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Wu-Tang Clan, A$AP Rocky, Travis Scott, Meek Mill and Lil Uzi Vert will headline the first-ever New York City edition of hip-hop festival Rolling Loud. The 2019 event, set for October 12th and 13th at Citi Field, will also feature DMX, Fat Joe, Young Thug, Action Bronson, Pusha T, Juice …

Brian Eno strongly believes he saw the flight path overhead of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travelinto space, when he was 12. “I was very excited by it,” he recalls now. But within a few years he lost his interest in space travel. By the time Neil Armstrong …

Brandi Carlile calls out the male-dominated music business and the National Rifle Association in the as-yet-unreleased song “Cowgirls,” which she dedicated to “the boys in the country-music industry” in her live debut of the tune. With the acoustic, mid-tempo song’s finger-pointing lyrics Carlile asserts, “I don’t believe in wealth and …

This summer has seen Bad Bunny hopping from country to country on his long-awaited European tour — which would have included appearances at Barcelona’s annual Sónar festival and Lollapalooza Paris. But late Monday night, while on a break in Ibiza, the Latin trap star tweeted that he was putting the …

In 2011, a few months before his career exploded and he took the mantle as the world’s most successful busker, Ed Sheeran put out an EP calledNo.5 Collaborations Project, a series of duets with established artists from the UK’s grime scene. Eight years, three multi-platinum albums (Plus,Multiply, andDivide), and hundreds …

Happy 73rd birthday to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Linda Ronstadt, born July 15th, 1946, in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to her mid-Seventies dominance as rock’s premier female artist, Ronstadt also delivered impassioned performances of country songs throughout, and beyond, that era, with crossover hits including the Everly …

M83 have announced a new album, DSVII. The sequel to 2007’s ambient album, Digital Shades Vol. 1, the new LP will be released on September 20th via Mute and is available for pre-order. The album, which follows 2016’s Junk, is primarily influenced by video game music. “It felt so refreshing …

There’s nothing dated about “Drone Before Parlor Violence,” a recently released track by the arty Connecticut hardcore outfit Jeromes Dream. The song’s blend of clenched aggression and airy melody sounds perfectly at home today, in an era where bands like Deafheaven and Torche have effectively razed any remaining barriers between …

A day after the premiere of its highly-anticipated third season, the Stranger Things 3 soundtrack has dropped via Legacy Recordings. The non-original soundtrack oozes in Eighties circa-1985 nostalgia with tracks like Madonna‘s “Material Girl,” REO Speedwagon’s “Can’t Fight This Feeling” and “Workin’ for a Livin’” by Huey Lewis & the …

“I know it’s hard being strong/And not getting lost in a man’s world,” sings Mickey Guyton in the opening line of her new song “Sister.” A soaring anthem of solidarity and support, “Sister” comes from a fertile period of songwriting for Guyton, who co-wrote the song with Nathan Spicer and …