Music Features

In 2019, Teddy Geiger relocated to Madrid where she lived with a cousin for a few months. She needed to get out of Los Angeles: In the wake of a Grammy nomination for co-writing Shawn Mendes‘ “In My Blood” and experiencing her first full year of living publicly out as …

Earlier this week, an enterprising creator on TikTok named @garrettlee39 posted an earnest rendition of himself dancing to the 2014 single “Need 2” by indie band Pinegrove. A palpably moody cut from their album Everything So Far, the song, and dance, have spread across TikTok like wildfire. Garrett Lee’s original …

On the last Saturday of March at New York’s Webster Hall, Jesse Malin was doing what he’s done a thousand times before: leaping off the stage and wading through a sold-out crowd toward the back bar, which he climbed atop to lead a singalong of his song “She Don’t Love …

O ne day in London’s Kensington district in 1983, Tina Turner’s resurrection finally appeared within reach. The prior decade had been one of stage-shaking triumphs, personal nightmares, various degrees of mortification, and now, a chance at possible redemption. But as musician and producer Martyn Ware soon learned, Turner’s past was …

Ask Noel Gallagher how the material from his excellent new album, Council Skies, is going over live so far on his U.S. tour with Garbage, and you’ll get an answer only he would dare to give: “Terrible,” he says, blaming crowds who haven’t absorbed the album yet (like all of …

Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their …

WELCOME TO OURweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, BTS are back with a celebratory new song, Sam Smith teams up with Madonna, and highlights from the excellent new albums from Janelle Monáe, Jenny Lewis, and Jason …

Smilez sometimes finds himself writing lyrics about his brother’s death without even realizing it. He’ll start scribbling lyrics or listening to a beat with a sad energy, and the feelings just rush in. It’s that connection to his emotions that helped fuel his debut album, Ur In My World, out …

PJ Harding is set to release his new single “A Dangerous Thing” on Friday, a heartfelt ode to the risks we take for love. In support of the track, the Australian singer-songwriter shared an accompanying black-and-white video capturing intimate moments between partners and surreal scenes of people happily falling in …

HIP-HOP WAS BORNINthe Bronx in the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary,“Rolling Stone” will be publishing a series of features, historical pieces, op-eds, and lists throughout this year. When Lil wayne hops on Zoom one recent afternoon, he’s on a tour bus in California between stops on …