Here are the biggest rock and metal tours of summer 2026. Concerts happen all year long, but summer is typically regarded as "concert season" since the majority of them take place at amphitheaters and stadiums when the...
What 11 Hair Metal Legends Have Said About Being a Father Rick Diamond/Getty Images, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images, Rachel Murray/Getty Images, Scott Gries/Getty Images Fatherhood can change anyone's perspective and hair...
Tom Morello has shared an update on his mother’s health after postponing some scheduled live shows following a family medical emergency. The soloist and Rage Against The Machine guitarist had been set to perform at...
“ Tay Keith, fk these nias up” is not just a catchy producer tag; it’s a forewarning of the musicianship to follow. His signature line launched a slew of chart-topping singles, grimy deep cuts, and addictive bass lines...
You have to be really bored to provoke Taylor Swift fans. It's probably pretty boring to be in Metallica in 2026. No shade. But lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, maybe in an attempt to distract from the Geese psyop...
In addition to scoring Wolfenstein 3D and Duke Nukem 3D, Prince's Doom music was added to Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in May Bobby Prince, the renowned video game composer who scored titles like...
In 1969, Rolling Stone asked Bob Dylan if he could ever imagine a time when he would stop making albums. "Well, let's put it this way," came his reply. "Making a record isn't any more than just recording a song, for me...
Hayley Williams' first solo tour is going just dandy. The Paramore leader has brought out Josh Scogin, Jason Isbell, Rachel Brown, Jenny Lewis, and more, and last night in London she was joined by Romy for a Prefab...
A decades-old candy variant and a storied piece of rock 'n' roll lore will reportedly disappear in one fell swoop later this summer. M&M's maker Mars will commemorate the product's 85th anniversary by relaunching the...
Footage of the 1964 appearance, where the Fab Four played "Can’t Buy Me Love" and "You Can’t Do That," was erased from BBC archives, but British conservationists obtained 35mm footage Complete footage of the Beatles ’...
Here are 21 underrated rock albums from the 1980s that you absolutely need to own on vinyl. Being underrated rock albums is about the only thing these titles have in common. Many of the selections on this list represent...
Death metal is a genre loaded with ridiculous names that are hard to pronounce, difficult to spell and, as a result, sometimes impossible to search when you want to listen to them again! There's so man band names I've...
Join us in exploring five times that black metal paid tribute to important grunge bands! In the words of the grunge icons Alice in Chains, “Black is all I feel / So this is how it feels to be free. […] Chaos and hate...
Lollapalooza is three days of chaos, confetti, and some of the biggest names in music taking over Grant Park in the heart of Chicago -- and honestly, there's nothing like it. We're sending you there with our 'Summer...
Now that the historic building is officially open, here's an inside look at Chicago's newest landmark The Women's Garden at The Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago, IL. The Obama Foundation It’s Juneteenth, and...
They’re so loose because they’re so tight. When Geese take the stage, they don’t re-create their recordings. It barely even feels like they’re performing songs with a defined structure — more like summoning a familiar...
Unfortunately, Ken Carson failed to impress us with last year's More Chaos, but the Opium artist has a chance to redeem himself with Xperiment, his new album he's announcing today. And we don't have to wait too long; it...
The hip-hop community has posted condolences and tributes to one of hip-hop's most influential producers Amy Sussman/Getty Images The news of Tay Keith ‘s passing has sent a massive shockwave through the industry,...
Justin Cary, bassist for the Texan alt-pop band Sixpence None The Richer, has passed away. Cary suffered a stroke last week. Earlier this week, bandmate Leigh Nash shared the news on Instagram, as well as a link to a...
Ken Carson isn’t wasting any time following the success of More Chaos. The Atlanta rapper has announced that his next full-length project, xperiment, will arrive July 3. There’s no track list yet, but Carson has also...
Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New...
Ken Carson. via publicist. Rage rap poster boy Ken Carson will release his fifth studio album xperiment on July 3. The announcement follows a tease of new material at Summer Smash in Chicago this month, where Carson...
Cary joined the band in 1997, when they released their self-titled breakthrough album featuring the smash single “Kiss Me" Justin Cary, the bassist for Sixpence None the Richer, died Thursday, days after suffering a...
You know what you're getting with Desire. Together, Montreal vocalist singer Megan Louise and former Chromatics leader Johnny Jewel make shimmery, whispery, glamorous synthpop. They've been doing it ever since their...
Tierra Whack can really, really rap. The Philadelphia artist is a super-inventive visual stylist with a ton of bright art-pop ideas, so it can be easy to overlook the fact that she's got bars. It'll be a lot harder once...
Welcome to Music Business Worldwideâs Weekly Round-up â where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBWâs Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a...
Kiss' career has been quite the roller coaster ride, with more ups and downs than most bands could survive. Some of those low points have been the result of self-inflicted wounds. Over the years Paul Stanley and Gene...
News Aug. 7 LP features Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ and Shemekia Copeland Morgan Freeman in 2024 (photo: Chris Haston / WBTV via Getty Images). Morgan Freeman has spent decades acting in or narrating some very memorable...
A new Channel Tres single called "Black Techno Guy" is sort of like a new JPEGMAFIA album called Experimental Rap. Those are the dumbest and most obvious terms that we could use to describe these artists, but maybe...
If you're under 30, then the Alchemist has been making heady deep-concentration rap beats for longer than you've been alive. He's a one-man institution, and he continues to do incredible work in his own personal lane...
These are the best songs off every Alice In Chains album and EP. Formed in the late '80s, Alice In Chains have a pretty short but impactful discography. They put out three full-length studio albums and two EPs in the...
Here's something pretty great for all you Metallica fans out there as we're giving you the chance to win the band's deluxe remastered Reload box set! This contest comes to you courtesy of the Loudwire Nights and...
Tyla, Key Glock, Tierra Whack, YG, NE-YO, Chris Brown, Lupe Fiasco, Elmiene, Cam'ron, and more stars share new material for Juneteenth Today is Friday, which means there are tons of new releases to look forward to from...
While a Rolling Stones tour continues to seem unlikely, Keith Richards has offered up at least one way fans might get to see the group play live again — and it doesn't involve stadium shows. The rock legends are set to...
News It's streaming now on Mubi André 3000 (photo: Emma McIntyre via Getty Images). Just over a year after releasing the meditative instrumental EP 7 piano sketches, André 3000 has expanded the project into a short...
News 'I Knew It, I Knew You' has already hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 Taylor Swift in Brazil, November 2023 (photo: Buda Mendes / TAS23 / Getty Images for TAS Rights Management) Taylor Swift didn’t spend long searching for...