Music

Andres Ordonez, the Chicago-based artist who goes by Specter, has been DJing for over two decades and releasing his own productions for almost as long. But he didn’t release his debut album, Built to Last, until August. The second side of Built to Last‘s second half is taken up entirely …

Troye Sivan has contributed a new, original song to the film Boy Erased. “Revelation” was written by Sivan alongside his frequent collaborator Leland and Sigur Rós’s Jónsi. The song first appeared in the trailer for Boy Erased, a forthcoming film written and directed by Joel Edgerton that stars Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, …

The Dils were one of the best bands on the West Coast in the late Seventies, known for the their endearing sibling vocal blend and strong social messages. 1978’s “Class War” blended both of those elements: “I wanna war, between the rich and the poor / I wanna fight and …

Following weeks of speculation that intensified on Monday, Chance the Rapper announced at a press conference Tuesday morning that he would not be running for Mayor of Chicago. Instead he endorsedAmara Enyia, the director of the city’s Austin Chamber of Commerce. Wearing a purple version of his signature “3” hat, …

30 years later, 1988 still stands as rap’s greatest year. The lyrical molotovs of Nation of Millions and Straight Outta Compton, the post-modern (and pre-lawsuit) free-for-all of sampling, the national spotlight of a new show called Yo! MTV Raps and much more. To celebrate 30 years, Rolling Stone’s Best of …

A collection of songs Glen Campbell originally recorded as a demo singer for Elvis Presley to hear will soon see the light of day, as the lost album Sings for the King will be released November 16th via Capitol/UMe. In the years between 1964 and 1968, during which he’d score …

Lady Gaga and the World Health Organization’s director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus co-penned a powerful, emotional op-ed for The Guardian on suicide, mental health stigma and the lack of resources needed to help eradicate the “mental health emergency.” Gaga and Ghebreyesus heavily cite statistics throughout their piece, placing the issue …

With the combined musical voices of Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley —all formidable artists on their own —the Pistol Annies have been fearless about exploring complex emotional territory in their songwriting. On their first two albums, Hell on Heels and Annie Up, they envisioned women longing to break …

One year after the launch of their sold-out tour, which visited more than 20 U.S. cities, Little Big Town are headed to Canada for a revival of their Breakers Tour. Launching February 14th, in London, Ontario, the ten-city trek concludes March 2nd in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Joining the multi-award-winning foursome …

Pop music as we know it and hear it wouldn’t sound the same if it weren’t for Robyn. The sweeping success of herBody Talk series with its body-crushing synths and soul-choking storylines of loneliness, vulnerability and infidelity looked directly to the future. From Taylor Swift to Lorde to Carly Rae …