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Music Review: HAIM return with a superb and salty breakup album
HAIM has declared this season to be “single-girl summer” and offered us the soundtrack. Heartsick never sounded so good.
“I Quit,” the fourth full-length album from the trio, is a breakup collection that never gets too weepy. You can dance…
The world according to Wednesday, your new favorite alt-country indie rock band
NEW YORK (AP) — A pit bull puppy peeing off a balcony. Mounted antlers in the kitchen on a crooked nail. Pink boiled eggs stay afloat in the brine. For its dedicated audience, the North Carolina alt-country-meets-indie rock band Wednesday…
Music Review: Bruce Springsteen takes seven ‘Lost Albums’ off the shelf for a new box set
NEW YORK (AP) — Bruce Springsteen's new project, “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” is entirely about that age-old question: What if?
The box set, out June 27, comprises seven albums encompassing the period between 1983 and 2018, all but one he…
Book Review: A new biography goes long and deep on the rise and fall of rock band Talking Heads
Talking Heads fans, rejoice! Hard on the heels of the re-release of “Stop Making Sense,” the 1984 Jonathan Demme film widely considered the best concert movie ever made, Jonathan Gould has published a comprehensive biography of the seminal…
Slick Rick returns after 26 years with ‘Victory’ album and proves hip-hop storytelling still reigns
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hip-hop legend Slick Rick is proving his creative spark is far from fading.
The English-born rapper — known for his signature eye patch and masterful storytelling — returned to the booth with his first new project in…
Music Review: Dierks Bentley’s ‘Broken Branches’ offers safe, familiar, cold beer country
Nashville hitmaker Dierks Bentley has delivered “Broken Branches,” his eleventh studio album that leans into some well-tread country rock territory, the kind that invariably involves broken hearts, trucks and a cold beer.
Look, Bentley…
Mike Love celebrates Brian Wilson and George Clinton shines at 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame
NEW YORK (AP) — The Beach Boys' Mike Love was inducted into the 2025 Songwriters Hall of Fame on Thursday night, just one day after it was announced that his inimitable bandmate Brian Wilson had died.
The actor — and lifelong Beach Boys fan…
A Grammy category is created for album covers just as Sabrina Carpenter’s takes the spotlight
The Recording Academy has tweaked some of its rules for the 2026 Grammy Awards, including carving out a stand-alone category for best album cover. It came a day after Sabrina Carpenter revealed the title and release date for her new album,…
Pitbull is a fan of his fans. He says it’s his job to make them feel good
LONDON (AP) — Is Pitbull the penguin of music?
It’s been said that it’s hard to look at a penguin and feel sad. And likewise, it’s tough to listen to one of Mr. Worldwide's party anthems and feel bad.
That’s always been his aim.
“They’re…
Meet the charitable foundation carrying the little-known legacy of ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’
NEW YORK (AP) — It's sung every summer in baseball stadiums around the United States. But the impact of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” goes much further than simply getting fans out of their seats for the 7th-inning stretch.
More than a…
10 songs to celebrate the life and legacy of the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson
The musical world has lost a giant. Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader, has died at age 82. Attempting to distill Wilson’s talent and influence in a few short songs is an impossibility. Even just focusing on a few…
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has died at 82. His family posted the news to his website Wednesday. The Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader helped compose and arrange “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and dozens of other summertime…
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has died at 82. One of the world’s most beloved and influential musicians, his family posted news of his death to his website Wednesday. Further details weren't immediately available. The Beach Boys’ many hits…
Corinne Bailey Rae’s first children’s book, ‘Put Your Records On,’ draws upon her musical past
NEW YORK (AP) — Corinne Bailey Rae is working on a children's picture book that draws upon her early memories of music.
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has a deal with Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, for “Put…
AP PHOTOS: BTS stars Jimin and Jung Kook discharged from military service
YEONCHEON, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of fans gathered Wednesday to catch a glimpse of K-pop superstars Jimin and Jung Kook, the latest and final members of BTS to be discharged from South Korea’s mandatory military service.
Supporters…
