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September 1, 2026
Alex Warren Is Kindly and Earnest Enough to Make You Root For Him
The man behind 2025's biggest hit digs deeper into his turbulent past while still honing his voice on Wildchild
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August 31, 2026
The New Prince Album Doesn’t Match His Legend
Timeless, a collection of from-the-vault material that spans decades, feels flat. It's not even all that interesting as a collection of outtakes
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August 29, 2026
Alabama Shakes Are Back — and Breaking New Ground — on ‘I Must Be Dreaming’
On the group's first album in more than a decade, the Shakes sound like old friends exploring new sounds
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August 29, 2026
The Night the Beatles Made a Glorious Final Stand as a Live Band
The Beatles had to quit the road to save themselves. So at San Francisco's Candlestick Park sixty years ago, they played a secret farewell show
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August 28, 2026
Mike D’s New Solo Album is the Sound of a Beastie Revitalized
The first music from a surviving Beastie Boy since the death of Adam Yauch, Thank You finds a legend restless to go somewhere new
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August 26, 2026
Why We Will Always Love Dolly Parton
Behind the glitter, she was the toughest, most soulful of songwriters. Remembering the icon who represented the best of American music — and the best of America
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August 21, 2026
Brandon Flowers Goes Country But Gets a Little Lost on the Backroads
The Killers frontman does a solid job channeling his Nashville heroes on Thrasher, but the mystery train doesn't always stay on track
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August 19, 2026
R.I.P Columbia House, the Music Club That Sold Pop Dreams for a Penny
For a generation, the company's 12-albums-for-a-cent offers were a rite of passage and a crash course in grown-up capitalism
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August 6, 2026
A Life on Fyre: Remembering the Lyres’ Garage-Punk Godfather Jeff Conolly
A fond farewell to the Carl Yastrzemski of Boston rock
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July 31, 2026
There’s No Ariana Grande Like Pissed-Off Ariana Grande. Her New Album Proves It
Rage is all over the pop superstar’s eighth LP, Petal — and it suits her
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July 29, 2026
Surprise: The Beatles Have a 1965 John Lennon Song That Nobody’s Heard Before
The upcoming Special Edition of Rubber Soul has a Lennon demo called “Little Girl” that basically no one knew about
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July 29, 2026
Inside the Special Edition of the Beatles’ ‘Rubber Soul’
Producer Giles Martin breaks down the new versions of the classic 1965 album, which draw on “de-mixing” technology and include a previously unheard John Lennon demo
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July 20, 2026
Meet Songer, The British Star Who Rhymes Over Britney Spears and Says He’s ‘Not A Rapper’
Songer is not from London, remains resolutely independent and fills his albums with confessional bars about mental health. It's all working splendidly
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July 18, 2026
What Makes the World Cup Hit Different? Ask the Music Industry
Music and football have always shared a connection — and as the World Cup final approaches, FIFA is highlighting the link like never before
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July 15, 2026
Gracie Abrams Turns An Intimate Album Release Show Into a Glorious Homecoming
The singer-songwriter’s show at New York's Bowery Ballroom celebrated her new album Daughter From Hell — and how far she has come
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July 14, 2026
Future Can’t Quite Freshen His Formula on ‘The Real Me’
One of the most interesting rappers alive dives deeper and works up an idiosyncratic mix that will please longtime fans — but the results aren't as satisfying as you'd hope
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July 13, 2026
Jack White’s ‘Frozen Charlotte’ Is a Rage for These Times
White’s eighth solo album documents perpetual disorder, challenged connections, and idealism under siege. It’s also a kickass rock record
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July 13, 2026
Jay-Z Rocks Yankee Stadium ‘Til 3 a.m. at Epic ‘Extra Innings’ Show
After overcrowding led to a severely delayed start, Jay put on an unforgettable show, complete with appearances from Beyoncé, Rihanna, Pharrell, Clipse, Usher, and more
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July 12, 2026
How Haircut 100, the Most Eighties Band of the Eighties, Got Its Groove Back After 44 Years
They were possibly the brightest pop boys of the 1980s, then they disappeared. Inside the comeback we never thought would happen
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July 9, 2026
My Chemical Romance Bring Wembley Stadium to Its Knees With ‘Black Parade’ Show
Almost 20 years after the album first marched into fans' bleeding hearts, My Chemical Romance prove they aren’t just on a nostalgia trip
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July 6, 2026
Why Paul McCartney Gave Taylor Swift the Perfect Beatles Wedding Song
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” is the Beatles' most extravagantly passionate vision of romance. You can bet Taylor understands
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July 5, 2026
Noah Kahan Brings the Fireworks to Rolling Stone’s Stateside Festival
The superstar headlined the magazine’s first-ever music festival, a blowout Fourth of July party on the Hudson River that included powerhouse acts like Gigi Perez and Devon Gilfillian, tons of food...
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July 3, 2026
Madonna Finds a Nonstop Groove on Her Best Album in 20 Years
On Confessions II, pop's queen of queens shows how dramatic and ecstatic a dance floor can be
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June 29, 2026
22 Burning Questions About Taylor Swift’s Wedding
Who will officiate? Will Taylor sing? This is sort of like a royal wedding, right? (No.) We give our take on what everyone wants to know, and a bit more
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June 25, 2026
The World’s Loudest Neil Young Cover Band Will Not Be Denied
Real Young and Lazy Horse are a group of New York DIY lifers who play four-hour sets for the sheer love of it. It's made them one of the most fun live acts in rock
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June 22, 2026
Tay Keith: 10 Essential Productions
The late producer's music redefined trap's modern sound. Here are 10 of his greatest tracks
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June 19, 2026
YG Gets Brutally Honest at ‘The Gentlemen’s Club’
The Compton-raised rapper engages in Olympic-level self-examination on his fourth studio album
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June 17, 2026
Thomas Bangalter Finds Life After the Robot Suit
Since the end of Daft Punk, Bangalter has been moving through the world unmasked — offering improvised DJ sets, hybrid creations, a new album (created for a ballet), and a stubborn refusal to be fi...
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June 8, 2026
Olivia Rodrigo Singing With Robert Smith? It’s Goth Intuition
Why the pop star's duet with the Cure frontman on "What's Wrong With Me" was just like heaven
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June 5, 2026
Kylie Minogue and the Art of Staying a Mega-Famous Pop Star Forever
The Australian singer's Netflix doc shows why the world still can get her out of its head
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