Olivia Rodrigo is officially three-for-three on sending her albums' lead singles to the top of the chart. Like "Drivers License" ahead of Sour and "Vampire" before Guts, "Drop Dead," our first taste of Rodrigo's forthcoming you look pretty sad for a ... more info

For a while now, Abel Tesfaye has been saying that he wants to stop releasing music as the Weeknd. Last year, however, he said that he might not be done with the Weeknd after all. And at a show in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night, he offered some idea ... more info

Toronto indie-pop duo Ducks Ltd. are students of the jangle. The same is true of New Jersey’s Real Estate. In either band’s music, you can hear echoes of many decades of shimmery, spangly cult-beloved underground music. Today, Ducks Ltd. and Real... more info

Nedra Talley, a member of the classic early-'60s girl group the Ronettes, has passed away. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Talley's daughter said that she died at home in bed earlier that morning. The Ronettes' Instagram also shared the news. Talley, w... more info

Nominative determinism is overrated. It’s been three years since Hurry released their last album, Don’t Look Back, which means now the timing is just about right for a new one from the Philly power-pop band. That record, Zoned Out, will arrive in... more info

The Indio, California country music festival Stagecoach was initially founded in 2007 as a sister festival to Coachella, and in recent years, it too has become a pressure cooker of celebrity sightings and brand sponsorships. Case in point: Sydney Swe... more info

On Saturday night, Donald Trump attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton. During the ceremony, a California resident named Cole Tomas Allen reportedly sprinted past a security checkpoint on a different floor of the hot... more info

Up until this week, Christopher Nolan's 2023 film Oppenheimer had the most lucrative opening weekend of any biopic in history. There's plenty to debate about the way Oppenheimer told the story of its subject, and the film's decision to omit any depic... more info

Travis Scott is the latest contemporary musician to get college course curriculum in his honor. The Creative Enterprise - Learning From Cactus Jack is a new class at the University Of Southern California's Annenberg School For Communication And Journ... more info

Queens Of The Stone Age kicked off the first leg of their spectacular, symphonic Catacombs Tour last October, and last Friday night they resumed with a near-hometown show in the middle of the Joshua Tree Retreat Center. Notably, the set featured a on... more info