Music

Max B released “Super Bad,” the second single from his upcoming Negro Spiritualsalbum, on Friday. The track previously appeared on the free mixtape Coke Wave 4, a collaboration with the rapper French Montana and the producer Paul Couture. “Super Bad” revolves a smoother-than-smooth sample of Jonathan Butler’s “Song for Elizabeth” …

ZZ Top rolled out the trailer for their upcoming documentary ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas earlier this week. The film — which traces their 50-year saga from their earliest days gigging around Houston through their period as MTV-era superstars and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees …

Ever since his arrest and subsequent imprisonment in Sweden earlier this month, A$AP Rocky, the Harlem rapper currently being held in Stockholm on assault charges, has become a cause célèbre for the music industry. #FreeAsapRocky hashtags have flooded social media, while a Change.org petition has received over 600,000 signatures and …

King Princess will release her debut album, Cheap Queen, this fall on Mark Ronson‘s Zelig Records. She made the announcement with the release of the LP’s latest single, “Prophet.” “Prophet” is a soulful rock slow-burner where the “Pussy Is God” singer thinks about someone she’s infatuated with. “I can only …

Sleater-Kinney get experimental on their new single, the title-track from theirforthcoming ninth studio album, The Center Won’t Hold. The song marks the band’s first release since longtime drummer Janet Weiss announced her departure from the line-up. (Weiss performed on the LP, out August 16th.) “The Center Won’t Hold,” like the …

Just ahead of their induction into the Hall of Fame this fall, the story of Brooks & Dunn from aspiring solo artists to the best-selling country duo of all time will be explored in a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Opening August 9th, Brooks …

Billy Strings shows off his fiery picking on “Taking Water,” Hiss Golden Messenger shows support for public education in “I Need a Teacher,” plus new tracks from Ottoman Turks and Amy Speace in this week’s list of must-hear tracks. Hiss Golden Messenger, “I Need a Teacher” Released in support of …

Devendra Banhart released a breezy, upbeat song called “Abre Las Manos.” The track is the second single off Banhart’s upcoming album Ma, out September 13th via Nonesuch Records. “Abre Las Manos,” which translates to “open your hands” in English, was inspired by the musician’s homeland of Venezuela. The video features …

Kentucky country singer Kelsey Waldon has announced details forWhite Noise/White Lines, her first release on John Prine‘s Oh Boy Records. Set for release on October 4th, the album will serve as Waldon’s proper label debut after years of independent albums. The album’s lead single, “Anyhow,” is a stubborn anthem of …

Ben Harper explores the space between love, dependence and self-reliance on his moving new song, “Uneven Days.” The spare ballad finds Harper singing over heavy piano chords as strings swell up alongside, leading the track to an apex where distant percussion echoes across the negative space. “Love is pain in …