Music

The estate of Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning Japanese composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra member who died in 2023, has announced the posthumous album Opus, a document of Sakamoto’s final performances. The recording was filmed over a series of private studio sessions at Tokyo’s legendary NHK 509 Studio in the fall …

Donald Glover appeared on Instagram Live last night to clarify his upcoming work with Childish Gambino and to acknowledge the feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. The rapper confirmed that he will release a new single, “Lithonia,” on July 2 ahead of his forthcoming LP, Bando Stone in the New …

Going back to Metallica‘s first show in 1982, Diamond Head’s eight-minute New Wave of British Heavy Metal crusher “Am I Evil?” has been a staple of their set lists. They’ve teamed up with members of the band a few times over the years to perform it live, and the planets …

Megan Thee Stallion feels like she has been through a fight sequence in an action anime of her own after wrangling clearance approval for the use of a hard-to-get anime sample on “Otaku Hot Girl,” a song from her upcoming album Megan. The album is set for release on Friday, …

Following a series of TikToks from YouTuber Brooke Schofield that blasted Clinton Kane for being a “master manipulator” and lying about his mother’s death, the singer is now denying her accusations. He claims that he had been referencing the death of a “mother-like figure” all along. “Clinton Kane and Brooke …

Over the last year, guitar prodigy Grace Bowers has been showing up on stages from Nashville to Newport. In May of 2023, she joined Gaslight Anthem onstage at the Ryman Auditorium and delivered one of the highlight sets of last summer’s Newport Folk Festival. Now, the 17-year-old player is releasing …

When Egyptian artist Bayou joined forces with Gaza-raised musician Saint Levant at Coachella this year, something clicked. Effortlessly switching between Arabic and English, sometimes even within a single bar, Bayou delivered an electrifying performance of his self-branded “Egyptian R&B” track “Haifa Wehbe.” Those few minutes on stage were a powerful …

Call Rhea Raj “Miss Temptation.” The rising Indian American pop star channels the sexy undertone of her debut album Hunter in the flirtatious video for “Hush,” which premieres with Rolling Stone Thursday. “The music video takes [the song’s] flirtatious energy into a moodier sci-fi setting,” Raj tells Rolling Stone. “As …

A decade into their career as a band, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats have settled into a groove as as roots-rock juggernauts, releasing records every three years and gracing festival main stages with high-energy live shows that foreground the band’s revivalist revue appeal. The band’s fourth album,South of Here, …

Earlier this month, the Pretenders kicked off a European tour, and while on the road, Chrissie Hynde was able to catch another big show: Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour. In an Instagram message, Hynde wrote about how bowled over she was by Swift. “I saw Taylor Swift (you may have heard …