Hold Up: Beyoncé Just Released A New Thing For Us All To Obsess Over
"Die With You" has been around since 2015, but it's newly packaged with a video depicting the endlessly dissected love affair between Beyoncé and Jay Z.
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'I Think It's Hard To Be A Person': Aimee Mann On Compassionate Songwriting
The singer-songwriter's music has long been characterized as melancholy. For her album Mental Illness, she leaned into that stereotype, writing songs that empathize with other people's struggles.
For Laura Jane Grace, Punk Was A Form Of Armor
The founder of the band Against Me! felt so conflicted about her gender growing up that she thought she was schizophrenic. Since transitioning, she's become more in touch with herself.
New Mix: Son Lux, Public Service Broadcasting, Big Thief, More
Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share their favorite songs of the week, including premieres from Elf Power and Big Thief, plus new music from The Walkmen's Walter Martin, Son Lux and more.
The NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert Transcends Its Fraught Political Moment
Monday night's presentation of the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters fellowships, coming under the shadow of a proposed presidential budget that would eliminate the NEA outright, mixed politics with grace.
Daddy Issues Confronts Deep Trauma With Sharp, Languid Rock On 'I'm Not'
On "I'm Not," Daddy Issues deals with a deep personal trauma through a languid take on pop, rock and punk.
Vancouver Power-Pop Trio Needles//Pins Comes 'Back To The Bright'
Hear the first single from the punk-fueled power-pop band's third album, Good Night, Tomorrow. It's got a bit of that heartland boogie.
Can's Singles To Be Reissued: Hear The Goofy Novelty 'Turtles Have Short Legs'
For all the band's sprawling and experimental rock albums, Can also had a healthy appetite for singles, which Mute Records will release in a compilation due June 16.
Jaime Wyatt On World Cafe
Wyatt discusses the firsthand experience with incarceration that informed her album Felony Blues. "People get stuck in the system," she says. "I feel like that's a great injustice to our society."
Mayte Garcia Knew She Would Marry Prince, But Could Never Have Predicted How
In her new book, The Most Beautiful, Garcia explains how an unlikely meeting at one of the pop icon's concerts sparked a relationship full of love, surprises and, ultimately, heartbreak.