Macklemore released “Fucked Up” on Thursday, another impassioned protest song about societal ills. On the three-minute, self-produced track, Macklemore opines, “The world’s on fire, we don’t own the water y’all,” a literal commentary on the LA wildfires and a metaphorical evaluation of class disparity. Elsewhere on the horn-driven track, the …

“When I started out, I wanted to be really famous,” Janis Ian says in the trailer for her upcoming documentary. “So naive.” In the exclusive trailer above, Varda Bar-Kar’s Janis Ian: Breaking Silence follows the singer-songwriter’s career that kicked off in 1965, when a 14-year-old from New Jersey dropped the …

Somewhere, deep in the forests of an undisclosed location in Europe, there is a valley. The existence of this no-man’s land is a secret known to those with only the highest security clearances. Shrouded in fog and buffeted by steep walls of rock, it is considered one of the most …

Questlove’s Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), out now on Hulu, features interviews with artists like D’Angelo, Q-Tip, and Andre 3000 talking about the Family Stone legend but doesn’t feature Stone himself reflecting on his legacy. During a Q&A for the documentary, producer Joseph Patel …

Twisted Metal is back — at least on TV. While the beloved PlayStation-era game franchise has remained dormant since its last entry in 2012, the vehicular carnage returns this summer in season two of Peacock’s live-action adaptation. The first teaser for Twisted Metal’s second season has arrived, providing a first …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ran a failed 2024 presidential campaign built on crank beliefs about medical science before dropping out and endorsing Donald Trump, was confirmed today by Senate Republicans as the president’s secretary of Health and Human Services. The position will allow him to inflict untold damage on …

Halsey went all out in their planning: they dyed their hair blue, kicked Joe Jonas off the guest list, and scrapped an appearance from a child choir singer performing “Hallelujah.” Come to find out, they didn’t actually need to do any of it. See, Halsey was under the impression that …

In the summer of 2004, Kevin Barnes was in need of some encouragement. After eight years and six albums, their Athens, Georgia-based indie band, Of Montreal, was just beginning to put together an audience. Barnes, newly married with a baby on the way, wasn’t sure it made sense to keep …

Earlier this month, Chappell Roan closed her rousing Grammy Awards speech with a pointed question: “Labels, we got you, but do you got us?” That one moment of advocating for artists to have access to livable wages and healthcare has already inspired tangible results in the music industry. Universal Music …

Thom Yorke has teamed up with Mark Pritchard for the new single “Back in the Game,” the second collaboration between the Radiohead singer and the electronic artist. “Back in the Game” previously debuted onstage last year during Yorke’s “Everything” solo tour of Australia and Asia, with the studio version arriving …