Our August Cover Story: 6LACK, Yard Act, John Hughes Movies, Ranked +MORE

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Our August Cover Story: 6LACK

It was 2014. 6LACK (real name Ricardo Valdez Valentine Jr.) was still couch surfing and trying to conjure up his next move. The Baltimore-born, primarily Atlanta-raised rapper had signed a record deal with Flo Rida's.....(cont.)

Yard Act Are Always Working

Summer is entering its second half. August is a traditionally slow month in Europe and in general, and the luckiest (or most French) among us usually opt to take the entire month off. Others, like U.K. post-punk quartet Yard Act.....(cont.)

Tommy Lefroy May Be Music's Biggest Book Nerds — And They're Okay with That

Between book swaps at their concerts and a suggested reading list accompanying new album 'The Precariat,' the indie rock duo wants fans.....(cont.)

5 Albums I Can't Live Without: Electric Callboy

My current music collection has a lot of: I can tell you our playlist looks like the algorithm has completely given up on us. It's basically musical ADHD, we listen to nearly everything: Deathcore, techno, country, hip-hop.....(cont.)

Ceremony Is Who They've Always Been On 'Tell Me Your Dream'

Who decides whether an album is a "return to form?" Is it the band or the fans who decide? What is the agreed upon form?

A "return to form" can be.....(cont.)

Two Ways to Bring a 25-Year-Old Album Back to Life

It's been a few weeks since I wrote you. That doesn't mean my team and I have been resting on our laurels. Instead, like many parts of my life right now, Beats x Bytes is going through a.....(cont.)

Questlove: "We're In a Way Happier Rhythm Now"

It's a full circle moment for the Roots, who early in their career relocated to London to record their 1993 debut album, Organix. Often referred to as their "Hendrix moment"—a nod to Jimi Hendrix's move to London in.....(cont.)

Roland Orzabal Welcomes You to His Life

This summer, in eight cities across four countries on two continents, I couldn't go a single day without hearing at least one Tears for Fears song. Most days, I heard several. The duo is top of mind, not just because of their timeless.....(cont.)

Evening Elephants' 'Wholeheartedly, Terribly Sweet' Turns Love and Its Repercussions Into Postmodern Pop

Sam Boggs found a personal oasis of calm in the middle of Los Angeles, and a small echo of the North Carolina woods where he grew up. The frontman for Evening Elephants comes often to the lowlands of Griffith Park.....(cont.)

'Stages' is the Album Midland Set Out to Make 12 Years Ago

Back in July, the Texas country trio Midland played a show at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, playing songs from their fifth album, Stages, when singer Mark Wystrach forgot the words to "Drinkin' Dark Whiskey." It's a.....(cont.)

Deep Cut Friday: "Magnolia" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Over the course of his career, Tom Petty's voice blended beautifully with Stevie Nicks, Heartbreakers bassist Howie Epstein, and the other rock legends in the Traveling Wilburys. But the first voice the world heard Petty harmonize with, on the Heartbreakers' 1976 classics.....(cont.)

Every John Hughes Movie, Ranked

John Hughes, the poet laureate of '80s teen angst, was born in 1950 in Michigan. In 1963, his family moved to Northbrook, Illinois, where he attended Glenbrook North High School on Shermer Road. Twenty years later, Hughes would shoot some of his films at his alma mater, which would serve as the....(cont.)

The Best Albums of 1986 (According to Us)

Slayer terrified the PMRC, Janet Jackson seized control, and Genesis got.....(cont.)

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