Music

Car Seat Headrest (Will Toledo) released a revamped version of his 2011 song “Cute Thing.” The original had the shoddy charm of a bedroom recording; the new rendition adds clarity and punch to the drums and piercing guitar. The sound isn’t the only thing Toledo updated. He tweaks some lyrics, …

In February of 2011, Lady Gaga went onto Ryan Seacrest’s radio show to talk about her upcoming album Born This Way for the very first time. She was at the height of her fame, and her army of Little Monsters were eager for any scrap of information they could get …

Femi Kuti protests war and promotes worldwide peace with his new video for “One People One World,” the title track from his upcoming 10th LP out February 23rd. In the vibrant clip, the Afrobeat bandleader performs onstage at Nigeria venue The Shrine, which he built as a memorial to his …

Three country artists who performed at this fall’s Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas – just before it was attacked by a gunman who killed 58 concertgoers and wounded more than 500 on October 1st – will take the 2018 Grammy Awards stage for a tribute to victims killed …

The Seventies were a wild and wooly time in the world of country music. Long hair, beards and blue jeans were anything but the norm in Music City, but a group of renegades in Texas changed all that, and in the process transformed the outlaw country movement into a mainstream …

Sigur Rós recorded two new tracks for an episode of Black Mirror. The sweeping pieces – “End” and “Match” – appear on collaborator Alex Somers’ soundtrack to “Hang the DJ,” an episode from the Netflix sci-fi series’fourth season. “End,” the lengthier and more structured piece, features all of the Icelandic …

It’s barely one week into the year, but it’s already time to start thinking about summer festival season with Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival announcing its 2018 lineupTuesday morning. Among the 150 artists scheduled to descend upon Manchester, Tennessee, for the annual gathering taking place June 7th through 10th are …

On Wednesday, Spotify cemented plans for the world’s biggest streaming service to go public on the New York Stock Exchange. However, the months-in-the-works announcement was marred Tuesday by the arrival of a $1.6 billion lawsuit filed against Spotify by Wixen Music Publishing, which represents the works of artists ranging from …

Taylor Swift‘s Reputationreturned to Number One on the Billboard 200 as last-minute Christmas shopping propelled the year’s top-selling album back into the top spot. Reputation added 107,000 total copies to its platinum-plus haul to spend a fourth week at Number One. Swift’s latest LP opened up with three straight weeks …

Lorde has decided to cancel her 2018 concert in Tel Aviv following calls for the Melodrama singer to withdraw from the gig due to the ongoing cultural boycott. Organizers confirmed to the Jerusalem Post that Lorde had canceled the show, scheduled for the Tel Aviv Convention Centre on June 5th …