Music Features

As the adage goes, music marks time. We’ve all had formative experiences to different soundtracks. In No Sense In Wishing (Atria Books, July 8th) author and cultural critic Lawrence Burney sharply expresses his life and times in a powerful collection of essays. The book traces what he’s learned from his …

It’s just before 9 a.m., and the girls of Katseye are already dressed and ready for rehearsals ahead of the 2025 Kids’ Choice Awards. They sometimes let out a little yawn while answering questions, but Sophia, Manon, Lara, Yoonchae, Megan, and Daniela are hyped for the week ahead as they …

In photographer and filmmaker Gabriel Moses’ debut short film, The Last Hour, a man wakes up to find he’s got a timer attached to his chest. What follows is a quietlydevastating meditation on the decisions that make up a life. The film paints a hyperreal portrait of a surreal situation, …

Paul T. Riddle knows that he’s prone to shed a tear or two when the right moment strikes. He’s the first to admit he gets choked up during soft-hearted TV advertisements or when “Silent Night” comes across grocery store speakers during the holiday season. So, on a Monday morning when …

W hen you meet Amaarae, it’s hard not to notice how much deeper her speaking voice is compared with the sweet falsetto she constantly deploys in her music. It’s all intentional: “There’s a sensitivity and a vulnerability that I get to tap into in my music that isn’t very easy …

In the charming coastal town of Bray in County Wicklow, Ireland, there’s a stretch of pavement called Florence Road. It’s pretty average, as far as roads go, with quaint houses, a library, a vet, a dollar store, and several coffee shops scattered across it. “It’s not that cute,” jokes drummer …

Yungblud initially tried to make Idols right after his album 2020 Weird! hit Number One — but it didn’t come together at the time. Instead, he ended up working on Yungblud, his self-titled record from 2022 that, in his view, came together partially by “letting too many opinions in.” “I …

Our Pop Out conversation with DJ Hed was so plentiful that some of the gems he dropped couldn’t make the original piece, where we talked to 13 acts who performed at his concert-opening set. He was followed by sets from DJ Mustard, who had noteworthy acts such as Tyler, The …

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, summer is in full swing: Karol G releases her proudly Latina LP, Cardi B brings the hot and wild energy we love on her latest single, …

There was an odd symmetry to the near-simultaneous deaths of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson at age 82 last week. “Both of them poets of summer,” Rob Sheffield says in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now. “Both chroniclers of the American dream in California. Both from pretty much …