Last December, Chinese-based publisher NetEase Games released Marvel Rivals, a multiplayer shooter featuring a huge roster of iconic (and some lesser-known) heroes from the comic monolith. Brilliantly, Rivals’ gameplay mimics a once-dominant, now-struggling hero shooter known as Overwatch, and the Marvel multiplayer game immediately shot to the top of Steam …

The pop music-as-recession indicator final boss has arrived: Kesha and T-Pain have released their first-ever collaboration, the countryfied single “Yippee-Ki-Yay.” The record follows early singles “Delusional” and “Joyride” as the latest preview of Period, stylized as the punctuation mark (.), the forthcoming sixth studio album from Kesha, out July 4, …

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their second album Naturally with a remastered reissue of the late singer’s 2005 soul classic. Out May 2nd via Daptone Records, the 2-LP vinyl edition of Naturally will pair the original album with a bonus record featuring instrumental versions …

Did you really think Kiss were done? Only 481 days have passed since the group, which has reunited several times, played the last date of their End of the Road World Tour — a concert they billed as “The Final Concert” and monetized with a pay-per-view stream — and the …

If anyone doubted the ongoing relevance of Patti Smith’s work, that answer arrived at the next-to-last moment at “People Have the Power: A Celebration of Patti Smith,” a boldface-name-heavy tribute concert Wednesday night at Carnegie Hall. Over the course of two-and-a-half hours, a caravan of singers, musician and actors — …

After Democrats lost the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives in last year’s election, Saikat Chakrabarti waited for the party’s leaders to acknowledge — if not address — their mistakes. “I was sort of expecting the Democrats to have a big realization that, ‘Oh my Gosh. We …

Long before he was an Oscar-winning hitmaker, Mark Ronson was a denizen of downtown New York City’s nightclubs, honing his talents as a DJ and securing his first gigs as a producer. It’s an era he’s set to reflect on in his upcoming memoir, Night People: How to Be a …

Hayley Williams has been having a blast going on musical side quests across Nashville. She’s joined both Finneas and Cyndi Lauper in recent months. Her latest included a surprise appearance with Deftones, where she joined the band on stage to lend some striking vocals and headbanging to their performance of …

Ella Langley led all nominees when the nominations for the 60th annual ACM Awards were announced on Thursday morning. Langley, an Alabama native, received eight nominations, driven by her hit duet with Riley Green, “You Look Like You Love Me.” Green received five nominations. Other top nominees include Cody Johnson, …

The University of Maryland has enlisted an unlikely speaker for its 2025 commencement ceremony: Kermit the Frog. The Terrapins announced their similarly amphibious selection Wednesday, though the choice has some historical merit: The late Muppets creator Jim Henson was a graduate of the University of Maryland in 1960, majoring in …