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Shawn Cripps, Limes frontman and Memphis garage rock stalwart, died in a road accident earlier this week, The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. Cripps’ former wife Nicole Perugini confirmed the news on Facebook. “It is with a heavy heart—and trembling hands—I tell you Shawn Cripps died Sunday 12/12/21 just after 11 a.m. in an accident on a Missouri highway,” Perugini wrote. “Ironically, he left this earth the very way he had once described in his song—‘Die in a Motorcar.’” He was 54 years old. Born in San Diego, California, Cripps moved around the country for years, living in Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, and elsewhere before settling in Memphis, where he was known as a pillar of the underground music community. He paid the bills as a truck driver, but wrote songs and recorded for years. As ...

Bruce Springsteen has sold the masters of his entire catalog to Sony Music and the coinciding music publishing rights to Sony Music Publishing in a combined deal of around $500 million, Billboard reports. Springsteen’s catalog includes over 300 songs, 20 studio albums, 23 live LPs, 7 EPs, and more.  For his entire 50-year-long career, Springsteen has released his albums through Sony imprint Columbia Records. He was granted ownership of his earlier records in the late 1980s and 1990s as an incentive to re-sign with the label. Last month, Springsteen was in negotiations with Sony to sell his album catalog while he also simultaneously shopped around his publishing catalog, which was under Universal Music Publishing Group, according to Billboard. This deal arrives one year after Universal...

Bruce Springsteen has sold the masters of his entire catalog to Sony Music and the coinciding music publishing rights to Sony Music Publishing in a combined deal of around $500 million, Billboard reports. Springsteen’s catalog includes over 300 songs, 20 studio albums, 23 live LPs, 7 EPs, and more.  For his entire 50-year-long career, Springsteen has released his albums through Sony imprint Columbia Records. He was granted ownership of his earlier records in the late 1980s and 1990s as an incentive to re-sign with the label. Last month, Springsteen was in negotiations with Sony to sell his album catalog while he also simultaneously shopped around his publishing catalog, which was under Universal Music Publishing Group, according to Billboard. This deal arrives one year after Universal...

This year, much of Aaliyah’s music arrived to streaming services for the first time. A posthumous album from the singer is next, and on Friday (December 17), a new single called “Poison” will be released via Blackground Records 2.0 and Empire. It features the Weeknd. Find the single artwork below. Barry Hankerson, Blackground founder and Aaliyah’s uncle, told Billboard earlier this year that the new album would feature the Weeknd, Drake, Future, and others. The streaming releases this year arrived amid a dispute between Hankerson and the Estate of Aaliyah Haughton. It’s notably one of two significant features from the Weeknd to arrive on the same night. He also appears on FKA twigs’ new song “Tears in the Club,” which is out on Thursday night (December 16). It follows his recent singles wi...

The Avalanches’ previously announced 2022 tour of North America was initially scheduled to take place in February and March. The group announced today that they’re postponing the tour to September and October “due to ongoing personal health issues.” “We want to thank each and every one of you who bought tickets and who have supported We Will Always Love You,” they wrote on Instagram. “We thank you so much for your understanding and apologise for the inconvenience. We can’t wait to see you in the US in September and October.”\ All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Avalanches Live!: USA Tour 2022 The Avalanches: 09-16 Vancouver, British Columbia – M...