Music

Taylor Swift turned to Tumblr Sunday to express how she felt disappointed and betrayed that her Big Machine catalog had been sold to a company owned by music manager Scooter Braun. “This is my worst case scenario,” Swift wrote. On Sunday, Big Machine Label Group, Swift’s former label and the …

It’s a simple fact: nobody does summertime like Latinxs do. And with pop artists across Spain and Latin America steadily rivaling their anglophone counterparts, the competition has made this summer that much hotter. Will the New Latino Gang claim another Number One hit this year? Will Ozuna, Bad Bunny and …

Korn return this fall with their new album The Nothing, the act’s first LP in three years. Jonathan Davis and company also unveiled the album’s first single, “You’ll Never Me Find.” The Nothing, due out September 13th, finds Korn reuniting with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who also worked with the band …

Thanks to the Billy Ray Cyus-featuring, Nine Inch Nails-sampling “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X has established himself as a genre-bending phenomenon. The country-rap track has dominated the charts for much of the spring and summer, and on his follow-up to the unexpected smash he further celebrates the glory of …

The Hold Steady will release their seventh LP, Thrashing Thru the Passion, on August 16th. The album, which follows 2014’s Teeth Dreams, compiles five new songs with five others issued digitally over the past three years. The Brooklyn sextet previewed the record with opener “Denver Haircut,” a signature surge of …

If you’re in need for a smooth summer soundtrack, Yoshi Flower’s hazy and tender Peer Pleasure is the perfect album for just that. The song “Coffee” is the most pop selection from the eclectic collection, offering a subtle jolt of musical caffeination without losing its smooth sensibility. On the track, the singer …

Gary Busey, an award-winning actor whose inimitable ramblings could be construed as gospel, will play the role of God in an upcoming Off-Broadway musical. In Only Human, Busey will play “the Boss,” as he’s referred to in the musical, which put a clever spin on a biblical tale. “Before they …

In December of last year, guitarist Shane Theriot got into his car and drove to Mac Rebennack’s New Orleans house with a completed version of the record he had just produced for the Hall of Fame pianist, singer-songwriter and producer ubiquitously known as Dr. John. Rebennack’s health was declining by …

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are among the artists on the bill for the third annual Marcus King Band Family Reunion. Held in late September at Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, North Carolina, the two-day festival is the brainchild of Marcus King, the singer-guitarist of the burgeoning blues-rock …

Two weeks after setting an attendance record at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium with a marathon solo performance — i.e. no opening acts — Eric Church returned to the venue for CMA Fest on Friday night without any band at all. Walking onstage with just an acoustic guitar, the country singer launched …