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2 months ago

Sean Shibe: Tiny Desk Concert

Sean Shibe breaks classical guitar conventions by mastering both nylon and electric repertoire and performing technically explosive contemporary works by Thomas Ades.
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3 hours ago

DJ Killatrav Is Behind the 'Opalite' House Remix

DJ Chris Lake posted DMs between him and Kelce re: Lake's remix of " Opalite." In them, Trav calls Lake "a legend 🙌 🙌" and that he loves everything the DJ comes out with. "Caught you and The Fish at Coachella a while back an is still one of my favorite sets of all time," he wrote. When Lake eventually sent the remix over, Kelce responded with 5 exploding head emojis and 6 fire emojis. That's an 11/10.
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3 months ago

One of music's best kept secrets celebrates 100 years, quietly

The Library of Congress concert hall opened in 1925, created by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge's philanthropy and legislation, and remains an acoustically exceptional, historic venue.
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1 month ago

The 10 Best Classical Albums of 2025

Ten classical albums provided solace and renewed faith through immersive contemporary cello, rhythmic modern compositions, choral sacred works, and Baroque rediscoveries during a difficult year.
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1 month ago

From the Top: Tiny Desk Concert

At only 17 years old, the Eugene, Ore., native Maria Telesheva is already an accordion wizard. I have trouble simply pushing the right button in an elevator. So watching Telesheva's fingers fly gracefully over more than 200 buttons on her bayan, as the instrument is called in Russia, is a thrill. She makes the tightly braided voices in J.S. Bach's thicket of counterpoint sing and dance.
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3 weeks ago

Denyce Graves sings her swan song on Met stage

Denyce Graves retires at 61 after an international opera career, concluding with a final Metropolitan Opera performance as Maria in Porgy and Bess.
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3 months ago

On 'Lux,' Rosalia pulls the entire world into her symphony

Rosalia's new album Lux blends symphonic orchestration, opera vocals, global languages, and electronic accents to create a maximalist, world‑spanning, feminine‑mystic statement.
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3 months ago

Composer Sarah Kirkland Snider loves music so much, she might just eat it

Any composer's relationship to music is intense, but Sarah Kirkland Snider, whose debut opera, Hildegard, receives its world premiere at the LA Opera this week, ratchets that intensity up to a higher, more metaphysical level. When Snider hears music, she says, she sometimes wants to eat it that's how deep the desire goes. She's not traditionally religious, but she has come to see music as a mysterious, divine force within her.
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The grinding guys from the halftime show have been identified & they've got the best response to homophobic haters - Queerty

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The grinding guys from the halftime show have been identified & they've got the best response to homophobic haters - Queerty

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1 day ago
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Sturgill Simpson announces new Johnny Blue Skies "dance record," 'Mutiny After Midnight'

Sturgill Simpson, as Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds, releases Mutiny After Midnight March 13 as a physical‑only, dance‑oriented album produced with Ian Cripps.
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Sturgill Simpson Announces New Johnny Blue Skies Album Mutiny After Midnight

Sturgill Simpson revives his Johnny Blue Skies persona for Mutiny After Midnight, a groove-centered, dance-focused album and an accompanying arena-and-theater tour.
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1 day ago

13 New Songs Out Today

New singles and album announcements from diverse artists—Stereolab, Venturing, Carpenter Brut, War on Women, and Earth Tongue—are highlighted alongside releases and tour-related content.
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1 day ago

Our Favorite Songs of the Week (Playlist)

A weekly playlist compiles recent releases across genres, featuring artists such as Knocked Loose, Charli XCX, Converge, MUNA, and others.
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5 hours ago

Staff Picks: Best Songs of the Week February 7th - February 13th

New releases feature introspective reflections on identity, tender acoustic-electric arrangements, lush harp-and-string R&B production, and continued thematic non-commitment from contemporary artists.
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1 day ago

hemlocke springs announces spring tour

Hemlocke Springs released debut album The Apple Tree Under The Sea, premiered a new video for 'be the girl!' and announced a North American tour.
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12 hours ago

12 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Charli XCX, Feng, and More

When director Emerald Fennell needed to hire a musician to score her Wuthering Heights adaptation, only one person came to mind: Charli XCX. Not only did the British pop star accept the offer, but she used her soundtrack to capture love in all of its grandiose, moody, and elusive ways. As she described the soundtrack on her Substack, it's a "dive into persona, into a world that felt undeniably raw, wild, sexual, gothic, British, tortured and full of actual real sentences, punctuation and grammar."
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1 day ago

