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“You can’t really retire from this business,” Willy Braun says. “It’s impossible.” Two years into Reckless Kelly’s three-year plan to retire from touring, the frontman and co-founder of the Texas by way of Idaho band has not wavered in his desire to slow down. But with a brand new album, …

I magine a stadium packed with fans in tie-dyed T-shirts, many of them flashing the peace sign, smiles plastered on their faces, swaying to the music of the Grateful Dead. The serene vibes are momentarily interrupted by the thwack of a Louisville Slugger. No, you’re not at a Dead and …

Welcome to our weeklyrundownofthebestnewmusic— featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week,Charli XCX taps upcoming tour mate Troye Sivan for a slick Brat remix, FKA Twigs teases her highly anticipated album with its wide-ranging title track, and Tate McRae serves up a Britney-inspired pop gem. …

On “Floods of Triton,” the new collaborative single by Mastodon and Lamb of God, the latter band’s frontman, Randy Blythe, growls, “We’re the last of the before times/Now hear the old gods rise.” When he hears those words read back to him in an interview with Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor, …

I n his new book Talkin’ Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America’s Bohemian Music Capital, Rolling Stone senior writer David Browne details the rich and often complex history of New York City’s creative hotbed. Even as it coped with hassles from the city, the neighborhood, landlords, …

A bout two and a half hours into King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s Aug. 16 show — the first of two nights at the 13,000-capacity Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York — bandleader Stu Mackenzie realized they were going to come up short on their three-hour set. “We …

Aly & AJ can still hear the shots fired outside of their Sacramento concert in 2022. The sister duo had just finished the kickoff show of their A Touch of the Beat tour and were giddy for their next stop, packing their things before a show in San Francisco when …

As a band, Them Dirty Roses date back to 2012, and the Alabama four-piece has been releasing music since 2014. Still, their latest project feels like the group’s coming-out party. For most of this year, Them Dirty Roses have been slow-rolling Lost in the Valley of Hate & Love Vol. …

In the summer of 2022, we lost my mother to ALS. She was diagnosed only a few weeks prior to her death, but, in hindsight, it was clear she was exhibiting symptoms at least a year earlier. She lost weight (she blamed the pandemic’s infringing on her nights out to …

Argue all you want about last night’s contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. But there’s no debating the fact that the Democrats are fiercely ahead in an equally important battle: the crate-digging wars. Early Tuesday afternoon, hours before the presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, a woman walked …