Flying Lotus tapped Anderson .Paak for a mesmerizing new song, “More,” that will appear on the DJ/producer’s upcoming album, Flamagra, out May 24th via Warp. The track opens with a kaleidoscopic burst of sound but soon settles into a sparse groove of dusty drums and humming synths. “More” then expands …

In her memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, Ani DiFranco details a lot of her first experiences: learning to play guitar, writing songs and putting our first albums. She also reveals her struggles with coming to terms with selling her songs to her fans (and how hard it was …

The vape manufacturer Juul Labs has long faced accusations of using fruity flavors and eye-catching packaging to market its products to teenagers, even though the company has repeatedly denied these claims. Now, a 15-year-old girl from Sarasota, Florida, and her family are filing a class action lawsuit against Juul Labs …

When Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was a congressman from Texas, he twice voted against the House opening proceedings to impeach President Donald Trump. But now O’Rourke has joined only a handful of Democrats who are calling for impeachment. “Yes, I think there’s enough evidence now for the House of …

The super sounds of the Seventies have long been a safe space for indie-rock types with fond distant memories of chilling in the backseat while mom and dad bumped the local AM radio station on long family car trips. Eric D. Johnson of the Fruit Bats has been uniquely skilled …

Love, like a teeming festival campground, can be utter chaos and misery to navigate. Tinder is here to help. The dating app announced Tuesday that it has teamed up with live events conglomerates AEG Worldwide and Live Nation to introduce “Festival Mode,” a new feature with the express purpose of, …

Two people have tested positive for HIV after receiving “vampire facials,” a treatment that involves injecting blood platelets into a person’s skin, from VIP Spa, a clinic in New Mexico. The spa in Albequerque was actually shut down last year, following reports that a patient had received an “unspecified infection” …

Jade Jackson has released the muscular tune “Bottle It Up,” her first new music in two years. The song will appear on the southern California singer-songwriter’s new album Wilderness, which was produced by Social Distortion leader Mike Ness. Propelled by bright strums of acoustic guitar and a toe-tapping tempo, “Bottle …

One week after one of the show’s grittiest deep-dives, an exhaustive segment on the Muller report, Last Week Tonight released the YouTube clip of some “high-end nonsense”: a hilarious and weirdly poignant report on the saga of Japanese otter mascot Chiitan. Host John Oliver served up the ridiculously tangled backstory …

Last month, Brooklyn’s Barclays Center welcomed the newest inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with their annual induction ceremony, honoring Radiohead, Stevie Nicks, Janet Jackson, the Zombies, Def Leppard, Roxy Music and the Cure and featuring a slew of all-star performances. On Saturday, April 27th, HBO will …