Indie Basement (2/13): Cardinals, Luke Temple, The Paranoid Style, more

Two notable new albums this week include Cardinals' accordion-infused post-punk debut and a release from an Indie Basement regular, alongside reissues, interviews, and more.
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22 hours ago

Choosing happy is a hell of a process': Thundercat on funk, lost friends and being fired by Snoop Dogg (possibly)

Thundercat, formerly Stephen Bruner, blends jazz, rock, and pop across an eclectic career, exemplified by playing Frank Zappa for Snoop Dogg during a backing-band stint.
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16 hours ago

Bendetta's "Headshot" - A Bold Exploration of Anger and Self-Control - KALTBLUT Magazine

Bendetta's latest single, "Headshot," captures the moment when something shifts: when violent thoughts arise, yet the urge to maintain control prevails. This track navigates themes of anger, boundaries, and the conscious decision to no longer absorb harm without letting it transform you into the one inflicting it. Rather than offering comfort or resolution, "Headshot" demands clarity: it focuses on naming feelings, standing firm within them, and refusing to downplay their significance.
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10 hours ago

James Blake Reveals North American Tour, Shares New Song

James Blake will tour North America in May–June to support his independent album Trying Times, releasing March 13, with a new single video out now.
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1 day ago
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Tour news: Sarah McLachlan / Allison Russell, Ani DiFranco / Valerie June, Jesse Malin's Silver Manhattan, Cut Worms, more

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3 days ago
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Tour news: Touche Amore / Greet Death, Kisser (Buck Meek), Wale / SminoPissed Jeans, The Flatliners / A Wilhelm Scream, more

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Tour news: Sarah McLachlan / Allison Russell, Ani DiFranco / Valerie June, Jesse Malin's Silver Manhattan, Cut Worms, more

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Tour news: Touche Amore / Greet Death, Kisser (Buck Meek), Wale / SminoPissed Jeans, The Flatliners / A Wilhelm Scream, more

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20 hours ago

Harry Styles fans rejoice: Pop superstar to stage pre-release listening parties for next album with London among host cities

Harry Styles will host KATTDO listening parties across 40 international cities starting February 18, before his new album's release.
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19 hours ago

Joshua Chuquimia Crampton: Anata review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month

The new album from Joshua Chuquimia Crampton takes its name from the Andean ceremony Anata, which gives thanks for the harvest before the rainy season. Made up of seven dense and distorted instrumentals, the record is the California-based Aymara musician's attempt at capturing the energy of ceremonial music not some rosy, polished version, but how it might sound recorded on a phone, clipping and all.
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22 hours ago

Jane Remover Drops New Venturing Song "In The Dark"

Jane Remover has released a new song as Venturing. It's called "In The Dark," and it arrives just ahead of the first anniversary of her debut album under the alias, Ghostholding. Check out the song, and its cover art, below. The artist shared her most recent Jane Remover LP, Revengeseekerz, in April 2025, following it up with a surprise EP, ♡, in December.
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22 hours ago

Katzin: Buckaroo

Like so many 20 year olds before him, Zion Battle found something transcendent in Joshua Tree National Park. Since age 16, Battle had been working towards becoming a musician, studying for a time at CalArts and New York's The New School. Then, in 2024, he left behind his academic training to begin making music as Katzin, exploring a more intimate sound shaped by a healthy love for the bedroom dream pop of early Orchid Tapes releases and the fuzz of 1990s indie rock.
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10 hours ago

The Trident's role in Bay Area music history

Sausalito's Trident, opened by the Kingston Trio in 1960, closed permanently after decades as a waterfront dining and music landmark frequented by musicians and celebrities.
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16 hours ago

Whodunnit: The Upstate Murder-Mystery Weekend

Cupid gets his main-character moment this weekend. We asked New Yorker staffers to help build a playlist befitting his romantic mission. For a classic piece of nineties Brit pop, Oasis's " Slide Away" is basically an absurdly romantic ballad of plain devotion and yearning-which "Wuthering Heights" has established as the emotions of the season. May your Valentine's Day be all about both!- Noreen Plabutong
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10 hours ago

Irreversible Entanglements Announce New Album Future Past Present

Irreversible Entanglements will release Future Present Past on March 27 via Impulse!, featuring guest artists Helado Negro and vocalist Motherboard across multiple tracks.
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fromThe Atlantic
9 hours ago

Is AI Ruining Music?

