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Classical music lovers can be as fanatical as Swifties – just read their letters

Classical music lovers might think they’re different from pop music stans but letters show their love and devotion run just as deep.

Ministry Unleash Anti-Trump Single and Music Video “We Hate”: Stream

The video delivers a scathing examination of Trump's presidency. Ministry Unleash Anti-Trump Single and Music Video “We Hate”: Stream Langdon Hickman

Dr. Dre Embraces AI to Create Music, Criticizes Those Who Don’t

The iconic hip-hop artist likened the technology to past innovations in music production. Dr. Dre Embraces AI to Create Music, Criticizes Those Who Don’t Travis Bland

Here’s What Dr. Dre Really Thinks About AI in Music

The legendary producer’s perspective may come as a surprise.

Maya Ongaku, “Nothing Space Music”

The Japanese trio supplement their swooning ambient psychedelia with savvy pop songwriting. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp, July 2026

Our guide to the month’s crucial ambient LPs. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

The Ongoing Transformation of Cabo Verdean Music

Past and present, home and afar—a host of elements combine to create dynamic new music. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Learning by Doing: Making Music as Melaina Kol

The lo-fi indie rock veteran experiments with spindly string instruments and bubbling vocals on his latest. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

The 'heartfelt' spaces drawing crowds away from traditional music venues

Doodle generative compositions in your browser with Musical Spirograph

I remember having a Spirograph as a kid and being obsessed with it. Its geometric patterns are hypnotic and gorgeous. I also love generative music composition. So bringing those two things together in a browser tab, I'm hooked. Musical Spirograph is a relatively simple concept. A

Apple Music Will Also Now Label AI-Generated Songs

The music industry is facing a moral and existential crisis as AI-generated music becomes increasingly prevalent. The latest development in streaming platforms’ response is that Apple Music will begin labeling AI-generated songs. According to The Hollywood Reporter , an email sen

Brian Robert Jones Shares Comedic Musical Theater Album About The Louisiana Purchase (And Hayley Williams Is On It)

If you've seen a Vampire Weekend, Paramore, or Hayley Williams show in recent years, Brian Robert Jones was the guitarist onstage with the big afro. When not playing sideman for some of the best alt-leaning pop-rockers in the biz, Jones has been working on a behemoth project of h

The grueling fight over who profits from AI music

AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started.

Dr. Dre says he is “embracing” AI in music: “It’s a new tool for creativity”

The hip-hop legend compared opposition to the technology with the early reaction to drum machines and synthesisers The post Dr. Dre says he is “embracing” AI in music: “It’s a new tool for creativity” appeared first on NME .

Karol G, Maluma & More Unite for Colombia Earthquake Relief & More Uplifting Moments in Latin Music

Plus, Maná becomes the first Latin act to perform for Apple Music's Rediscovered series, and Elvis Crespo returns to NYC for a free concert.

‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE’: Here’s How to Watch the Concert Special Online for Free

The actor took the stage in character as Lestat for a special performance featuring six songs written by the series’ composer Daniel Hart.

Nonprofits are helping musicians pay for insurance in Austin, Texas, and beyond

A nonprofit and a local public health agency are subsidizing marketplace health insurance for Austin musicians , even as rising healthcare costs make the program more expensive.

Tyler, The Creator, Future, and Don Toliver Lead 2026 Camp Flog Gnaw Lineup

Summary Tyler, The Creator, Future, Don Toliver, Steve Lacy, and Turnstile are set to headline the 2026 Camp Flog Gnaw CarnivalThe twelfth annual music festival produced in partnership with Goldenvoice returns to Dodger Stadium on November 14 and 15The official lineup announcemen

The Mac Miller Estate Celebrates 10 Years of 'The Divine Feminine' With Expanded Vinyl Reissue

Summary The Mac Miller Estate has announced an official 10th anniversary edition of 'The Divine Feminine' featuring three unreleased songsThe reissue is led by the new single Butterflies produced by Taylor Graves with bass instrumentation from ThundercatThe album arrives October

Hot Album Drops Tied to Fatal Crash Rate Increases: Study

Between 2017 and 2022, the number of fatal crashes in the U.S. increased approximately 15% on major album release dates, according to the study. The post Hot Album Drops Tied to Fatal Crash Rate Increases: Study appeared first on The Drive .

