Bill Callahan, the beloved American songwriting institution and former Smog guy, is not a road dog. In recent years, he hasn't played a whole ton of live shows, and he's mostly only done it when the spirit has moved him. But Callahan has just announced that he'll spend about five weeks of his summer on…

The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival will feature a wide selection of music-themed features and documentaries, covering everything from the life and music of Linda Ronstadt to a profile of a beloved New York record store, the theft of a $6 million Stradivarius violin, and a chronicle of the legendary New York venue The Apollo.

Carly Rae Jepsen's 2015 album E•MO•TION was an instant classic and a watershed moment in indie culture's embrace of sparkling mainstream pop. Jepsen extended the E•MO•TION era for quite a while, releasing a B-sides collection and a widely beloved outtake called "Cut To The Feeling." It was all quality stuff, but as the months and&#82...

In this week's edition of Pop is Not a Dirty Word, columnist Douglas Greenwood unpacks the breakout success of young singer/songwriters going against the grain of glitzy pop stardomI can’t tell you how sad it was to see my queen Rita Ora‘s long-awaited sophomore album ‘Phoenix’ chart outside of the UK Top ...

Last year we revisited the 10th anniversary of Chunk Of Change, the EP that yielded "Sleepyhead" and launched Passion Pit to indie-level fame. That means we're coming up on 10 years since the synth-pop band released their beloved debut album, Manners. In celebration of that landmark, Passion Pit have announced dates for a North American…