Streaming economics, algorithmic recommendations, and generative AI commodify music, reduce artist revenue, and threaten creative control and discovery.
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7 hours ago

Heavy Song of the Week: Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry Team Up on "Hive Mind"

Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry's "Hive Mind" fuses hardcore, rap metal, and trap-influenced breakdowns into a standout heavy-collab.
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1 day ago

Notable Releases of the Week (2/13)

This is by far the biggest release week of the year so far. Amanda and I highlight 12 new releases below, and Bill tackles another five in Indie Basement, including Cardinals, Luke Temple & The Cascading Moms, The Paranoid Style, the Wall of Voodoo 1983 demos collection, and the expanded reissue of Velocity Girl's ¡Simpatico!. And in addition to these reviews, Dave and I talked a lot about all this new music on today's episode of BV Weekly.
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4 hours ago

Bruce Springsteen's Favorite Late-Night Snack Is A Total Throwback - Tasting Table

Bruce Springsteen's favorite sandwich is a peanut butter and jelly with a big glass of milk.
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1 day ago

CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso Announce New Album FREE SPIRITS, Recruit Sting for New Song

The duo had originally confirmed their sophomore album Top of the Hills back in December 2025, but soon after, they announced that they had shelved the album due to exhaustion from touring. Now, Top of the Hills has been remade as FREE SPIRITS, and they've introduced a dramatic new narrative along with it; according to a press release, the duo underwent a 12-step healing program at a wellness center run by Sting, who they've enlisted as a collaborator and "wellness mentor."
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7 hours ago

Jelly of the Month Club helped Snoopy's Legendary Rooftop Concert go viral with their Ozzy tribute

Thundering drums and shredding guitar solos cut through the crowd as pyrotechnics and streamer cannons blast. The energy and production feel like a show at the Hollywood Palladium or the Forum, but we're at Knott's Berry Farm, on the rooftop of a big red doghouse - that is if we can suspend our disbelief for an evening. The educational rock band Jelly of the Month Club along with guest musicians Charlie Brown, Lucy, Schroeder and Linus set up the show's finale
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8 hours ago

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Feb 1315, 2026

It turns out The X-Files is easily adapted from your favorite '90s paranormal TV adventures into a super silly on-stage sketch show. Kickstand Comedy's fully improvised performance keeps all of your favorite tropes: the will-they-won't-they love story, the monster of the week format, and the runaway conspiracy theories. Starring comedians Tessa Waring and Mo Merrill as Scully and Mulder, expect high sexual tension, audience suggestions, and jump scares even the performers don't know are coming.
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fromConsequence
9 hours ago

Danny L Harle Unveils New Album Cerulean Featuring Dua Lipa, Clairo, and More

Danny L Harle released Cerulean via XL Recordings as his debut album featuring collaborations from Caroline Polachek, Dua Lipa, Oklou, PinkPantheress, MNEK, and Julia Michaels.
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1 day ago

Foo Fighters preview new songs

Foo Fighters are teasing a new album with singles and website snippets while announcing an extensive 2026 tour of festivals, stadiums, and North American dates.
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16 hours ago

How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Sheila E.

This was 1980 or '81, she reckons, just after she'd come off the road playing percussion for the jazz star George Duke; by 1984, she'd become a star herself with the pop hit "The Glamorous Life," which she cut with her mentor Prince and which went to No. 7 on Billboard's Hot 100. Over the decades that followed, Sheila E. went on to record or perform with everyone from Ringo Starr to Beyoncé.
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fromConsequence
9 hours ago

Chuck D Schools Gene Simmons on Rock Hall, Says KISS "Don't Have a Lot of Roll"

Everything else other than rock, when rock 'n' roll splintered in the '60s, is the roll,
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9 hours ago

Ani DiFranco Announces 2026 North American Tour

Ani DiFranco will tour the US and Canada in spring and summer 2026 on the "Spirit of Love" tour with select support from Valerie June.
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13 hours ago

Dropkick Murphys cut ties with Wasserman agency after CEO's name appears in Epstein files

Dropkick Murphys and other entertainers left Wasserman agency after Casey Wasserman's name appeared in newly released Jeffrey Epstein–related files.
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8 hours ago

Lady Gaga to Begin Final North American Leg of "Mayhem Ball" Tour

The North American run follows Gaga's previous "Mayhem Ball" outing, which ran in the US and Canada in the summer and fall of 2025 and continued through Europe, Asia, and Australia. The trek, which we deemed as one of the most anticipated tours of 2026, sees Gaga bringing the dark world of her 2025 LP to life with cinematic movements, dazzling costumes and set pieces, and a gothic aesthetic centered around duality.
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11 hours ago

