The organizers of South by Southwest announced Wednesday that it has cut ties with the U.S. Army and other weapons manufacturers following a 2024 festival that saw artists pulling out of the lineup due to sponsorship deals with those entities. “After careful consideration, we are revising our sponsorship model,” SXSW …

Tenacious D are hitting the road for five select dates benefiting Rock the Vote, the nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to building the political power of young people. The duo is playing five shows in October leading up to the 2024 presidential election, including concerts in the swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan, …

Like bartenders and baristas, cab drivers can hypothetically double as therapists — service workers who lend an ear for listening and a shoulder for crying. Keep the meter running long enough, and maybe you’ll unburden yourself straight into a breakthrough. At least, the movies’ romantic version of an old-fashioned taxi …

In many cultures, gold is viewed as a way to show others that we value the finer things in life. It is a beautiful metal to look at. This precious metal is the king of all precious metals, and its uses range from jewelry to electronics, dental fillings (before), and …

Sheryl Crow railed against artificial intelligence in music — specifically Drake’s “hateful” use of Tupac Shakur’s voice in a recent diss track — in a new interview. Speaking to the BBC about AI — a subject Crow previously expressed her concerns about on the single “Evolution” — the Rock Hall-inducted …

Towa Bird is the rock & roll firecracker we need right now. She’s the kind of upstart guitar shredder who comes along saying things like “I just want to be the lesbian Paul McCartney.” That takes attitude, kind of like calling your debut album American Hero. But Bird doesn’t lack …

Don’t you just get lucky sometimes? That’s what Midland ask in three-part harmony on their new song, “Lucky Sometimes,” which contrapuntally heralds the arrival of a new album, Barely Blue. The Texan trio teamed up with Chris Stapleton and Brandi Carlile producer Dave Cobb for the album, which arrives Sept. …

If you wanted to see what Tom Hanks and Robin Wright looked like about, say, 30 years ago in a film directed by Robert Zemeckis, there would, of course, be an obvious movie to watch: Forest Gump. But if that somehow wasn’t enough, Zemeckis has fired up the de-aging technology …

Blondshell has dropped a video for “Docket,” her recent collaboration with Bully. Recorded live at her producer Yves Rothman’s new studio, Saturn Sound in Los Angeles, the clip features Sabrina Teitelbaum with her band. Bully’s Alicia Bognanno joins on the second verse, and the two singers stand next to each …

The Kinks were heading into uncharted territory in the Sixties. The London rockers blew up in the early days of the British invasion, topping the charts with violently rowdy bangers like “You Really Got Me.” But Ray Davies began to explore a new kind of introspective songwriting, telling stories of …