After a slew of summery singles and a cheeky, highly entertaining rollout featuring homages to early 2000s paparazzi photos, Haim have officially announced their new album. I Quit arrives June 20 via Columbia Records. To accompany the album announcement, the L.A. sister trio dropped the new single “Down to Be …
Read More »Cornell University Cancels Kehlani Concert Over Pro-Palestinian Remarks
Kehlani, an artist who has publicly supported Palestinians, will no longer perform at a scheduled Cornell University concert next month. The institution’s president, Michael I. Kotlikoff, announced the cancellation of the May 7 event, part of the school’s “Slope Day” celebration after the last day of classes, in an open …
Read More »Watch Hozier Join Lucy Dacus to Perform 'Bullseye' in New York
Lucy Dacus might not remember this happening, but Hozier joined her on stage for a performance of Forever Is a Feeling’s “Bullseye” in New York on Wednesday night. “Who has a video of Hozier surprising me on stage last night,” Dacus asked on X. “I blacked out and would like …
Read More »Bad Suns Ease Into New Album 'Accelerator' With Latest Single 'Slow Karma'
Bad Suns are picking up speed as they prepare to release their fifth studio album Accelerator, out Aug. 8. The Los Angeles band are easing into the rush with the record’s latest single “Slow Karma,” which doubles as a mission statement for their first studio album as a trio following …
Read More »Katy Perry Sings 'Not Like the Movies' for First Time in 13 Years at Lifetimes Tour Kickoff
When Katy Perry announced her Lifetimes Tour, she revealed to Rolling Stone that she’d include a section featuring the “deepest cuts that have never seen the light of day.” On opening night in Mexico City on Wednesday, she stayed true to her word by performing the Teenage Dream deep cut …
Read More »Lorde Unleashes New Era With Hypnotic Synth-Pop Stunner 'What Was That'
Get ready, Lorde season is here. The singer-songwriter has returned with “What Was That,” a hypnotic, synth-pop number that harkens back to her Melodrama era. On the track, Lorde is haunted by distant, yet vivid memories. “MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up/ We kissed for hours straight/ …
Read More »How Niontay Is Building His Own Rap Universe
A t first, the weather at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park is sunny, verging on warm, but in typical spring fashion, clouds bring it back into windy and chilly territory. Twenty-six-year-old rapper Niontay is unfazed. When we meet, the laid-back MC is content to go with the flow. Though he’s been in …
Read More »The Roots, Soccer Mommy, and More Lead 2025 SummerStage Concerts Across NYC
New York City‘s sprawling outdoor performing arts festival is back. The Roots, Soccer Mommy, Big Freedia, Camilo, Bob Sinclair, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and more lead this year’s Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage with more than 70 shows in 13 parks across all five boroughs. According to a …
Read More »Coco Jones Enters R&B's Upper Echelon With 'Why Not More?'
Coco Jones’ first album may have taken a while to fully come to fruition. But as the question posed by its title indicates, the actor and singer holds the world to pretty exacting standards — and her debut full-length is a confident, sumptuous statement of intent that places her firmly …
Read More »Watch Toronto Grunge-Punk Band Metz Reunite on 'Everybody's Live'
After declaring they were going on indefinite hiatus last fall, Metz came back together to perform “A Boat to Drown In” on Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney. The latest episode of the Netflix talk show featured appearances by Conan O’Brien, Ayo Edibiri, and Tina Fey, and was unexpectedly themed around …
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