Talking Heads Reveal 1975 Demo of "Psycho Killer"

Talking Heads released a raw 1975 demo of 'Psycho Killer' previewing archival compilation Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live, released March 6 on Rhino.
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8 hours ago

Alameda Record Swap w/ 35+ Vendors + Vintage Vinyl DJs

Alameda Record Swap offers 35+ vinyl vendors, DJs, craft beer, a food truck, free admission, and all-ages access at 2501 Monarch St., Alameda, CA.
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7 hours ago

Sk8star: "Yeannn" [ft. Teezus]

Atlanta's ØWay collective channels chameleonic, Auto-Tuned YSL-style rap led by Sk8star, Tezzus, and collaborators, blending Southern slang innovation with trap production.
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1 day ago

Helmuth Rilling, longtime leader of the Oregon Bach Festival, dies at age 92 * Oregon ArtsWatch

Helmuth Rilling, renowned interpreter of Johann Sebastian Bach and co-founder of the Oregon Bach Festival, died Feb. 11, 2026, in Leonberg at age 92.
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17 hours ago

Broken Social Scene: Canada vs America' was always a cheeky song

Broken Social Scene's 'Not Around Anymore' offers calm and hope amid global sociopolitical chaos, drawing on personal loss and identity concerns to call for leadership.
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10 hours ago

Brandi Carlile Rocks Boston's TD Garden with Hits, Covers, and Fan Requests: Photos + Setlist

Brandi Carlile opened The Human Tour in Boston, blending Returning to Myself tracks, fan favorites, and covers, supported by The Head and the Heart.
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1 day ago

Larry June, Curren$y & The Alchemist releasing collab album next week (hear "Everything Allocated")

Larry June, Curren$y, and The Alchemist release Spiral Staircases on 2/20, delivering smooth, stoned, laid-back rap with strong collaborative chemistry.
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22 hours ago

Angel Du$t: COLD 2 THE TOUCH

For years, Angel Du$t was Justice Tripp's balmy reprieve from Trapped Under Ice. When he fronted the Baltimore hardcore band, he cursed out ice queens and swore he'd " stay cold forevermore" to protect his heart. These tormented songs were molded by the trauma and violence that Tripp endured during his hardscrabble upbringing. Angel Du$t's 2014 debut, A.D., with its pink cover art and perky pop-punk sound, showed that he was learning to leave the past behind and warm up a bit.
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10 hours ago

Deftones review alt-metal veterans sound exceptionally fresh 38 years on

Deftones' popularity has surged through TikTok-driven rediscovery, expanding listeners across generations and dramatically increasing streams, concert attendance, and mainstream commercial fortunes.
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8 hours ago

Weezer Announces Vinyl Box Set with Every Color Album

Weezer is releasing Coloring Book, a 6xLP box set compiling six color-themed albums on matching colored vinyl with a 72-illustration coloring book and six markers.
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22 hours ago

Placid Angles: Canada

His first albums under his own name, 1995's Earth & Nightfall and 1996's cult classic Ten Days of Blue, were blissful-sounding ambient techno records that took the melodic sensibilities of the local scene to their cosmic extremes. Every beep and blip was in harmony with a lush string line, the rhythms less like breakbeats or programmed drums than trance-inducing hammered dulcimers.
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16 hours ago

The Queer History Behind the Heated Rivalry Soundtrack | The Walrus

A pivotal televised scene pairs Scott Hunter's public love confession with Wolf Parade's "I'll Believe in Anything", emphasizing indie rock's longstanding queer influence.
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8 hours ago

Taylor Swift Kept This "Opalite" Detail A Secret From Her Co-Star

PATIENT FOR THE ENCORE.
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5 hours ago

Don Broco Recruit Nickelback for New Single "Nightmare Tripping"

Don Broco collaborated with Nickelback on 'Nightmare Tripping,' a screamed-verses, melodic-chorus title track from Don Broco's album releasing March 27.
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fromLos Angeles Times
16 hours ago

Can artificial intelligence book a concert tour? Inside Music Mogul AI

AI-driven booking platforms aim to automate touring tasks to help independent artists but risk eroding trust-based industry relationships.
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1 day ago

Tap Your Toe to The Off Beat: Portland's Newest All-Ages Music Venue

A band called Ad Nauseam is dead set on keeping grunge alive in Portland, but no local venue will return their calls to play a show. Like the most iconic grunge acts, Ad Nauseam has deep PNW roots. They deliver sludgy, whining guitar licks and haunting, sandpapery vocals. They've even got an angsty tune called "Scab Pimple" for goodness sake. So why can't they land a gig? Well, it might be because all four band members are between the ages of 10 and 16.
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22 hours ago

femtanyl: MAN BITES DOG

MAN BITES DOG fuses femtanyl's bitcrushed digital hardcore with taut, body-focused rave energy and raw-but-precise production.
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14 hours ago

