Weekly wrap-up
Week of August 10, 2026
484 stories No issue this week
Everything the desk filed August 10 to 16, 2026, best-covered first. No issue went out this week, so this page is the whole of it.
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ReleasesRock
Fontaines D.C. announce fifth album "Dopamine Chamber," due October 16
Frontman Grian Chatten previewed the record after the band's longtime manager died suddenly.
Confirmed11 outlets
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ReleasesR&B
Erykah Badu and The Alchemist set their joint album for August 28
The 17 track record still has no title, and lands 16 years after her last studio LP.
Confirmed11 outlets
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BusinessRock
Oasis fans release unseen footage from the band's 1994 Glasgow gig
Fans paid nearly £3,000 at auction last year to buy the video and release it to the public.
Confirmed9 outlets
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ReleasesIndie
Phoebe Bridgers releases 'Lost Weekend,' her first album in six years
A hidden track only plays if a listener rewinds from the CD's very first song.
Confirmed8 outlets
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ReleasesPop
Chappell Roan joins Noah Kahan onstage at the Rose Bowl for a surprise 'California' duet
Rolling Stone described her as a surprise guest at the stadium show.
Confirmed6 outlets
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BusinessRock
Courtney Love says her next album is done, reveals a 2019 health scare
She said in an Instagram video that she nearly died from a mystery illness and lost her hair, and that the follow-up to 2010's Nobody's Daughter is finished.
Confirmed5 outlets
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Lineup changeMetal
Slipknot confirm Sid Wilson is out of the band after 28 years
The turntablist known as No. 0 had been part of the group since 1998, and the announcement came down minutes after it went up.
Confirmed5 outlets
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ToursCountry
Luke Combs adds 12 stadium dates to his My Kinda Saturday Night Tour
The country singer opens April 3 in Arlington and finishes June 26 in San Diego, playing in the round.
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LegalLatin
Judge weighs reconsidering ruling in Bad Bunny reggaeton copyright case
One lawyer called the plaintiffs' theory a "Frankenstein" of unrelated song fragments.
Confirmed4 outlets
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LegalMetal
Drummer Jay Weinberg says legal limits once kept him from working with other artists
He says the restriction, which he never named directly, traced back to his decade in Slipknot.
Confirmed4 outlets
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BusinessHip-hop
Megan Thee Stallion signs Interscope distribution deal for her label
The rapper keeps ownership of her masters and creative control, with the pact tied to Roc Nation and her Hot Girl Productions.
Confirmed4 outlets
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ReleasesPop
Tinashe drops the dancefloor single 'Melatonin' ahead of 'Popstar'
The track pulls from her coming eighth album and was produced by Zack Sekoff, nightfeelings, and Ricky Reed.
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ReleasesPop
Troye Sivan reveals fourth album 'She's the Best,' out October 9
The title track arrives with a Nicole Kidman video, and it follows his 2023 record 'Something to Give Each Other.'
Confirmed4 outlets
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ReunionsRock
Ritchie Blackmore rejoins Deep Purple on stage after 33 years
The founding guitarist played Smoke on the Water with the band at Jones Beach in New York.
Confirmed4 outlets
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ObituaryRock
Bruce Springsteen mourns biographer Dave Marsh, who has died at 76
The rock critic wrote the first Springsteen biography and a landmark book on The Who.
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ReleasesRock
Queens of the Stone Age tease new album "Perfecth" in bloody teaser video
The clip hints at a possible September 30 release, before the date gets crossed out.
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ObituaryRock
Rock critic Dave Marsh has died at 76
Bruce Springsteen, whose biography he wrote, paid tribute in a statement.
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LegalPop
Singer Selena Gomez and her mother accused of defrauding Wondermind investors
Her lawyer calls the lawsuit over the collapsed mental health startup meritless and plans to file for dismissal.
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BusinessIndie
Alex G scores Jane Schoenbrun's Cannes-winning slasher Camp Miasma
He shared the first song, 'Pain Is the Heart of Love,' with Paul Buchanan of the Blue Nile, for their third film collaboration.
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ReleasesRock
Sheryl Crow sets new album 'Pick You Up' for October 9
The lead track 'Freedom Bus' features Jesse Welles and follows 2024's 'Evolution' and her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
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ObituaryPop
EMF keyboardist Derry Brownson has died at 55
Brownson was a founding member of the band.
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FestivalsElectronic
Björk played a DJ set at the eclipse festival she staged in Iceland
The one day event drew a crowd of 7,000, and she spent an hour behind the decks.
Confirmed3 outlets
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LegalPop
Judge sends the Cascio siblings' case against Michael Jackson's estate to arbitration
The ruling leans on a clause in the 2019 settlement the siblings signed with the estate.
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ReleasesRock
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard release surprise album Alien Metal at midnight
The record grew out of a single hour-long improvisation on the band's modular synth rig.
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ReleasesRock
Power Snatch drop a surprise second EP, EP2, with no warning
It's the Hayley Williams and Daniel James duo's second release of the year, ahead of a September tour.
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ReleasesMetal
Godflesh set penultimate album 'Decay' for September 25
The industrial metal duo's 10th record lands on Relapse as they plan to wind the project down.
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ReleasesRock
Kathleen Hanna and Ad-Rock cover a Bieber song for an anti-ICE benefit album
Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE Out also carries new tracks from Tom Morello and Jello Biafra.
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ReleasesR&B
Lalah Hathaway's new single '47th Street' is a letter to Chicago
The soul singer built it with poet J. Ivy around the block where her father Donny Hathaway's family lived.
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BusinessRock
Phil Collins speaks about recent alcoholism and his health after three years of sobriety
He says organ failure nearly killed him in 2024, and he now needs a 24-hour nurse to manage his medication.
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FestivalsPop
Glastonbury festival has its 2027 headliners booked, Emily Eavis says
She also shot down talk connecting Madonna to the bill, after speculation built around her new album Confessions II.
Confirmed2 outlets
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BreakupsPop
Singer Frankie Valli denies that he has retired
His brother Bobby has apologized and said he was misinformed.
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BusinessPop
V of BTS gives a health update, saying he has lost hearing in his right ear
He says it has been building for two and a half years and grew worse during his military service.
Confirmed2 outlets
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ReleasesIndie
Julia Jacklin covers Sugar Ray's song 'Every Morning' for Triple J
She recorded the cover for the Australian station, and it lands about a month before her next album, The Gem, arrives on 4AD.
Confirmed1 outlet
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BusinessPop
Pop star Robbie Williams says he has been diagnosed with autism
He recently topped The Beatles' record for the most UK number one albums.
Confirmed1 outlet
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BusinessRock
Este Haim scored the film Sunny Dancer, and a new Haim record is coming
She drew on her own Type 1 diabetes diagnosis to score the Bella Ramsey film.
Confirmed1 outlet
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Business
Ethan Burdick has a new deal with UTA
MusicRow's brief report did not specify what kind of representation UTA will provide him.
Confirmed1 outlet
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Business
Caroline Hodson takes a vice president role at label Tape Room Music
MusicRow's report did not detail her prior role or what prompted the promotion.
Confirmed1 outlet
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ChartsIndie
The Reytons score a second UK Number One album, beating FLO to the top
The self-released Rotherham band say A Love Letter To A Broken Town got there without a single mainstream radio play.
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BusinessHip-hop
Shawn Holiday's Giant Music, the Azoff label, expands into the UK
Co-founder Nate Albert says the traditional record business is ending, and they built Giant to replace it.
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LegalHip-hop
Man convicted in rapper Pop Smoke's killing gets four more years in fentanyl case
Deijae Jester was sentenced after guards caught pills meant for him during a juvenile hall visit in December.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Kenny Segal and Open Mike Eagle put out a joint album called DOOMED!
It is their first full collaborative record despite nearly two decades of friendship.
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LegalR&B
Ronald Isley keeps the Isley Brothers band name after a court fight ends
The case closed with a dismissal that bars Rudolph Isley's estate from bringing it again.
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ReleasesCountry
Country singer Kaitlin Butts sets new album Hello, Honky Tonk for October
The Oklahoma singer says she pictured a character in a honky tonk with each song she wrote.
Developing3 outlets
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Lineup changeCountry
Neil Perry says The Band Perry terminated him in 2024
He disputes his sister Kimberly's account of how the group's current lineup came together.
Developing3 outlets
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ToursHip-hop
Rapper Don Toliver's Houston show is cut short after gunman scare
Atlantic Records cited an abundance of caution as the reason for ending the sold-out set early.
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LegalPop
Beyonce faces a copyright suit over a sample on Alien Superstar
The claim says a sample on the Renaissance track was used without clearing it with the rights holder.
Developing3 outlets
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BreakupsHip-hop
NBA YoungBoy says retirement is one or two albums away
Speaking on a podcast from Korea, the 26-year-old rapper also opened up about an enlarged heart.
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LegalHip-hop
Rapper Rod Wave's defense receives 90GB of evidence in Georgia shooting case
Prosecutors handed over the evidence dump on July 31, as the rapper heads toward a September court date on 14 charges.
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BusinessHip-hop
NBA YoungBoy says heart trouble is pulling him back from music
He told Funny Marco a doctor found the left side of his heart swollen, in an interview set to air August 11.
Developing3 outlets
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ReunionsIndie
Felt, jangle-pop band, reunites as Feel for their first show in 37 years
Three original members brought out Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch at Glasgow's Glas-Goes Pop festival.
Developing2 outlets
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ReleasesRock
Kurt Vile joins Fontaines D.C. as a guest onstage at La Route Du Rock festival
Vile guested on 'Roman Holiday' during the band's set.
