanye's recent collaboration with Paul McCartney and Rihanna, "FourFiveSeconds":

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Swervedriver Share "Autodidact", Expand Tour

Swervedriver have shared a new track from their forthcoming record I Wasn't Born to Lose You , which comes out March 3 via Cobraside. It's called "Autodidact", and you can listen to it above. (Previously, they shared a song called "Setting Sun", which you can listen to here.)

The band has also announced an expansion of their previously-announced North American tour dates, which you can check out below.

Swervedriver:

03-01 Costa Mesa, CA - Maison *

03-03 Las Vegas, NV - Bunkhouse Saloon *

03-04 San Diego, CA - Casbah*

03-05 Los Angeles, CA - Roxy Theatre*

03-06 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall*

03-08 Seattle, WA - Neumo's Crystal Ball*

03-09 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge*

03-12 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club*

03-13 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon*

03-14 Chicago, IL - TBA*

03-15 Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme*

03-16 Cincinnati, OH - The Woodward Theater*

03-17 St. Louis, MO - The Duck Room @ Blueberry*

03-19 Dallas, TX - Club Dada*

03-20-21 Austin, TX - SXSW

03-23 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West*

03-24 Durham, NC - Motorco*

03-25 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel*

03-27 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg*

03-28 Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair*

03-29 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer*

03-30 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge*

* with Gateway Drugs

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Tori Amos Reissues Little Earthquakes and Under The Pink With Bonus Tracks

Tori Amos will re-release her debut and sophomore albums-- 1992's Little Earthquakes and 1994's Under The Pink -- on April 14 via Rhino. The 2-CD deluxe editions will feature live tracks, B-sides, covers, and other rarities, including a cover of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit". It's also the first time 180-gram vinyl of the original albums will be released in the United States. Check out the tracklists below. Also below, listen to the rarity "Take To The Sky":

Little Earthquakes:

Disc 1

01 Crucify

02 Girl

03 Silent All These Years

04 Precious Things

05 Winter

06 Happy Phantom

07 China

08 Leather

09 Mother

10 Tear In Your Hand

11 Me And A Gun

12 Little Earthquakes

Disc 2

13 Upside Down (from "Silent All These Years")

14 Thoughts (from "Silent All These Years")

15 Ode To The Banana King (Part One) (from "Silent All These Years")

16 Song For Eric (from "Silent All These Years")

17 The Pool (from "Winter")

18 Take To The Sky (from "Winter")

19 Sweet Dreams (from "Winter")

20 Mary (from "Crucify")

21 Sugar (from "China")

22 Flying Dutchman (from "China")

23 Humpty Dumpty (from "China")

24 Smells Like Teen Spirit (from "Winter")

25 Little Earthquakes (live in Cambridge - April 5, 1992)

26 Crucify (live in Cambridge - April 5, 1992)

27 Precious Things (live in Cambridge - April 5, 1992)

28 Mother (live in Cambridge - April 5, 1992)

29 Happy Phantom (from "Silent All These Years")

30 Here In My Head (from "Crucify")

Under The Pink:

Disc 1

01 Pretty Good Year

02 God

03 Bells For Her

04 Past The Mission

05 Baker Baker

06 The Wrong Band

07 The Waitress

08 Cornflake Girl

09 Icicle

10 Cloud On My Tongue

11 Space Dog

12 Yes, Anastasia

Disc 2

01 Sister Janet (from "Cornflake Girl")

02 Honey (from "Cornflake Girl")

03 Daisy Dead Petals (from "Cornflake Girl")

04 Over It (from "Cornflake Girl")

05 Black Swan (from "Pretty Good Year")

06 Home On The Range (from "Pretty Good Year")

07 All The Girls Hate Her (from "Cornflake Girl")

08 God (from "God" 12")

09 Here In My Head (from "Past The Mission")

10 Upside Down (from "Past The Mission")

11 Past The Mission (live)

12 Icicle (live)

13 Flying Dutchman (live)

14 Winter (live)

15 The Waitress (live)

Here's the "Silent All These Years" video:

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Sasquatch! Music Festival Announces Lineup

Sasquatch! Music Festival will return to the Gorge Ampitheater in Quincy, Washington from May 22-25 (Memorial Day Weekend). Today, they've announced the festival lineup, which you can check out in the festival poster above.

The 2015 lineup includes Kendrick Lamar, Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, Modest Mouse, Lana Del Rey, The Decemberists, Tame Impala, St. Vincent, Spoon, James Blake, Chromeo, Hot Chip, Sbtrkt, Schoolboy Q, The New Pornographers, The War On Drugs, The Glitch Mob, Little Dragon, Gogol Bordello, Father John Misty, Run The Jewels, Jose Gonzalez, Jenny Lewis, Mø, Real Estate, Future Islands, Ab-Soul, Glass Animals, Sohn, Jungle, Sharon Van Etten, Action Bronson, Perfume Genius, Sylvan Esso, Rustie, Courtney Barnett, King Tuff, San Fermin, Alvvays, Will Butler, Twin Peaks, Merchandise, Nothing, Bishop Nehru, Ex Hex, Diarrhea Planet, Ought, Natalie Prass, S (Jenn Ghetto), and others.

Check out our report from last year's Sasquatch! here.

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Drake, Haim, Sia, Ariana Grande, More Read Mean Tweets on "Kimmel"

Fans can be brutal sometimes, so naturally Jimmy Kimmel's show features something called Mean Tweets. It's a chance for musicians to read up on what folks are saying on Twitter - which, as the name implies, are pretty brutal. The latest episode features a host of notables, including Drake, Haim, Sia, Ariana Grande, Britney Spears, and more. Most take the criticism in stride – Drake shrugs off a fan's observation that he's "Voldemort with hair", Haim and Grande have a good laugh – and in Sia's case, she's got a jar full of peanut butter to distract from the sting. Watch the whole thing below.

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Kanye West, Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake, Paul Simon, Taylor Swift Set for "Saturday Night Live" 40th Anniversary Special

On February 15, "Saturday Night Live" will air a 40th anniversary special in which former stars such as Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Jimmy Fallon, Adam Sandler, Steve Martin, Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, and Chevy Chase are slated to appear. The special will also feature appearances by several musicians, too. The list of names was revealed in a pair of commercials during last night's Super Bowl.

Kanye West, Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake, Paul Simon, and Taylor Swift are set to make appearances, though it's not clear whether that means performing or participating in sketches. Maybe that means we'll see Kanye and McCartney do "Only One" in real time?

Watch Kanye do "New Slaves" on "SNL":

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