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After releasing a very bloody teaser last week, Queens of the Stone Age have properly announced their next album. Perfecth arrives October 30 via Matador, and a new single from the record, “Insignificant Other,” is out now. Check it out below. Recorded between New Orleans and Los Angeles, Perfecth is a purposefully imperfect flip on

On Friday, 500 lucky Olivia Rodrigo fans got to hear the pop star’s new song “Serena Joy” at Analog Music Shop in Tustin, California, where it was released as a limited-edition CD single. Now, those of us without close ties to Orange County can hear it, too. Do that below. “Serena Joy” takes its title

Octo Octa and Eris Drew are creative and life partners who’ve, somehow, never put out a proper album together. That changes come October 18, when the duo will release their self-titled LP as Alchemical Sisters via Interdimensional Transmissions. Check out the cover art and tracklist below. To record Alchemical Sisters, Octo Octa and Eris Drew

Nearly a year after Zara Larsson and PinkPantheress released their “Stateside” remix, they finally sung it live together. During her set at London’s All Points East Festival in London yesterday, Larsson brought Pink out to perform the Fancy Some More? standout and favorite of champions. “You guys are watching herstory being made right now,” Larsson

Last night, Big Thief debuted their next album at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Titled Horsepower, it’s a triple album and features Iris Dement, Gillian Welch, and Lucinda Williams, all of whom joined the trio onstage. Photo and video was prohibited at the private show, but you can check out a set list from the evening below.

It’s been nearly 10 years since Mac Miller premiered his fourth album, The Divine Feminine, and the anniversary is being celebrated with an expanded reissue. On October 2, Warner will release a new version with three previously unreleased songs, including the neo-soul number “Butterflies,” which is out now. Listen to the track, featuring bass from

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will skip its 2027 edition to allow its grounds to recover from storm damage, including the flooding that curtailed this year’s event. The stalwart festival, held in Manchester, Tennessee, will return in 2028, organizers said in a statement on its website. Read it in full below. Safety precautions at this

A new EP from Blackpink’s Jennie is on the way. The three-song Fallen Angel drops next Friday, August 28, via the K-pop idol’s own label, Odd Atelier, and Columbia. Below, check out the project’s cover art and a surreal teaser for the title track’s music video—also out on the 28th. Blackpink returned earlier this year

Shygirl is back with her first single of the year. She wrote and produced “Alyse” with Karma Kid and JD Reid. Directed by Francesco Loy Bell and Oliver Bell, the song’s six-minute, three-act video begins in media res—as two halves of a wealthy couple each discover the other’s affair—and culminates with a chase through the

Well, there we have it: the worst girl in America is, in fact, a Hole fan. During a recent appearance on triple J’s Like A Version, Slayyyter settled it with a rendition of the band’s “Violet” so formidable, Courtney Love encouraged her to “keep wiping the floors with us.” Check it out for yourself below.

Sen Morimoto has unveiled the follow-up to their 2023 album Diagnosis. The genre-spanning Chicago singer-songwriter will release Time Is on Your Side on October 23, via Sooper, their own label; trudge into the woods to join them in the video for “Overthinker” below. In a press release, Morimoto said, “I’m not fighting time anymore. I

Oso Oso has lined up a North American tour. The emo and power pop group led by Jade Lilitri will hit dozens of US cities (and Toronto!) this fall with support from Leisure Hour, Bad Luck, Liquid Mike, and Bugsy. Check out a full list of dates below. When tickets for the tour go on

Cameron Winter is releasing his first live album, Live at Carnegie Hall, on October 9. The show took place at the concert hall last December, featuring stripped-back renditions of songs from Heavy Metal, as well as three previously unreleased tracks. Though Paul Thomas Anderson and Benny Safdie filmed the show, details of accompanying footage have

ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard, who played with the band for over 50 years, has died. A rep confirmed Beard died in hospice care in Richmond, Texas surrounded by family members. An exact cause of death has not been revealed. He was 77. “Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the

Ellie Goulding is suing her former managers for securing her deals with Live Nation while concealing their business relationship with the ticketing giant, Variety reports. Goulding claims Benedict Mawson and Edward Millett of TaP Management failed to disclose that Live Nation had held a controlling stake in TaP Management’s parent company, HNOE (which is also

Columbia House, the 71-year-old mail-order music club that is somehow still operating in 2026, is finally shutting down for good. ”After 9/15/26, The Columbia House will no longer be accepting new orders,” reads a recent message on its website. “You can still purchase books with your credit card or credits as normal.” The announcement was

Courtney Love has posted an Instagram video offering some updates on her years-in-the-making next record, which will mark her first new work since Hole’s 2010 LP Nobody’s Daughter. In the clip, Love confirmed that the album is done, but revealed some startling context to the long germination time—a mysterious 2019 illness that almost killed her.

Dave Marsh, a renowned rock critic and biographer, has died. An early editor of Creem who also wrote for the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, and Newsday, Marsh wrote one of the earliest and most influential Bruce Springsteen biographies, Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story, in 1979. He died on August 14 at his home

Back in February, Alex G announced that he would reunite with American horror auteur Jane Schoenbrun to score her next film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Now, he has shared the first taste of that soundtrack, which arrives in full on August 21: a new song with the Blue Nile’s Paul Buchanan, “Pain

In the lead-up to Temple Songs, Laura Veirs shared a video, for the jazzy folk earworm “Pulse,” in which she was cream-pied in the face, got showered in a hail of silly string, and—after a good and proper warm-up—deadlifted 110 pounds. Those are just a few of many herculean feats that went into the Found

Sheryl Crow is readying a new album, Pick You Up, led by a protest song of sorts featuring Jesse Welles. Listen to “Freedom Bus” below. The seven-track LP, co-written by Crow and longtime collaborator Jeff Trott, is due out October 9 via Old Green Barn. Crow said of the single in a press release, “I

Though they haven’t made a hit in 25 years, Sugar Ray has never really gone away in the minds of millennials like Julia Jacklin, who grew up on Mark McGrath and co.’s indelible late ‘90s alt-rock-and-pop blend. That’s why the Australian singer-songwriter decided to cover the band’s single “Every Morning” for Triple J. Check out

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Four siblings who sued the Michael Jackson estate for sexual assault are facing a setback after a Los Angeles federal judge ruled that their dispute must be resolved in private arbitration. Judge Hernán D. Vera found that a 2019 settlement agreement signed by Edward, Dominic, Marie-Nicole, and Aldo Cascio will prevent them from litigating their

Global Citizen has invited Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean to Central Park’s Great Lawn to headline its 2026 festival. Hosted by Hugh Jackman, the event will include the duo’s 30th anniversary show for Fugees’ The Score, along with a support bill that includes Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey, and Tomorrow X Together.