Music

What might emptiness sound like? That’s what Mike Hadreas, who records as Perfume Genius, sought out with producer Blake Mills on “Describe,” his latest single. The song takes on a simple premise: the narrator is struggling in the midst of a tough episode, asking a loved one to help render …

Update (6/11): The Dixie Chicks have announced a new date for their album Gaslighter. The country trio will release the LP on July 17th. *** Update (4/21): The Dixie Chicks have postponed the release of their new album Gaslighter. The trio’s first LP since 2006 was originally slated to arrive …

Colombian artist Lido Pimienta invites her fellow countrywoman, Bomba Estéreo vocalist Li Saumet, to reflect on both the power and strain of motherhood in their new single, “Nada.” It’s the third single off Pimienta’s upcoming album, MissColombia, out April 17th on ANTI. Both commanding, trailblazing musicians in their own right, …

Each month, the editors and critics atRolling Stone will compile a list of our favorite new albums. January’s picks include K-pop stars BTS, Latin-pop titan Bad Bunny, punk-rock legends Green Day and Gen Z rock prodigy Soccer Mommy. Bad Bunny, YHLQMDLG During the last two years,Bad Bunny has left no …

Jenny Lewis stopped by NPR for a Tiny Desk Concert, and the Rabbit Fur Coatsinger-songwriter had a few tricks up her sleeve. For her rendition of “Rabbit Hole,” from her latest albumOn the Line, Lewis got the entire NPR staff audience to sing along to the track’s uber-catchy chorus right …

A decade after Best Coast released their indie-pop breakthrough “Sun Was High (and So Was I),” the band has cleaned up its act. Four years have passed since its last LP, California Nights, and frontwoman Bethany Cosentino has sobered up and turned her life around. It’s a commendable feat, but …

The first time Megan Thee Stallion was called a stallion, she wasn’t exactly pleased. “I was 15 and I was leaving a football game, and this dude — he was way older — he was like, ‘Dang, little mama, you a stallion!’” she recalls to Rolling Stone. “I was like, …

Rappers, like wrestlers and politicians, are professional liars. By design, the genre rewards embellishment. Your average listener does not want to hear someone rap about selling a modicum of crack or taking the recommended dosage of prescription cough syrup, just like nobody wants to watch a Fast & Furious movie …

Disclosure perform in a packed, laser-lit club in the visualizer for the electronic duo’s new song “Tondo.” The single is the second they’ve released in as many days, having dropped “Ecstasy” on Monday. The new track samples Cameroonian musician Eko Roosevelt. In the clip, the Lawrence brothers are seen behind …

Earlier this month, Paul Simon helped launch a new music education program in New York City with a $1 million donation that will fund a fellowship for middle and high school music teachers over two years. Each year, the Paul Simon Music Fellows Program will partner 20 young music educators …