Developing2 outlets
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BusinessPop
Grammys may rethink new Best Asian Pop Music category after BTS pushback
The Recording Academy said it is weighing the criticism after BTS chose not to enter next year's awards.
Developing2 outlets
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ReleasesHip-hop
Rakim, Kurupt and Masta Killa share single 'Goin Down' from their album The Godbody
The three veteran rappers link with Kokane on the track, arriving 40 years after Rakim's debut single.
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FestivalsRock
Summer Sonic festival teases a Radiohead return to Tokyo for 2027
Guitarist Ed O'Brien has confirmed the band plans to play 20 shows a year on a rotating continent.
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ReleasesIndie
Phoebe Bridgers puts out a video for 'I Can't Wait'
Directors Chris Maggio and Pablo Rochat follow a fly's view of Los Angeles for the Lost Weekend track.
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ReleasesCountry
Brandi Carlile sets deluxe album 'Returning to Myself' for September 25
The expanded edition carries reworked songs co-produced with Aaron Dessner and a collaboration with Jon Hopkins.
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Business
Kennedy Center, the Washington arts venue, votes to shut its doors for two years
The same vote puts Trump's name back on the building, and AP says it goes against a judge's order.
Developing2 outlets
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ReleasesElectronic
Sophia Stel's single "Now I've Got A Lot..." follows a sold-out Lorde run
The Vancouver artist made the track after the DIY space where she built her sound shuttered.
Developing2 outlets
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ReleasesPop
Katseye release EP "Wild," covering a Charli XCX outtake called "Bel Air"
The group powers on with new music even as two members remain on hiatus.
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Business
California bill to cap concert ticket resale prices dies in Senate committee
A companion ticketing bill against scalper bots and fake sites survived and can still reach a vote.
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ReleasesRock
CKY release new song Beware of the Heartless with a solo from Brent Hinds
The solo was recorded before the Mastodon guitarist's death last August.
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ReleasesR&B
Fridayy releases new album 'Tension'
The R&B singer and songwriter's latest comes through Def Jam, not long after his last full-length.
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ReleasesLatin
Benny Blanco releases guest-packed Latin album 'Hermoso'
The eight-track record leans on Selena Gomez, Becky G and The Marías, and it has stirred real debate over who gets to make this music.
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ToursRock
Royal Blood line up a run of UK shows for 2026
The dates follow the band's fifth album, Dead Company, due November 13.
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ReleasesRock
Roxy Music expand the album For Your Pleasure with demos nobody has heard
It was the last Roxy Music record to feature Brian Eno before he left the band.
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LegalHip-hop
1000Milan asks a jury to settle his Kendrick Lamar credit lawsuit over m.A.A.d City
He says the producer AXLFOLIE kept him off the credit and the payout for the 2012 Compton track.
Developing2 outlets
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BusinessRock
Brian Bell says the Weezer movie is due in 2027
Weezer guitarist Brian Bell confirmed the long-teased film is finished and set for next year.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux release the album Prolific
AllHipHop says the two recorded it almost ten years ago. Cardi B and Ty Dolla $ign turn up as guests.
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ReleasesMetal
Mastodon share 'In the Ruins' from album 'Marrow Deep'
The Atlanta metal band put out an animated video for the song ahead of their August 28 record.
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FestivalsR&B
Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean headline the 2026 Global Citizen Festival
The free Central Park show on September 26 includes a 30th anniversary set for the Fugees album The Score.
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ReleasesRock
Producer James Ellis Ford made his new album Lost in Another World in hospital
He wrote and recorded it during chemotherapy for leukemia, given a less than 30% chance of survival.
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LegalR&B
Judge keeps the defamation case against R&B singer Ray J alive
Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner's claim now heads toward a 2028 trial.
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BusinessIndie
Dummy signs to Polyvinyl, reveals album do you love the color, then of the sky
Pitchfork says the record moves through dream pop, breakbeat and trip-hop.
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ReleasesJazz
Saxophonist Boney James pairs with Ledisi on I Belong To You
The track previews his coming album, A Simple Man, due in early October.
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BusinessCountry
Colt Ford postpones shows to recover after a tour bus crash
The country artist broke his shoulder when his bus crashed in Germany and needed surgery.
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ChartsCountry
Tucker Wetmore marks a third No. 1 with his single Brunette
He said the song pulled him in because it was weird, and he thanked the writers.
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ReleasesPop
Underscores shares new video for "The Peace"
The clip pairs a smoggy soundstage with the breakup song's cigarette imagery.
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ReleasesCountry
Dwayne Johnson releases a country song called Your Dad
He co-wrote it with Iam Tongi for Moana: Voices Across the Ocean, a companion album to the new Moana movie.
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ToursRock
Johnny Marr sets a Buenos Aires tour date for November 26
He'll play C Art Media, presenting his new album The Age of Everything.
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ReleasesElectronic
Haruomi Hosono covers the Moonglows song Sincerely
It's from Yours Sincerely, his first full album in seven years, out in September.
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ReleasesElectronic
Jon Hassell's final Pentimento album arrives in October
Music Is Invisible completes a trilogy that began with 2018's Listening To Pictures.
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ToursR&B
Steve Lacy sets a 27-date fall tour across North America
Featuring guest turns from SZA, Erykah Badu and Cecile Believe, "Oh Yeah?" is Lacy's first album since 2022's "Gemini Rights."
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ReleasesHip-hop
Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats release single Difference featuring Yebba
The song leads ii, an album reuniting the rapper and producer six years after Unlocked.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux share their 2017 album "Prolific"
His brother and manager Blacc Sam says a joint album with YG, drawn from the same sessions, may still be coming.
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ReleasesRock
The band Mumford & Sons bring Jason Sudeikis onstage at Madison Square Garden
Fans at the show got a surprise duet on the Ted Lasso theme song.
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FestivalsElectronic
Police investigate a woman's death at Houghton festival
She was found dead in her tent over the weekend, and the festival said it was deeply saddened.
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FestivalsPop
PC Music sets the POP CRYPT lineup with Dorian Electra and A. G. Cook
The fourth edition runs in three cities for the first time, including a London night at Colour Factory on 31 October.
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LegalHip-hop
A stalker threatened Roc Nation label chief Desiree Perez outside its Manhattan offices
Police say the same man has targeted her with online threats since May, before the confrontation escalated in person.
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LegalHip-hop
A photographer faces charges after a Cardi B video shoot in New York City
NYPD handcuffed the 70-year-old after he ignored security boundaries near the set in Brooklyn.
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LegalCountry
Levon Helm Studios takes Amy Helm to court
The suit accuses the singer of self-dealing and puts the damage at $2 million or more.
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LegalHip-hop
Reggie Wright Jr. denies a role in Tupac Shakur's killing as Keefe D's trial opens
The former Death Row security chief says his only meeting with Keefe D came years later, at a grocery store.
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ToursPop
Pop star Charli XCX releases limited $25 Angel tickets for her North American tour
The tickets are non-transferable, sold only in pairs, and sit inside her wider Music, Fashion, Film arena run opening in Philadelphia next month.
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FestivalsElectronic
Nia Archives to DJ the official afterparty for All Points East festival
The Amex Afters show follows her own set at the London festival the week before, and the bill also includes Cheetah, Riria and Zillion.
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ToursRock
London grunge quartet Tooth book a UK tour for autumn
The run includes the band's biggest headline show yet at London's The Garage, and follows festival slots at Reading, Leeds and All Points East.
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ReleasesRock
Adult DVD lock in a self-titled debut album for September
The Leeds band's Rolling Face is the latest preview, and it lands alongside a run of UK tour and instore dates.
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FestivalsElectronic
Boomtown festival builds a women-led research hub for its 2026 redesign
During the same weekend, a government wildfire alert set off phone sirens across the whole site at once.
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ReleasesCountry
Kenny Chesney enlists Megan Moroney for his new duet It Just Got Weird
The song lands on Silver Sands Marina, the country singer's 21st studio album, due September 25 with 11 tracks.
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LegalRock
Pity Alvarez does not testify on the first day of his homicide trial
The judges rejected a defense request to pause proceedings after Alvarez fell asleep in court.
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ReleasesCountry
Taking the Long Way turns 20 and The Chicks add an expanded edition
The reissue adds five bonus tracks, including two previously unreleased songs, ahead of an anniversary tour.
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LegalHip-hop
Video shows rapper Kodak Black turning himself in to police
The footage ties to a May arrest on a fleeing-police charge stemming from a February incident.
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ToursRock
Rod Stewart postpones a US tour show over a medical procedure
He later canceled the rest of his 'One Last Time' farewell dates after a coronary stent procedure.
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BusinessRock
Travis Barker documentary Louder Than Fear gets a trailer
The film traces the 2008 plane crash that killed people close to him and the addiction that followed, ahead of its Friday release.
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LegalHip-hop
Suge Knight says he would wreck the Keefe D trial from the stand
The Death Row founder says loyalty and street code keep him silent, though he insists more than one person was involved.
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ChartsPop
Petal gives Ariana Grande the top spot on the US albums chart
The seventh US number-one album lands the same week her team confirmed she is stepping back from public life.
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BusinessMetal
John Carpenter's Cathedral is a soundtrack for a graphic novel
The idea came from a nightmare about a cathedral, a hidden elevator and a hellish underworld full of monsters.
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ObituaryJazz
Sandra King, British jazz singer heard across Europe, has died at 75
JazzTimes says her singing reached jazz radio listeners in several European countries from 1969 into the late 1990s.
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ReleasesElectronic
Darcy Baylis sets a September date for fourth album Emotronica
The Australian producer also shared a single called Visa, which features the LA dream pop act Photographic Memory.
