Music

Phil Collins surveys his eclectic catalog of collaborative tracks, session work, outside songwriting and production with the new career-spanning box set Plays Well With Others, out September 28th via Rhino Records. The four-disc, 59-track projectincludes material from George Harrison, David Crosby, the Bee Gees John Cale, Argent, John Martyn, Gary …

Drake‘s Scorpion remained at Number One for a second straight week as the rapper’s latest LP added another 335,000 copies to its now-platinum total. Despite a 54 percent sales dive from its streaming record-shattering and Hot 100-dominating opening week, Drake had no problems recapturing the top spot as Scorpion posted …

While the origin of the ubiquitous phrase “Don’t poke the bear” is uncertain, there’s no question that it is excellent advice. In an episode of Nashville that contained much bear-poking, (not to mention the promise of a long-awaited pig roast), it is Juliette’s long-suffering manager, Glenn, who invokes the expression …

Alessia Cara explores a craving for intimacy on her stripped-down new song “A Little More,” which she released Wednesday to celebrate her 22nd birthday. “There you are with your college friends/ You played in their marching band,” the singer croons over a lo-fi electric guitar strum, with dense harmony vocals …

Chris Brown was arrested immediately following his West Palm Beach, Florida concert Thursday as police apprehended the singer on an outstanding felony battery charge. Following his arrest, Brown was booked into Palm Beach Jail and released on $2,000 bond soon after. The battery charge stems from an April 2017 incident …

“Some of these rappers is kind of dainty,” Sir Mix-a-Lot says as he pumps gas en route to his Seattle home. “They think it makes them look rich if they got clean fingernails, but every now and then you gotta get ’em dirty.” The rapper born Anthony Ray has turned …

It’s unclear how, exactly, Drake pulled it off. On “Don’t Matter To Me,” a late song on the rapper’s latest album Scorpion, he recruits Michael Jackson for a duet. The late King of Pop is listed as a feature, and true to that billing, his voice handles chorus duties over …

This Buffalo rapper, his brother Conway and their Griselda Records camp have an innovative aesthetic combining ’90s thug rap and Alchemist-style dusty loops. That, coupled with a canny marketing strategy aimed at vinyl swagbeasts – Westside Gunn’s 2016 breakthrough Flygod now trades for a ridiculous $600 online – has made …

Few artists are more sensitive to the pain and absurdity of modern life than Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett and Broad City‘s Abbi Jacobson. These days, both are turning that laser focus on themselves. On previous releases, Barnett has often masked introspection behind dazzling wordplay and humor. But her latest album, …

5 Seconds of Summer fended off Beyoncé & Jay-Z and a streaming surge for late rapper XXXTentacion to claim their Number One album with Youngblood. The Australian pop-punk act’s third album sold 142,000 total copies in its release week, including 115,000 traditional copies. 5 Seconds of Summer previously reached the …