Music

Duff McKagan doesn’t consider himself much of an activist. “I give to charity,” he says, “but I do it in a silent way that I think is righteous.” Lately, he’s starting to feel more comfortable talking openly about how he makes a difference in the world. Recently, the Guns N’ …

Chris Stapleton lends his voice to the end-credit version of “The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy,” an original song from the forthcoming film Toy Story 4. The latest installment of the beloved Pixar series, starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack, hits theaters June 20th. With a loping, cinematic …

For the first time since 2000, Portland queercore heroes Team Dresch released a new song on Tuesday, titled “Your Hands My Pockets.” A rollicking, pop-punk lust bomb, “Your Hands” is a refresher in what first endeared fans worldwide — gay, straight or somewhere in between — to Team Dresch when …

“You know, I never thought I’d be doing this,” composer David Yazbek admits. “The fact that I’ve been translating cinematic works to the stage has just been a coincidence. … I’m still surprised. I used to feel like an outsider, like a recording artist who has a day job, but …

Katy Perry is back with her upbeat new song “Never Really Over,” produced by electronic pop artist Zedd. Since it’s the first bit of original music from Perry after a brief hiatus, the title feels apt. But the song and its colorful video, are actually about a pesky, second-guessing heart, …

Tanya Tucker, Jade Bird and Dylan LeBlanc are among the initial wave of artists confirmed to perform in Nashville during the 2019 AmericanaFest. The annual celebration of roots and roots-related music takes place September 10th to 15th and includes the Americana Honors and Awards on September 11th. In its 20th …

The Cure marked their 40th anniversary last year with a special concert in London, where they played a career-spanning selection of hits, deep cuts and rarities. The band filmed the show and is now releasing it to cinemas as Anniversary 1978 – 2018: Live in Hyde Park London for a …

The National pulled out all the stop during an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The band performed “Rylan,” a track off their recent album I Am Easy To Find, and brought in a slew of backing musicians, including two backup singers, to augment the song. In the …

Around 2013, University of Oslo professor Kyle Devine was reading a lot about junk. He’d grown fascinated with a subset of media studies that grappled with the growing problem of e-waste — old cellphones, computers, printers, etc. — and wondered if the problem was also plaguing ostensibly intangible things like …

Hope Tala’s “Lovestained” is a hybrid as intrepid as it is airy: The guitar suggests Brazil in 1965, the steel drums add a springy touch of the Caribbean, and the bass seems plucked from an irresistible hit on American rap radio in 1998. “That’s what the vision is: Bringing together …