No Doubt is Vegas bound. Gwen Stefani will reunite with her bandfor six shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas, according to multiple reports. The short run will kick off May 6, with five more shows scheduled through the month, wrapping May 16. The other gigs will take place May …
Read More »María Zardoya Finds Beauty in the Natural World on Her Solo Debut as Not for Radio
In late August, María Zardoya began posting a series of quiet voice notes for fans on Spotify, guiding them gently toward Not for Radio, a project she formed outside of her breakthrough band, the Marías. She wanted to welcome people into an entire world she’d built — an “alternate reality,” …
Read More »Neil Young Says to 'Forget' Amazon: 'Soon My Music Will Not Be There'
Neil Young has announced that he plans to remove his music from Amazon, the latest move in the rocker’s ongoing battle against Big Tech. “The time is here. Forget Amazon,” Young wrote on his Archives’ Times-Contrarian this week. “Soon my music will not be there.” Young didn’t specify whether he …
Read More »Alemeda and Doechii Really Would 'Beat a B!tch Up' in Fiery New Video
Alemeda has teamed up with Doechii for a new single. On Friday, the Ethiopian American singer dropped her long-teased collaboration with the Swamp Princess, “Beat A B!tch Up,” while also unveiling the track list for her upcoming EP, But What the Hell Do I Know. “‘Beat A B!tch Up’ is …
Read More »An American Singer and Activist on What She Experienced as a Prisoner in Israel
Carsie Blanton needed to say farewell to her guitar. The singer-songwriter was somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean sea on a sailboat last week when the 10-person crew decided to play some music. They passed around the guitar, sang a song or two, including Blanton’s “Little Flame” (sample lyric: “Prison cells/Freedom …
Read More »Zayn and Jisoo Fall for Each Other in Cosmic 'Eyes Closed' Video
Zayn and Jisoo fly past Saturn and fall for each other on their new single, “Eyes Closed.” On Friday, the Blackpink superstar and former One Direction heartthrob teamed up for the dreamy duet, which dropped alongside an otherworldly video. In the sleek visual, Zayn and Jisoo float through a spaceship, …
Read More »This Company Wants Everyone to Earn Money From Streams — Even Fans
For all of its convenience, streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music have introduced a brutal kind of efficiency to how we listen to music. Algorithms prune and shear outliers, molding our tastes into perfectly symmetrical vectors filled with the same familiar superstars — Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Drake (still). …
Read More »Haim Tap Bon Iver for Reflective Single 'Tie You Down'
Haim have dropped a meditative new song, “Tie You Down,” featuring Bon Iver. The emotionally-wrought track will appear on the deluxe version of the group’s most recent album, I Quit, set to arrive on Oct. 17. “we had to,” Haim teased on Instagram earlier this week. “new song tie you …
Read More »MTV to Axe UK Music Channels at the End of the Year
MTV UK will stop showing rolling music videos when it shutters its five channels at the end of the year, according to reports. TheBBCclaims that MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will all stop broadcasting after December 31, but MTV’s flagship channel, MTV HD, will …
Read More »Madison Beer Is 'Bittersweet' About the End of a Relationship
Madison Beer has dropped a new single, “Bittersweet.” The pensive track follows her recent release “Yes, Baby,” which she shared in September. “Now that it’s over, you blame it all on me,” she croons on the song. “I know I should be bitter, but baby/Right now I’m bittersweet/ I’m getting …
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