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Tiwa Savage takes our Zoom call from Tokyo at around 7 a.m. local time, her voice sweet but groggy from having just woken up moments before. She had spent the past week in Japan for her son Jamil’s tenth birthday. “It’s both of our first time,” she tells me of …

Luis R Conriquez has been itching to make a rap and reggaeton album for a long time. Sure, he’s a corridos artist at heart, but he’d always wondered if other genres could work, too. “With everything going on with corridos,” he tells Rolling Stone over Zoom, “it made eve more …

After ten years, Alabama Shakes are back with a new song, “Another Life.” Despite the decade-long hiatus, the track shows the celebrated trio hasn’t lost their knack for heady throwback soul. “Another Life” begins with an atmospheric groove as Brittany Howard pleads for second chances: “Can we try in another …

The Neighbourhood is back. On Friday, the band shared an Instagram Story post announcing that the group — including drummer Brandon Fried — reunited in November 2024 following a three-year hiatus. The members are now ready to share their “next chapter” with fans. “In November 2021, after 10 years together, …

Last year, Earl Sweatshirt’s verse on “Words2LiveBy” went viral, as some fans were perplexed to hear him rapping on such an uptempo beat. He’s become known for rhyming in hushed tones over melancholy production, a sound that’s birthed an entire wing of like-minded indie rappers. But that’s just one part …

As hard as it is to believe, Sonic Youth played their final show 14 years ago this fall, instigated by the breakup of co-founders Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon. In the years since, they’ve each continued working on many fronts: Gordon was nominated for a Grammy this year for her …

The last time Oasis played a concert in the United States, it was December 2008, and the band was just months away from a backstage fracas between brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher in Paris that would prematurely end the tour, estrange the siblings for more than a decade, and sink …

Bon Jovi will revisit their 2024 album Forever with an all-star guest list that includes Jason Isbell, Jelly Roll, and Bruce Springsteen for the band’s upcoming Forever (Legendary Edition), due out in October. Jon Bon Jovi and Springsteen, two New Jersey legends, team up on “Hollow Man,” a rerecording of …

As hard as it is to believe, Sonic Youth played their final show 14 years ago this fall, instigated by the breakup of co-founders Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon. In the years since, they’ve each continued working on many fronts: Gordon was nominated for a Grammy this year for her …

Blink-182 appear to be digging into their bountiful bag of deep cuts for their latest tour, with the band playing a handful of Take Off Your Pants and Jacket gems for the first time in over 20 years. On Thursday, at the kick-off for their “Missionary Impossible Tour” (yes, they’re …