Bad Bunny and Pope Leo XIV are two mega-famous Americans who draw huge crowds around the globe. Both of them also drive this country’s right wing public figures into fits of frustrated rage. On Monday, the two men came face to face. The post Pope Leo XIV Got To Meet Bad Bunny appeared first on Stereogum.

We heard from L’Rain a few weeks ago when she guested on a new Tasha track. Today Taja Cheek is ready to announce her own new album. Fata Morgana, the follow-up to 2023’s I Killed Your Dog, is coming out in August. Cheek created the album with longtime collaborators Ben Chapoteau-Katz and Andrew Lappin, and its excellent lead single is …

On the floor of the Baltimore Arena Monday night, a couple dozen kids with broccoli haircuts played duck duck goose. Why not? Those broccoli haircut kids had space, and they had time. They had so much time. Doors opened around 7 p.m., and A$AP Rocky, on his first proper tour in seven years, didn’t perform until nearly three hours later. …

The Queens-based musician Nick Hakim has a warm, personal sound that doesn’t fit neatly into any genre categories. He’s a soul singer, more or less, but there’s a psychedelic, lo-fi indie rock sensibility to his music. Hakim is also a prolific collaborator. Since the release of 2022’s Cometa, his last solo album, Hakim has contributed heavily to records from peers …

Yesterday, Jack White pulled a Jack White, quietly and semi-secretly announcing his upcoming solo album Frozen Charlotte. The announcement was part of the new new Release Lab video series from White’s Third Man label, which was billed as an educational peek behind the scenes. Now that the secret is out, White is doing the regular album-release thing, and that includes …

Sturgill Simpson kept his new Johnny Blue Skies album Mutiny After Midnight off streaming services at first, but, as promised, the album went live at DSPs this week with a bonus “Whiter Shade Of Pale” cover. That means a lot of people are hearing the new tunes for the first time and are therefore learning about Simpson’s sexual/political lyrical exploits, …

Earlier this spring, The New York Times published a huge package on the 30 greatest living American songwriters. Taylor Swift was in there, obviously. She sat for an interview, which basically turned her into the headliner for the entire thing. One person who was not on the list was Randy Newman, and that was certainly one of the more puzzling …

Hip-hop fans may soon witness a reunion of Jaÿ-Z and Eminem. According to the tracklist shared by executive producer and A&R M80 on June 7, the rap icons are slated… The post Jaÿ-Z and Eminem Set to Reunite on Upcoming Rakim, Kurupt and Masta Killa Album appeared first on .

Donald Trump is not expected to attend Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden,… The post Trump Expected to Skip Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals Game 4 at Madison Square Garden appeared first on .

Sean Combs has been named in a new civil lawsuit filed by a man identified as John Doe, who alleges the music mogul sexually assaulted him when he was a… The post Sean “Diddy” Combs Faces New Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault of Former Child Actor appeared first on .