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ReleasesR&B
Oh He Dead set a September release for the album Vertigo
The Washington, D.C. group shared a first single called The Weight and lined up a US tour that opens in October.
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ReleasesIndie
Weakened Friends will sell a live album through independent shops only
Live From Hell is a double album recorded at The Sinclair in Boston, and it arrives September 25 as a limited pressing.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Rick Ross, Miami rapper, celebrates 20 years of "Port of Miami" at a Reds game
He lived out a childhood baseball dream at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park.
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ObituaryR&B
Thelma Stubbs, called soul music royalty, has died
SoulTracks did not report a cause or a date for her death.
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ReleasesIndie
Townies answer Wednesday with a new song called Wednesday
The two acts have now each named a track after the other.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Blacc Sam says an unreleased Nipsey Hussle and YG album is in the works
The joint record is still in development, according to AllHipHop.
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ToursMetal
Abbath leaves the stage early at a headlining show
Metal Injection said he was on stage without his corpse paint.
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BusinessPop
Wembley Stadium criticised over a fireworks display hours after a wildfire alert
The display ran at a show by The Weeknd at the stadium, NME reported.
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ReleasesJazz
Joseph Tawadros and drummer Jack DeJohnette recorded Conversations with Jack
UK Jazz News says the two cut the record across two days with nothing worked out in advance.
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ReleasesHip-hop
MARCO PLUS, Florida rapper, releases new song "Peace Sign"
Producers Ovrkast. and Charlie Phillips built the track's guitar-and-bass groove.
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ChartsPop
Katseye's "Wild" EP projected for a No. 1 Billboard debut
Early sales predictions from Hits Daily Double point to the group's biggest US opening yet.
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BusinessRock
Musician Ty Segall scores "The Wrong Girls," featuring Mannequin Pussy and Sheer Mag
The new comedy from director Dylan Meyer also features music from Tacocat.
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BusinessCountry
Miami is set to decide the future of a stadium where Jimmy Buffett played
Speedboat racing is part of the site's history too. The decision now sits with the city.
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BusinessHip-hop
Nipsey Hussle turned down Rick Ross' label offer to join MMG
His brother Blacc Sam explained on a podcast why Nipsey chose independence instead.
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ReleasesRock
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo discusses new self-titled "Gold Album"
The record, also called the Gold Album, is the band's 20th release.
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FestivalsRock
Twenty One Pilots ask fans at the All Points East festival for their own footage
The band want stories from the crowd as well as video.
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FestivalsPop
Lewis Capaldi turns a Florence + The Machine lyric on himself at Sziget Festival
He referenced Florence Welch's 'One of the Greats' just before her headline set.
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FestivalsElectronic
Skrillex and Jorja Smith close out Sziget 2026 festival on the dancefloor
NME's live review says Zimmer90 and Soulwax also helped send off the festival's final night.
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FestivalsIndie
Zimmer90 plays an unreleased track at Sziget Festival
The German dream-pop band previewed a song ahead of a tour due in three months.
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ReleasesPop
The Quietus marks 50 years of ABBA's Dancing Queen
The essay is by Ian Wade, who revisits what the single did for the group.
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ReleasesRock
Queens of the Stone Age unveil ninth album "Perfecth" in gruesome reveal video
The record's title and possible date arrived via a gory teaser starring Josh Homme and Dean Fertita.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Night Lovell shares Sick & Tired ahead of a new album
HotNewHipHop says the Canadian artist's album My Blood As The Ink arrives two weeks after the song.
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LegalHip-hop
Rapper denies he spoiled a Don Toliver show after taking a gun into Toyota Center
Houston police say he entered through a loading tunnel with a handgun and was arrested inside the venue.
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ReleasesElectronic
Producer James Ellis Ford recorded new album during cancer treatment
"Lost In Another World" was written and recorded from a hospital room in a couple of weeks.
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ToursHip-hop
Cardi B adds a Jamaica stadium show to her tour run
AllHipHop calls the run a historic one.
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ReleasesIndie
Phoebe Bridgers, indie singer, unveils hidden "Lost Weekend" track featuring Isaac Wood
The former Black Country, New Road vocalist will also join dates on her upcoming UK and European tour.
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ReleasesIndie
Raavi, New York indie band, returns with new song "second thoughts"
It's the group's first new music since 2024's "The Upside" EP.
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BusinessCountry
Thomas Rhett, country singer, shares that his sister-in-law is now cancer free
He shared the update from the stage at a show in Bethel, New York.
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ReleasesR&B
Millkzy puts out a song called #nohardfeelings
HotNewHipHop describes it as a soft R&B track carried by vocals and acoustic guitar.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Remy Ma has a new song out called Wanna Go
Fans took some lines on it as possible digs at Claressa Shields and Papoose.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Hit-Boy's album HITStory 2 arrives on streaming services
It first came out in June, and the full title adds the line Success Is A Dirty Word.
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Lineup changeRock
Neil Peart's widow gives her blessing to Rush drummer Anika Nilles
Nilles says a supportive message from Carrie Nuttall eased her nerves before stepping into one of rock's most demanding drum seats.
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LegalMetal
Drummer Gene Hoglan threatens to sue Reversed Records boss Rob Shallcross
The dispute traces back to unpaid invoices, AI-generated album art and a fight over access to Dark Angel's own social media.
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ChartsPop
Madonna notches her best UK chart placement in 17 years alongside Kylie Minogue
"Love Sensation" debuted at No. 8, becoming her 65th UK Top 10 hit.
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AwardsElectronic
Santa Cruz proclaims "Oliver Tree Day" honoring the late singer
Mayor Fred Keeley's proclamation marks what would have been Oliver Tree's 33rd birthday.
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ReleasesElectronic
Australian producer What So Not returns to his trap roots with new EP "I Saw A Trap DJ..."
The six-track project caps a decade the DJ spent running from the sound that made him.
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BusinessElectronic
House duo Prospa launch new label Prophecy with a SAPIAN single
The debut release, "Reason Why," comes from a 22-year-old producer already backed by Solomun and Chris Lake's labels.
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ReleasesCountry
Nashville singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook processes grief on album "Great Television"
The record follows the death of her close friend, singer-songwriter Todd Snider, in November 2025.
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ReunionsPop
Frankie Valli, pop singer, denies he's retiring after brother Bobby's false alarm
Bobby Valli walked back his post days after saying the 92-year-old Four Seasons frontman had stepped away.
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Singer Jalen Ngonda shares 'Anyone in Love' from his second album
The Maryland-born, UK-based singer follows his 2023 debut, Come Around and Love Me, on the label Daptone Records.
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A Hungarian guest singer joined Bring Me The Horizon on stage at Sziget Festival
Barni Kokai of the Budapest band The Southern Oracle sang 'Pray For Plagues' with them, marking its live debut on the tour.
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prettifun releases new song "Scene" off upcoming project "Pretti Loves U 2"
HotNewHipHop called the underground rap cut a tightly wound earworm.
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Zerb, Brazilian DJ and producer, releases new song "Faded Eyes" featuring Khalid
It's Khalid's latest in a run of pop collaborations with artists like Lauv and Ahn Hyo-seop.
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BusinessCountry
Dolly Parton misses a Dollywood appearance over health problems
Her doctor told her not to travel this week, so she joined the theme park's new coaster opening virtually from Nashville instead.
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RESISTANCE Ibiza festival starts its fifth season at Amnesia
The house and techno run from Ultra Worldwide continues through mid-September with Adam Beyer, ARTBAT and Eric Prydz among the headliners.
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Paulina Goto, Mexican pop singer, releases new single "Cuidame de Mi"
The song traces self-sabotage and the people who stay close through hard times, she told Rolling Stone en Espanol.
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BusinessHip-hop
Blacc Sam says the Nipsey Hussle documentary series is close to done
The team has been self-financing the project to keep creative control, with another five to six months of work left.
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BusinessLatin
Colombia earthquake relief effort draws help from music festivals
The Spanish-language edition of Rolling Stone says the industry is pulling together over the damage.
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ToursElectronic
UK garage artist Sammy Virji returns to New York for two Brooklyn waterfront shows
He sold out two nights at London's 10,000-capacity Alexandra Palace earlier this year.
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Songwriter Jimmy Webb announces "Yours for the Taking" ahead of his 80th birthday
The album gathers 13 tracks he kept "in the piano bench" for decades.
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Breakaway festival ends its 2026 run with a first Houston edition
The November 13-14 stop headlined by Dom Dolla, GRiZ, Cloonee and Tape B closes the biggest touring season in the brand's history.
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BusinessLatin
Bogota Music Market opens its 15th edition to international projects
The gathering runs September 8 to 11 and brings artists and industry professionals together in the city.
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Twisted Teens release new song "toe" ahead of a third album
The New Orleans duo has compared their upcoming breakup record to Blood On The Tracks.
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Paco Cathcart's The Cradle announces "Get Yourself A Man & Other Love Songs"
Cathcart returns to the moniker after releasing an album under his own name last year.
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ToursElectronic
Eric Prydz maps a 12-stop North American tour for fall 2026
The producer starts the run in October and hints that fresh music will surface in the sets.
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Rising country artist Cassidy Daniels sets debut LP "What Have I Got To Lose"
The record follows appearances on Dutton Ranch and a run as a finalist on CBS's The Road.
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Ashley Cooke opens up on self-titled sophomore album
She wrote the closing track the day after calling off a relationship mid-mastering.
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Smug Brothers detail new album "Pinhole To Vortex"
The Ohio quartet counts a former Guided By Voices drummer among its members.
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ToursCountry
Josh Tatofi makes his Grand Ole Opry stage debut
He is only the fourth Polynesian artist to perform on the storied circle.
