Har Mar Superstar has announced a new album. Best Summer Ever will be produced by Julian Casablancas of the Strokes, to be released on April 8. A first single — “Youth Without Love” — was written by Casablancas and is now streaming on Pitchfork. The album will also feature an appearance by Karen O (Yeah Yeah…

There’s a new frontier in audiophile vinyl: six classic albums have been remastered at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios using a new “half-speed” process. That doesn’t mean you’ll need to play the records at 16 2/3 RPM — but that’s the speed they’ll be recorded at. The process “brings a clear, crisp sound with much better…

Here’s Prince’s new passport photo. That is all. To stay on top of all the latest Prince news, sign up for our Purple Alert e-mails. PRINCE ROGERS NELSON::PASSPORT PICTURE 2/11/16 pic.twitter.com/lgdLCXQ9y2 — Prince3EG (@Prince3EG) February 11, 2016

I remember the first time I heard Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke.” I was in a third-grade music class; our teacher wanted to illustrate the difference between unison melody and harmony. She pressed play, and I came online. I have no real memories before that moment, and what a memory! The sound of eight musicians playing…

As part of Jimmy Kimmel‘s ongoing Mashup Mondays series, Maple Grove superstar Sisqo joined forces with Panic! at the Disco to perform “The Thong Song” as — what else? — Panic! at the Sisqo. (Rolling Stone) Drama! at the Grammys Kimmel also rounded up a star-studded group of music stars — including Lionel Richie, James Taylor, Meghan Trainor, and Mumford and Sons — to…

“Let ‘Em Say,” the 2014 joint single by Lizzo and Caroline Smith, is featured in the opening scene of the forthcoming third season of Comedy Central’s wildly popular show Broad City. In a clip shared via Entertainment Weekly, the show’s heroines Abbi and Ilana enjoy a wide range of activities (some NSFW, albeit pixelated) in their…

Vanity, the singer who led the Prince-formed group Vanity 6, has died of kidney failure at age 57. Active from 1981 to 1983, Vanity 6 were best-known for their Prince-penned 1982 hit “Nasty Girl.” Born Denise Matthews, the future star grew up in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Rechristened Vanity, she recorded one album with Vanity 6…

Bob Dylan is currently in the studio working on a standards album that will be a follow-up to Shadows in the Night, his 2015 collection of songs made famous by Frank Sinatra. Engineer Al Schmitt says “it’s going great” and that Dylan’s “mood in the studio is fabulous.” (Billboard) The Current will be covering the 2016 Grammys live. Follow…

The first thing I saw when I arrived at the Xcel Energy Center on Valentine’s Day were the protesters huddled outside — carrying signs and toting Bibles and pamphlets that denounced the AC/DC show about to take place inside the arena. I realized at that moment that I could not remember the last time I had ever…

Like most artists, Kanye West is anything but organized in his creativity — and true to his nature, West seems as though he’s never content with the final product of any of his albums until they are finally dropped. As those who follow his manic, trollish Twitter feed have gathered, perhaps there’s no better word to describe…