Heavy Song of the Week: Down Return with Masterpiece “Blood Oath”

Down return after over a decade with the genuinely perfect Sabbathian doom metal track "Blood Oath." Heavy Song of the Week: Down Return with Masterpiece “Blood Oath” Langdon Hickman

West End Motel and Matt Pike Honor Mastodon’s Brent Hinds with New Song “Return of the Kid”: Stream

The track was released on the one-year anniversary of the Mastodon guitarist's tragic passing. West End Motel and Matt Pike Honor Mastodon’s Brent Hinds with New Song “Return of the Kid”: Stream Langdon Hickman

Olivia Rodrigo Releases Politically Charged New Song “Serena Joy” on Limited-Edition CD

Named after the Handmaid's Tale character, the track arrives ahead of Rodrigo's inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine. Olivia Rodrigo Releases Politically Charged New Song “Serena Joy” on Limited-Edition CD Alex Krinsky

Foo Fighters Play Rarities with Gustavo Dudamel and LA Philharmonic at One-Off Hollywood Bowl Show

The blowout concert celebrated departing composer Gustavo Dudamel. Foo Fighters Play Rarities with Gustavo Dudamel and LA Philharmonic at One-Off Hollywood Bowl Show Alex Young

Big Thief Play Setlist Made Entirely of Upcoming Triple Album, Horsepower

The 29-song set featured guest spots by Americana luminaries such as Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, and Iris DeMent. Big Thief Play Setlist Made Entirely of Upcoming Triple Album, Horsepower Travis Bland

Dolly Parton Avatar Performances in Development

The country music icon said her avatar performances are in the early stages of development. Dolly Parton Avatar Performances in Development Travis Bland

KATSEYE Achieves First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘WILD’

Plus, Phoebe Bridgers earns her first solo top 10 with Lost Weekend bowing at No. 2.

The Womack Sisters Keep It In the Family

After years of music industry dead ends, the trio emerge from the shadow of their famous family. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Henry Rollins and The Lost Cramps Album

Recorded with Alex Chilton in ’77, the punks' first project was assumed MIA. Then Black Flag's frontman tracked it down. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

How Colectivo Casa Amarela Grew Beyond Its Island Origins

The label is building a new experimental music ecosystem in Portugal and beyond. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Gasba Forever: The Next Phase of Algeria’s Millenia-Old Folk Tradition

A new compilation explores the idiosyncratic state of contemporary Western Algerian reed flute music. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Diane Warren Chases 18th Oscar Nomination, Adopts 2nd Viral Runaway LA Farm Animal

One of Hollywood's proudest traditions is nominating big-deal songwriter Diane Warren for the Best Original Song Oscar and then not giving her the award. Last year, Warren broke an Academy record, racking up 17 nominations and zero wins, which means our ranked list of Oscar-nomin

Bassvictim’s Ike Clateman Apologizes For daine Shade, “Never Meant To Diss” Them

For days now, the music world has held its collective breath over the brewing beef between young hyperpop acts Bassvictim and daine. The young hyperpop artist daine will release their debut album In Endless Awe & Agony later this year, and London duo Bassvictim dropped a remix of

Napsack Announce New Album More Mountains: Hear “If I Could Write”

Knapsack were '90s emo pioneers who reunited last year . This post is not about them. It's about Napsack, the countrified indie rockers from Cleveland. The post Napsack Announce New Album More Mountains : Hear “If I Could Write” appeared first on Stereogum .

Turnstile Reimagine Never Enough With A Fascinating Crew Of Contributors

Creativity is infinite. Music is infinite. Hardcore is infinite. Turnstile is infinite . The ground-breaking, expansive Baltimore band announced an all-star take on their 2025 Grammy Award-winning album NEVER ENOUGH . It's not a remix album. It's not a covers album. Maybe it's a

Sheryl Crow Debuts Cars: Lightning Racers Theme 20 Years After Her First Cars Song

It has been two decades since Sheryl Crow first serenated Lightning McQueen, Mater, and the other sentient automobiles in the town of Radiator Springs. In the opening scene of the 2006 Pixar motion picture Cars , Owen Wilson's young hotshot racer Lightning McQueen pulled some rec

Contention Share Awesome New Surprise EP Nuclear Summer

Last weekend was Sound And Fury weekend, the moment for the gigantic Los Angeles festival that remains the biggest annual item on the hardcore calendar. We're deep in the afterglow. Haywire and God's Hate have both dropped new music since playing Sound And Fury, and now that list

Flower Face – “Bad Dream”

Montreal musician Ruby McKinnon makes gauzy, dreamy music under the name Flower Face, and she became a Stereogum Artist To Watch on the strength of her 2024 album Girl Prometheus . Now, she's back with a hazy, glamorous, awfully pretty new song called "Bad Dream." If Mazzy Star r

Big Thief Debut Surprise New Triple Album Horsepower With Special Guests At The Ryman

Adrianne Lenker wasted no time telling 2,400 Big Thief fans that this was not, in fact, the show they expected to see. “We have a special night for you,” she said as Big Thief took seats around a large wooden table onstage, then quipped: “If you had hopes of hearing songs you kno

