Neil Young has never been shy about voicing his opinions, and he’s often put his money where his mouth is. He recently discontinued his use of Facebook and Instagram, citing parent company Meta’s “use of chatbots with children.” Before that, in 2022, Young took his music off Spotify to protest Joe Rogan spreading misinformation about vaccines on his Spotify-distributed podcast …

Guns N’ Roses famously spent well over a decade working on Chinese Democracy — long enough that the title became shorthand for perpetually delayed albums — but it finally came out in 2008. GNR have not released an album since then, but Axl Rose got most of the classic lineup back together in 2016, and they’ve kicked out a few …

Madonna’s 1994 album Bedtime Stories was one of many successful reinventions in the star’s long career. That record was where Madonna pivoted away from the horny house-pop of 1992’s Erotica, drawing instead on R&B and trip-hop. She worked with producers like Dallas Austin, Babyface, and Nellee Hooper, and the record includes the #1 hit “Take A Bow” and the Björk …

Charli XCX has been in the news a lot of the past week — not for her music or even for her cinematic explorations but because she allegedly calls Taylor Swift “Boring Barbie” when the coke’s got her brave. Swift’s diss track “Actually Romantic,” which sure seems to be aimed at Charli, really just serves as one more sign that …

The comedy world has been in an uproar over the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which ended today after two weeks of performances in Saudi Arabia’s capital. Extremely popular comics including Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., Aziz Ansari, Bill Burr, Pete Davidson, Whitney Cummings, Wayne Brady, Hannibal Buress, Jessica Kirson, Andrew Schulz, Sebastian Maniscalco, and others were paid exorbitant fees to …

Earlier this year, the French singer and producer Oklou released Choke Enough, her absolutely stunning LP of sparkling, minimal, intensely moody pop music. When we picked our favorite albums of the first half of 2025, Choke Enough was #1. Around the same time that Choke Enough came out, Oklou became a mother. This fall, she’ll come to North America for …

Last year, Vince Staples debuted The Vince Staples Show. Vince Staples himself is the show’s star and creator. It’s an absurdist comedy based, in the loosest possible way, on his own life. Making a TV show hasn’t interrupted Staples’ rap career. Last year, he toured and released his album Dark Times, and he appeared on recent tracks from Mustard, Ab-Soul, …

Former MLB player Brandon Watson brought Hollywood and the sports world together for a cause this past Sunday at the 5th Annual Team Watson Charity Softball Game at Cal State… The post Meagan Good, Jonathan Majors, Matt Barnes, Lance Gross, Dreezy And More Team Up For 5th Annual Celebrity Softball Game In L.A. appeared first on .

Dua Lipa just wrapped up a four-night run at the Kia Forum in LA. The first of those two shows each featured Lipa covering a classic California song: Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” on Saturday, the Mamas & The Papas’ “California Dreamin” on Sunday. The last two shows involved special guests, and just like in New York, Lipa took it as …

Lande Hekt officially kept her old band Muncie Girls going up through 2023, despite releasing the great solo albums Going To Hell and Room Without A View in 2021 and 2022. Now that Muncie Girls are officially broken up, Hekt is back with news of another solo album, Lucky Now.