Music

R ENEÉ RAPP HASN’T BEEN sleeping well. The past six months have been a bit of a sleep-deprived haze for the singer and actress, full of weird or straight-up horrific dreams. Most of the time, she’s being booed off a stage. Once, she dreamed about murdering a person she had …

Over 100 artists including Rage Against the Machine co-founders Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha, along with Boots Riley and Speedy Ortiz, have announced that they are boycotting any concert venue that uses facial recognition technology, citing concerns that the tech infringes on privacy and increases discrimination. The boycott, …

Paul Simon has sold a share in his royalties to BMG, the company announced on Thursday, marking yet another notable deal in the music acquisition space. Simon sold a “substantial stake” in his rights to the royalty income from Simon and Garfunkel’s recordings, along with a type of public performance …

Charly Bliss is back with a bubbly new pop single. “You Don’t Even Know Me Anymore” is the band’s first new song since 2019 album Young Enough. Charly Bliss’ latest single celebrates personal growth. Lead singer Eva Hendricks looks back on a bad breakup that left her wrecked and realizes …

Kim Petras has announced a world tour in support of her album Feed the Beast. The pop star’s debut full-length album will be released on Friday. Petras’ 34-date trek will kick off in the Americas this August with a few previously scheduled radio shows and festival appearances. The North and …

After announcing their co-headlining tour earlier this year, Beck and Phoenix have teamed up to release a new collaboration titled “Odyssey.” The pair of artists will set out on their “Summer Odyssey Tour” this August. The collaboration is a shimmering pop song with nods to kitschy Eighties pop. It’s a …

Tequila Ever After, set for release this summer, will be Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold’s fifth album and first for the American legacy label Def Jam. He’s hitting the road for a 17-date North American tour to celebrate. Pre-sale begins today and will continue through the week before general sales kick …

Boy bands unite! On Wednesday, K-pop stars Tomorrow X Together and Jonas Brothers announced they’ll be releasing a collaborative single titled “Do It Like That” on July 7. The new single marks the first collaboration between the two bands. A press release teased “Do It Like That” as the “ultimate …

If you know of Geese, then you probably know their origin story: A group of school friends from Brooklyn record an album during the pandemic as a last hurrah before shipping off to college; Partisan Records (home of British rockers Idles and the Irish post-punks Fontaines DC) signs the band …

On Militarie Gun’s debut LP, Life Under the Gun, frontman Ian Shelton isn’t afraid to turn his innermost fears and doubts into straight-up earworms. A long-time member of the hardcore scene — with his rusty nail of a band Regional Justice Center — the Seattle musician and his newest project …