Music

For this year’s Icons & Influences issue, we asked 10 artists to pay tribute to the women who have shaped their sound, provided an example, and inspired them to break down barriers. Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power, reveres the late Chilean singer-songwriter Violeta Parra, who revitalized her country’s folk-music traditions …

Pavement have paired their beloved B-side “Harness Your Hopes” with a new video ahead of the release of their massive Terror Twilight reissue. The visual, directed by Alex Ross Perry, stars Yellowjackets’ Sophie Thatcher as a Pavement fan magically transported into the legendary alt-rockers’ Nineties videos, including “Gold Soundz,” “Cut …

Miranda Lambert sings about being in perpetual motion on her new album Palomino. Set for release April 29, it’s the follow-up to her collaborative 2021 album The Marfa Tapes and her first album under her own name since 2019’s Wildcard. The track list includes a few songs from the bare-bones …

The eight-part Hulu series Pam & Tommy came to an end this week with a final episode that, much like the others, took place in a slightly different universe than our own. In this one, Mötley Crüe’s Generation Swine came out in June 1996 instead of June 1997, they promoted …

A New York State appeals court has unanimously reversed a lower court’s June 2021 decision saying Kesha could make Dr. Luke pay her legal fees if his defamation claims against her fail. The decision, issued Thursday, finds that a new 2020 law designed to curb litigation from wealthy plaintiffs trying …

Madonna is partying it up like it’s 1998 thanks to the remix of her hit “Frozen.” On Thursday, Madonna looked stunning in the song’s visual, where she appears alongside Fireboy DML, who added a welcome verse to the reimagined trap track. The video shows the Queen of Pop rocking a …

The rising Ukrainian hip-hop act Fo Sho wanted to talk about the music scene in their country, and how Russia’s invasion has instantly put its future in doubt — but they just couldn’t, because they were in an area that was “under attack,” their manager told Rolling Stone. Other musicians, …

Kanye is keeping the hate for Pete Davidson coming, at least in video form. Days after West defended a claymation visual where he’s depicted kidnapping and killing the comedian, the Game released the official animation video for his song “Eazy” with Kanye West. And, again, it features a scene where …

Florence and the Machine will release a new LP, Dance Fever, on May 13 via Republic Records. The band has shared the album’s third single, “My Love,” along with an ornate music video directed by Autumn de Wilde and choreographed by Ryan Heffington. Dance Fever — produced by Florence Welch, …

Superfly actor and rapper Kaalan Walker was a “digital age” serial rapist who used the “little blue checkmark” on his social media accounts to hunt for aspiring models and musicians online and disarm their defenses in a series of attacks dating back to 2013, prosecutors told jurors in a Los …