Friday Music News

Daily Roundups
02/13/2015
Britta Plyler

  • Next month, New York City's Museum of Modern Art will open an interactive exhibit celebrating Icelandic songstress Björk. The retrospective, which runs until June, will "chronicle her career through sound, film, visuals, instruments, objects, costumes, and performance." Below, she's shared a brief, yet very intense, look at the exhibit called "Black Lace." [Pitchfork]

  • Olympia's own Broken Water have shared the first single from their upcoming 10-track album Wrought. "High-Lo" is a eclectic blend of shoegaze and soft vocals, with a shot of Pacific Northwest grunge. Wrought drops on March 24 via Night-People Records. [Stereogum]

  • Last night, The Weeknd stopped by the Tonight Show to promote his sultry contribution to the Fifty Shades of Grey film soundtrack. Watch his performance of the sexy "Earned It" below. [CoS]

  • English folk trio The Staves were joined onstage by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon last night in London. They performed "Make It Holy," a new song that will appear on The Stave's upcoming album. If I Was, which was produced by Vernon, hits shelves on March 31. [CoS]

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