A new Q&A with Beck in Billboard is a lot more action-packed than one might expect a 2017 interview with Beck to be. The discussion surrounding his new album Colors is particularly revelatory. The veteran alt-pop chameleon explains that the album, which is upbeat, party-oriented and co-helmed by pop producer Greg Kurstin, was actually largely recorded before his downbeat, country-folk-influenced...

The transcontinental pairing of Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile makes an immediate, intuitive kind of sense. Both are wry, casually thoughtful songwriters with immediately recognizable singing voices, hers arriving in clipped Aussie syllables and his a wispy Philly drawl. They exude an almost supernatural relaxation on record, coming off like the kind of characters who have both the chutzpah to ask...

Kelly Clarkson has released the title track from her upcoming album Meaning of Life. This is Clarkson's eighth album, following 2015’s Piece by Piece. Last month, the American Idol star released a pair of singles, "Love So Soft"  and "Move You," which signaled a shift from pop-rock toward a more soulful sound. Meaning of Life drops on October 27 from Atlantic. Stream "Meaning of Life" below...