Music

A moody new acoustic release by an East Nashville staple, a smoldering torch song from a rockabilly ingenue and a personal love song from a rising pop-country artist make up the tracks you must hear this week. Bob Lewis, “All My Sins” With guests ranging from Aaron Lee Tasjan to …

Risingrapper Kyle and Alessia Cara unveiled a charming new video for their recent collaboration “Babies,” which appears on the former’s debut album, Light of Mine. The Kid Studio-directed clip opens with a bleak breakup scene, but quickly transitions to a colorful, kids show aesthetic complete with vibrant sets and oversized …

Ariana Grande wanders through a train station and swings through the clouds in her atmospheric “Breathin” video. The clip opens at a bar where strangers drift by in fast-motion; director Hannah Lux Davis weaves in shots of Grande crooning on a pile of luggage and strutting through a foggy space …

The night before Election Day, Elton John hosted his annual fall gala for the Elton John AIDS Foundation where he remembered Aretha Franklin and expressed concern over the future of America. “I worry about the future of this country,” the singer said. John spoke about moving from England to America …

Maggie Rogers made her Saturday Night Live debut on the show’s latest Jonah Hill-hosted episode, joining Kanye West, Paul Simon and Travis Scott as musical guests on the 44th season. The high-profile appearance was likely the first time many SNL viewers had heard of Rogers, who first popped up on …

If you build it, they will, apparently, rock. Even as guitar-based rock faded in the mainstream, an educational infrastructure teaching kids how to play it has flourished over the course of this century. Options range from the for-profit School of Rock chain (which existed prior to the Jack Black-helmed movie) …

A$AP Rocky will head out on the Injured Generation Tour in 2019 in support of the Harlem rapper’s latest album Testing. The 18-date trek begins January 8th in Minneapolis, Minnesota and hits midsized arenas on both coasts and between before the run ends February 6th in Kent, Washington. A$AP Rocky …

Laura Jane Grace has shared another new track “Reality Bites” from Bought to Rot, the Against Me! rocker’s upcoming debut LP with new project the Devouring Mothers. The latest punk salvo clocks in at two minutes, powered by a locked-in guitar/bass/drums framework, finds Grace singing on the chorus, “You are …

Stephen Colbert presented Mavis Staples the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 58th annual National Arts Awards Monday night in New York City. But first he had to explain the somewhat bizarre reason he was asked to do the honors.The Late Show host said he’s a long admirer of Staples’ soulful …

This year, Amy Shark’s album Love Monster went to Number One in her native Australia. But in the United States, the indie pop singer is still unknown, which makes her cover of Wheatus’ “Teenage Dirtbag” for the Spotify Singles series even more appropriately self-deprecating. And because it is her favorite …