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On Nov. 4, Radiohead will emerge from a seven-year slumber when they kick off a European tour at the Movistar Arena in Madrid. At the moment, there are no shows on the books outside of Europe. There’s also no evidence they’ll be unveiling any new material. “So we’ll play anything …

Conor Oberst has had quite the year. Last September, he and his longtime bandmates, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott, released their 11th studio album as Bright Eyes, Five Dice, All Threes. That marked their first full-length in four years, following 2020’s comeback album Down in the Weeds, Where the World …

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week,Doja Cat channels Eighties synths on her fifth studio album, Young Thug keeps making up for lost time with his second new LP of the year, and Rauw …

With his first new album since being released from jail a year ago, Young Thug has successfully done precisely what he’s best at: getting the entire rap world talking. It was only a few weeks ago that Thug’s social media tirades, ill-advised as they were, seemed to put the entire …

Under new rules Spotify announced today, an AI “band” like the now-infamous Velvet Sundown will still be allowed on the service, but would be encouraged to label itself properly from the start. Overall, Spotify has zero intention of eliminating AI-generated music from its service, execs said Tuesday, in a press …

I t’s early August, and Latin Mafia just stepped offstage at Lollapalooza. Even though they’re taking a break at a nearby dining hall, they’re absolutely buzzing with energy. It’s hard to turn that live-wire adrenaline off; they spent the entire set crowd-surfing over screaming fans and inciting mosh pits as …

The night Shawn James sold out an 1,100-cap room in São Paulo, he realized what many artists who venture south of the U.S. eventually learn: Latin America doesn’t just welcome you, it takes you in completely. “It was the biggest show of my career,” James says. “We sold out and …

Queen‘s Brian May saw the Eagles play the Sphere in Las Vegas not long ago, and he hasn’t stopped thinking about it since.  ”I was blown away,” he tells Rolling Stone in his interview for our new digital cover story on “Bohemian Rhapsody” at 50. “It’s one of the best …

O n April 26, 1973, a young writer got his first article published in Rolling Stone. “It’s been four years since Poco played their first gig at the Troubadour and everybody made a point of saying the band would be The Next Big Thing,” he wrote. “Five albums and many …

To hear reparto in Havana, you don’t have to go far. It’s playing in every taxi, every café lining La Habana Vieja, on Friday nights at Don Cangrejo and Saturday mornings at Mio y Tuyo. A homemade mix of reggaeton and traditional Cuban rhythms, it’s the preeminent soundtrack of Cuba …