Paramore, Lil Nas X, Kacey Musgraves, SZA, and Flume have been named headliners for this year’s Austin City Limits festival, scheduled to return on the weekends of Oct. 7 and Oct. 14 at Zilker Park in Texas. Also leading the stacked lineup are Red Hot Chili Peppers, P!nk, and the …
Read More »'Bright Energy, Rather Than Sadness': South Korea's Best Indie Band, Say Sue Me, Opens Up
Sumi Choi’s origin story starts quietly. “I could barely speak when I was four years old,” she says. “But I did sing, and I would sing this very sad song. I was a sad kid.” There’s a pleasant candor that permeates a conversation with Choi, 34, and the rest of …
Read More »Nearly 5,000 Claim They Suffered Injuries at Astroworld, New Filing Reveals
Over 700 people sustained injuries requiring notable medical attention after the fatal crowd rush at Travis Scott‘s Astroworld Festival in Houston last November, according to a new court filing filed in Harris County on Monday. Jason Itkin, Richard Mithoff and Sean Roberts, the attorneys acting as plaintiffs’ liaison counsel for …
Read More »Bono Finds His Calling in First Excerpt From Upcoming Memoir 'Surrender'
When Bono turned 18, he found himself in the purgatory of being good but not great, or at least not as great as the people around him. As he recalls in the first excerpt shared from his newly-announced memoir Surrender, out Nov. 1, he had a self-awareness that it wasn’t …
Read More »Florence + the Machine's 'Dance Fever' is an Ecstatic Prayer for Post-Pandemic Redemption
When Florence + the Machine made their debut a little more than a decade ago, the U.K. music scene was awash in the retro-soul typified by Amy Winehouse and Adele. Florence Welch looked backward, too. But her influences were at once more ancient and more modern, marrying a goth melodrama …
Read More »BTS Pack Three-CD Album 'Proof' With Fan Favorites and Unreleased Demos
In case there was need for moreProof that BTS is the biggest K-pop group in the world, on Tuesday the group — comprising Jungkook, V, Jimin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, and Jin — announced the tracklist of a three-part anthology album, Proof. It’s filled with new songs, unreleased demos, and some …
Read More »Wilco Strive for Understanding and Empathy on New Song 'Tired of Taking It Out on You'
Wilco have released new song “Tired of Taking It Out on You” and announced a North American tour in support of their next album, Cruel Country. “Tired of Taking It Out on You” is a breezy bit of introspective country-folk with Jeff Tweedy crooning over a steady guitar strum and …
Read More »5 Seconds of Summer Release Tracklist Agonizingly Slowly on Twitter
5 Seconds of Summerslowly unveiled new details about their upcoming fifth studio album. Days after announcing their second single, titled “Me, Myself, and I” (out May 11) the band members — Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, and Ashton Irwin — teased the rest of the record’s tracklist in a …
Read More »'I Give a Fuck So Much': How Becky G Made Her Most Confident Album Yet
Becky G is only 25, but she’s already lived a few different lives in the music industry. After starting out as a precocious teen star, she morphed into a full-blown Latin music sensation — “a reverse crossover,” as she calls it. In between, she’s faced major difficulties, including a complicated …
Read More »Jack Harlow Plots 'Come Home the Kids Miss You' North American Tour
His latest record might be called Come Home the Kids Miss You, but it’ll be a while before Jack Harlow settles down. The Kentucky rapper is plotting a 22-date North American tour in support of his sophomore studio effort, set to kick off this fall with special guests City Girls. …
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