Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business of music While he began writing songs at the age of just 14, Bridges has released a trio of albums ...

It's not that complicated. Three childhood friends -- Henry Stoehr, Teddy Matthews, and Alex Leeds -- grew up learning how to make music together and started a band. In college, they met Emily Massey, ...

After releasing a number of buzzy singles and EPs, Slow Joy — the recording name of Chicano artist Esteban Flores — has announced his full-length debut album. A Joy So Slow At Times I Don’t Think It’s ...

BTS member V dropped his debut solo album "Layover" on Sept. 8, and released his latest music video "Slow Dancing" alongside it. The album hitting shelves is a culmination of over a month of promotion ...

When the members of Slow Pulp discuss Yard, their second full-length record and first for ANTI-, their vocabulary often defaults to synesthetic imagery and sensation. “We have so many visual cues for ...

“You see a really quick rise, and a lot of people don’t see that you came from nothing to a hundred real quick,” Hudson Westbrook says. He’s speaking from experience. A little more than a year ago, ...

On Matchbox Twenty’s new single, “Don’t Get Me Wrong,” Rob Thomas sings, “I’m feeling calm but I’m never relaxed.” It’s a universal sentiment, but one that seems particularly suited to a Matchbox ...

Musically, Bob Dylan does whatever he wants. He’s never been one to be tied to one image or genre. And he’s never been one to let popular opinion hinder him from pursuing new musical territories. Even ...

Esteban Flores has released his debut album, A Joy So Slow at Times I Don’t Think It’s Coming, out today via Mick Music. Flores, the creative mind behind Slow Joy and our Best New Band of 2024, is ...

Today, Michigan-based solo artist, Conor Lynch, is releasing his second single, “Slow Country,” the title track from his forthcoming album, to be released March 29 on Devil Town Tapes. The album is ...

There aren’t many bands who are on track to compose their whole discography in some state of isolation, but Chicago-via-Madison quartet Slow Pulp aim to accomplish that feat. After fountains of praise ...