Music

One of the most emotionally complex songs Beck has written is “Lost Cause,” which is sadder than your average breakup song because it’s more about resignation than remorse. The lyrics echo the adage that the divorce happens long before the divorce. Beck was 32 years old when the song came …

DJ Clark Kent, the legendary producer behind numerous classic hip-hop records and artists, has died at the age of 58. His family confirmed his death in a statement posted to Instagram on Friday. “It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of the beloved Rodolfo A. Franklin, known …

Lady Gaga’s new song “Disease” is finally here in all its maximalist pop glory. The track is driven by a cavernous synth line that swells and slams against industrial drums before erupting into a classic Gaga shout-along chorus: “I could play the doctor, I can cure your disease/If you were …

Joe Walsh‘s upcoming VetsAid benefit concert at Belmont Park’s UBS Arena has been canceled, Walsh announced on Friday, citing “circumstances beyond organizers’ control.” While the concert won’t take place, VetsAid — the non-profit that Walsh founded in 2017 — will still be dispersing $400,000 in grants, Walsh said. “The wellbeing …

Gwen Stefani delivered another offering from her Bouquet Friday, unveiling the latest single, “Swallow My Tears.” The song, which follows previous singles “Purple Irises” and “Somebody Else’s,” finds Stefani ruminating on how a past relationship can impact a current one. “The past keeps chasin’ me around/I thought I lost it …

Sech is back and feeling more inspired than ever. On Thursday, the Panamanian reggaeton star marked his return with “Toy Perdió,” his first single since signing with Bad Bunny’s Rimas Entertainment. The new single is the first taste of Tranki, Todo Pasa, his album out Nov. 29, which he announces …

Halsey has been so many different people over the past decade. The teenage pop rebel who spoke for a generation of “New Americana.” The Shakespearean conceptual artist who turned Romeo and Juliet into Hopeless Fountain Kingdom. The world-beating auteur of Manic. The industrial hate machine blasting Nine Inch Nails-produced aggression …

Two months after James Taylor’s performance at the Democratic National Convention was cut-for-time, the singer took the stage Thursday at a Wilmington, North Carolina, rally led by vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. Taylor — joined by wife Kim, son Henry, and Owen Young on cello — performed “You’ve Got a …

Jon Schaffer, the heavy metal guitarist and founding “lifetime member” of the Oath Keepers who was among the first to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to three years of probation and 120 hours of community service. He will also have to pay $1,000 in restitution …

On “Young Lion,” Sade‘s first song in six years and her contribution to the upcoming Transa compilation, the artist apologizes to her son, Izaak, for not understanding him better when he began transitioning genders. “Young man, I feel so heavy for you, you must have felt so alone,” she sings …