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ToursCountry
Mack Geiger sets a November start for the When It's Pouring Tour
MusicRow lists him as a RECORDS Nashville and Columbia artist as the run gets a 2026 billing.
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Anna St. Louis and Jarvis Taveniere launch new duo project Panamint
The pair chose a Post Malone song for their unlikely debut cover.
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The Musalini and 9th Wonder release the album The Don & Eye 3
The record closes a trilogy the MC and producer started in 2022 and adds guest spots from Le$, Smoke DZA and Really Jaewon.
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Channel Tres releases an album called Enigma POV
HotNewHipHop calls it a feel-good record built for summer, with upbeat flows over dance-ready production.
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Rapper Boosie Badazz bails his longtime stalker out of jail
He told The Breakfast Club he wants her to get mental health help rather than sit in custody, even as his family objects.
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Len puts out a new album called Goldenboy
HotNewHipHop calls him a UK underground artist who has been working with leading names in that scene.
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BusinessHip-hop
Scrybe pushes artists to look past stream counts
Version 3 adds direct fan subscriptions, tips and fan mail, betting that a smaller superfan base beats a big stream count.
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Macklemore's 'Can't Hold Us' leads Spotify's hip-hop streams
The 2011 single is credited with 3.4 billion plays, more than any song from Kendrick Lamar or Drake, according to a viral post.
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Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats share new single 'House By The Grave'
The track opens Shapes of Midnight, a concept album based on Edgar Allan Poe that the band recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
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Ghostemane returns with new song "Zero Day" after years away
The Florida rapper hasn't released an album since 2020's Anti-Icon.
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FestivalsElectronic
Mayan Warrior's art car sits out the Burning Man festival's 2026 edition
The Mexico City-born collective is building a new camp called Discosmos instead.
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Space Laces releases dubstep single "Hazard Pay" after years in his live sets
The track had been a fan favorite at Excision's festivals since 2024.
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Channel Tres releases second album "Enigma POV"
The Compton artist spent years building a following before his 2024 debut arrived.
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Gavin Adcock dedicates a song called Shoes to his mom
Country Now says he shared it on her birthday, framing it as a message to anyone who feels like they have fallen short.
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ToursRock
Sublime trade their tour buses for a Bahamas cruise called Reef Madness
The four-night sailing leaves Miami in November aboard the Norwegian Jewel, with sets built around two different eras of the band.
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Jackboy releases the album I Can't Do No Wrong
HotNewHipHop calls it a triumphant, from-the-heart record after his high-profile falling out with Kodak Black.
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Jimmy Eat World bring their anniversary tour to London's Crystal Palace Bowl
NME published the stage times for Sunday's show, which caps a run marking 25 years since the album's release.
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Above & Beyond release deep house single 'When You Believe' with Victoria Horn
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter has worked with the trance duo since their 2015 collaboration 'Counting Down the Days.'
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Jazz guitarist Pritesh Walia released after ICE detention, JazzTimes says
An editor's note added to the outlet's original piece says he is no longer in custody, though the case is not considered over.
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Hudson Westbrook sets his second album for November 6
Made You Look is coming through River House Artists.
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Flo Milli shares a new single called Too Bo$$y
Her album FLO STATE is lined up for later in the year.
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October London puts out new album Love Me For Me on Death Row
Snoop Dogg and Soopafly produced the whole record for the Grammy-winning R&B singer.
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ReleasesCountry
Mark Wills has a new album coming in November
MusicRow says the record is a tribute to the music that first inspired him.
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Mari Rubio's more eaze project announces new album "valley and structure"
It adds to a catalog that already spans several other side projects and collaborations.
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Blu DeTiger kicks off a new era with single "Feel Good"
She released it hours before a packed Jazz Cafe show in London.
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Flames Dot Malik releases the album The Fix 2 with Black Soprano Family
Benny The Butcher, Che Noir and Estee Nack turn up on the record.
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Ravyn Lenae releases new album "Blue Island" after a viral hit's aftershock
She told Paste her influences ranged from Blondie to Nelly Furtado to Madonna.
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Jordan Davis puts out a new single called Mess
Country Now says the song is about being pulled back toward an old flame.
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Obituary
Jedda Jones, who played Ms. Dupree on the Tom Joyner show, has died
Jones worked as a comedienne and an actress as well as on radio.
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Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' streams spike on Spotify during the eclipse
The 1983 hit's UK streams jumped 94 percent, five weeks after the singer's death.
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Ween surprise-release "Golden Wastes" EP of country-era outtakes
The four songs didn't make the band's own 30th anniversary reissue weeks earlier.
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Stella Lefty joins Mumford & Sons as a guest at Madison Square Garden
The singer's birthday appearance came days before her own debut album arrives.
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Rochelle Jordan opens a remix EP series built on "Through The Wall"
Honey Dijon says the goal was to honor the emotion already in Jordan's voice.
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BusinessHip-hop
Joey Bada$$ talks burnout and fatherhood in new documentary series Time Will Tell
The docuseries also covers his canceled tour and the making of his Lonely at the Top mixtape.
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Kenny Chesney is back at number one on the MusicRow radio chart
The country singer took the top spot back this week.
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Soccer Mommy marks debut EP's 10th anniversary, joins American Football onstage
Sophie Allison's breakout EP first landed her on Stereogum's 2016 Best New Bands list.
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YTB Fatt releases his album Vera Volpe
Future, Quavo and Loe Shimmy turn up on the record.
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John PayCheck details new album "Better Plan"
Johnny Paycheck's son and a former Army helicopter pilot returns with a 90s-leaning record.
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Wage War drop a standalone single called Sweet Dreams
The Florida metalcore band wrote it about being deceived by the world around you.
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Paul Wall and Termanology release a joint album, Repeat Repeat Repeat
The 12-track sequel follows their 2023 album Start Finish Repeat.
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Sweet Pill relocates a Houston tour date after the venue hosts a political event
The original venue booked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton the same night as the emo-punk bill.
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Lackvill releases a new song called Jungle Boy
The underground rapper has been building buzz through freestyles and viral hits.
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Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal release joint album "DOOMED!"
The rapper calls it the record they always promised to make together.
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Julia Jacklin reworks a Sugar Ray song for Triple J
The Australian singer picked a hit most people haven't thought about in years.
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Subtronics has a new single out called Bird Phone
The bass-heavy track had already been turning heads in his live DJ sets, including at Coachella.
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Sleepy Hallow and Kyle Richh put out a drill single called Fine
HotNewHipHop places the track in the New York drill tradition.
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Business
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square buys six new stocks and skips music entirely
Ackman used to praise Universal Music as among the best companies his firm ever held.
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La Roux shares Lose Myself, another single from Old Flames
NME says the song deals with her auADHD diagnosis and her addictions.
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Vory shares Sober, a track off his new album Dondada
The song leans on acoustic guitar and the haunting vocal style that first made him known as a Donda feature.
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E-40 and Busta Rhymes share new song Play If You Want
The track comes from Turning My Money Over, an album E-40 has coming.
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Massive Attack, the trip-hop group, put their name on a Bohemian F.C. shirt for Cuba aid
Money from the shirt goes toward medical aid for Cuba.
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Colde calls his new single a note to himself about hesitating
The Korean R&B singer describes the track as a push to stop stalling on his own decisions.
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Serena Cherry of Svalbard made a metal album out of Elden Ring
Extinguish Thy Flame is due in September.
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KATSEYE release their third EP, Wild
NME's review says the group are still hard to place, two years and three EPs in.
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An unheard David Bowie song, 'Today,' surfaces from a new 1965 album
The demo is one of several unreleased tracks made with producer Shel Talmy before Bowie adopted his stage name.
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Something Specials release debut album "Somewhere Up There" after wildfire loss
The record follows singer Taylor Olin losing her Altadena home in the Eaton fire and the surprise viral rise of the band's earlier single "Love."
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Jorja Smith turns to the dancefloor on her third album, What Are The Odds
NME says the singer leans on dance music as a refuge across the record.
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Martin Speake Big Band release the album Hidden Vision, arranged by Charlie Rees
UK Jazz News praised the ensemble's playing across all seven reworked pieces.
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Becky G returns to her rap roots on new album "Baraja Bendita"
Speaking to NPR, the singer calls creative expression "part of our resistance."
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Westside Cowboy release their debut album It Goes On
The Manchester band call their sound Britainicana, a blend of alt-country and indie rock.
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Action Beat, the noise rock band, headline a New River Studios gig on August 22
The Bletchley group marks 22 years and 700 shows alongside Vision Suppressant and Circuit Breaker.
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Honey Bxby and JID trade verses on a new song, A Thousand Times
It is Honey Bxby's first single of the year and opens what HotNewHipHop calls her next era.
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Supernova, the solo album by Lisa Left Eye Lopes, turns 25
Arista shelved the US release the day it was due out, and Lopes died the following spring.
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Bally Baby puts out two songs at once, Soul Ties and D-Boy Knots
He recently sold out Center Stage ATL for his first official headline show.
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Molly Santana has a new song out called Live Your Life
Her cat, Pikachan, makes a cameo in the rollout for the song.
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Internet Money put out a 20 track EP, We All We Needed
It lands on the anniversary of the group's breakout hit Lemonade.
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Quavo shares the song Trance (Walk It Down), produced by Pharrell Williams
The pairing follows weeks of chatter over whether Quavo would sign to Young Thug's label.
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Park Stickney and Matthias Bublath take a duo that started in Cuba to Munich
Their Munich debut fell on the evening of a solar eclipse.
