Music Features

Since June 2020, the Black Music Action Coalition, or BMAC, has alchemized moments of tragedy and controversy into opportunities to improve the material conditions of artists and their communities, distributing a reported $4 million in direct relief. One of their latest efforts includes a newly launched guaranteed income and support …

True or false: In the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death, the rock & roll world has gathered in grief, with leading figures, including Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and members of Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, eulogizing him, dedicating songs to him, and even breaking down onstage upon …

Gavin Adcock doesn’t have any Number One country songs yet, but he’s determined that country music fans know his name. And, to his credit, many probably do. Before he ever released his debut album for Warner Music Nashville in 2024, Actin’ Up Again, the Georgia native was already becoming an …

Surely Drake has heard of meme coins, the relatively new trend in the crypto world where pretty much anyone can launch their own cryptocurrency and boost its value through viral stunts. There was the infamous Green Dildo Coin that spurred pranksters into throwing green dildos onto the court during WNBA …

Back in 1994, Oasis‘ first U.S. tour didn’t go very well. After a legendarily disastrous, crystal-meth-fueled performance at Los Angeles’ Whisky a Go Go, they canceled nine shows. Thirty-one years later, things are a little different: The reunited band just blazed through five sold-out stadium concerts in the States that …

Sitting in his L.A. home earlier this year, Eric D. Johnson, the leader of shapeshifting indie-rock band Fruit Bats, kicked around the idea of making a short EP that would serve as a “mid-term project” between his last album, 2023’s A River Running to Your Heart, and the next full-band …

Debbie Gibson blasted out of America’s boomboxes in the summer of 1987 with her Top Ten hit “Only In My Dreams.” It was a teen-crush disco anthem, straight from the shopping malls of Long Island, but it cooked like a freestyle club banger, mixed by Little Louie Vega. Everybody loved …

“Time is weird,” Mitch Rowland says, speaking for a lot of dads. A few years ago, he was just a shy Midwest guitar dude working at an L.A. pizzeria, washing dishes. Then he met Harry Styles, and suddenly became the wingman to one of the world’s biggest pop stars. These …

While it may appear that TWICE’s Chaeyoung mapped out the release of her debut solo album, LIL FANTASY vol.1, to precede the girl group’s 10th anniversary celebration in October, the rapper-singer-songwriter says it was more of a serendipitous coincidence. Her record was years in the making before she decided it …

For 21-year-old rapper Liim Lasalle, clarity is key. During his live shows, the Harlem-raised, Brooklyn-based rapper is keen on offering the audience a few words describing the origins of each track he performs. “I definitely think that a song hits harder when you know what it means,” he says over …