A great performance at SXSW can happen anywhere: An official showcase at a downtown venue, an unofficial get-together at an East Side bar, a shindig thrown by a third-party political group, or all of the above. Here are the best things we saw on Wednesday, March 12, at SXSW 2025. …

Earlier this month, unconfirmed reports about Harry Styles planning an extensive 35-date residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas made rounds online. Initially reported by the New York Post, news that the musician was “in final negotiations” for the show didn’t just take fans by surprise — it was news …

Punk stalwarts Rise Against have dropped a new music video for their recent single, “Nod.” Released in January, just a few days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, “Nod” isn’t overtly political, but contains a particularly potent rallying cry for this moment: “I swear to god this can’t wait/One more minute, …

By the time Megan Moroney sang the words, “Oh, my God, am I okay?” at Rolling Stone’s third-annual Future of Music showcase at SXSW on Wednesday night, it was clear the Georgia country star already had her answer. Moroney was far better than just “okay,” and the fans assembled at …

The whole premise of the Troggs’ 1966 hit “Wild Thing” is about this socially disaffected guy, benumbed to sympathy, empathy, and even his own ego — utterly skeptical of any personal joy, a real Freudian basket case — until he experiences a sexual awakening so subtle that he questions his …

Living in the Catskills for six years has made Hannah Cohen an expert at mushroom foraging. In the several acres of woods that surround her mid-Seventies house, she’ll encounter golden oysters, chicken-of-the-woods, indigo milk caps, black trumpets, and maitake (she takes home 30 pounds worth of the latter every year). …

It’s early evening in Asheville, North Carolina, and Sierra Hull, the singer, songwriter, and mandolin virtuoso, is standing in Studio A on the third floor of the Citizen Vinyl record-pressing plant in downtown. Although the room is filled with state-of-the-art recording equipment, the space itself is sacred ground: In 1939, …

For nearly three years, Dawn Robinson, who formerly performed with En Vogue, has been living in her car. Six months after her last YouTube post, the singer returned to her channel this week to explain her experience navigating her recent living conditions and why she wants to be seen as …

Over the decades, Carlos Santana has collaborated with jazz legends (Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter), rock guitarists (Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan), blues greats (Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker), R&B singers (Smokey Robinson, Lauryn Hill), and even country artists (Willie Nelson, Faith Hill). The results were sometimes worldwide hits like “Smooth” …

In case you didn’t know: John C. Reilly is a vaudeville guy. Not only did the beloved character actor star as half of the legendary comedy duo Laurel and Hardy in the emotionally affecting biographical film Stan & Ollie (2018), but since then he’s created a throwback stage persona of …