Music

TOUR DIARY

“A Happy, Smelly Vibe”: One Night in Seoul With Hyukoh and Sunset Rollercoaster

November 8, 2024

In this week’s Tour Diary, we caught up with members of the bands Hyukoh and Sunset Rollercoaster after their joint sold-out shows in Seoul and Taipei.

IN CONVERSATION

Kilo Kish and Savanah Leaf on Making Art About the American Dream

October 31, 2024

The musician and artist Kilo Kish talked to the filmmaker Savanah Leaf about embracing criticism and the day-to-day endurance of being an artist.

PARTY

“I Wanna See Everybody Turning Up”: Inside the CFDAs With GloRilla and Coach

October 30, 2024

After the CFDA awards, the Grammy-nominated rapper brought us inside the afters to talk lace fronts, pet peeves, and dealing with lames.

SOUND ADVICE

“I Love Unserious Music”: Atlanta Rapper Kuntfetish Tells Us What’s on Repeat

October 29, 2024

In this week’s Sound Advice, the Atlanta-based underground rapper takes us on a feel-good journey from Gaga to Detroit rap to Deftones.

TOUR DIARY

“BBLs and Rolexes”: One Night in Miami With Isabella Lovestory

October 28, 2024

We got on the phone with the Honduran pop princess after her Harajuku-inspired set at III Points Festival to talk drain gang, Bond girls, and haunted Airbnbs.

DROP

Fievel Is Glauque Wants to Make You Laugh. Then Cry.

October 25, 2024

To mark the release of the pop duo’s sophomore album, “Rong Weicknes,” Zach Phillips joined us to talk theology, song structure, and the art of an effective joke.

SCREAM

“Fuck Them and Fuck It”: How Amy Taylor Became the Face of Women in Punk

October 24, 2024

Before the release of the third album by Amyl and the Sniffers, the band’s iconoclastic frontwoman talked to us about American politics and slut-shaming metalheads.

IN CONVERSATION

Kelly Lee Owens and George Daniel on Coffee Beans and Club Classics

October 23, 2024

The Welsh-born musician talked to her friend and collaborator George Daniel of The 1975 about perfectionism, self-flagellation, and her new record, “Dreamstate.”

BROADWAY

“I Carry Myself Differently in Heels”: Nicole Scherzinger, by Lin-Manuel Miranda

October 18, 2024

This fall, the 46-year-old pop diva is taking Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard from the West End to Broadway, a role she’s been preparing for her whole life.

EMO

American Football on Their Accidental Midwestern Legacy

October 18, 2024

“Trying to do the same thing that we did in a vacuum 25 years ago, it’s kind of a mind-fuck,” says American Football frontman Mike Kinsella on the reissue of the band’s classic self-titled debut.

COME-UP

“If That Shit Melt, Lord Have Mercy”: John Glacier, in Conversation With Lucien Clarke

October 17, 2024

After playing her first ever hometown headline show, the rapper talked to her skater friend Lucien Clarke about persistence, poisonous flowers, and paying back her parents.

SOUND ADVICE

“Girls and Cars!”: Electroclash Duo Somewhere Special Make Us a Playlist

October 15, 2024

To mark the release of their new single, “Secret,” the New York-based electroclash duo Somewhere Special joined us for this week’s edition of Sound Advice.

COVER

“I Refuse to Let the Industry Consume Me”: Shawn Mendes, by John Mayer

October 14, 2024

After hitting pause on his skyrocketing career, the Canadian singer is back with a new album—and a new outlook. Ahead of the release of “Shawn” next month, he connected with his friend and mentor to talk about reclaiming his music and rebuilding his life.

COVER

Jennifer Lopez Tells Nikki Glaser How a Turbulent Summer Changed Her

October 9, 2024

After a canceled tour, the end of a marriage, and an internet pile-on that felt particularly brutal, the comedian Nikki Glaser found a J.Lo who was more than ready to talk.

SOUNDCHECK

“The Internet Is Basically One Giant Cop”: Backstage at MSG With Jack Antonoff

October 9, 2024

We joined the Bleachers frontman backstage to find out what he’s learned playing alongside Taylor Swift and why he isn’t listening to “bots and shitheads” on the internet.

OUTSIDE

“I’m an Adrenaline Junkie”: Bar Hopping With DJ John Summit

October 7, 2024

Only a few hours after getting punched in the face in Times Square, the DJ and party boy John Summit joined us in the Lower East Side to talk bottles and baddies.

Rosalía

SOUND ADVICE

Rosalía Gave Us the Soundtrack to Fashion Week’s Best Party

September 26, 2024

On Wednesday night, insiders celebrated the Motomami with champagne, cigarette towers, and an exclusive playlist including “Omega,” her new collab with Ralphie Choo.

PUNK

Xiu Xiu and Vaginal Davis on Berlin, Bible-Thumpers, and Designer Drugs

September 26, 2024

Before dropping their new album, “13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips,” Jamie Stewart and Angela Seo talked shit with Vaginal Davis over tacos.

SOUND ADVICE

Liam Benzvi on Madonna, Karaoke, and Losing His Virginity to My Bloody Valentine

September 25, 2024

“I fainted from dehydration the first time I saw them play and it’s the closest to heaven I’ve ever felt.”

joan as police woman

ROCK N' ROLL

“We Share a Relentless Curiosity”: David Byrne, in Conversation With Joan as Police Woman

September 25, 2024

The Talking Heads founder asked to interview his favorite indie-rocker, whose new album “Lemons, Limes and Orchids” is her most vulnerable work yet.