Music

D o you want to bedazzle my grinder?” Chappell Roan is standing in front of a vintage armoire, holding the silver weed-crushing tool and contemplating what to do today. It’s a hot, gorgeous July Friday, and she has a rare day off in between her increasingly viral festival performances. The …

Few things give a budding pop star their bona fides quite like proving their major label wrong. And that’s exactly what Chappel Roan did with “Pink Pony Club,” the 2020 single she fought to release, which has become one of the hits fueling her massive 2024 rise. In her new …

The Linda Lindas are in music for their love of the craft. On Tuesday, the girl band released their new single “No Obligation,” the title track for their upcoming album written by vocalist Eloise Wong, about not conforming to the norm. “Eloise wrote this ripper because we won’t adhere to …

Nada Surf are always the indie-rock grown-ups in the room—the band who know exactly who they are and what they’re doing. Their excellent new Moon Mirror has all the tropes that go into a Nada Surf album: exquisite guitar chimes polished until they gleam, melodies that kick in and stick, …

Until now, anyone who wanted to hear live recordings of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at their peak had to settle for the double album 4 Way Street. That record, culled from their 1970 shows, had its charged moments, including one of the earliest live versions of Neil Young’s “Ohio,” …

Zack Bryan’s ballad of brotherly love and strife, “Oak Island,” has received a new music video starring Casey Affleck. The visual matches the song’s story of two brothers on divergent paths, one trying to save the other from a potentially devastating mistake. The video opens with Affleck repeatedly calling his …

In less than two weeks, Katy Perry will release her latest album, 143. The album era began in July with “Woman’s World” and continued with “Lifetimes” in August. Neither single has been received exactly how Perry seemed to hope they would as far as her comeback goes, so she’s breaking …

In August, Travis Scott celebrated the 10th anniversary of his mixtape Days Before Rodeo by making the project available on streaming services for the first time. He sold over 361,000 album units in the first week as consumers got reacquainted with the star-making project —or listened to it for the …

Brothers Osborne have never hidden their support for political causes or even for candidates. The country music duo have actively supported gun control reform and LGBTQ rights, and in 2018, they headlined a fundraiser for the Democratic candidate for Tennessee governor. But on Thursday, they’ll make arguably their most high-profile …

Dave Grohl revealed that he fathered a child outside of his marriage. In a statement shared on Instagram, the Foo Fighters frontman said, “I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage. I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her.” He …