James Blake Is More Alluring and Disruptive Than Ever on ‘Friends That Break Your Heart’: Album Review

Travis Scott has revealed the lineup for this year's AstroWorld Festival in Houston, Texas. SZA, Bad Bunny, Tame Impala, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Roddy Ricch, Don Toliver, Baby Keem, BIA, Metro Boomin, Yves Tumor, Master P, Earth Wind & Fire, and more will perform across the November 5–6 weekend with Scott slated to headline.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMoon Kissed are an all-female New York trio whose music is equal parts pop, indie and attitude. It’s an angle they hit you with, straight off the bat and in no uncertain terms, on their sophomore album’s lead-off track, “Bubblegum,” which has a gritty synth-pop sound, an indelible hook and, well, “I know your tiny ego’s bruised/ Don’t try to blame me” singer Khaya Cohen sweetly snarls.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter decades of not really dealing with their catalog, the Rolling Stones have been digging deep into their vaults for the past dozen years or so, releasing expanded versions of past albums, many full-length archival concerts, and finishing up old songs that they’d started recording decades earlier.The latest in this series, released just a few weeks after the 40th anniversary of its original release (vinyl pressing plants are really backed up these days), finds

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIann Dior, 070 Shake, Alessia Cara, G-Eazy, Tori Kelly, Alesso & Danna Paola, A7S, Kiana Lede, X Ambassadors and more are featured on the soundtrack to ‘Blade Runner: Black Lotus,’ which drops Nov. 5 on ASG/10:22PM/Def Jam Recordings.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorGrammy-nominated songwriter Ali Tamposi and artist-music industry vet Tamar Kaprelian have launched a new digital education video and podcast series “Song Start,” which is available on Spotify for Artists’ recently launched Noteable platform today — check it out here.The series debuts with ten video episodes with artists including John Legend, Camila Cabello, Charli XCX, and Phoebe Bridgers (pictured above), and ten corresponding podcast episodes explore and explain

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFifty-one years later, how do we appraise “Let It Be,” the Beatles’ swan song, the document of their breakup, the one that the bandmembers themselves initially disliked so much that Paul McCartney took legal action and John Lennon dubbed it a salvage job from “the shittiest load of badly recorded shit — and with a lousy feeling to it — ever”?Of course, the men doth protest too much: The group’s high standards guaranteed that there is no such thing as a bad Beatles

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPrimary Wave has acquired a stake in the catalog of Gerry Goffin, lyricist for dozens of classic songs with his former wife Carole King: “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” “(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman,” “Up on the Roof,” “The Loco-Motion,” “One Fine Day,” “Take Good Care of My Baby,” “Wasn’t Born to Follow,” “Pleasant Valley Sunday,” “I’m Into Something Good” and many, many other songs that epitomized the “Brill Building” sound that dominated the hit

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSolange’s Saint Heron studio and platform has announced the launch of its free library of “esteemed and valuable” books by Black creators for research, study and exploration. Each reader will be invited to borrow a book of their choice for 45 days, completely free of charge.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s hard to think of a musical genre more difficult to carry off past one’s youth than hardcore punk, which was built to have a short shelf life in almost every way.

Straight outta Inglewood comes word that Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and Mary J. Blige will perform during the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles.

Turn up the speakers! The NFL announced its plans to bring together five chart-topping musical artists to headline the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI halftime show.

Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Mary J.

Eminem, Dr Dre and Mary J.

Pepsi just announced an iconic halftime show lineup for the 2022 Super Bowl: Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar have been tapped to take the stage at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood in Los Angeles for football’s biggest Sunday on February 13, 2022. The game and halftime show will be aired on NBC, Telemundo, and Peacock.