Music Features

On Sept. 5, 1989, the Tragically Hip, arguably Canada’s most influential and culturally significant rock band, released their debut studio album Up to Here. Exactly 35 years to the day, the four surviving members of the group gathered at Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre to screen a documentary that charts their …

Nearly every night of the year, there’s an amazing show happening somewhere — and by the time they step off stage, your favorite artist is probably feeling hungry. In the new book “Taste in Music: Eating on Tour With Indie Musicians,” edited by Real Estate’s Alex Bleeker and musician/food writer …

O n the second-to-last day of her first New York Fashion Week, the young singer Alemeda is dodging bees on the rooftop of a hotel in the Flatiron District while we try to talk about some very big news for her. Alemeda is 24 years old. She’s Ethiopian, Sudanese, and …

David Yow was having brunch outside at a little restaurant near his home in California recently when a Jaguar pulled up. Out stepped Billie Eilish. “I was so starstruck, I was hyperventilating,” he says on a phone call. “She walked, like, inches behind me into the restaurant. No makeup, nothing …

Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Yola goes in on an ex-to-be over some synth-heavy R&B, Gwen Stefani swerves into country, Future delivers a boomin’-on-Pluto highlight from his latest mixtape, and Bad Bunny offers …

Future released his much-anticipated mixtape, aptly titled Mixtape Pluto. The project marks a return to form for the Atlanta rapper, fresh off of a year with back-to-back hit records with Metro Boomin, We Don’t Trust You, and We Still Don’t Trust You. Both records found Future asserting his role as …

In her office at the Friar Park estate where she and George Harrison lived, Olivia Harrison grabs a piece of correspondence she only recently saw: a handwritten letter from her late husband to his mother when the Beatles were hanging with the Maharishi in India in 1968. “I became famous …

M aude Latour’s fans have described her music as being for people who “had glow-in-the-dark stars on their ceilings” as kids. These days, Latour sees her music as “main-character” pop anthems for dramatic people with intense emotions, like herself. “It’s for any girly who needs to put their headphones on, …

Earlier this month, Linkin Park announced it had officially reunited seven years after the death of singer Chester Bennington. A new vocalist, Dead Sara’s Emily Armstrong, would be singing Bennington’s parts at their concerts, which kicked off in L.A. on Sept. 11, and the band had recorded a new album …

Sean “Diddy” Combs is currently incarcerated in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center, awaiting trial on racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and interstate transportation to engage in prostitution charges. The beleaguered mogul is facing 15 years to life in federal prison for allegedly heading a criminal enterprise of people who enabled him to …