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The Smile’s A Light For Attracting Attention Peers Into an Ugly Future

 The Radiohead side project lingers in the space between roiling rage and burnout.By Craig Jenkins
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TDE Played the Long Game

 For years, Kendrick Lamar and his (soon-to-be former) record label dominated hip-hop. But getting there came at a cost.By Paul Thompson
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The Best and Hardest of Florence and the Machine, According to Florence Welch

 “When you’re 25 and you’re hung-over all the time, you never think that your career is going to go on as long.”By Justin Curto
  1. since when
    Machine Gun Kelly Dedicates 2022 BBMA’s Performance to Wife and Unborn ChildAnd on a Blood Moon, no less.
    ByBethy Squires
  2. go nuts for donuts
    WATCH: Kendrick Lamar Floats on in ‘N95’ Music VideoA follow-up to “The Heart Part Five.”
    ByAlejandra Gularte
  3. vulture guides
    A Big Guide to Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & the Big SteppersIs it a double album? What’s Kodak Black doing here? And who is Mr. Morale?
    ByJustin Curto
  4. new kung fu kenny
    Kendrick Lamar’s New Album Is Here, Step to ItHe’s back and going on tour after five years of waiting.
    ByJustin Curto
  5. land vs sea
    Tom Cruise Wanted 20 Fewer Pilots for Top Gun SoundtrackCruise might’ve wanted someone with Volantis experience.
    ByAlejandra Gularte
  7. my emo single is dropping
    My Chemical Romance Continues Emo-mentum With New Song“The Foundations of Decay” were actually built between 2013 and 2019.
    ByAlejandra Gularte
  8. bad men awards 2022
    Diddy Says He’s ‘Un-Canceling’ Morgan Wallen and Travis Scott at the BBMAsSpoken like he’s Jesus cleansing the lepers.
    ByJustin Curto
  9. loss
    Ashley Judd Says It’s ‘Exceedingly Difficult’ to Discuss Naomi Judd’s Death“My mother is entitled to her dignity and her privacy,” she told Diane Sawyer.
    ByJustin Curto
  10. james buffett
    Florence Welch Covers ‘Margaritaville’ on The Tonight ShowIf it sounds like absurdist word salad, don’t worry. It is.
    ByBethy Squires
  11. trial run
    Casanova Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug and Racketeering ChargesHe faces up to 60 years in prison.
    ByBethy Squires
  12. roll clip!
    Jack Harlow Learned Brandy and Ray J Are Siblings TodayThe man Ye called “top 5 out right now.”
    ByJustin Curto
  13. arrests
    Young Thug Is the Latest Rapper to Have Lyrics Used As Evidence Against HimSongs including “Bad Boy” by Juice WRLD and “Anybody” featuring Nicki Minaj are cited.
    ByJennifer Zhan
  14. activism
    Pussy Riot Leader Escaped Russia Dressed As a Food-Delivery Worker“It sounds like a spy novel,” Maria V. Alyokhina said.
    ByJustin Curto
  15. new kung fu kenny
    32 Times We Thought We Were Getting Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. Follow-upWhen figuring out new K.Dot release dates turned into a national pastime.
    ByJustin Curto
  16. encounter
    Ella Mai Just Wants to Have FunSurrendering to love, legacy, and embarrassing yearbook quotes with the ever-discreet R&B star.
    ByMichelle Hyun Kim
  17. switched on pop
    Will Ukraine Win Eurovision This Year?Its entry, written before the Russian invasion, has become a beacon of national pride and is the odds-on favorite to take home the glass microphone.
    ByNate Sloan and Charlie Harding
  18. charges
    Young Thug and Gunna Indicted on Gang-Related ChargesAlong with 26 other members and associates of YSL, which prosecutors called a “criminal street gang.”
    ByJennifer Zhan
  19. live! más
    Taco Bell Wrangles Dolly Parton and Doja Cat Into Doing a TikTok MusicalNo more spon-con. Comes the day you say, “What for?” Please, no more.
    ByRebecca Alter
  20. album review
    Bad Bunny’s Endless SummerBenito’s approach on Un Verano Sin Ti erodes the usual boundaries of the season, its infiniteness dotted by fun flings and moments alone on the beach.
    ByGary Suarez
  21. i wannana get better
    Jack Antonoff Is a Minion NowThat explains the glasses.
    ByRebecca Alter
  22. encounter
    ‘What Would You Like to Know?’An afternoon of pleasant negotiation with actor, stealth musician, and Taylor Swift muse Joe Alwyn.
    ByRachel Handler
  23. show-stopping spectacular
    Lady Gaga and Doja Cat Ham It Up for Summer BlockbustersChoose your fighter: Gaga’s Top Gun power ballad or Doja’s Elvis flip.
    ByJustin Curto
  24. monarchism
    Andrew Lloyd Webber and Lin-Manuel Miranda Are CollabingTheir latest controversial muse? Queen Elizabeth II.
