In the summer of 2021, a man identified as John Doe sued Afrika Bambaataa, accusing the hip-hop pioneer of sexually abusing him and sex trafficking him between 1991 and 1995. The alleged abuse began ...

Like any good fairytale, Big city life begins with Smerz’s version of an “I Want” song. The title track will strike as familiar to anyone who’s woken up one day and realized they’re running on ...

Even the most unemployed Opium acolyte would have difficulty parsing the layers of context that surround Playboi Carti ’s ...

Forth Wanderers are back. The New Jersey indie-rock quintet—featuring vocalist Ava Trilling, guitarist Ben Guterl, drummer Zach Lorelli, bassist Noah Yu Schifrin, and guitarist Duke Greene—will return ...

Yards’ vibrant new album Better Dreaming, Merrill Garbus asks in a hushed voice, “Ready?” It’s the sound of a performer steeling herself, a private inhale before unleashing “Heartbreak,” a full-bodied ...

Cole Pulice’s music manifests a state of animated suspension. Over the past five years, the Oakland saxophonist and synthesist has learned to untether their instrument from the ...

“Elderberry Wine” is the first new music from Wednesday following their 2023 album, Rat Saw God. According to Hartzman, it’s a love song about “creating just the right environment for fulfillment,” ...

The musician was booked in Georgia for aggravated assault, possession of a firearm, and more. His attorneys say it’s ...

Billy Strings, Sturgill “Johnny Blue Skies” Simpson, and Trey Anastasio Band will open for the jam band at Golden Gate Park’s Polo Fields ...

If there is something genuinely new on Instant Holograms on Metal Film, it comes in addition of men’s voices, from bassist ...

Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton say they have the rights to reclaim ownership of hits including “Push It” ...

On a relentless new EP of throat-bleeding industrial and EBM, the specter of violence that’s always haunted the electronic ...