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Erykah Badu and the Alchemist share a song called Witch Doctor
The pair reportedly spent 18 months recording their joint album between Dallas and Los Angeles.
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Trippie Redd returns with a 25 song album called NDA
Young Thug, Lil Wayne, Quavo and Kodak Black are among the guests on it.
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BusinessIndie
Alex G and Paul Buchanan have a song on a new film soundtrack
It is Alex G's third film collaboration with the director Jane Schoenbrun.
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Cardi B's AH HA reaches the Hot Rap Songs top 10
She says the video shoot cost close to $1 million, mostly on permits and security.
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BusinessLatin
Heat Latin Music Awards move to the Puerto Vallarta International Convention Center
The 2026 ceremony coincides with Day of the Dead, and nominees have not been named yet.
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ObituaryR&B
Soul singer Ruby Andrews has died at 79
SoulTracks says her widest international success came more than fifty years ago.
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Amble line up second album Love And All Its Wares for 29 January
The band say the record is about holding onto a true self amid chaos.
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BusinessR&B
Brandy sings the theme for Netflix's A Different World sequel
She follows Phoebe Snow, Aretha Franklin and Boyz II Men, who each sang earlier versions.
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Brunch put out a double A-side single, Please Kill Me and Man Alive
A home movie style video for the songs was shot on a dirt track mid-race.
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Esme Emerson release Jackie, their first new music of 2026
The pop duo say the song is about queer people who disappear too early.
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Pete Ferguson of Wuh Oh starts a new band, Ferguson Hi-Fi, with the single Get Over It
Stevie Jackson of Belle & Sebastian and Dave McGowan of Teenage Fanclub play on the track.
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Girl Tones set their debut record Precious for 6 November
Sisters Kenzie and Laila will also play their first headline tour that month.
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Dud, the trio John K Samson had before the Weakerthans, gets a first release
All profits from the release go to Islamic Relief's Palestine appeal.
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Lane Hartley sets his second LP No Home for 23 October
He recorded it live with a six-piece band that includes David Hartley of The War On Drugs.
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Phoebe Bridgers fills Lost Weekend with guests, from Mike Kinsella to Alex G
The Mike Kinsella feature was hinted at months ago in a GQ profile of American Football.
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Polly Paulusma reissues Scissors In My Pocket for its 21st year
The cover art is by her mother, portrait painter Louise Riley-Smith, who died this June.
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Twin Temple set their third record Doomed Lovers for 23 October
Jack White invited the duo to open for him after a country tour dropped them over their imagery.
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LegalHip-hop
Tupac's estate accuses producer Daz Dillinger of keeping a $1 million archive
The estate says he never returned a $91,445.27 check tied to the same material.
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Kakkmaddafakka set a Buenos Aires date at Niceto Club
It is their only show announced there so far, and a new studio album is coming this year.
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Royal Blood share Ten Over Ten and name the next album Dead Company
It is the first the duo has said about new music since lining up 2026 UK shows.
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Kaonashi debut a new single called Typing
The band also confirmed a fall tour opening for The Callous Daoboys.
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Paulo Londra puts out a new track called Me asfixia la ciudad
Rolling Stone en Español's report did not detail the song's production or its place in a bigger project.
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Alex Terrible puts a deathcore vocal on the Korn song Freak on a Leash
The Slaughter To Prevail vocalist covers the band's 1998 single, drawing praise from Korn's Brian Welch.
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ReunionsPop
The Weeknd, R&B singer Abel Tesfaye, says he isn't retiring the stage name after all
At a concert outside Stockholm, he told fans he tried stepping away and didn't like how it felt.
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Umphrey's McGee and moe. join forces for a jam band encore in Grand Rapids
The moe.mentUM Tour resumed with a three-song collaborative finale.
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Dottie Oelhafen starts a fan mail company called The Artist Desk
MusicRow's brief report did not say when the company launches or which artists it will serve.
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Louder Than Life festival sets out its daily running order for September
The festival runs September 17 to 20 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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AKRIILA sets September 3 for her next album
Rolling Stone en Español's report did not detail what listeners should expect from the record.
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BusinessJazz
Jon Batiste cancels a Connecticut festival appearance and other concerts
He cited undisclosed "personal circumstances" in a statement shared by the Westville Music Bowl.
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Townies release new song "Wednesday," answering Wednesday's song "Townies"
The LA-via-Boston emo band delivers on a promise made after Wednesday's "Bleeds" release.
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Modest Mouse brings out Califone frontman Tim Rutili in Chicago
The pair played rare Ugly Casanova tracks together during the Chicago show.
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ToursCountry
Austin Snell sets an October start for his Colors Tour
MusicRow's brief report did not list which cities are on the run.
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FestivalsCountry
ACM Honors adds Sheryl Crow and Flatland Cavalry to its 19th lineup
The Academy of Country Music also named Logan Ledger and Zach John King among the acts joining the show.
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Terry Haggerty revisits his songbook on new album "Family"
The Sons of Champlin guitarist re-recorded songs from across his career, arriving September 7.
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BreakupsCountry
Neil Perry hits back at his sister over the Band Perry breakup
Kimberly Perry had given her own account of how the group changed, and he says it left out key facts.
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Business
StubHub is spending millions to fight a US concert ticket resale price cap
The lobbying targets a California bill that would cap resale markups at 10 percent over face value.
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Dummy announce new album and tour
The Los Angeles five-piece share a video for first single "Full Spectrum Dominance" from the album "do you love the color of the sky?"
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Audrey Hobert marks her debut album's first anniversary with a Tiny Desk debut
She celebrated one year of "Who's The Clown?" with her first Tiny Desk Concert.
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BlocBoy JB returns with a 16 track album called Free Agent
He built the project as a tribute to his longtime producer and best friend Tay Keith.
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Remastered "Handel Arias" reissue reminds listeners of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's talent
The American mezzo-soprano died of cancer in 2006 at age 52.
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Mexico City EDM duo ROZ releases debut project "Se Esta Haciendo Tarde"
The 19-track project turns Coachella buzz into a bold introspective debut.
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Business
Austin City Limits Season 52 gives every artist a full-hour episode
The show is expanding to 18 episodes, the first time each featured artist gets an uninterrupted hour.
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Elastica announce expanded deluxe reissue of their debut album
The 1995 self-titled record returns with added rarities and B-sides across vinyl, CD, cassette and digital editions.
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Cardi B features on a Nipsey Hussle and Bino Rideaux track
It arrived a day before the pair's joint album dropped, giving fans an early preview of it.
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Festivals
Lainey Wilson and Shaboozey are booked for Global Citizen Festival
MusicRow's brief item did not name the rest of the acts on the bill.
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LegalMetal
Marilyn Manson is set for a 2027 jury trial over an assault claim
A California law revived the case after it had first been thrown out on a statute of limitations.
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ToursRock
Quicksand and Fucked Up team up for a Canadian co-headline run
The trek follows Quicksand's new album, "Bring On the Psychics," released last month.
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BusinessCountry
Carly Pearce gives a health update, says her pericarditis has held steady
She told Taste of Country Nights she is finally running paces she has not managed since her 2023 diagnosis.
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ChartsPop
Camila Cabello's "C,XOXO" album sees Spotify searches jump 475%
Spotify corrected the figure to The FADER, clarifying it reflects search volume, not streams.
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Oakland band Unity's next album is titled "Comes Back To You... / Was There Ever..."
The record arrives alongside new single "3 Weeks."
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FestivalsRock
Tulagi sets up a four day festival in downtown Boulder
More than 160 acts are billed for the run later this month.
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Tedeschi Trucks Band brings out Lukas Nelson and Alam Khan in Berkeley
Sarod virtuoso Alam Khan and opener Lukas Nelson joined the band at the Greek Theatre.
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BusinessCountry
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum promotes two staff members
MusicRow's brief report did not name the second staff member who was promoted alongside her.
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Business
Syaheed MSBI takes a vice president job at Virgin Music Group
He arrives from Believe, where he built the company's artist-services business across Southeast Asia.
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Mathy Oxford band TTNG returns with a surprise new EP
Original vocalist Stuart Smith rejoins for the band's first new music in about a decade.
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Cledus T. Judd turns Ella Langley's 'Be Her' into a parody video
Taste of Country's exclusive premiere says the country comedian is out of retirement again.
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Sean Combs, the music mogul, is out of solitary confinement at Fort Dix
AllHipHop says he was placed there after a prison fight, and his release date keeps shifting.
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Ransom produces himself on a new song, The Price of Clarity
HotNewHipHop calls it the apparent intro track to his upcoming album of the same name.
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The New Eves' Nina Winder-Lind previews solo track "Foremothers"
The Brighton-based artist keeps up her solo output alongside her band.
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Business
Warner Records Nashville reworks its marketing team
MusicRow's brief item did not name who is leaving or joining the team.
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Descendents' "Liveage!" and "ALL" get 2026 vinyl reissues
Under the Radar reviewed both records, wrapping up ORG Music's series on the band's 1980s albums.
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FFO: Chillin releases new single "All I Know"
The Concord, New Hampshire band is opening shows for Joyce Manor and Glitterer.
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BusinessIndie
Bohemian National Cemetery keeps its indie concert series despite remains allegations
The Beyond The Gate series keeps booking the Chicago cemetery even as it faces the accusations.
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UnoTheActivist returns with a track called Lean Walk
HotNewHipHop calls the hypnotic production a trance you can just kick it to.
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LA act Dummy details new album "do you love the color..."
The follow-up to 2024's "Free Energy" arrives in October via Polyvinyl.
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diamond* puts out a new track called Ferrari
The YSL-affiliated rapper built the record around wavy production and a tight pocket.
