'Afrique Victime' is the new, awesome album by the Touareg guitarist Mdou Moctar who made a list of albums, artists, songs and styles that made him the musician he is now. The Quietus assembled the list, which includes Van Halen, Abdallah Oumbadogou ("the founder, the source of my music"), Khaira Arby ("a golden voice"), Malam Maman Barka ("insanely good, totally insane"), Bob Marley ("a revolutionary and he’s someone who loved peace"), Tinariwen ("you have to write things to encourage people").

Van Halen saw an uptick of over 6,000 percent in album and song sales in the US in the day after Eddie Van Halen's death, Billboard reports. The total rise came from 40,000 copies of collected Van Halen albums and songs sold on Oct. 6, compared to just under 1,000 on the day before. Going by just album sales, Van Halen's catalog reportedly sold 9,000 copies on Oct. 6, an increase of 5,835 percent when compared to a negligible amount from Oct. 5. As far as songs, the group sold 31,000 single tracks on Oct. 6, with the most popular song, 'Jump', going in 3,000 copies.

Tribeca Film Festival has shared 'The Weekend', a documentary by Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb about two 20-year-olds from Phoenixville, PA who won a contest to party with Van Halen, then in their debaucherous prime. Tribeca will continue to share docs during the lockdown.

It's because it's so unexpecting, and turned out to be quite funny, which is why it is so great. CoS says "the cover is an unexpectedly jazzy synthpop rendition", which is true, but, simply put, they were just having the best of times. Listen below.