A blast of distorted blues riffs, shouted vocals, and stripped-down swagger defines the sound of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, a group that emerged in the early 1990s with a deliberate disregard for ...

Christian metal band Demon Hunter has filed a federal lawsuit against Netflix, Netflix Studios, and live‑event promoter AEG Presents, alleging that the streaming giant’s 2025 animated film KPop Demon ...

Nothing, the London‑based consumer‑technology company known for its transparent hardware and luminous Glyph Interface, is stepping into the nightlife arena with a fresh event series called Club ...

M. Shadows, the lead vocalist of Huntington Beach metal band Avenged Sevenfold, has issued a stark warning to the industry: record labels are no longer worth the effort. In a bold move earlier this ...

On August 13, five artists slipped new singles into the streaming landscape, each a teaser for a September album that will span pop, country‑western, electronic, indie‑rock, and bedroom‑pop. Melaina ...

In September 2026, the Essex‑based punk duo The Meffs dropped their second studio album, Business, a 35‑minute barrage that turns the music industry into its own target. Guitarist‑vocalist Lily ...

Australian electronic prodigy Ninajirachi and American DJ Porter Robinson have dropped their first official collaboration, the 3‑minute electro‑house single "WannaCry," on 28 July 2026. The track is ...

T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) has confirmed that he kept his children out of the music business to protect them from the "treachery" he has seen in the industry, and he has also announced that his ...

AI’s quiet revolution has moved from a theoretical debate to a concrete reshaping of the music industry’s infrastructure. In 2026, a wave of partnerships, platform data, chart‑topping releases, and ...

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On a quiet Monday in Manhattan, the city’s music giants converged on Central Synagogue at 5th Avenue to pay tribute to the late record executive Clive Davis. The private service, held on June 29 2026, ...

On August 28, 2026, the Prince Estate unveiled Timeless, a retrospective collection that, to the surprise of many, includes freshly overdubbed horn lines absent from the 2003 original of “Calabama.” ...