Lars Gotrich
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Filled with pop mosaics, Surrender feels like a quintessentially summer album. Naturally, we asked Maggie Rogers for a roséwave playlist. -
Cruise's instrument, a voice of such intense calm it could be unsettling, made her a natural collaborator of director David Lynch — and, later, new-wave icons The B-52s. -
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 2022 class leans heavily on pop hitmakers from the 1980s, but also includes rapper Eminem and country star Dolly Parton, who initially rejected her nomination. -
At his last recorded concerts, the avant-garde outlaw's seemingly disparate sound worlds came together. -
Mark Lanegan, who also made music with Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins, had a rumbling rasp in his voice that could convey the weight of the world. -
Microphones in 2020 is a single 45-minute track written to "unburden myself from the weight of all this memory," says Phil Elverum, "even though I also think it has so much value." -
Originally written for the 2001 album Reveal, this 2004 version was recorded in Nassau, Bahamas. -
We fill you in on how to shade your summer pink with unapologetically good pop music that is ready for any mood. -
Hear the album's opening track. -
After covering Rage Against the Machine and Bad Brains — not to mention collaborating with psychedelic hardcore band F***** Up — the Miami rapper has been making the case for a new role.
