Footwork did not ask to be discovered. It emerged from Chicago’s South Side in the late 1990s as an evolution of ghetto house, built for battle: two dancers...
The Cockroaches are back. If you know your Rolling Stones lore, that sentence lands differently than it would for most bands. The Cockroaches was the name the Stones...
Sunn O))) releases their self-titled album on April 3, which gives a useful entry point for thinking about drone and ambient metal, the corner of music where the...
Eric Clapton has confirmed the return of the Crossroads Guitar Festival for 2026, scheduled for September 26 and 27 in Austin, Texas. The event, a fundraiser for Clapton’s...
Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE are releasing a joint double album called POMPEII // UTILITY on April 3, in collaboration with the production collective SURF GANG. It’s a 33-track...
Neo-soul is a term that was always a bit awkward, invented by critics to describe music that didn’t quite fit the categories available at the time. It showed...
Bruce Springsteen opened the U.S. leg of his Land of Hope and Dreams Tour in Minneapolis on Tuesday night, and he did exactly what he said he was...
Drill music was born in Chicago’s South Side around 2011 and 2012, and the name came before the fame. “Drill” was already street slang in that neighborhood for...
Megan Thee Stallion was taken to a hospital on Tuesday night after becoming ill during a performance of Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway, leaving the show mid-production....
Cloud rap didn’t die. It just became invisible to people who weren’t paying close enough attention. The genre had its peak visibility window somewhere between 2011 and 2016,...
Beth Orton has always been difficult to categorize, which is probably why she keeps making records that feel like they exist outside of any particular moment. Her new...
Billy Strings is barely letting the road cool down under his feet. Fresh off back-to-back Grammy wins for Best Bluegrass Album, the Michigan flatpicker has confirmed a full...
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