Music

You can now add Walton Goggins to the busy (and occasionally contentious) rollout for the Strokes’ forthcoming album Reality Awaits. The White Lotus and Fallout actor appears alongside Julian Casablancas and a collection of dancing clowns in the Johann Rashid-directed music video for the band’s single “Going Shopping.” As many astute Strokes fans have pointed

On Sunday night I was putting my clothes away and realised Virgin had been out for almost a year. I decided something had to be done about that. To be honest I haven’t really known how to talk about Virgin since it came out. I’d thought I was accustomed and even a bit desensitised to

After teasing a studio collaboration together several months ago, Steve Lacy has finally shared the new song he recorded with SZA. “Is It Cool?” is a back-and-forth track between the two singers where they delve into their struggles with romance and tendencies to self-sabotage. Give it a listen below. SZA first spoke of the existence

Harmony Tividad is done with the intentional brain-rot pop of Gossip, at least for now. The former Girlpool member picks back up the acoustic guitar and, with it, her natural instincts for indie-pop earworms. Broadly recounting an endless cycle of becoming in the modern world, Lifetime is a detailed and thoughtful reflection that takes note

Empress Of has announced new album Dream House, the follow-up to 2024’s For Your Consideration. Out Sept 18 via Giant Music, the record reflects on life after the Altadena fires that destroyed Lorely Rodriguez’s home—a topic explored on the single “Wild Storm,” released today with a Mitch deQuilettes-directed video shot in the aftermath. Rodriguez will

Heavens to Betsy, the punk duo of Corin Tucker and Tracy Sawyer whose 1994 split led to the formation of Sleater-Kinney, will tour this fall for the first time since the breakup. After launching the reunion with a surprise show in Portland, Oregon, last night, Tucker and Sawyer have lined up an itinerary that includes

Carly Rae Jepsen’s lead single from her forthcoming double LP has arrived. The pop-rockish “On Wires” is the first offering from the 24-track Day and Night. Check out the Caio Vieira-drected music video for it below. In a new interview with NME, Jepsen spoke of the single’s origins as a “come hither” track, before needing

With an hour’s notice and a bat of her eyelashes, Charli XCX ushered in her third single from Music, Fashion, Film: “Wink Wink.” The new song gets a music video directed by Aidan Zamiri, in which the pop star swears she’s “not a bad girl anymore” while eating strawberries in a field, washing window panes,

Blondshell has a new album on the way. Produced by Yves Rothman, Sabrina Teitelbaum’s Violins is set for release on September 25, via Partisan, led today by the title track. In the Sabra Binder-directed video, below, Teitelbaum undergoes a tumultuous bonding experience with a melting ice sculpture of a fawn. Watch that below. The single

Philadelphia psych-folk duo and frontrunners for most “un-Googleable band name” @ (pronounced like “at”) have signed to 4AD for their sophomore album. Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak will release Autosmile on October 16 via the storied British label. As a lead single, they’ve shared the LP’s title track alongside a stripped-down performance video. Watch it

Croz Boyce, the duo of Animal Collective’s Avey Tare and Geologist, will hit the road for the first time this September. The U.S. tour kicks off in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 8 and wraps three weeks later at Public Records in New York. Festival dates at Austin’s Levitation and Cincinnati’s Talk Low Festival are

Florist’s Emily Sprague has a new album on the way. Called Cyano, it includes “Double Moon,” which she released earlier this year, alongside 13 additional tracks. It’s due October 2 via Rvng Intl. Today, Sprague also shared a new song from the album, “Sing To,” as well as a video directed by their real-life partner

Wednesday and Mannequin Pussy seem like a perfect match on paper—the North Carolina countrygaze band and the roaring Philadelphia punk group are both forces live, are led by inimitable frontwomen, and have spent years honing their craft—and it seems they agree. Today, the two bands have announced the Bitch Cabal Tour, a co-headlining run snaking

Ravyn Lenae is ready for the spotlight. The singer will bring her upcoming blend of R&B, pop, and new wave electronics on Blue Island to the stage this fall with a headlining tour of North America. The run begins on September 15 and lasts on through October 21, with Nourished by Time, Lexa Gates, and

Legendary music executive Clive Davis died on Monday at his home in New York City, reports The New York Times. He was 94. As one of the industry’s most influential figures, serving as a producer, A&R man, and label president over the course of his career, Davis directly shaped numerous genres, and signed and worked

André 3000 has released a new short film inspired by and set to the music of 7 Piano Sketches, his 2025 EP. The 12-minute video was written by André 3000 and Graham Mason, with the latter serving as its director. In the film, the musician walks across New York City with a life-sized piano strapped

Ken Carson has a new album dropping next month. Xperiment, which follows last year’s More Chaos and 2024’s A Great Chaos, will arrive on July 3 via Opium/Interscope Records. Although Carson has yet to release any new music or a track list from his forthcoming fifth studio LP, he has shared the cover art, which

Craig Finn is staring down the barrel of a jam-packed 2026. The Hold Steady frontman already announced the second round of his joint tour with Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood, set for June, and a European trek supporting the Mountain Goats in October. To those, Finn has now added a November run of full-band headlining shows,