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Rolling Stone

Del Casher, Guitarist Who Invented the Wah-Wah Pedal, Dead at 88

Musician and inventor who played with artists like Elvis Presley, Gene Autry, and Frank Zappa died Oct. 1 after cancer battle

12 hours ago

Rolling Stone

Del Casher, Guitarist Who Invented the Wah-Wah Pedal, Dead at 88

Rolling Stone

U2 Sound Revitalized on 'Carnaval de Luz'

The rock legends return with a tightly focused album that stands as a counterargument to pop-culture doomsaying

15 hours ago

Rolling Stone

U2 Sound Revitalized on 'Carnaval de Luz'

Rolling Stone

Future-Prog Foursome Polyphia Want to Freak You Out on Their New Album

Next-gen guitar shredders Tim Henson and Scott LePage on why their band got heavy and scary while staying weird on ‘Be Not Afraid’

15 hours ago

Rolling Stone

Future-Prog Foursome Polyphia Want to Freak You Out on Their New Album

Rolling Stone

This Former Physics Teacher Recorded an Album of Folky Songs Inspired by Sonar

On Echolocationism, Ben Labat, who once led the alt-rock band the Terms, looks to marine-life navigation for musical ideas: "It’s really about finding that new path"

16 hours ago

Rolling Stone

This Former Physics Teacher Recorded an Album of Folky Songs Inspired by Sonar

Rolling Stone

Why Are So Many Artists Dropping Holiday Music?

Here's your guide to everyone releasing holiday projects, from Olivia Rodrigo to Alanis Morissette to Hilary Duff

16 hours ago

Rolling Stone

Why Are So Many Artists Dropping Holiday Music?

Rolling Stone

Justin Timberlake Reveals 'What Goes Around... Comes Around' Is Not About Britney Spears

"Maybe I should dispel a rumor at this point, which has gone around forever, which is like, it’s not a personal story from mine," singer says of FutureSex/LoveSounds hit

17 hours ago

Rolling Stone

Justin Timberlake Reveals 'What Goes Around... Comes Around' Is Not About Britney Spears

Pitchfork

Rosalía Celebrates Lux Anniversary with 1,000-Song Playlist

Featuring Mozart, Yung Lean, Labi Siffre, and Pink Floyd

14 hours ago

Pitchfork

Rosalía Celebrates Lux Anniversary with 1,000-Song Playlist

Pitchfork

Hayley Williams Hangs in Her Hotel Room in “Dream Girl in Shibuya” Video

The Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party track just got a black-and-white visual to match

16 hours ago

Pitchfork

Hayley Williams Hangs in Her Hotel Room in “Dream Girl in Shibuya” Video

Pitchfork

Watch the Strokes Play “Lonely in the Future” and “Going Shopping” on SNL

Nick Valensi didn’t join, but Walton Goggins did

16 hours ago

Pitchfork

Watch the Strokes Play “Lonely in the Future” and “Going Shopping” on SNL

Pitchfork

Richard Lloyd, Television Guitarist, Dies at 75

Lloyd co-founded the pioneering rock band alongside Tom Verlaine, Billy Ficca, and Richard Hell

1 day ago

Pitchfork

Richard Lloyd, Television Guitarist, Dies at 75

Pitchfork

Nick Cave Launches 2027 Tour

Conversations With Nick Cave: An Evening of Talk & Music will combine a Q&A with live performance

2 days ago

Pitchfork

Nick Cave Launches 2027 Tour

Pitchfork

Cleo Reed Announces New EP Is This How Empires Die?

Watch the music video for “American Dream,” filmed in Oklahoma on the Fourth of July

2 days ago

Pitchfork

Cleo Reed Announces New EP Is This How Empires Die?

npr Music News

How a musician turned singing sands into an instrument

A North Carolina musician was fascinating by the sound of singing sand dunes. He asked researchers from all over the world for help turning them into an instrument.

1 day ago

npr Music News

How a musician turned singing sands into an instrument

npr Music News

The transatlantic shift: British bands ride a new wave of alt-country

A number of rising bands in the U.K. are drawing on Americana to create a genre of British alt-Country music.

1 day ago

npr Music News

The transatlantic shift: British bands ride a new wave of alt-country

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