Music

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was once a rapper named Mr. Cardamom — and his rap career is still past tense. On Oct. 4, attorney Jim Walden, who recently backed out of his own independent mayoral campaign weeks before the November election, made an X post featuring an Apple …

Cue the constant headache — Joyce Manor is back. The SoCal pop rockers have announced their first album in three years and its title is steeped in nostalgia. I Used to Go to This Bar arrives early next year, on Jan. 30, 2026 via Epitaph Records. The band — guitarist …

Hardy is going back on the road. The Nashville country songwriter and metalhead live performer has announced the Country! Country! Tour!, which kicks off in February and runs through August of 2026. The trek is in support of the Mississippi native’s latest album, Country! Country!, and features a well-curated rotating …

Mark Ronson, fresh off the release of hismemoirNight People: How to Be a DJ in ’90s New York City, offers a glimpse into his music tastes and shares his first impressions of Aaliyah’s music in a new episode of Rolling Stone‘s Song Shuffle. The DJ and production mastermind started the …

Cody Johnson is canceling his remaining 2025 shows due to a burst eardrum, which the country singer said will require surgery and “many weeks” of recovery. He was expected to perform six upcoming dates through December, with his next performance originally scheduled for Oct. 18 at PPG Paints Arena in …

Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty is home after serving more than four years in federal prison. In April 2022 the artist, real name Lontrell Williams, was sentenced to 63 months in prison after pleading guilty to a gun conspiracy charge stemming from an October 2020 confrontation that left a man shot …

If Justin Vernon leaves Bon Iver, who’d replace him? Jacob Elordi might want to give it a stab. On Tuesday, Bon Iver released the video for “Day One,” which follows a cohort of fans and wannabe stars (including some celebs) attempting to audition for Vernon’s role. “In 2025, Bon Iver …

Taylor Swift said she “welcomes the chaos” when it comes to people’s reactions to her new album, The Life of a Showgirl. “The rule of show business is if it’s the first week of my album release and you are saying either my name or my album title, you’re helping,” …

Justin Bieber doesn’t need a packed room to have a good time. On Tuesday, the musician released the video for Swag II standout “Bad Honey,” which follows the star dancing around and sipping on a Guinness from inside a mostly empty Dundee pub in Scotland. The Rory Kramer‬-directed video alternates …

If Zach Bryan was hoping to have a quiet autumn, especially after his ongoing feud with country act Gavin Adcock, he’s out of luck. Bryan has once again found himself in the middle of the culture wars — and this time with an old-fashioned protest song that’s irked MAGA fans …