Music Features

In just a few years, the hard seltzer brand White Claw became a bonafide cultural phenomenon. Videos with the hashtag “whiteclaw” have earned a billion views on TikTok, completely blowing competitors like Truly and Bud Light Seltzer out of the fizzy water. Enter rapper-producer-amorphous-brand-ambassador Travis Scott. Having embarked on ventures …

Shortly after the release of her 1971 self-titled debut, Carly Simon received an unexpected opportunity: a five-night stint opening for Cat Stevens at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The singer-songwriter was hesitant for several reasons, including the fact that she had never performed solo or been to Los Angeles and …

As pointed out on Twitter all weekend, the TV show Atlanta predicted Justice before it was probably even a thought in Justin Bieber’s mind. A 2016 episode of the series has the white pop star portrayed by a black actor, Austin Crute. When the fictionalized Bieber makes an appearance at …

O ne night in 1971, J.D. Souther stopped by a small club on Melrose Avenue at the urging of David Geffen. “I was just complaining about how stupid most pop artists are and how most songwriting doesn’t really get much beneath the surface,” Souther, who co-wrote several of the Eagles’ …

For this year’s annualWomen Shaping the Future issue, we asked 12 of today’s top musical acts to talk about the women who have inspired them most in their lives and careers. Here, Jamila Woods talks about the ways that Betty Davis‘ music inspired her and cleared the way for generations …

Guns N’ Roses did not arrive fully formed on L.A.’s Sunset Strip, howling “Sweet Child o’ Mine” with all the might and charisma that made the song a hit in 1988. They only achieved the proper cocktail of sensitivity and machismo after the five musicians in GN’R’s classic lineup found …

Since pop punk broke through in the Nineties, the genre’s most prominent faces have been largely white (not unlike dozens of other scenes). But as the music industry begins waking up to its history of race and gender inequality, one band is ready to rewrite that unspoken rule: Meet Me …

W hen Joe Biden held a drive-in rally in an amphitheater parking lot in Atlanta on October 27th — one week before the election — he made sure to welcome hip-hop culture. Election Day was near, and he was on the south side of the city, in an area that …

Jazz is a web. Because of the genre’s inherently collaborative, often mix-and-match nature, singling out a supporting player we like on a given record might lead us to dozens of other sessions featuring that same artist in various contexts. Or we might pick up a certain current in the music …

In the midst of a pandemic — and ample political and social turmoil — who better to release new music than Nottingham electro-punks the Sleaford Mods? Spare Ribs is out on January 15th, but you can watch the video for “Mork N Mindy” — directed by Ben Wheatley (Rebecca) — …