Music

Fifty years ago this week, Simon and Garfunkel released Bridge Over Troubled Water. It was not only their most successful album — selling millions of copies and earning them six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year — but it was also their final LP. They reformed several times over …

Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard explained how the group’s upcoming album, Gigaton, captures “the spirit of the band” in a new interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 radio. The first single from Gigaton, “Dance of the Clairvoyants,” found the band exploring funkier and more experimental sonic territories, with Gossard …

Weyes Blood, a.k.a. Natalie Mering, has announced 2020 North American tour dates in support of her album Titanic Rising. Titled A Lot Has Changed Tour, the extensive trek kicks off at both weekends of Coachella on April 11th and 18th. She’ll hit major cities — including Denver’s Bluebird Theater on …

The Weeknd chases some extreme highs and ends up with a bloody face in the new video for his single, “Blinding Lights.” Directed by Anton Tammi, the clip stars the Weeknd as a lounge lizard-like fellow who bears a passing resemblance to jazz legend Herbie Hancock, circa 1978’s Sunlight. (“You’re …

Rising Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke was arrested Friday on federal charges of transporting a stolen vehicle, the New York Times reports. The rapper was arrested at John F. Kennedy airport in New York City upon returning from Paris Fashion Week. Pop Smoke, real name Bashar Jackson, is accused of transporting …

Rising indie-pop artist Banoffee’s debut album is out in February, and she’s released a new single from the LP, “Count on You.” The music video features the Australian artist sparring with herself and others at a fencing camp (a la The Parent Trap), as she sings about comforting someone in …

More than most people realize, Justin Bieber is one of pop’s most consistent male stars. For his latest venture into the world of “R&Bieber” — a term he’s used frequently when hinting at the music he’s currently working on — he returns to the sound of his underrated 2013 compilation …

Two titans of Southern rock, the Charlie Daniels Band and the Marshall Tucker Band, look ahead to 2020 with their just-announced Fire on the Mountain Tour. Kicking off in Enid, Oklahoma, on April 23rd, the 21-city trek is currently slated to wrap in November. Also joining the tour on select …

Since co-founding the Carolina Chocolate Drops in 2005, Dom Flemons has conducting a scholarly exploration of American roots music’s many nooks and crannies, earning himself the nickname “the American Songster.” In 2014, he doubled down on that reputation with his seminal album Prospect Hill. Now that LP is being repackaged …

A few years ago, the producer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Dernst Emile II, known as D’Mile, was on the verge of quitting the music business. He was writing and producing at the highest levels, and had been for more than a decade, landing credits on albums from Janet Jackson, Justin Bieber, Usher, and more. …