Rhys Langston Announces New Album to live and die in E.U.L.A.: Hear Two Songs

The prolific Los Angeles underground rap staple Rhys Langston was a Stereogum Artist To Watch in 2022, and he has made a whole lot of playful, verbose, layered music since then. Langston released the album Pale Black Negative last year, and he teamed up with R.A.P. Ferreira and n

Bonnaroo Taking “A Much-Needed Year Off” In 2027

Huge news out of Tennessee: There will be no Bonnaroo in 2027. The longstanding music festival announced today that it will be taking "a much-needed year off," with plans to return in 2028. The post Bonnaroo Taking “A Much-Needed Year Off” In 2027 appeared first on Stereogum .

The 5 Best Songs Of The Week

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded p

Ethan Miller Expanded The Odyssey Cult Into A Psych Supergroup For New Album Vol. 3

Everyone's talking about The Odyssey these days, but more people should be talking about the Odyssey Cult. The band is headed up by Ethan Miller (Comets On Fire, Howlin Rain, Heron Oblivion, etc.), who has assembled some serious firepower from the underground rock ranks to bring

Zara Larsson & PinkPantheress Finally Perform Together For The First Time At All Points East

Earlier this year, PinkPantheress brought out memorable guests at her Coachella set, including Zara Larsson, who took the stage solo to perform her own song "Midnight Sun." Shortly after, she released a remixed version of the track with PinkPantheress. Today, at the stacked All P

BigXthaPlug Arrested On One-Year Anniversary Of Last Arrest, Misses Festival Set

On Aug. 21, 2025, BigXthaPlug was arrested for marijuana possession of less than two ounces, and unlawful possession of a firearm just hours before his album came out. On Aug. 21, 2026, BigXthaPlug was arrested again, this time for driving while intoxicated, marijuana possession

Forget the Perfect Running BPM—I Found the Ultimate Race-Day Playlist

It’s scientifically proven that music has a powerful effect on the brain, and when better to tap into it than on a race day!

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles composer Kumi Tanioka says that she didn't make the new, very likely AI-generated album on her Spotify page

Well, here's something that's a bit of a bummer. You'll probably best know Kumi Tanioka as the composer behind Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, though her work can also be found across the likes of Final Fantasy 11, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and more recently, Yoshi and

Heavens to Betsy Unvault Lost Demo Tapes for New Album

An unreleased 1992 demo leads the first record in 32 years from Corin Tucker’s pre-Sleater-Kinney band with Tracy Sawyer

Geologist Reveals New Album The Sirens

The LP, made with visual artist Kyle Simon, consists of a single composition manipulated by the “light of the full moon”

Anderson .Paak and Cordae Reveal Joint Album

Heavy Is the Crown brings together the frequent collaborators for a whole LP

Horse Jumper of Love Plot Tour and Debut Album Reissue

The Boston slowcore trio’s 10th anniversary version includes unreleased songs, a hand-drawn tab book, and “one secret”

Sen Morimoto Readies New Album Time Is on Your Side

Join the versatile singer-songwriter in a woodsy video for single “Overthinker”

Bibio and Dorian Concept Team Up for Collaborative Album

The second single from Answers is out now

Remi Wolf Announces New Album Mud

“I literally felt like I was covered in shit. And now, at the end of the album process, I feel so clean and clear.”

Rio Da Yung OG Announces New Album The World Is Yours

He also dropped the aptly named “Finna Drop (Tour)”

Octo Octa and Eris Drew Ready Collaborative Album as Alchemical Sisters

The creative and life partners call the project “psychedelic chaos, acid rollers, and big beat, channeled through hardware instruments and animated by love”

Listen to an Unreleased Song Off Mac Miler's The Divine Feminine

It’s one of three unheard tracks off the upcoming 10th anniversary edition

Big Thief Debut New Triple Album, Horsepower, Live in Nashville

The 29-song album was performed in full at the Ryman Auditorium alongside special guests Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, Iris DeMent, and more

It's been 25 years and I'm still not over one of the greatest songs to grace JRPGs

Critical Hit (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Critical Hit , where I (or someone else on the PC Gamer team) celebrate and lament all things videogame music, audio design, and the ways our favourite games make our ears tingle. Last month, Final Fantasy 10 turned 25 years old—a fa

In ‘Fires in the Dark,’ Kay Redfield Jamison Turns to Healers

In “Fires in the Dark,” Jamison, known for her expertise on manic depression, delves into the quest to heal. Her new book, she says, is a “love song to psychotherapy.”

James Ellis Ford made his new album from a hospital room

James Ellis Ford's new album Lost In Another World tells a story of survival and imagination. He made it from his hospital room during cancer treatment.

