Music

Megan Thee Stallion appeared on The Tonight Show Thursday night to perform her two biggest hits, “Hot Girl Summer” and “Cash Shit.” Ty Dolla $ign joined the rapper at the beginning of her performance, singing the hook based around the viral catchphrase that Megan Thee Stallion coined last year and which …

Underworld have released a new single, “S T A R,” ahead of their upcoming album DRIFT Series 1. The rhythmic track takes its inspiration from childhood nursery rhymes as it invokes pop culture notables like Michael Caine, Iggy Pop and Danny Boyle alongside fictional characters like Tom Thumb and Robin …

While conversations about genre constraints often play out in the upper echelons of pop, it turns out that small independent artists have to fight many of the same battles. Take Noah Gundersen. In 2015, he released an album titled Carry the Ghost on the label Dualtone, which has had some …

Thurston Moore moved to New York in late 1976, a time when groups like the Ramones, Talking Heads, and Blondie were still regulars at CBGB and the music scene was crackling with creativity and innovation. The future Sonic Youth guitarist was just 18, but music was already at the center …

Federal prosecutors have charged a man in the death of rapper Mac Miller. A criminal complaint filed in the Central District of California alleges that Cameron James Pettit, whose age varies from 23 to 28 depending on reports, of Hollywood Hills provided Miller with counterfeit pills that contained fentanyl. The …

When the Dixie Chicks made an appearance on Taylor Swift’s “Soon You’ll Get Better,” from her new album Lover, it felt like a debt repaid. And a way overdue one, at that. The country trio have not released an album of their own in 13 years (although they’re working on …

Earlier this month, “Omae Wa Mou,” a cheerful instrumental built around an obscure sample of Japanese bossa nova, reached Number One on the Spotify viral chartthanks to a meme that spawned a TikTok dance craze. But Deadman 死人, the 18-year-old producer behind the track, was barely able to celebrate: The …

Sting shared a statement condemning the Brazilian government’s response — or lack thereof — to the devastating fires raging across the Amazon rainforest. In a note posted on Facebook, the musician heavily criticized President Jair Bolsonaro, a climate change skeptic who has expressed contempt for the indigenous people of Amazonia, …

Taylor Swift talks Lover, rerecording her first six albums, haters and what the future holds in the singer’s new interview with CBS Sunday Morning. As previously reported, Swift revealed during her conversation with Tracy Smith that she planned on rerecording her Big Machine catalog following that label’s sale – and …

Stone Temple Pilots have unveiled a previously unreleased live version of their 1994 hit “Interstate Love Song,” set to appear on the band’s forthcoming reissue of their second LP Purple, out October 18th. The performance was recorded 25 years ago today, August 23rd, 1994 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in …