Backstreet Boys push for 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show after viral Coinbase ad

Backstreet Boys are pursuing the 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show after a viral Coinbase Super Bowl ad, having sung the national anthem in 2001.
fromVulture
11 hours ago

BTS Isn't Preoccupied With the Grammys Anymore

"I don't know," the group's leader, RM, says, "because time has passed. There are a lot of K-pop-related nominees you see in the general field and, really, I want to send big applause for them."
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19 hours ago

Spotify vs. YouTube Music: I've tested both services, and this is the one you should pick

Spotify provides higher audio quality, richer social and AI features; YouTube Music offers a simpler experience with YouTube Premium integration.
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8 hours ago

Arch Enemy Appear to Tease Return of Classic Singer Angela Gossow

Arch Enemy may reunite with classic-era singer Angela Gossow in 2026 after a cryptic social media tease; Alissa White-Gluz departed in November.
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2 days ago

New Songs Out Today

A weekly music roundup presents newly released songs, album previews, soundtrack contributions, and curated favorite tracks spanning indie, rock, and metal.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

From Bronte to Ballard, Orwell to Okri: the best songs inspired by literature ranked!

Numerous popular songs draw direct inspiration from literature, with artists adapting novels, authors, and literary imagery into lyrics, themes, and song concepts.
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MJ Lenderman Covers Warren Zevon's "The French Inhaler" on The Adam Friedland Show

MJ Lenderman performed a solo electric-guitar cover of Warren Zevon's "The French Inhaler" on The Adam Friedland Show and announced a two-song studio set release.
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2 days ago
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Watch MJ Lenderman debut a new song, cover Vic Chesnutt, Neil Young, Drive-By Truckers & more

MJ Lenderman opened Drive-By Truckers' HeAthens Homecoming in Athens, backed by Snocaps bandmates, debuting new material and several covers.
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1 day ago

Danny L Harle: Cerulean

Danny L Harle's Cerulean pursues prog-sized ambitions, trading hyperpop irony for formal, classical-referenced compositions inspired by ocean and heartbreak.
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1 day ago

Scritti Politti to Reissue Rare Debut Album

Songs to Remember, Scritti Politti's 1982 debut, is remastered and reissued April 10 via Rough Trade in digital, LP, and CD formats.
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2 days ago

Britney Spears sells catalog

Britney Spears reportedly sold rights to her music catalog to Primary Wave during a ten-year creative drought; terms and scope remain undisclosed and unconfirmed.
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2 days ago

Listen to Strange Pains' (Empty Country) sweeping indie rock song "Soon and So On"

Strange Pains' new single "Soon and So On" previews The Diamond District, a double album produced, mixed, and performed widely by Joe D'Agostino.
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2 days ago

Pete Finney, steel guitarist who toured with Patty Loveless and Reba McEntire, dies at 70

"a widely admired Nashville musician,"
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2 days ago

Gun Outfit announce first album in 6 years, playing East Coast shows (hear "Unfelt Loss")

Gun Outfit released a new 80-minute double LP Process & Reality, recorded in 2020 and due May 12, with lead single 'Unfelt Loss'.
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1 day ago

Watch Central Cee Turn Back Time for "Iceman Freestyle" Video

Central Cee has shared a new song "Iceman Freestyle" along with a music video. Directed by Don Prod, the clip tracks the British rapper driving an old Aston Martin, drinks whiskey, and literally digging his own grave. Watch it below. "Iceman Freestyle" is the second solo single Central Cee has released following 2025's Can't Rush Greatness, his debut album on Columbia. The rapper also linked up for a few collaborations last year, including Drake's " Which One " and Sexyy Red's "Guilt Trippin."
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Sainte Vie unveils highly anticipated album 'Pablo' dedicated to his late Father! | Music | Deep House London

Sainte Vie's debut album 'Pablo' transforms grief over his father's 2023 death into euphoric, ethereal house music celebrating enduring love.
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1 day ago

Damon Albarn, Fontaines D.C.'s Grian Chatten, and Kae Tempest Join Forces for New Song

Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten, and Kae Tempest collaborated with a star-studded ensemble and a 43-piece choir on the War Child compilation single "Flags".
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