    ByBethy Squires
  25. album review
    Arcade Fire’s WE Is a Smart ResetThe new album feels like a calculated retrenchment, a heaping pile of everything you want from Arcade Fire.
    ByCraig Jenkins
  26. my horny song is dropping
    Jack Harlow Is Horny for ‘Dua Lipa’But he apparently did warn her.
    ByAlejandra Gularte
  27. videology
    Bad Bunny Hitchhikes Naked in the ‘Moscow Mule’ VideoThat get your attention?
    ByJustin Curto
  28. she’s back
    Taylor Swift Showed Up Just in Time With “This Love (Taylor’s Version)”Full song out now.
    ByAlejandra Gularte
  29. not this
    Drake Better Not Have Started Something With ‘I’m Here for U Ma’It’s kind of a reverse-Northman situation.
    ByRebecca Alter
  30. my wedding is dropping
    A$AP Rocky Made a Rihanna Fan CamOr is it a wedding video? 👀
    ByAlejandra Gularte
  31. a long talk
    Marc Almond on Soft Cell’s Return and the Unexpected Legacy of ‘Tainted Love’“I don’t want to say it’s a record about AIDS, but it was very apt and became a soundtrack for that time.”
    ByJim Farber
  32. switched on pop
    Belle and Sebastian Fear Accordions But Not Their ReputationBand leader Stuart Murdoch: “We might be deeply uncool and a little bit fey, but we ain’t going anywhere.”
    ByNate Sloan and Charlie Harding
  33. cock-a-roach
    Bad Bunny Brought His Best Cockroach-Stomping Shoes to the Met GalaFashion with that practical edge.
    ByBethy Squires
  34. extra credit
    We’re Taking Sheryl Crow for GrantedCrow has sold 35 million albums worldwide, but is not nearly credited enough for the sound she created.
    ByMarissa R. Moss
  35. album review
    The Improbable Return of Black StarIt’s been 24 years since Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli released an album together. Was it worth the wait?
    ByCraig Jenkins
  36. rock hall 2022
    Duran Duran and Dolly Parton Among 2022 Rock Hall of Fame InducteesThis year’s hot trend? Inducting soloists on their first go.
    ByDevon Ivie
  37. baby bottles and bentleys
    Post Malone Is Having a Little ‘Rockstar’The rapper is expecting his first child with his longtime girlfriend.
    ByAlejandra Gularte
  38. respect the classics
    Two Rock Hall of Fame Voters Get Candid About Their Ballots“I’m constantly mystified by the mediocre level of the selections that come out.”
    ByDevon Ivie
  39. wakes
    Mark Lanegan Was ElectricMusic’s dark prince as remembered by his friends and collaborators.
    ByDrew Fortune
  40. rip
    Country Star Naomi Judd of the Judds Dead at 76“I’m sorry that she couldn’t hang on until today,” Ashley Judd said at the Hall of Fame ceremony.
    ByAlejandra Gularte
  41. tributes
    Watch Brandi Carlile Sing ‘Love Can Build a Bridge’ to Honor Naomi JuddCarlile was supposed to sing the song at the Country Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
    ByBethy Squires
  42. obits
    Régine, Founder of the First Disco, Dead at 92Chez Régine was the first disco, and Régine the first club DJ.
    ByBethy Squires
  43. crime
    DaBaby Charged With Felony Battery Related to Music-Video ShootDaBaby was also sued by the victim in February of last year.
    ByAlejandra Gularte
  44. on tour
    Olivia Rodrigo Surprised Crowd With ‘Complicated’ Guest on Sour TourIn matching plaid skirts, Rodrigo introduced Avril Lavigne to sing her 2002 hit.
    ByAlejandra Gularte
  45. rock hall 2022
    Good Golly, Dolly Parton Loves the Rock Hall NowShe’ll “gracefully” accept the award, despite previously saying she didn’t believe she’d “earned that right.”
    ByDevon Ivie
  46. girl of the year
    Olivia Rodrigo, American Girl Doll Actress, Visits New York City’s Hottest CaféNow, that’s on healing your inner child.
    BySavannah Salazar
  47. album review
    The Astounding Consistency of FutureLike a Gulfstream or a Cartier, a new Future album offers careful variation on a winning concept.
    ByCraig Jenkins
  48. videology
    Ye Still Burns for Kim Kardashian on Future’s ‘Keep It Burnin’“When I run for ’24, I know my spouse better be with me.”
    ByJustin Curto
  49. last night on late night
    Watch Earl Sweatshirt’s Favorite Loiter Squad SketchJustice for “Lettuce Milk.”
    ByBethy Squires
  50. harry’s house
    Harry Styles Drops Track List for Harry’s House Including ‘Boyfriends’A new entry in the “men are trash” canon.
    ByBethy Squires
  51. respect the classics
    This Brian Eno Documentary Will Be Ambient As HellBut will also employ “groundbreaking generative technology,” per his instructions.
    ByDevon Ivie
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