Music

When Fcukers booked their debut concert at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn in March 2023, they had understandably low expectations for the evening. The electronic act had uploaded their first two songs literally hours before they took the stage, and they’d already logged many frustrating years in separate indie-rock bands …

The music festival Sea.Hear.Now will return to Asbury Park, New Jersey, in September, with two days of performances headlined by Blink-182 and Hozier. Lenny Kravitz, LCD Soundsystem, Alabama Shakes, Sublime, ZZ Top,Public Enemy, Remi Wolf, and more will also perform at the beachside festival. Blink-182 will helm night one on …

Stephen Wilson Jr. was racing home to Indiana to see his dying father when his sister called to tell him he was running out of time. Partway there from Nashville, he pulled over to have one more conversation with the man he was named after. “I said goodbye to my …

Last December, Nick Carpenter had an existential experience onstage. He was standing with the band Dawes, screaming along as they performed their signature song, 2009’s “When My Time Comes.” The moment made Carpenter, who sings and writes songs under the name Medium Build, think about his deepest fears and goals …

Noah Cyrus is doing some reflection using her older brother’s point of view on her latest single, “Don’t Put It All on Me.” The record, which pairs the singer with Fleet Foxes, was written by Braison Cyrus as a portrait of her role in their family. “I have always been …

Not long ago, Timbaland thought he was tapped out. Since the mid-Nineties, he’s repeatedly reinvented R&B, hip-hop, and pop, lacing classics by the likes of Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, and Jay-Z with skittering beats, future-shock synths, and his outrageous ear for samples and hooks. At age 53, though, the producer worried …

Growing up with a dad in the Army, Samara Cyn moved around a lot, living in at least six different states by age 20. At the time, she hated it — like most teenagers, she just wanted to belong. But those experiences ended up fueling her 2024 EP, The Drive …

Guns N’ Roses have announced the departure of drummer Frank Ferrer after nearly two decades with the band. The split was described as “amicable” in a statement shared by Guns N’ Roses, who said, “The band thanks Frank for his friendship, creativity, and sturdy presence over the past 19 years, …

The charity organization Teenage Cancer Trust will continue its long-running series of benefit concerts in 2026 with a lineup curated by the Cure‘s Robert Smith. The musician takes over the role from co-founder Roger Daltrey, who stepped down last year after helming curation duties for 24 years. “Teenage Cancer Trust …

At the core of Jim Legxacy’s music is a potent clarity of emotion. The London-based musician’s 2023 mixtape Homeless N**ga Pop Music deployed samples like globs of glitter spread across a posterboard: a Miley Cyrus song, the watermark for a Nigerian MP3 website, a snippet from the U.K. grime classic …