Telehealth takes aim at big tech on 'Green World Image'

The Seattle band's latest album is a cheeky critique of late-stage capitalism.

Why Aitana's 'Superestrella' is the surprise Latin hit song of the summer

There's a reason why the escapist hit from singer Aitana has swept most of the Spanish-language world.

'Weird Al' Yankovic: Tiny Desk Concert

"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Tiny Desk with a couple parodies, a Weezer pastiche and the Emmy-losing closing-credits blues-rock jam to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

An art-rock illusionist rewrites pop in her own image

Taja Cheek's psychedelic project L'Rain has always been tagged as experimental. On fata morgana , she asks what separates music like hers from the mainstream.

Brennan Wedl explores heartache and unrequited love in self-titled album

Americana singer-songwriter Brennan Wedl talks about her new self titled album, out August 21st.

Watch Foo Fighters play rarities with LA Philharmonic Orchestra at Hollywood Bowl

The one-off set was part of a celebration for the orchestra's outgoing music director Gustavo Dudamel The post Watch Foo Fighters play rarities with LA Philharmonic Orchestra at Hollywood Bowl appeared first on NME .

Dolly Parton says she’s exploring “avatar performances”

The country icon revealed she is looking into new ways to give fans music experiences after facing a series of health issues The post Dolly Parton says she’s exploring “avatar performances” appeared first on NME .

Mother tongue

“Daddy?” Theo curled against my side in bed. “Where do words go when they die?” I’d orchestrated the bedtime routine flawlessly: bath (taken), teeth (brushed), potty (tinkled), books (two), song (one, poorly sung), and snuggle (his chin on my second rib). Now was the moment when

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Anjet Daanje’s The Song of Stork and Dromedary, Joby Warrick’s The Jackal, and Dorthe Nors’ Range all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. * Fiction 1. The Song of Stork and

Olivia Rodrigo Drops ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-Inspired ‘Serena Joy’ as CD Single at Indie Record Store

A limited number of copies were available at Analog Music Shop, near the site of her upcoming Daisy Chain Fields festival in SoCal.

Nicole Atkins – “Trippin’ On Teardrops”

Nicole Atkins releases her new record Drama next month. The old-school pop revivalist has shared the singles " When The Night Falls " and " Singing In The Mirror " so far, and now she's back with the extravagant, lonesome album opener, "Trippin' On Teardrops." The post Nicole Atk

BigXthaPlug arrested on drug and gun charges in Texas

The arrest caused the country rapper to miss a scheduled performance at a music festival The post BigXthaPlug arrested on drug and gun charges in Texas appeared first on NME .

Fontaines D.C. Announce Fall Headlining Shows in Brooklyn and Los Angeles

Fresh off the announcement of their new album Dopamine Chamber, the Irish band will perform two special headlining shows in the US in September. Fontaines D.C. Announce Fall Headlining Shows in Brooklyn and Los Angeles Paolo Ragusa

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles composer speaks out about AI-generated Spotify album falsely using her name

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles composer Kumi Tanioka has spoken out about an album attributed to her on Spotify. The problem? She had nothing to do with it. Read more

Travis Barker Opens Up on Plane Crash and Mom’s Passing in Interview with Anderson Cooper

The blink-182 drummer credits his late mother for pushing him to pursue a career in music. Travis Barker Opens Up on Plane Crash and Mom’s Passing in Interview with Anderson Cooper Spencer Kaufman

Watch Moby perform ‘Father Ted’ favourite ‘My Lovely Horse’ live in Dublin

"If you need a new national anthem, may I suggest this song?" The post Watch Moby perform ‘Father Ted’ favourite ‘My Lovely Horse’ live in Dublin appeared first on NME .

Fontaines D.C. announce intimate New York and Los Angeles shows ahead of ‘Dopamine Chamber’

The dates will come just weeks before the release of the band's fifth album in October The post Fontaines D.C. announce intimate New York and Los Angeles shows ahead of ‘Dopamine Chamber’ appeared first on NME .

Olivia Rodrigo surprise releases ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’-inspired new song ‘Serena Joy’ on limited edition CD

Just 500 copies were sold at an independent record shop near her upcoming Daisy Chain Fields festival The post Olivia Rodrigo surprise releases ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’-inspired new song ‘Serena Joy’ on limited edition CD appeared first on NME .

Dry Cleaning bring out Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy for ‘My Soul/Half Pint’ at Green Man 2026

Tweedy also played on the studio version of the track from the London band's third album 'Secret Love' The post Dry Cleaning bring out Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy for ‘My Soul/Half Pint’ at Green Man 2026 appeared first on NME .