Music

Twenty years ago this month, the Randy Rogers Band released Rollercoaster, an 11-track album on the independent Smith Music Group label. Within a year of the LP’s Aug. 24, 2004, release, the record had taken the band from a life of scraping by in Texas dive bars and underpaying opening-act …

One fan’s sweet moment at a Macklemore concert in Slovakia quickly turned sour last week as a woman who joined the rapper onstage was arrested soon after on an outstanding warrant. The incident occurred this past weekend at Bratislava’s Lovestream Festival, where Macklemore was among the performers. During the gig, …

Before the three founding members of Fruition had their first face-to-face encounter after the Covid-19 pandemic, they weren’t sure what the future held for their band. The Portland Americana act were inseparable for more than a decade, but when lockdowns started they didn’t see each other for more than a …

As Jaten Dimsdale was starting to chart his course as Teddy Swims, he got some fantastic advice from an old friend: Listen to your gut. Speaking with Rolling Stone’s Delisa Shannon backstage at Lollapalooza, Swims recalled his friend saying, “If you could tell me one time in your life that …

He’s shy. He’s square. He’s a very average person. And yet, as the trailer for the documentary Art Dealers shows, Adam Weiner (who makes all those claims himself) becomes extraverted, hip, and larger-than-life when he steps onstage to front revivalist-rock revivalists Low Cut Connie. The full documentary, which Weiner co-directed …

Sabrina Carpenter‘s new trailer for her upcoming single, “Taste,” sees the pop star running into actress Jenna Ortega in the most compromising of situations. In a video posted to social media on Wednesday, Carpenter is seen perusing a spread of sharp metal objects before sauntering up the steps of a …

A$AP Rocky taps into abstract European art influences in a new visual for his forthcoming, highly-anticipated album Don’t Be Dumb. The video accompanies “Highjack,” the album’s first single. “We coming with a whole new aesthetic on everything, especially with German expressionism and the whole ghetto futurism grim thing,” the Harlem …

Stevie Wonder graced the Democratic National Convention stage on Wednesday to deliver both a heartfelt speech and performance in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota governor Tim Walz. Speaking to the thousands gathered at the United Center in Chicago, Wonder declared: “I love you. Every …

Devotion runs through the veins of Fontaines D.C.’s music. The Dublin group first crashed onto the post-punk scene with their 2019 debut Dogrel, a nuanced, gripping homage to their homeland; 2022’s guttural Skinty Fia unpacked the guilt they felt after relocating to London. Now, they’re considering devotion through an entirely …

John Legend welcomed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention, performing a song by one of Minnesota’s greatest artists: Prince. Ahead of Walz’s acceptance as the party’s vice presidential nominee, Legend honored the Gopher state, where Walz coached high school football before becoming governor. (Legend previously …