There’s something for every Nina Simone fan to take away from the new, Liz Garbus-directed Netflix release What Happened, Miss Simone? The film features a dizzying array of live performances, private photos, diary entries and interviews that serve to sketch an image of the complicated, incredibly talented singer and the ... More

The sultry sound of singer and songwriter Elizabeth Harper’s voice on Movies, her latest EP under the moniker Class Actress, pays homage to everything she learned growing up—not from her parents, not from her friends, but from film. Harper calls Movies the soundtrack to her life. “I started watching movies ... More

On stage, Alison Mosshart—who fronts rock bands The Kills and The Dead Weather—is a formidable force. It turns out the same quality extends to a gallery’s walls. Beginning June 18, Mosshart’s paintings will be on display at Manhattan’s Joseph Gross Gallery in Fire Power, a sprawling exhibition of ... More

Lenka’s fourth solo album is titled The Bright Side, and according to the singer that just about sums up her own outlook. “It’s kind of my state of mind in the moment I am at,” she says. “It’s really nice, happy place.” And her latest collection of songs matches that nicely, showing ... More

After lead vocalist and guitarist Justin Hawkins’ departure from The Darkness in 2007, fans were filled with anticipation about the future of the U.K.-based rock band. Now, their prayers have been answered. After a personnel overhaul in 2011—the band now features brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins as well as Frankie ... More

You’ve got to hand it to Ben Lee: he is sticking to the beat of his own drum. To his credit, it’s been a catchy beat for some 20 years now. The world took official notice back in 2005 when, reeling from a breakup with Claire Danes, he released the ... More

Hot on the heels of releasing Lost in New York, his sophomore album, Chris Glover—who performs undeniably catchy electro-pop songs under the moniker Penguin Prison—made his way to Morelos, Mexico to play the Festival Vaivén. And while Glover and festivalgoers alike were probably hoping for some fun in ... More

Luke Temple, the indie troubadour best known for his work in the band Here We Go Magic, had long been a staple on Domino Kirke’s playlists. But what Kirke hadn’t realized was that she knew his face just as well as she did his voice. “I met Luke through friends ... More

"Yesterday John and I were looking at couples therapy and stuff,” announces supermodel Chrissy Teigen, popping an oily Italian olive into her mouth. She clarifies: “Not for us, I mean.” Teigen and her husband, the musician John Legend, are cuddled up at il Buco in downtown Manhattan. Over a ... More

No one ever called Róisín Murphy a shrinking violet, and luckily, she’s only grown bolder with age. The UK disco queen and fashion icon, who got her start in the mid-nineties as one half of the electro-pop duo Moloko, is returning to the stage with her anticipated third solo album,  More