Laura Jane Grace Is Just Trying to Survive
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Stay Alive, a new album that the singer-songwriter recorded during quarantine, is out now
What Was It Like to Play Bass for Prince?
Posted in: Music FeaturesWith the new ‘Sign O’ The Times’ super-deluxe box out now, longtime Prince collaborator Levi Seacer Jr. looks back
‘I Am Woman’: How Helen Reddy’s Feminist Anthem Quietly Changed Pop
Posted in: Music Features“I realized the song I was looking for didn’t exist, and I was going to have to write it myself,” late Australian singer once said of her signature hit
Song You Need to Know: Brittany Howard, ‘Goat Head’ (Earthgang Remix)
Posted in: Music FeaturesAtlanta hip-hop duo transform Howard’s track into a mournful meditation on police brutality and American racial violence
Rolling Stone 500: Prince Achieves Global Takeover With ‘Purple Rain’
Posted in: Music FeaturesHow Bob Seger ballads, a teenage guitarist, and a wildly ambitious film concept played into the defining statement of the artist’s career
Rolling Stone 500: Vampire Weekend Age Gracefully on ‘Modern Vampires of the City’
Posted in: Music FeaturesFueled by post-breakup malaise and “vibe-y old skeleton art,” the once-trendy college band showed its staying power on its third LP
Butch Vig on Why ‘Who’s Next’ ‘Didn’t Sound Like Any Other Record’
Posted in: Music Features“I was fascinated by how they put their sound together,” drummer-producer says of the Who as he reflects on their classic 1971 LP
Song You Need to Know: Kelsy Karter, ‘God Knows I’ve Tried’
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe New Zealand-born singer-songwriter’s debut album, due next week, includes this special hybrid of rock & roll, jazz, and gospel
The Eerie Tale of Sad13’s ‘Haunted Painting’
Posted in: Music FeaturesFrom ghosts to garden gnomes, Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis explains how she made her scary-good new solo album
Van Morrison Has Been Complaining in Song for Decades. This Time It Could Be Harmful
Posted in: Music Features“Don’t need the government cramping my style,” vocal legend sings on “Born to Be Free,” the first in a trilogy of new tracks railing against the Covid-19 lockdown