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Metal writer Dom Lawson survives a heart attack at Bloodstock festival
A friend has launched a GoFundMe to help cover his medical bills while he recovers.
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Empires In Orbit unveils new track "Deja Vu"
The gothic electronic rock and synthwave act has evolved into a duo.
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Sean Combs countersues producer Rodney Jones Jr. over a Netflix documentary
He accuses Jones of selling stolen footage to Netflix and defaming him in the film, and wants it returned.
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Singer-songwriter Audrey Hobert plays an NPR Tiny Desk set
She explains her limited patience for Friends just before playing her song Phoebe.
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Numero Group reissues Gigi Masin's ambient album Wind at forty
The reissue adds five previously unheard bonus tracks from the original sessions.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2027 gets its host city and venue in Bulgaria
Burgas beat three other Bulgarian cities in a competitive bidding process.
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Rapper Jay-Z books an October 24 SoFi Stadium show on Drake's birthday
DJ Akademiks floated the idea that Kendrick Lamar could join him on stage that night.
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Rapper Tyga's $TARFACE misses the Billboard chart with under 2,000 sales
The album follows a 0/10 review from Pitchfork, its first such score in 19 years.
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Rock band Roxy Music share unheard 1971 demo ahead of For Your Pleasure reissue
Bryan Ferry says writing the record felt like a responsibility for the first time.
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Irish band Gurriers share new single Nothing Happens Twice
The song draws on Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot and the dead internet theory.
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Matt Pond PA's Learn How To Lose video features actress Kate Walsh
The song began as a basement demo Pond sent upstairs to his wife, songwriter Anya Marina.
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Composer Wilbert Roget II's expanded Helldivers 2 soundtrack hits streaming
The new music, Tracks Of Tyranny, covers each enemy faction in the game's Second Galactic War.
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A friend says hip-hop figure Big U is ready for his federal case
New prison photos surfaced days after prosecutors added charges over an alleged witness plot.
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Twenty One Pilots headline Sziget Festival day two with a White Stripes cover
Jack White gave the band a pre-recorded blessing to play Seven Nation Army.
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Singer Marc Anthony and Chayanne join earthquake relief effort
AP says other artists are taking part too, without naming them.
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Man arrested after allegedly urinating on family at Morgan Wallen concert
The man faces four assault charges over the incident at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium.
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Shane Hawkins revives his late father's Chevy Metal band
The teenage drummer turns Taylor Hawkins' once-casual Foo Fighters side project into his own tribute.
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Electronic artist Sub Focus books two Circular Sound arena shows for 2027
NME calls the pair of dates the biggest headline shows of his career.
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Katie Gregson-Macleod names her debut album Albatross
The Scottish songwriter says the record's opening song is also its narrative conclusion.
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Jon Batiste releases three new albums honoring Mozart and Thelonious Monk
One tribute goes to Mozart and two to Thelonious Monk.
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Joe Leone, an Eric Benet protege, releases new single Safety
SoulTracks describes him as a preacher's kid who writes and composes his own material.
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Producer TroyBoi and singer Morray share single La La Land before FT EP
It is the fourth guest-vocalist single TroyBoi has released this year alone.
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He Didnt releases new album "Dark Making"
The Oxfordshire solo artist blends industrial drone with nu and industrial metal textures.
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Rapper Cardi B tells fans that complaints will not speed up new music
She says she is taking the summer off instead, while her single AH HA keeps climbing.
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Garage rock band Black Mekon set a Halloween album, 13 Songs About Monsters
The duo released a blues-tinged single, Radioactive Wolfman, alongside the news.
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Captain Tallen and the Benevolent Entities share new single Spotted Lantern Fly
Songwriter Tallen Gabriel says the track is about choosing something you know is not good for you.
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Current Joys announces the album ROSEBUD and shares single HOLE
The songs mix nu metal, screamo, hip-hop and darkwave into what the project calls a creative redirection.
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BusinessMetal
Genital Shame signs to The Flenser and details second album Wellness Plan
Erin Dawson says the record is about finding acceptance through images of disappearing.
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Producer Oscar Farrell and rapper Jeshi share single Greyhound
The pair are marking the release with a hometown party at the pub the song is named for.
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Starcleaner Reunion release new single Lay On Plastic Moment
Singer Jo Roman says the song documents her complicated return to New York.
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Those Holy release single Bruises ahead of Cold Celtic Electronics EP
Singer Lucy Grey says the song is about being constantly at war with yourself.
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Avant folk band Truthpaste cover Stephen Sondheim in new studio session
Guitarist Theo Murchie brought the song in after falling asleep through the rest of the musical it comes from.
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R&B singer Joe faces Donell Jones in a Verzuz matchup
Jones said backstage at a festival that he sees the night as a celebration, not a grudge match.
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Merce, the neo-soul singer, releases new single My Guy
The song is the lead single from her debut solo album, ALIVE.
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FLO release second album Therapy at the Club
The Grammy-nominated R&B trio built the 16-track record around a night out.
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Fujiya & Miyagi announce new album "New Shiny Object"
The Brighton act shares a video for the first single, "Lowest Common Denominator."
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Oli Sykes and Courtney LaPlante tease a new track made for Valorant
Producer Grabbitz joins the Bring Me the Horizon and Spiritbox singers on the game's anthem.
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Roger Taylor shares new single I See You Now
It's the second cut from his coming album, written as a tribute to his wife.
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Britney Spears says new music projects are coming out this year
Two previously unreleased projects are due before year's end; no titles were given.
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Megan Moroney brings out Kameron Marlowe for a surprise duet in Arizona
The pair sang Fix You Too together, and Moroney called the timing rare.
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Frost Children map out West Coast tour
It follows the release of their new EP "Tweaker Poem."
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Eurovision Song Contest rewrites its rules for countries at war
Under the change, a war-involved winner could lose its right to host the following year.
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Vortex Jazz Club sets a memorial concert for singer Estelle Kokot
She played the London venue for decades before her death earlier this year.
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again says he earned up to $1.5 million a show on his MASA Tour
The 42-date run became the highest-grossing tour by a debut headlining rapper.
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Miranda Lambert brings Gretchen Wilson and Lainey Wilson on stage in Sturgis
The three shared the Full Throttle Saloon stage during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
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PUBLIQuartet releases new album "Rhythm Nation"
The New York string quartet's record spans West African, Venezuelan, jazz and Janet Jackson influences.
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Treach rules out a Naughty By Nature reunion, and Vin Rock responds
Vin Rock told disappointed fans the group is set for life regardless.
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Mani's family objects to tribute concerts staged in his name
They say organizers never asked for permission before booking more Manichester shows.
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Kid Cudi invites fans to rap on his beat for a shot at his label
The best submissions could be signed to his Mad Solar imprint as a new group.
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Kenny Chesney's new album will tribute late friend Brett James
A song changed the direction of "Silver Sands Marina" after Chesney heard it.
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Becky G opens up on new album "Baraja Bendita"
She discusses standing up for her community alongside Selena Gomez and Karol G.
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THEHONESTGUY announces shows in Montreal and Toronto
He supports his AFROSOUL EP live in November after splitting time between both cities' R&B scenes.
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BusinessRock
Rod Stewart cancels tour dates after a heart procedure
He had a coronary stent fitted and is stepping back from his One Last Time tour to recover.
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Saint Clair, Cutscene and Wool play DIY's Neu Nights gig series in Newcastle
DIY runs the series with PRS For Music, which helps emerging acts collect royalties.
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Mal Not Bad shares new single "DHF"
The Los Angeles producer continues crafting immersive electronic soundscapes.
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Skip Ewing sets new album Dragonfly for release on September 18
MusicRow reported the release date on August 12; further detail on the record was not given.
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Make Wake Artists forms a partnership with One Twenty One Management
MusicRow reported the new alliance between the two companies on August 12.
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Ryan Hemsworth announces new album "Numbskull"
The new record, out October 21 via Topshelf, returns to the guitar music that raised him, with "Never Learned" featuring Tegan and Sara.
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K-LOVE hires Brian Sipe to run its concerts and live events
MusicRow first reported the appointment on August 12.
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Hampton Hall signs a record deal with Creative Nation
MusicRow points to Keith Urban and Eric Church as reference points for the new signee.
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Argo and The Violet Queens preview "Live in This Life" ahead of their debut LP
The Washington, D.C. band's debut album, "In Pieces," arrives August 15, preceded by a run of singles across the year.
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Sadurn schedule North American tour
The tour previews new album "The Underworld," due October 16 via Run for Cover Records, and stops in Montreal and Toronto.
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Red Shahan releases new album "Hard Land"
Saving Country Music scored the West Texas songwriter's fifth record 8.3 out of 10, tying it to a Taylor Sheridan co-write.
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Documentary follows producer James Ellis Ford's album made on a cancer ward
He wrote, played, sang and recorded all of it during hospital isolation.
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Norwegian saxophonist-led group Moster! release new album "Bolts"
The Norwegian quartet's closing track, "Bearings," carries an unexpected feel of Black Sabbath.
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Pretty Sick plot North American tour behind new album "Anarchy"
Sabrina Fuentes' grungy, electronic-tinged project previews the run with new single "Hyper Independence."
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Ryan Hemsworth signs to Topshelf for his first album in eight years
Numbskull arrives October 21 and pulls in Tegan and Sara, Illuminati Hotties and MSpaint.
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Business
Eddy Maroun launches IPNation, an investment platform for Arabic music catalogs
The venture is targeting $100 million, with Influence Media Partners backing it.
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Phoebe Bridgers books phone-free UK shows as her album Lost Weekend lands
Union Chapel, Circuit, Chalk and Electric each get a matinee and an evening set.
