Music

Nearly a year after No Doubt’s triumphant Coachella return following a decade-long hiatus, the Orange County band will reunite once again at the upcoming FireAid benefit concert. When the FireAid lineup was announced earlier this week, Gwen Stefani was among the dozens of all-star artists on the bill for the …

Welcome to ourweekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, 21 Savage goes back home to his native London to team up with U.K. rap star Central Cee, indie hero Lucy Dacus returns with a stunning track off …

Los Angeles has played a character in the Weeknd‘s music for years, particularly on the ominous and commanding After Hours. The 2020 record — which featured the fan-favorite “Escape From LA” — marked the first in the album trilogy that was originally scheduled to conclude on Jan. 24 with Hurry …

JP Saxe was planning to do a single release celebration for his upcoming song “Safe,” but instead, he’s pivoting to support those in need out in Los Angeles. On Thursday, the singer announced NY for LA, a benefit on Jan. 22 at Bowery Ballroom to raise money for wildfire relief. …

Somewhere out there is a recording of Billy Bob Thornton and Johnny Cash playing Cash’s 1958 song “I Still Miss Someone” together. In a new interview with The Guardian, Thornton revealed that he collaborated with Cash on the tune, but it has never been released. The actor answered a series …

Central Cee and 21 Savage are watching the price go all the way up on their new song, “GBP.” Over a beat of atmospheric synths and punchy drums, Central Cee leans into the transatlantic nature of the collaboration, using his verse and parts of the chorus to envision what his …

Days before Donald Trump takes the Oath of Office, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts have dropped a fiery new song, “Big Change.” “Big change is comin,’” Young sings. “You know what you gotta do/Big change is comin’/Could be bad and it could be good.” The song is the first …

The past few years have been freeing for Yola. The genre-spanning British singer left Nashville, moved to the New York area (and started dating), earned her first role on Broadway (as Persephone in Hadestown), and began work on the next phase of her musical career. That era of Yolanda Quartey …

The year is 2014. Mac Miller has defied hip-hop norms as a successful, independent act whose sound has impressively evolved from easygoing frat-rap to psychedelic hip-hop. He is living in Los Angeles, burrowed in the hills of excess and fame. He’s high nearly every day, hooked on a slew of …

Spin Doctors were a Nineties anomaly — a jam band from the same New York City scene as Blues Traveler who sold over 10 million copies of their 1991 debut album, Pocket Full of Kryptonite, largely thanks to two witty, power-poppy singles: “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” and “Two Princes.” …