Music

A new box set will examine Elvis Presley‘s third act, collecting rare highlights from his L.A. recording sessions between 1970 and 1975. Sunset Boulevard, out Aug. 1, includes 89 rarities, more than half of which have never come out officially in the U.S., across five discs. A preview of what …

Chicago house pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing Disco Demolition Night as a teenager, and later recognizing the racist undertones of the infamous incident, in a new clip from the fascinating documentary, Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, premiering on Rolling Stone. Directed by Elegance Bratton, Move Ya Body digs …

Drake appears on OVO Sound signee Smiley’s new song “2 Mazza.” The two Canadian artists’ track comes in the middle of Drake’s foe Kendrick Lamar taking over Toronto’s Rogers Centre this week on his Grand National Tour with SZA. “2 Mazza” is heavy on the Toronto slang and locale shoutouts, …

Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Kanye West showed up to Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in New York this morning and walked through security with Combs’ youngest son, Christian “King” Combs. Wearing an all-white denim ensemble and dark sunglasses, West traveled light as he …

Welcome to the (extended) world of the Sparklemuffin. On Friday, Suki Waterhouse revisited her album Memoir of a Sparklemuffin and released a deluxe edition of the record featuring 12 additional tracks, including single “The Bellboy (One Last Crush)” and several live recordings. Along with the 18 singles on the original …

Kim Gordon has re-recorded her single, “Bye Bye” — off her 2024 solo album, The Collective — especially for Donald Trump. On “Bye Bye 25!” she replaces her original lyrics with a list of all of the president’s favorite words: “intersex,” “Gulf of Mexico,” “climate change,” and “women,” among them. …

“I am British, I am Jamaican, I am American. I am what I am,” says Slick Rick on “I Did That,” a track from Victory, his first album in twenty-six years. Born in Mitcham, London yet long considered a pioneer of ostentatious New York style and panache due to seminal …

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week,Drake teams up with Canadian rap newcomer Smiley, Kim Gordon has a potent pro-freedom message for Donald Trump, and Colombian hitmaker Feid surprise releases his seventh studio …

Time fades away, but Neil Young never does. He’s been on a like-a-hurricane live roll lately with his ferocious new band the Chrome Hearts, who make their studio debut on Talkin to the Trees. The band came together fast last year, after Neil’s amazing spring tour with his old outlaw …

Will Smith has a real problem on his hands: he can’t get enough of “Pretty Girls.” He details his addiction on the fun new song, which dropped today and follows his fifth album, Based on a True Story. Smith’s new song is catchy and light, a summer anthem from the …