Bop Shop: Songs By Kim Petras, Kacey Musgraves, Jay B, And More
The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This...
Big Red Machine’s Ever-Expanding Guest List
By Beau Hayhoe A curious thing happened right before Big Red Machine announced its new album, How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? (out today on 37d03d/Jagjaguwar). As the social accounts of the indie folk duo (The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s...
Steve Gunn Other You
Steve Gunn likes to paint a beautiful picture, then scribble all over it. Fulton, the second song on his new album Other You, opens with stray piano notes and organ chords twined around a striding guitar strum, as Gunn muses on finding calm and...
Aztec Camera Backwards & Forwards: The WEA Recordings 1984-1995
There are two ways of looking at this incomplete history of Roddy Frame’s time in Aztec Camera. You can gaze at the contents – everything except for the band’s two Postcard Records singles and then High Land, Hard Rain, the album that established Frame...
The Beach Boys Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf’s Up Sessions
On 15 August 1970, The Beach Boys repaired to Brian Wilson’s house in Bel-Air, setting up in the studio downstairs. Sunflower, their new album, was due out in a fortnight, but the band were already sketching ideas for a follow-up. Wilson laid down a...
Shannon And The Clams Year Of The Spider
Shannon And The Clams are part of a decades-long tradition of musicians who have channelled bygone sounds and imagery for new audiences. The best of these acts don’t engage in rote resuscitation or simple tributes. Instead, they bring a rough-hewn edge, a wild experimental...
Maisie Peters Wants You To Know What She’s Thinking
By Gabriel Aikins It takes a special collection of qualities for an artist to amass their stans. The music obviously has to be great, but it requires more: a business mind able to navigate the industry, a voice and the knowledge of how to use...
Grab The Tissues: Kacey Musgraves Will Perform ‘Star-Crossed’ At The VMAs
The wait is over. Kacey Musgraves is officially making her MTV VMAs debut. At the show, set to air live from Barclays Center on September 12, the country-pop diva will unveil the world-premiere performance of her new song “Star-Crossed,” a sweltering heartbreaker released earlier...
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