Tash Sultana has released “Something in the Water,” their first new single and video since signing a global deal with BMG. The song begins a new chapter rooted in live instruments, human performance and personal reset.
Warm guitar, an unhurried groove and vocals that move from restraint to full force place the track inside the sound Sultana built as a multi-instrumentalist and loop performer. Its long back half gives the playing room to lead.
Offset apparently wants to become your favorite rapper, life coach and late-night call-in host all at once. The Migos rapper opened NEED FM on 9/15, inviting fans to dial 470-742-6949, unload whatever mess they have going on and wait for Offset to call back with whatever advice he thinks the situation deserves.
The concept is wonderfully strange: relationship trouble, money problems, existential dread — apparently all roads now lead to Offset. “Call a player and tell me what ya need. Some of y’all need closure, some of y’all need some answers and some of y’all just need somebody to tell y’all what really going on,” Set said. “You got some s–t on your mind, call me.”
The Mary Wallopers have released their third album, Paddywhackery, through BC Records. The Irish folk-rock group recorded it during an intense two-week Liverpool session with producer Skelly and engineer Chris Taylor.
The record pairs traditional force and pub-ready momentum with original songs aimed at colonialism, class, fascism and gentrification. Early singles include “Crowns of England,” “Landlord’s Demise,” “Kit Kat Club” and “The Big Mixer.”
Elliott Skinner has released his debut solo EP, How Far We’ve Come, through Ninja Tune. Its focus track, “Carols of My Mind,” features Victoria Canal and Radamiz.
The six-song set moves through folk, soul and experimental Black music traditions, using reflection as its center of gravity. Skinner writes about doubt, aging, childhood wonder and the search for a more meaningful life.
Yeat has released COCOON, a seven-track collection led by “MISS MY DAWG,” his latest collaboration with Drake. The song follows their Billboard Global 200 No. 1 “IDGAF.”
The Drake track was previewed during the premiere of Fear of Missing Out, then arrived alongside “EARNËD IT,” whose official video introduces Yeat’s latest visual era.
2hollis has released “SEX,” a new Interscope single that pushes his shape-shifting mix of underground rap, industrial electronics and pop into another high-impact phase.
The track arrives as the Los Angeles artist, producer and songwriter appears as i-D Magazine’s latest cover star. That pairing underlines how closely his music has become tied to fashion, online culture and the visual language of a rising generation.
Lo-Flo Records will release “When,” a previously unheard recording featuring pop and soul singer Mel Carter, on September 25. Composer Jane McNealy wrote the song around 1968 or 1969 while living at the Hollywood Studio Club.
Harold Battiste Jr. discovered the composition while reviewing McNealy’s catalog in the early 1970s and brought it to Carter. The singer learned it before meeting McNealy, and the three captured an informal performance on Battiste’s home tape recorder after only a short rehearsal.
David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison will appear together September 28 for a live New York conversation and audience Q&A hosted by Haim’s Este Haim. The event will be recorded before an audience as the launch party for Talking Heads Radio, a temporary SiriusXM channel devoted to the group’s work and its members’ solo and side projects.
The four musicians have not shared a stage as Talking Heads since 2002, when they performed at their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction. Their next widely seen joint appearance did not come until 2023, when they reunited to promote the restored re-release of Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense. Since then, they have been willing to discuss the past together, even if the prospect of fresh songs or a tour remains far off.
In 1957 Buddy Guy and his guitar made the trek from Louisiana to Chicago and he became one of the most enduring guitar heroes of all.
This summer he turned 90, which means he won't make our Musicians in their 80s on Tour list next year, but he'll be top of mind for a shorter list of those approaching the century mark.
Tove Lo opened her ESTRUS Tour at Nashville’s Pinnacle on Tuesday (9/15), three days before her new album of the same name dropped.
Of the 27 songs she performed, a dozen were live debuts from the record, which still gave plenty of room for the old hits like “Habits (Stay High),” “disco tits” and “No One Dies From Love.”
Metal giants Metallica announced Wednesday that the massive stadium tour they launched four years ago will continue across North America in 2027.
The new leg kicks off in May at BC Place in Vancouver and wraps up at the end of June at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. Between those dates, Metallica will make a joyful noise in 10 US football stadiums, including Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis and the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Sturgill Simpson spent the last decade becoming one of the most successful country singers who never seemed particularly interested in being a plain ol' country star.
