Music Features

I’ve spent the past month theorizing that the root of Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s dysfunction is how philosophically different they seem to be. Their actions speak loudly for two sects of hip-hop in antithetical opposition. While Drake’s three weeks of post-“Push Ups” digital mischief entertained his fanbase and, for some, …

For the past 30 years, Kathleen Hanna has made a career unapologetically —and often uncomfortably — speaking truth. Whether fronting bands like Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and Julie Ruin; raising money for the education of young girls in West Africa by selling screen-printed tees of her and her friends’ bands …

From Thursday through Saturday last week, 775,000 fans crowded into downtown Detroit for the 2024 NFL draft, setting a new attendance record for the event in the process. Football took center stage, but music was very much along for the ride, as Detroit’s rock and hip-hop royalty rubbed elbows with …

Stagecoach is known for its surprises and, on Friday night, Eric Church delivered one of the most unexpected sets in the California country music festival’s history. The question facing fans is, was it a good surprise or a bad one? Church hadn’t headlined Stagecoach since 2016 and is currently in …

“I’ve known I was going to make a record called All Born Screaming since I was 23,” says St. Vincent. “But I just wasn’t ready. I wasn’t really worthy of the title, ’cause you have to live a lot to be worthy of a title that really says it all. …

On the edge of Baltimore, where urban sprawl slowly transitions into Mid-Atlantic farmland, sits the home of singer-songwriter Cris Jacobs. In the backyard is a small barn where Jacobs concocts and woodsheds his melodies. “It feels like we’re in the country,” Jacobs tells Rolling Stone. “Even though we’re not.” Last …

“Got a lot to be forgiven for, gave a lot of hell,” Bess Atwell sings on “Release Myself,” the second track of her upcoming album Light Sleeper. Her whimsical vocals float poised and steady atop a wall of rousing guitar riffs, as the Brighton, U.K.-based singer-songwriter reflects on the idea …

Welcome to ourweekly rundown ofthe best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Normani cuts right to the chase with the first single from her highly anticipated debut album, Myke Towers and Bad Bunny link up, and Anitta brings the …

As Anthony D’Amato preps backstage at Sony Hall in midtown Manhattan, it’s hard not to notice his six-foot height, horn-rimmed glasses — and the name “Amy” in large black letters on the side of his head. It’s not a tattoo, just black liquid eyeliner easy to wash off, but it …

The Prince of Darkness was first eligible to be nominated into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 2006 — the same year the institution finally inducted the band he cofounded in 1968, heavy-metal pioneers Black Sabbath. But Ozzy Osbourne wasn’t actually considered for induction …