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For years, Trent Reznor had been offering to anoint Atticus Ross as a “made man” in Nine Inch Nails — christening him the only official member other than Reznor himself — before he finally accepted two years ago. “It has always been too scary for me,” Ross tells Rolling Stone. …

A cover of an Eighties classic by a promising new trio, the latest nautical-themed entry from a country superstar and a gorgeous message of being in the moment are among the 10 tracks you must hear this week. Nobody’s Girl, “Call Me” Blondie’s 1980 chart-topper gets a millennial makeover. Caught …

“Anthem of the Sun was our vehicle,” Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart said of the band’s 1968 LP. “It was our springboard into weirdness.” The Dead’s 1967 self-titled debut introduced the world to a band striking an exuberant midpoint between roots, blues and psychedelic rock, but the album didn’t quite …

Primus announced a new run of headlining U.S. dates promoting their ninth LP, 2017’s The Desaturating Seven. The trek, which marks their final live run of 2018, launches September 9th in Riverside, California and wraps with a pair of back-to-back shows in Denver, Colorado on October 7th and 8th. Tickets …

Bon Iver‘s Justin Vernon and the National‘s Aaron Dessner will release their debut collaborative LP, Big Red Machine, on August 31st via Jagjaguwar (on vinyl, CD and cassette), all streaming services and their recently launched digital platform, PEOPLE. The 10-track album includes four new songs – “Forest Green,” “Lyla,” “Gratitude” …

The man accused offiring multiple gunshots at Lil Wayne’s tour busin April 2015 had his conviction overturned Friday, just three years intoa 10-year prison sentence. After pleading guilty to the Atlanta highway drive-by shooting in November 2015, Jimmy Carlton Winfrey appealed his conviction in February, arguing that the judge overseeing …

The Smashing Pumpkins unveiled an utterly bizarre video for their new song “Solara.” The Nick Koenig-directed clip finds Billy Corgan being held captive in an otherworldly asylum. There, he receives dosages of trauma from an IV, watches other inmates play Connect Four with only black pieces and stumbles across a …

Two years after breaking through with their genre-shifting album Sea of Noise, St. Paul and the Broken Bones have announced their new album, Young Sick Camellia, due September 7th. To coincide with the announcement, the roots-soul octet has also released the album’s lead single, “Apollo,” a dance-leaning disco-horn strut that …

The family of Jahseh “XXXTentacion” Onfroy announced that a public memorial and viewing for the rapper would be held on Wednesday in his native Broward County, Florida. “Fans come out and say your final goodbyes,” the rapper’s Instagram captioned next to the flyer for the memorial event, which takes place …

Summer is no time for a vacation when you’re Charli XCX. From now through late November, the U.K. singer is holding down one of the most coveted spots in pop as one of two opening acts on Taylor Swift’sReputationtour, alongside her friend Camila Cabello. “We’re such an interesting lineup of …