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This interview was originally published on February 23, 2015. By the time Led Zeppelin released Physical Graffiti in 1975, they no longer needed to prove anything. “All of us knew that it was a monumental piece of work, just because of the various paths that we’d trodden along to get …

Producer/songwriter Andrew Watt went from the pop world to finding himself in the studio with his rock heroes, from the Rolling Stones to Pearl Jam — and now he’s back at the center of pop as executive producer of Lady Gaga‘s upcoming album Mayhem. His career is reaching new heights …

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, a post-breakup bop from Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, and Gracie Abrams, a sleek, moody highlight from Tate McRae‘s new album, and a scorched-earth rager from Rico …

On the outro to Christopher Wallace’s second posthumous album, Born Again, his mother, Voletta Wallace, says, “The thing that my son loved most about life was the fact that he was in a position to help, position to share, position to give to others who needed, to others who wanted …

Tate McRae can see the future. Just look to the 2023 video where she predicts the exact score the Eagles would win the 2024 Super Bowl with. “I pulled a number out of my ass,” she says with a laugh over Zoom before admitting she does believe she might be …

One day after the 2024 presidential election last November, Grammy-winning EDM DJ-producer Tiësto — more used to pulsating lights and throbbing music than the drab, featureless walls of a courtroom — unassumingly took the stand at a federal courthouse in White Plains, New York. “My stage name is Tiësto,” he …

Rico Nasty is used to the post-tour comedown. She spends weeks, if not months, at a time on the road performing for audiences who restlessly await the days until they can unleash their pent-up rage in one of her mosh pits. And when it’s over, she readjusts to solitude. “When …

Steve Miller has re-recorded his 1976 rock anthem “Fly Like an Eagle” with help from musicians all around the world, including organist Ivan Neville (New Orleans, LA), drummer Franklin Vanderbilt (Los Angeles, CA), sitar player Prasad Rahane (Delhi, India), percussionist Rupak Dhamankar (Mumbai, India), guitarist Vasti Jackson (Hattiesburg, Mississippi), bassist …

To many progressive rock fans, Yes, Genesis, and King Crimson represent the holy trinity of the genre. And the only person freakishly talented enough to log time in all three of them is drummer Bill Bruford, who pulled off the feat between 1972 and 1976. “I’m also the guy who …

L ast year, Durand Bernarr was hitting a new career peak — and a case of burnout. The Cleveland-born R&B artist had won a wide new audience in the spring with his En Route EP, which would go on to nab a 2025 Grammy nomination. But now he had just …