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Ebbb release debut album "Shallow Hits"
Producer Lev Ceylan, vocalist Will Rowland and drummer Scott MacDonald recorded it with Tom Stafford in an intense, fortnight-long studio stint.
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Business
JYP Entertainment revenue falls 15.1% in the gap between Stray Kids tours
Net profit dropped 40.3% year on year, against a quarter that had a world tour running in 2025.
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Zara Larsson opens for Sombr's first European festival headline set at Sziget
The pop singer's own set drew a big crowd before he topped the Budapest bill.
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Dave Rowntree says another Blur reunion feels like a question of when
The drummer pointed to how the band left Coachella in 2024 wanting to do it again.
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Can share second extract from live album "Live In Arles 1975"
The album documents a fan-recorded 1975 concert in Arles, France, and arrives September 25 via Mute / Future Days.
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Daisy Chain Fields festival locks in stage times so no sets overlap
Fourteen sets across two stages are timed so festivalgoers never have to choose between acts.
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Evan releases debut single "Ride or Die," previews solo EP "Death of Me"
The former Enhypen member headlines the Grammy Museum's Spotlight program Aug. 14 and performs at KCON LA Aug. 16.
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Business
BMG label signs a global licensing deal with AI music company Suno
It is the first deal Suno has landed with a rightsholder of note since Warner Music Group.
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Spotify plans labels to flag AI artists and AI content
Spotify said the point is to let listeners tell quickly what a machine made.
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NBA 2K27 lines up A$AP Rocky, Sombr and EsDeeKid for its soundtrack
NME named three of the acts on the launch roster and said there are more.
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Blodfet & DJ Lonely release new album "Titanium Hip Replacement Disco"
Recorded at visual artist Jonas Ohlsson's Amsterdam home, the record moves between artsy electronic collage and pointed political commentary.
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DJ Bou invites the flight attendant from his viral track onstage in Las Vegas
He built the track around a clip of her voice as she handled an irate passenger, then brought her out at the show.
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Isaiah Collier releases new single "Joy"
The track is the title cut from Collier's forthcoming EP of the same name, out via SoulTracks' First Listen series.
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Getdown Services release second album "Massive Champion"
Sarah Jamieson called the 13-track record "A ridiculous triumph" in her four-and-a-half star DIY review.
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Jungle release new album "Sunshine"
DIY gave the record four stars, calling it consistently enjoyable without ever feeling particularly surprising.
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Ela Minus teams up with Nick León on a three-track release
The Quietus reviewed it and heard club music with an introspective streak.
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Vic Mensa has a podcast coming with Chance the Rapper on it
AllHipHop frames the show as playing off Mensa's feud with Cam'ron.
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Slash, Marty Stuart and Marcus King headline a Sho-Bud steel guitar concert at the Ryman
Don Felder, Skunk Baxter and more join the October 27 Sho-Bud Showcase Live celebration.
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Caroline Rose reveals new album "Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall"
Produced by John Congleton, the record is due October 23 on Rose's own label, SUCK Records.
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AEG Presents partners with Summer Sonic promoter Creativeman
The two companies announced the deal on August 11, and it widens AEG Presents' reach in Japan.
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Essy Sparrow shares single Weak At The Knees ahead of an October EP
The track comes from Gossip From A Coastal Town, an EP she has due in October.
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Max Fry sets a September album release, better luck next time
The Florida-born artist has shared a song called "pretend" ahead of the record.
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ToursIndie
Phoebe Bridgers lines up small UK record store shows for Lost Weekend
The shows land in August and are set up with independent record stores.
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Pretty Sick previews a second album, Anarchy, due in September
The latest piece of it to surface is a track called "Hyper Independence".
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Sadurn line up an October album called The Underworld
A song from it, "never tell me", is out now.
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TTSSFU announces a remix EP called Blown Again
Adult DVD and The Healing Power Of Horses are among the acts reworking the tracks.
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Anvaya releases new single 'Churaya'
The track spent two years as an unfinished sketch before Kaushal and Sonia finished it overnight.
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ZZ Top cancels Hollywood Bowl show over drummer Frank Beard's health
Michael Monahan steps in for the rest of the blues rock band's Big One tour.
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Court upholds a conviction for beer taken at Toby Keith's farm
An Oklahoma appeals court left the 2025 conviction in place. The man took four beers from a mini-fridge at Dream Walkin' Farms.
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Charanjit Singh's foundational acid house album gets reissued
Recorded in 1982, years before acid house existed as a genre, the record finds new listeners through Light in the Attic.
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Lael Neale signs to a new label and details her next album
Recorded with Guy Blakeslee on a Tascam cassette machine, the LP is self-released via her new imprint Consensual Sound.
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Stella Lefty will make her Grand Ole Opry stage debut on September 2
She announced the date herself, and it will be her first Opry appearance.
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Two AI country acts turn millions of streams into big money
Both acts are generated with AI, and Taste of Country called what they have earned exorbitant.
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Charleston White posts bond on weapon and marijuana charges in Texas
Authorities booked him on weapon, marijuana and driver's license allegations in Collin County.
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DocturDot of EarthGang previews a second album with 1x4DaWonton
Bobby Earth produced the track, which features Taylr. The album is called Twice In A Blue Moon.
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Reach Records partners with Exceleration Music on global distribution
Exceleration's Redeye Worldwide will handle physical and digital releases for the Christian hip-hop label.
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Bruce Dickinson says his next solo album arrives in 2027
He described the record as extremely heavy, Rolling Stone en Espanol reported.
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Dave Lombardo and Lustmord announce debut album as new project Lustmord Lombardo
The pair share first single Paleomagnetic Resonance from The Pulse of Atoms, out October 2 via Ipecac Recordings.
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AmericanaFest festival sets a keynote talk and a Dualtone Records showcase
Bernie Taupin and Brandi Carlile are among the names announced, MusicRow reported.
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Taylor Swift joins the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame class of 2026
She joins songwriters Lyle Lovett, Shawn Camp, Lee Thomas Miller and Bruce Channel in the newly revealed class, with induction set for a gala this fall.
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Breakaway Philadelphia festival books 26 acts for two days at Subaru Park
The 2026 edition runs September 11 and 12 with two stages and a silent disco, headlined by Tiesto, Marshmello, SOFI TUKKER and ISOxo.
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Pain of Truth release new hardcore single Stranded
The Long Island band also detailed a headlining tour that runs from October into November.
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Pedro Fernandez announces "Ave Fenix Two'r" U.S. dates
The Mexican icon's run opens October 15 at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood and wraps December 5 in San Diego.
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ChartsCountry
Country singer Alan Jackson receives an RIAA certification in Nashville
Country Now reports he was handed the plaque during his final stop on his current tour.
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Noise sludge band Chat Pile release new single Same Rules with a video
The song comes off their new album Who Loves The Sun, out September 4, and lands with a North American tour.
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Wavelength books Volur, A Horse Named Friday and Charles Spearin for a Toronto concert
The all-ages show, staged in the church's fire-damaged ruins, is presented with Sonic Boom and the art exhibition "Where Walls Meet Sky."
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Singer Jamila Woods books a tour marking ten years of her album Heavn
The Chicago singer starts the run in Los Angeles on November 16 and closes with a hometown show at Thalia Hall.
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Slow Fiction releases debut album "dollhouse"
Andy Von Pip scored the record 7.5 out of 10, calling closer "Turning down flowers" a glorious way to close it.
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Gallant expands his "Ology" 10th anniversary tour
The R&B singer-songwriter adds a December 6 show in Toronto, part of a fall leg that wraps December 10 in Brooklyn.
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The Tallest Man on Earth announces new album
Kristian Matsson's follow-up to 2023's "Henry St." is due October 9 via Anti-, with a North American tour to follow this fall.
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Country duo Sugarland book a fall Ride or Die Tour marking 20 years of Enjoy the Ride
Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush say the 26-date trek celebrates the album that first put Sugarland's singles at the top of the charts.
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Rough Trade reissues The Fall, Scritti Politti and Mazzy Star on new singles box set
The Go-Betweens, The Smiths and Robert Wyatt also feature in "Rough Trade 45s: Volume 2," out October 30.
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Carly Pearce describes an awkward moment filming her steamy duet video with Riley Green
The video for If I Don't Leave I'm Gonna Stay, from her album Honest Woman, has fans reacting online.
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Ben Farber moves full-time to the label and management company VERSION III
Farber co-founded the Nashville outfit, which operates as both an independent label and an artist management business.
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Reading & Leeds festival partners with Spotify on personalized playlists
The feature scores each fan's music taste against this year's line-up and builds them a personalized playlist ahead of the August bill.
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Helado Negro and Reyna Tropical open tour behind joint album "Helado Tropical"
The electro-R&B supergroup plays The Ford on August 13.
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Lydia Kitto becomes a full member of Jungle
The singer discussed the shift with bandmate Josh Lloyd, including criticism the group's new sound has drawn, Rolling Stone en Espanol reported.
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The Linda Lindas debut a video for "Blood On Our Hands"
Eloise Wong says the song is about supporting each other beyond boycott days, ahead of the band's third album "Gotta Get Out."
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Singer Bette Midler named 2026 recipient of the Woody Guthrie Prize
The Woody Guthrie Center will present the honor in October at Tulsa's Cain's Ballroom, with remarks from the Guthrie family.
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Everything Is Recorded unveils new EP "Cut Off Your Nose"
Richard Russell's project also lines up Samantha Morton, Peter Gabriel and Roses Gabor for the four-track EP, out August 14.
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Seth MacFarlane follows his Sinatra project with a new Muppets album
Seth MacFarlane Sings the Muppets arrives September 18, built from orchestral arrangements in the style of Nelson Riddle and Billy May.
