Mandatory Music

Lana Del Rey is a master at holding her audience rapt, and this week, she maintained our attention from the get-go.

This week's installment of Mandatory Music includes new music from Mike Patton – and that's never bad news.

If you only listen to five new songs this week, make it these.

If you only listen to five new songs today, it should probably be these.

If you only listen to five new songs today, it should probably be these.

Believe it or not, we're at about the halfway point of the summer. But there's still plenty of music to look forward to.

This week's installment of Mandatory Music is loaded with covers and collaborations and, in some cases (as with the lead track), both.

This week's installment of Mandatory Music features a few prominent, long-awaited returns.

There's so much testosterone in this week's installment of Mandatory Music, you could subtitle it: "the Boys are Back in Town."

It's an amazing moment when an artist's talent catches up with their ambition and that's certainly the case with the musicians in this week's Mandatory Music.