Music

In Begin the Begin: R.E.M.'s Early Years (out now from Verse Chorus Press), author Robert Dean Lurie turns back the clock to the formative years of the wildly influential group, tracing their origins back to the fertile Athens, Georgia rock scene,…

English new wave icons Duran Duran released their first self-titled album in 1981, but it was “Girls on Film,” their third single, that caught the attention of the MTV generation thanks to its fetishistic music video and charismatic singer Simon Le…

Master of None co-creator Alan Yang directed Jay Z’s new video for “Moonlight” from the artist’s latest album 4:44. The short recreates the cult (extremely white) TV series Friends, casting Insecure’s Issa Rae, Get Out’s Lil’ Rel Howery, Tessa…

Today would have been the 70th birthday of the late David Bowie, but the artist lives on in a new video that was released at midnight. “No Plan” is about as pensive and anxiety-inducing as it gets, featuring a stack of TVs in an old electrical shop…

While moms are busy crushing on Captain America this weekend, there’s another movie playing in theaters that’s getting rave reviews. Radiohead’s recently released music video for their single “Daydreaming,” directed by There Will Be Blood’s Paul…

RJD2, the indie DJ best known for making the Mad Men theme song, released his newest single, “Peace of What” (feat. Jordan Brown), today to signal the coming of his next album, Dame Fortune. His label Electrical Connections announced that it’ll be…

Christine and The Queens (French musician Héloïse Letissier) released a new music video for her song, “Jonathan.”It’s the title track from her new three-track EP, which, according to The Guardian, includes tracks from her upcoming self-titled…

Today, Petite Noir released his music video for the title track from his first LP, La Vie Est Belle/Life Is Beautiful.”La Vie set Belle” serves as the feature example of Noir’s self-proclaimed style, “noirwave,” an African take on New Wave. The…

NBC has ordered a pilot for a new reality show from Adam Levine based on the music video for the Maroon 5 song “Sugar.” (No matter how many times you reread that, it won’t become less true.)Co-created by Levine and Wedding Crashers director David…

It seems like only yesterday that Tawny Kitaen was slinking atop a Jaguar in lingerie for Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” music video. The song was a mega hit back in 1987 on this day, and few can forget the metal rockers’ ridiculous music video…

The MTV of today is packed with more reality television than music videos. But the groundbreaking network used to air music videos, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and promised that we’d “never look at music the same way again.” And we haven’t,…

With two must-hear albums — Ashley Monroe’s The Blade and Mas Ysa’s Seraph — out this week and tons of new tracks, the competition was tough this time around. Take a listen to who made the cut. Ashley Monroe — “The Blade” “The Blade” is the title…

Prince released two albums last fall, but that won’t stop him from dropping another before 2015 comes to a close. In a new interview with BBC 6 Music, Prince’s band, 3rdEyeGirl, confirmed an “experimental” new LP called The Hit & Run Album coming…

While you’re still digesting that new surprise-drop Wilco album, here are a few great songs also released this week. CHVRCHES — “Leave a Trace” After a meteoric rise over the last few years, Glasgow’s CHVRCHES return strong with a new single off…

Last month, Lana Del Rey started teasing a new song called “Honeymoon” on her Instagram account. With its references to the streets of Los Angeles and its tragic lyrics about how loving her is unfashionable but Mr. Born To Lose does it anyway,…

The Barcelona-bred teens who comprise promising punk band MOURN make no efforts to hide the influence that classic-era alternative has had on their music, and their latest video is no exception. In the clip for “Gertrudis, Get Through This!” — which…

Perhaps you want to listen to the Flavorwire staff discuss Donutgate on our new podcast, but if new music is more your thing for the commute home, we’ve got five great new tunes to check out. Jason Isbell — “Speed Trap Town” Since leaving the…

“I may be young, but I know what I want” is an apt opening line for “Boy,” the second single from rising pop musician Sizzy Rocket. Her first, “Bestie,” was part cheeky pop parody, part queer empowerment: atop a track that would fit in on Taylor…

For the first time in 26 years, it’s a Tuesday and there are no new albums out in America. Starting this week, the record industry is shifting to a Friday release date around the globe. It’s a move intended to reflect our increasingly digital music…