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Shaboozey releases new album "The Outlaw Cherie Lee"
The 20-track concept record folds hip-hop, western balladry and folk into one story, and scored 6.5 out of 10 from Saving Country Music.
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Songwriters' group Global Music Rights settles a 95-song copyright case with Music Choice
The suit accused the streaming and cable service of playing catalog songs, including Bruce Springsteen and Billie Eilish tracks, after their license lapsed.
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ToursJazz
Drummer Florian Arbenz lines up a September organ trio tour across Europe
The trio, with saxophonist Chris Cheek and organist Arno Krijger, opens 15 September at PizzaExpress Live in Soho and runs through six countries.
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Shabazz Palaces announce new album "It's a Style Sport"
Ishmael Butler returns October 23 on Sub Pop with the song "Ahh World (I Won the Alpha Bet)."
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Interpol add a Village Underground afterparty before their tour with Bloc Party
The intimate London show follows Interpol's support slot for Deftones at All Points East's Outbreak Fest day, and comes as their ninth album arrives this month.
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Rapper Trippie Redd drops new single Meet The Redds with Sexyy Red
It's the latest release before his long-awaited album NDA, due out that Friday.
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Singer Boy George threatens to sack Culture Club members who refuse his pro-Israel song
He says the pro-peace framing has been lost in the backlash, after already leaving a West End run and parting ways with his label manager over the track.
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YouTube doubles the watch-hour bar for new creators as its cheap plan drops YouTube Music
The change lands alongside an expansion of a cheaper Premium Lite tier that pays labels less because it excludes YouTube Music altogether.
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Chinese streaming company Tencent Music reports $1.32 billion in second-quarter revenue
The company credits concert growth and its new integration of audio platform Ximalaya for an 11% rise in its core music services division.
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Wasia Project unveil new track "Vogue"
The sibling duo's debut album "Nocturne" arrives September 18, with a UK tour to follow in November.
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Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme defies a $10,000 smoking fine in Detroit
The band closed their set with a defiant speech from the Ford Field stage, mid-way through opening for Foo Fighters on their stadium tour.
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Singer-songwriter Fenne Lily sets fourth album Win Win for October
She previews it with a new song called Sleeping and a run of intimate release shows before the record's proper tour.
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ToursHip-hop
Rapper Vince Staples books a September show at London's 26 Leake Street
The London date follows his acclaimed new album Cry Baby and comes days before his All Points East set.
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The Molotovs open the King's Cross Summer Sounds festival with a free Bowie tribute
NME says the London show is free to attend and ties into an immersive Lightroom exhibition of David Bowie's archive.
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Tamina Khyrah-Joi debuts with new single "As Above So Below"
The Berklee-trained R&B singer wrote it with producer Burnie Stevenson and her mother, pianist Dr. Gail Jhonson.
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ReleasesElectronic
Oen Sujet returns with new album "The Friendliest Fight We Know"
The Montreal act shrank from 15 members to two for its first record in 17 years.
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ReleasesJazz
Nicolas Meier World Group release new album "Elysian Drift"
The sextet's cover art, painted by Meier's wife, maps the places that shaped it.
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ReleasesMetal
The Breedling releases new album "A Straunge And Terrible Wunder"
Chris Spalton built the record around a 449-year-old English legend of a hellhound.
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Business
Jon Glass joins independent label group Merlin as general counsel
He moves from Warner Music Group, where he spent close to two decades in legal and business affairs roles.
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ReleasesIndie
Singer-songwriter Lily Seabird sets her album Lightspheres on Their Way for October
She wrote the album's newest single, The Afterglow, the day folk musician Michael Hurley died, scrawling it on the back of an electric bill in a coffee shop.
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ToursRock
Cambridge sextet UGLY book a UK headline tour for autumn
The band's new single, Marina, is out now, produced from sessions the group calls a departure toward more raw, physical energy.
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ToursHip-hop
Rapper Tyler, The Creator brings his $5 dance party to Atlanta
The Atlanta show honors a promise he made to a fan a year ago, after already throwing the same $5 night in Los Angeles and New York.
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ChartsCountry
Songwriter John Byron cracks the top five on MusicRow's songwriter chart
MusicRow reported the move on August 10, without giving his exact chart position or the song behind it.
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BusinessRock
First images surface from Perfume, a documentary about guitarist Maria Gabriela Epumer
The film premiered privately on what would have been her 63rd birthday, built from 50 hours of footage she shot herself between 1995 and 2003.
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ToursLatin
Fuerza Regida add new dates to the This Is Our Dream tour
The fall leg runs from Illinois to Colorado, with tickets on general sale August 14.
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BusinessCountry
HEY NOW Records brings in Dilan Hef Ames and Alyssa Ramsey
Ames arrives as a vice president and is based in Los Angeles.
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BusinessHip-hop
UnitedMasters, the independent label, hires four executives across marketing and brand
The hires include a former Warner Records marketing chief and come amid record years for Brent Faiyaz, BigXthaPlug and FloyyMenor.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Mike Clark Jr. and Zeddy Will team up on a country rap remix
HotNewHipHop called the track a country rap crossover.
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Business
Apple asks a court to protect its streaming service from a Boomcloud 360 patent fight
Boomcloud has already sued AT&T, T-Mobile, Walmart, Target and Best Buy over the same patents.
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LegalHip-hop
Mopreme Shakur is cautiously optimistic about the Tupac murder trial
He told CNN the family has waited nearly 30 years for the case against Keefe D to reach a jury.
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ReleasesPop
Jungle prepare new album "Sunshine"
It's the band's first as a trio, after singer Lydia Kitto joined full time.
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LegalRock
Live Nation merch arm sues sellers over fake Nirvana and Bruno Mars goods
The suit also covers merch for The Notorious B.I.G., Avenged Sevenfold, Eazy-E, Harry Styles and The Cure.
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ReleasesPop
The Big Moon preview "Forever" with new single "Fun"
Frontwoman Juliette Jackson argues joy is just as real an emotion as pain.
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BusinessHip-hop
Kanye West's Tampa stadium concerts leave the local sports authority in profit
The two nights drew more than 119,000 fans combined despite a push from a state senator to cancel them.
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BusinessCountry
Nashville music company By Design signs its first five songwriters
MusicRow, Nashville's country trade paper, named Josh Thompson as a co-founder too.
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ReleasesIndie
Notes From Under Ground shares new single "Solid Relations"
Last Dinosaurs guitarist Lachlan Caskey's solo project previews an EP out next month.
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BusinessMetal
Ice Nine Kills will score the Terror Tram at Halloween Horror Nights
Frontman Spencer Charnas called it a natural step after years of collaborating with Terrifier's creators.
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ToursCountry
The 502s start their Just a Little Run tour on October 7
MusicRow, the Nashville trade paper, filed the plan as a fall launch with no route yet confirmed.
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BusinessCountry
Lucas Ball signs a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Nashville
MusicRow, Nashville's country trade paper, filed the deal as global publishing with Twelve6 Entertainment also on board.
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FestivalsJazz
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra headlines the Battersea Park in Concert festival
The bank holiday bill also includes a South Africa-themed day and an Amy Winehouse tribute set marking 20 years since Back to Black.
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ReleasesR&B
Ravyn Lenae connects with her Panamanian roots on new album "Blue Island"
The R&B and pop singer-songwriter features Doechii on "Babygirl" and traces her family's history in Panama.
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Business
Andie Aronow's Women That Rock plays its first tour, spotlighting women in music
Aronow says the industry still leaves women a small share of the roles that aren't onstage.
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ToursMetal
Chad Gray puts Hellyeah songs back in his tour set
The Mudvayne and Hellyeah frontman says keeping Vinnie Paul's songs alive is a huge part of what he's doing.
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ReleasesJazz
Dinner Party return with another short set of songs
SPIN says Whatchu Bringing? is consistent and soulful, if a little too comfortable.
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ReleasesHip-hop
Ralfy The Plug and Remble team up on Baccarat
The two rappers had traded diss tracks for years before Sunday's reunion.
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BusinessElectronic
Tobacco's High On Life 2 score arrives as a 4LP set
The 66-track score gets its first vinyl pressing, sold for $66 in the US.
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ReleasesRock
Gnod reveals second album in its "Chronicles Of Gnowt" trilogy
The Salford band's Chris Haslam says spontaneity, not planning, drives the record.
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BusinessMetal
Veeps cuts editorial staff at music sites BrooklynVegan and Revolver
The cuts land the same week Live Nation, Veeps's majority owner, reported record quarterly numbers.
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Business
Live Nation buys into Prague's O2 arena, O2 Universum and Forum Karlin
The deal with Czech group PPF is Live Nation's largest investment in Central and Eastern Europe yet.
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FestivalsCountry
Brown Wimpenny headlines a September fundraiser for the Hebden Bridge Folk Roots Festival
Jennifer Reid and Satnam Galsian also play the Trades Club show, raising money for the festival's 2027 return.
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ReleasesIndie
Lucy Dacus brings Julien Baker onstage at the Outside Lands festival
It's the second time this year Dacus has shared the song live with someone other than its original guest, Hozier.
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BreakupsR&B
The Weeknd steps back from retiring his stage name
He told a crowd in Stockholm that testing retirement taught him he doesn't like how it feels.
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ObituaryMetal
Extreme metal pioneer Mike Browning dies at 62
He drummed on Morbid Angel's shelved debut before founding sci-fi death metal act Nocturnus.
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BusinessRock
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker says he almost died
He gave the interview to the Associated Press the same week trailers arrived for his own documentary, Louder Than Fear.
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