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Hear the stunning team-up between the National and Phoebe Bridgers, "Your Mind Is Not Your Friend"

The National has shared a single featuring Phoebe Bridgers, “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend,” off their upcoming album First Two Pages of Frankenstein. Listen to the collaboration now.

Catch the National, Snail Mail and Yaeji on the road

We’re rounding up the best newly announced tours. Tours from the National, Snail Mail, Yaeji, and festivals like Governors Ball, are the most exciting live music events coming soon.

Foo Fighters, Paramore, Alanis Morissette are headlining Boston Calling 2023

Boston Calling has announced its 2023 lineup. Foo Fighters, Paramore, Alanis Morissette, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Queens of the Stone Age, and more will headline the event this May.

15 of Taylor Swift’s most emo songs ever, ranked

Taylor Swift’s affinity for emo music and culture is beyond any doubt. In preparation for her new album Midnights, here are her most emo songs of all time.

10 songs that inspired Charlie Hickey’s debut album ‘Nervous At Night’

Charlie Hickey‘s music is rooted in storytelling. Chronicling the unpredictability of life through his lyricism, the Pasadena-based artist tends to look toward the past to some of the great folk singers while simultaneously taking inspiration from many of today’s musicians. Similar to his heroes, Hickey is creating music with sincerity and catchiness. Hickey’s debut album, […]

Listen to Phoebe Bridgers reimagine Tom Waits' "Day After Tomorrow"

Phoebe Bridgers has released a cover of Tom Waits’ “Day After Tomorrow.” The new track continues her annual tradition of dropping appropriately themed music just in time for Christmas. The new song features an all-star cast to help Bridgers in her reimagining of Waits’ song. Mumford & Sons‘ Marcus Mumford, Kaitlyn Dever and Mady Dever, […]

10 debut records from 2001 that still crush 20 years later

It’s truly mind-blowing to believe that 2001 was really 20 years ago. The beginning of the 2000s was a strange time. We had the beginning of Myspace, the golden age of pop punk and plenty of questionable fashion choices. Read more: 10 vocalists who brought a unique sound to the 2000s scene It’s also crazy […]

Fiona Apple reimagines Sharon Van Etten's "Love More" in new cover

Sharon Van Etten is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her second studio LP Epic with the special reissue epic Ten. For the record, Van Etten teamed up with a slew of artists to reimagine the original album’s songs including Fiona Apple who has reworked “Love More.” On the heels of her big wins at the […]

Brittany Howard debuts soulful performance of “Short And Sweet”—watch

Following her big night at the Grammys, Brittany Howard debuted a soulful performance of her powerful song “Short And Sweet” on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. “Short And Sweet” is off of her new solo album Jaime which earned her five Grammy nominations this year. Read more: Musicians show support for Asian community after Atlanta-area shootings Over […]

QUIZ: Can you tell if Taylor Swift or an alternative band sang these lyrics?

Taylor Swift just shocked the music world again in 2020, releasing her second surprise album of the year, evermore, the sister record to folklore, which she dropped earlier this year.  Both records take on a more alternative and indie-rock sound, with plenty of surprising new collabs.  Read more: 50 most anticipated albums of 2021 in […]

Here are all of the collabs on Taylor Swift's surprise album 'evermore'

Taylor Swift is truly here to save 2020. It’s been less than five months since her surprise album folklore made its debut and quickly topped the charts. Now, Swift has confirmed that her surprise ninth studio album evermore is arriving at midnight eastern time on Thursday, Dec. 10. As well, she has teamed up with […]

Why Touché Amoré may never be able to write a full love record

Touché Amoré aren’t a band known for delicacy. Despite the frequent counterpoint coupling of frontman Jeremy Bolm’s thumbtack-gargling vocals with lavish, delay-heavy guitar atmosphere, they’re a band on the attack. They cut their teeth on songs with ferocious bite and lyrics of sharp self-introspection that typically lean into pessimism. When Bolm initially began work on […]

Nat & Alex Wolff want “Glue” to make you feel every emotion at once

Given the overnight success of The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie and the subsequent Nickelodeon spinoff series that debuted in 2007, it’s hardly a surprise that the Wolff brothers’ fictional kid group has catapulted them toward a full-fledged alternative-rock career. Working under their given names, Nat & Alex Wolff, since 2009, the duo have released […]

10 alternative artists Taylor Swift should collab with next after ‘folklore’

Taylor Swift recently surprise-dropped folklore, her eighth album, which is completely different from anything she’s ever released.  Swift, who’s known for country songs and pop hits, went alternative this time with the album she recorded while stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more: This Paramore song is the latest inspiration for a new […]

See why Ihsahn says Taylor Swift’s ‘folklore’ resembles his own artwork

On July 24, Taylor Swift released her surprise eighth studio album folklore. As soon as she debuted the album’s cover, however, some began to note the similarity the artwork has to cover art found in metal music. Now, Emperor legend Ihsahn is comparing the folklore cover to the artwork for his single “Stridig.” The similarities […]

Taylor Swift’s ‘folklore’ is her first album to be classified as alternative

It looks like Taylor Swift‘s discography now has three different genre classifications. Since its surprise release on July 24, her eighth studio album folklore has earned an alternative classification. The alternative classification marks the first release from Swift to fall under this genre. Read more: Hear Sleeping With Sirens’ highly-awaited heavy song “Talking To Myself” […]

Taylor Swift is giving off metal vibes again with the ‘folklore’ album art

On Thursday, the Taylor Swift fandom was left SHOOK after her eighth studio album folklore was announced. Along with its announcement, Swift unveiled the LP’s collaborations, the tracklisting and the cover art. Of course, many people on the internet have their own opinions on folklore‘s album artwork. For some, they are drawing similarities between the […]

Here are all of the collabs on Taylor Swift’s surprise album ‘Folklore’

Surprise, Taylor Swift is dropping her eighth studio album Folklore on July 24. Not only are there 16 tracks on the standard edition of the LP, but Folklore also features loads of collaborations. Read more: Demi Lovato gets engaged to actor Max Ehrich with a beach proposal Swift’s previous studio album Lover was released just […]

10 incredible women who directed some of your favorite music videos

There are more than a few artists who’ve released videos throughout their career without ever working with a director who’s a woman. It’s an unfortunate truth, especially when you consider the iconic and era-defining videos that directors such as Hannah Lux Davis, Roxana Baldovin, Melina Matsoukas and more are creating with artists who are actively […]

Riot Fest Denver Day 3: Rise Against, 3OH!3, Touché Amoré, Manchester Orchestra, more

Photographer: Svetlana Joukova AP photographer Svetlana Joukova brings you exclusive shots of Rise Against, TV On The Radio, Touché Amoré, the National, the Expendables, Manchester Orchestra, 3OH!3 and more from Riot Fest Denver day three.
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