The Music Mix

Ciara tosses Nicki Minaj-featured ‘I’m Out’ into summer-jam sweepstakes: Hear it here!

Kyle Anderson — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:37:05 +0000

Remember Ciara? It’s cool if you don’t. Though she had a ridiculous opening run when she first came on, unleashing

Kyle Anderson — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:53:54 +0000

If we’re in the midst of an indie rock recession, nobody told the dudes from Vampire Weekend. The New York

Erin Strecker — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:34:03 +0000

Candice Glover fans are going to get new music sooner than they hoped. Breaking with tradition, the newly-crowned American Idol

Jeff Labrecque — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:55 +0000

For years, the National were one of a thousand little-engine-that-could indie bands, living in Brooklyn and (barely) getting by on

Associated Press — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:12:41 +0000

Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June. A spokesman for the 71-year-old singer says Franklin will reschedule two

Ray Rahman — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:25:45 +0000

First the German Monkey-Business Bureau*. Then the Billboard Music Awards audience. Now Jon Bon Jovi? Justin Bieber just can’t catch

Ray Rahman — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:24 +0000

Love her, hate her, or ignore her — either way, Zooey Deschanel knows how to play the cute card. Through

Kyle Anderson — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:13:57 +0000

Beyoncé may not be pregnant with a second child, but she is apparently ready to birth some new music. Though

Ray Rahman — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:24 +0000

Two of the South’s best exports — the Grammy-nominated rockers Alabama Shakes and the Lousiana-set vampires-and-fairies saga True Blood now have one

Ray Rahman — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:25 +0000

This is an expanded version of a story that appears in Entertainment Weekly‘s Summer Music Preview issue, on stands now.