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…