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Phoebe Bridgers, who released one of the year’s best albums, the exquisite Punisher, back in June, was the guest on a recent episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. She talked about her songwriting methods, the making of the album, and much more. Some highlights follow; to hearthe entire …

Superchunk have dropped their new Halloween single “There’s a Ghost,” the North Carolina alt-rockers’ first new music since their 2018 LP What a Time to Be Alive. “I didn’t write a song for probably the first six months of the lockdown,” Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan said in a statement on the …

Scottish instrumental post-rockers Mogwai have announced their new album As the Love Continues by dropping the video for the LP’s first single “Dry Fantasy.” For the album, the quartet reunited with long-time collaborator Dave Fridmann — their producer on 1999’s Come on Die Young, 2001’s Rock Action, and 2017 LP …

A documentary special on the R&B group TLC is coming to A&E next year. The two-hour special, titledBiography: TLC, will chronicle the journey of the top-selling girl group throughout their career in the Nineties and beyond, featuring interviews with surviving members T-Boz and Chilli.Biography: TLC will be directed by Matt …

Gang of Four have announced a limited edition box set, 77-81, that collects the pioneering post-punk band’s two albums and singles from the era along with an unreleased concert and dozens of unearthed outtakes. The five-LP, one-cassette 77-81, due out December 11th via Matador, contains two Gang of Four newly …

Cam’s arrival in country music defied a lot of the usual stuffy Nashville conventions: her first single “My Mistake” dealt frankly with the prospect of a one-night-stand and her own pleasure, while her breakthrough hit “Burning House” was a rhythmically complex ballad with no drums. The latter stood out in …

Run the Jewels performed their latest album RTJ4 in its entirety for the first time for the “Holy Calamavote,” Adult Swim and Ben & Jerry’s livestream that encouraged fans to register to vote as well as support the ACLU. During the livestream, Killer Mike and El-P were joined virtually by …

UPDATE (10/23): The Vote With Us virtual rally has added more talent to the schedule: Amy Brenneman, Amy Schumer, Carmela Zumbado, Chelsea Handler, the Chicks, Desus and Mero, Dua Lipa, Josh Gad, Kelly Marie Tran, King Mel, Las Cafeteras, Lisa Bonet, Michael K. Williams, Norman Lear, Rachel Platten, Ronnie Chieng, …

Wilco have released a demo version of their song “Candy Floss,” to be included on the upcoming deluxe reissue of the band’s 1999 albumSummerteeth. https://thisforall.net/Wilco/status/1316741618783977475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1316741618783977475%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spin.com%2F2020%2F10%2Fwilco-share-candy-floss-demo-from-upcoming-summerteeth-reissue%2F TheSummerteeth reissue will be available as afour-CD set on November 6th via Rhino, as well as a limited-edition,five-LP vinyl version. The deluxe edition will feature …

Oneohtrix Point Never, a.k.a. Daniel Lopatin, has released a fantastical new video for “Long Road Home.” The single appears on his upcoming album Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, out October 30th via Warp. Co-directed by Charlie Fox and Emily Schubert, the clip features a courtship between two demonic creatures who become …