It's always cool when a band is willing to release a song that's just straight-up called "sex." LA's untitled (halo) have a new one that doesn't even seem to be about sex, but it's called "sex" anyway ...

As legend has it, Olivia Osby and Avsha Weinberg met in high school math class, where Weinberg would sneak glances at Osby’s laptop to see what music she was bumping. After bonding over indie acts ...

Charli XCX headlined the first night of Austin City Limits on Friday (Oct. 2), and as usual, she brought a surprise. After co-headlining The Sweat Tour with Troye Sivan last year, the British pop star ...

Mike Patton brought Mondo Cane — his project covering Italian pop songs from the ’50s and ’60s — to Mexico for the first time Thursday (Oct. 1) as part of Festival Internacional Cervantino’s Circuito ...

Scottish post-rock warriors Mogwai have had a hell of a run over the past 30 years or so. Early next year, they'll release a career-spanning collection under the title Happy Tears. It's funny to think ...

Springfield, Illinois' Prevention have been cranking out righteous, passionate straight-edge hardcore since 2019. They play fast, in an orthodox old-school youth crew style, but they seem to mean it ...

Last month, Macklemore was kicked off Ed Sheeran's tour after Robert Kraft, the owner of Massachusetts' Gillette Stadium, was unhappy with the rapper's pro-Palestine activism during his performances.

The Alchemist does this sometimes, and his new EP Liquid Form works the same way as past EPs like 2024's The Genuine Articulate. On Liquid Form, Alchemist has one song apiece with Queens pioneer Kool ...

Kelly Clarkson was the most recent guest on the culture/comedy podcast Las Culturistas, hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers. Towards the end of each episode, there's a segment called "I Don't Think ...

Usually when I adore a musician, I instinctively hate their imitators, out of loyalty and a desire for originality. But when singer-songwriters come along and remind me of Elliott Smith, I swoon. It’s ...

Look out! Here comes the cult-beloved rock legend Todd Rundgren, and he's got takes! Rundgren has never been shy about sharing his opinions. In 2021, for instance, Rundgren said that he wasn't ...