Music Features

It’s quiet in the Adidas office. Staff shuffle amongst themselves, having hushed conversations yet alert, waiting for the arrival of hip-hop’s greatest trio, Run-D.M.C. Large glass windows span the entire length of the concrete room, overlooking Manhattan’s downtown area and into Brooklyn. Everything seems small in comparison, the tall ceiling …

By the time you read this, Devon Allman and Donavon Frankenreiter will be just about halfway through an attempt at breaking a world record of playing 50 shows in 50 states in 50 days — the kicker being that the duo will aim to complete the task in 49. “If …

Just two weeks ago, almost no one had ever heard of Oliver Anthony. Then, the Virginia-based country singer-songwriter, whose real name is Christopher Anthony Lunsford, went wildly viral with the instant Number One hit “Rich Men North of Richmond,” a raw, solo-acoustic, undeniably catchy track that combined righteous populist complaints …

Twelve months ago, Anjimile wouldn’t have thought twice about touring on his own. In the summer of 2022, the North Carolina-based indie folk singer toured as the opening act for the band Tune-Yards and felt safe tagging along in a car by himself behind the headliner’s van. Not today, though. …

Seventeen-year-old Luh Tyler is the reluctant but increasingly confident vanguard of new-school pimp rap. As he explains on My Vision, his Motion Musicand Atlantic Records debut, “I wasn’t tryna rap for real, I did that shit on accidental.” For all his natural ability, his lustrous melodies, well-placed bon mots, his …

Back before Kat Moss became the frontwoman for Scowl, one of the most invigorating bands in hardcore today, she was just another fan trying to force her way into the moshpit.“I wanted to dance,” the 25-year-old tells Rolling Stone. “I didn’t feel like I had fun on the show unless …

Welcome to ourweeklyrundown of thebest new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week is jam-packed with releases from music’s big-hitters, including two stunning yet distinct tracks from former Disney queens Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, a powerful feminist anthem from BLACKPINK, and …

One day in early 2010, the artist Will Cotton was scrolling through his email and found a message from someone named Katheryn Hudson. She wondered if some of Cotton’s 2004 paintings — a series called “Cotton Candy Clouds,” which depicted pinup girls laying nude in a pink sky — were …

Fatboi Sharif and his DJ Boogaveli are in the middle of a soundcheck for Sharif’s set at the Brooklyn venue Elsewhere’s 15th-anniversary show. Boogaveli blasts Wayne Wonder and Surpriz’s “Enemies” from his DJ deck — I thought he was playing the song to test the venue’s speakers, but they would …

Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” didn’t have significant radio play last week, nor the help of a major label. But it did have digital sales. A lot of sales. With the backing of conservative influencers like Matt Walsh, Dan Bongino, and Laura Ingraham, who championed the song as …