When Donald Trump postponed his planned appearance on the Chicago campus of the University of Illinois due to alleged security concerns, the rally that had gathered in protest was…

Macklemore's appreciation of tacky thrift shop purchases is no secret, but one recent Etsy purchase the rapper allegedly made is somewhat eyebrow-raising. According to a…

Astonishingly prolific songwriter Robert Pollard has announced a new Guided By Voices album, Please Be Honest, out April 22. In an uncommon show of restraint, the GBV…

Update: According to TMZ, Keith Emerson died of a single gunshot wound to the head. His death is being investigated as a suicide.  Keith Emerson, a…

Louis Meyers, one of the cofounders of Austin's annual South by Southwest — which began today — has died, according to the Austin Statesman. One of…

SPIN just named The Body's new album No One Deserves Happiness our Album of the Week — "[it] presents a familiar (but not formulaic) feeling of exhaustion…

EL VY — the newish project from The National's Matt Berninger and Ramona Falls' Brent Knopf — have today shared two music videos for a pair…

A number of artists have covered classic tracks for HBO's '70s rock series Vinyl (Julian Casablancas' "Run Run Run" by the Velvet Underground, Andrew W.K.

The Knocks' video for their Cam'ron-assisted track "New York City," off of their recent debut album 55, makes a compelling case that acrobatic subway performers are a unique and…

Red Bull Music Academy's schedule of 2016 New York City events has been announced, with prime slots reserved for the debut of ANOHNI's Hopelessness live show and a…

Update: Hughes has issued a formal apology. Read it in full below. I humbly beg forgiveness from the people of France, the staff and security…

HBO has shared the first trailer for what looks to be a fascinating, revealing documentary about the trailblazing photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. The doc, Mapplethorpe: Look at…

Charli XCX and Marina and the Diamonds sank into a social media exchange of words today over perceived artistic imitation. It began with Charli posting a…

Rostam Batmanglij, who departed indie-rock quartet Vampire Weekend earlier this year and is surely growing tired of that as a descriptor, just dropped a new single…

Peaches appeared on The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore last night, where she weighed in on Kim Kardashian's recent controversy-stirring nude selfie with fellow panelists…

No Doubt frontman Gwen Stefani is in full promotional throttle for her upcoming third solo album, This Is What the Truth Feels Like, which is out…

Pop star Ariana Grande just released the dramatic title track off her upcoming album Dangerous Woman and it's a woozy, big-band piece of moody R&B;, one that…

Bat For Lashes debuted "In God's House," the spectral second song from her upcoming album The Bride, on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show today. The songwriter also known as…

Once upon a time, Dave Grohl — a man in a band that is definitely not breaking up — had a friend named Jeff Probst, who is the host of the…

A few days back, psych-country singer Sturgill Simpson released his brooding single "Brace for Impact (Live a Little)," along with the news of a new…