Tonight, Elton John and Bernie Taupin are being celebrated as the recipients of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for songwriting. A tribute concert in Washington, DC is taking place, and Metallica opened the show with “Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.”

Twenty years ago this month, after rising to indie celebrity with a pair of well-received albums in quick succession, the Decemberists released The Tain, an EP comprising one nearly 19-minute song split into five movements. “The Tain” leaned hard into the literary folk-rock band’s prog-rock tendencies, foregrounding...

On Friday night, the Strokes headlined a benefit concert for Chicago congressional candidate Kina Collins, which took place at the Credit Union 1 Arena. It’s the second time that the band has performed to support Collins — they also did an intimate show in 2022. This weekend’s show took place on Collins’ b...

New supergroup alert! Vermont musician Ruth Garbus has been active as a solo artist for a while, and they released the album Alive People last year. Meanwhile, the LA-based musician Sam Gendel has done a lot of work both inside and outside the jazz world, releasing albums like 2022’s Superstore and collaborating with people like Vampir...

Last year, Slow Pulp shared Yard, which was our Album Of The Week and reached #17 on our Best Albums Of 2023 list. Today, the Chicago indie rockers took some songs from the LP to CBS’ Saturday Sessions.