The challenge in talking about Jamie XX’s brilliant new album “In Waves” is trying to describe what “kind” of music it is. As the main songwriter and producer in the British trio the XX, he was the driving force behind one of the great hopes of alternative music in the late ‘00s. But as that […]

Everyone was laughing at LL Cool J. It was the fall of 1984, and the 16-year-old rapper also known as James Todd Smith was full of confidence as he jumped on the mic at a block party in his native Queens. Not only had he recently inked a record deal, but he’d just cut his […]

Country luminaries Morgan Wallen, Hardy and Ernest play a lengthy “writers’ round” performance in honor of Big Loud partner and CEO Seth England at the 49th annual T.J. Martell Foundation gala in New York Tuesday night, which raised some $2.6 million for cancer research — the biggest amount raised in more than 20 years. England was […]

With minimal messaging and apparently not a hint of irony, troubled alt-rock quartet Jane’s Addiction have released a new single called “True Love” — two days after the band canceled their latest tour following an onstage altercation Friday that saw singer Perry Farrell punching guitarist Dave Navarro. The band had not announced the song on its […]

Miley Cyrus has been hit with a lawsuit alleging she and co-songwriters Gregory Hein and Michael Pollack copied portions of a Bruno Mars single when they wrote her Grammy-winning global hit “Flowers,” according to Rolling Stone. According to a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles, Tempo Music Investments claims “Flowers” includes unauthorized “exploitation” of several elements of Mars’ 2013 piano-driven […]

The attendees wore suits, gowns, sleeveless suit jackets, cocktail dresses, hoodies, Timbs — one person even sported a cape. It was “Come as you are, but be fly” on Friday night at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art where the power couple of Alicia Keys and Swizz Beats unveiled their exhibit, “Giants: Art from the Dean […]

After months of accusations of sexual misconduct and other allegations, Sean “Diddy” Combs was charged Tuesday on three counts: racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to legal documents. He is expected to appear before a judge Tuesday morning, where the charges will be read. His […]

For decades around the seaside city that he made famous, Asbury Park locals have said regularly, “Bruce might show up.” Last weekend at the sixth annual Sea. Hear. Now Festival, he certainly did: Four separate times. “Greetings, Asbury Park!” Springsteen declared to the more than 35,000 fans stretched out on the beach, as he and […]

“Okay, who’s ready for a horrifying documentary?” asks director Erin Lee Carr at the Royal Alexandra Theatre Friday night. Her introduction to the world premiere of “Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan & Sara,” at the Toronto International Film Festival, is not hyperbole. Indeed, “Fanatical” is a horror and mystery rolled into one. “If there’s one […]

Chappell Roan, Alok, Stress Dolls, Outer Shapes were among the top winners at New York’s fourth annual Wavy Awards, a nonprofit organization committed to promoting diversity and inclusion within the music industry. The complete list of winners at the show, held Saturday at New York’s Abrons Arts Center’s Playhouse Theatre, appears below; Roan did not appear […]

Jane’s Addiction apologized to fans for the onstage altercation in Boston that saw singer Perry Farrell throwing a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro and abruptly ending its set. The band offered a “heartfelt apology” and said it is canceling its next concert, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, but gave no further details about the remainder of the […]

Of all the remaining multimillion-dollar music-catalog deals on the table, the rights to Pink Floyd’s recordings and name/likeness has been the most contentious. The catalog has been in play for several years with a reported asking price of $500 million, and the group was close to a deal in 2022, but the bitter infighting between […]

Lil Wayne: Not Being Chosen for Super Bowl ‘Broke Me’ Nearly a week after Kendrick Lamar was announced as the headliner of the Super Bowl Halftime show, New Orleans native Lil Wayne has admitted that not being chosen for the spot “broke me.” “That hurt, it hurt a lot,” he said in a statement posted […]

The we’re-never-going-to-play-together-again-to-lucrative-reunion trail is well-worn at this point — just ask such famously feuding acts as the Eagles, Guns ‘N Roses, Pixies and, most recently and famously, Oasis: If there’s a windfall, there’s a way. But maybe the least-likely ‘90s-era reunion of the year isn’t actually that of the Gallagher brothers, which seemed eventually inevitable: it’s […]

Frankie Beverly, the stylish singer, songwriter and founder of the R&B/funk band Maze, whose baritone voice drove such ‘80s hits as “Back in Stride,” “Too Many Games,” “Before I Let Go” and “Can’t Get Over You,” died Tuesday, according to a social media post from his family. No cause of death was announced; he was […]

Jack White’s four solo albums in the years that followed the breakup of the White Stripes are explorations of styles that show multiple other sides of his musicianship, veering into R&B and blues and experimental styles far from the straight-ahead, blistering rock and roll he’d laid down with the band that put him on the […]

Donald Glover has postponed the remaining North American dates of his final tour as Childish Gambino to “focus on my physical health.” “Hey everyone,” he wrote on social media Monday. “Unfortunately i have to postpone the rest of the North American tour to focus on my physical health for a few weeks.  Hold onto your […]

Eminem will return to the VMAs stage to open the show on Wednesday night, MTV announced early Monday morning. The artist, who is tied with Peter Gabriel for the most wins by a solo male artist in VMA history, will return to the show’s stage for the first time since 2022, when he performed with […]

Singer, actor and Blackpink member Jennie Kim has signed as a solo artist with Columbia Records in partnership with her record label and entertainment company Oddatelier and will release her new solo single in October, the company announced on Sunday. Jennie first emerged in 2016 as a member of Blackpink, the highest-charing female Korean act […]