Category: New Album

Headline: Scooter Braun sells Taylor Swift’s Big Machine Masters for big payday Main Links: Taylor Swift responds to Scooter Braun selling her masters, confirms she’s re-recording her first albums 500 Greatest Albums Podcast: Taylor Swift on how ‘Red’ changed everything for her Lil Wayne facing federal weapons charge Sir Mix-A-Lot shifts his focus to ‘Keep […]

Headline: Metallica surprise acoustic livestream watchers with electric set Main Links: Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell had his voicebox removed during gruelling spinal surgery Benny the Butcher shot in leg in Houston (update: he was discharged from hospital) A quiet revolution: Michael Kiwanuka The Cribs tell us about the influences behind new LP ‘Night Network’ Miley […]

Headline: Octavian dropped by label after abuse allegations Main Links: Gucci Mane replaces T.I. against Jeezy in next VERZUZ Battle System Of A Down’s Daron Malakian says in-fighting is preventing a new album K-pop fans troll Donald Trump’s ‘Million MAGA March’ with photos of pancakes Teenage Fanclub announce new album ‘Endless Arcade’ with single ‘Home’ […]

Headline: With ‘McCartney III,’ Paul McCartney offers lessons from a legendary life Main Links: 10 things we want to see at the Weeknd’s Super Bowl performance Jimmy Page says coronavirus pandemic made him think about a return to performing live German court rules that techno is music, meaning clubs receive tax break The most influential […]

Headline: Kendrick Lamar’s engineer says “six albums” could be made from the rapper’s unreleased material Main Links: Deftones’ Stephen Carpenter is a flat-earther, anti-vaxxer, and COVID truther Chris Stapleton may have the album of the year with ‘Starting Over’ Nashville’s powerhouse indie publishers on ‘Hustling’ in a tough year From TikTok to handmade merch, independent […]

Headline: The Weeknd set for 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Main Links: DJ Spinbad Dead at 46 Metallica’s Lars Ulrich says it could be a year “at the earliest” before arena shows return The Flaming Lips playing “world’s first space bubble concert” in December New Order’s Bernard Sumner recovering from COVID: “It seems […]

Headline: Ticketmaster will require fans to verify COVID-19 vaccination or negative test prior to attending events Main Links: Adrianne Lenker on carving out space to recover Busta Rhymes names Jay-Z and Eminem as potential ‘Verzuz’ opponents Tencent Music Entertainment grew subscribers 10% to 4.6M in third quarter Eminem celebrates ‘Without Me’ video reaching a billion […]

Headline: 2020 has been an all-timer for music documentaries Main Links: Phoebe Bridgers to release new EP ‘Copycat Killer’ Phoebe Bridgers, Rina Sawayama, Porridge Radio, more releasing Rough Trade exclusive vinyl records Rough Trade’s top 100 albums of 2020 Spotify to buy podcast hosting company Megaphone for $235 million Rolling with it, Keith Richards is […]

Headline: Midnight Oil bassist Bones Hillman dead at 62 Main Links: The most influential artists: #28 Lady Gaga Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon praises Wisconsin voters for embodying “the power of conversation” The Notorious B.I.G. posthumously inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame J Balvin, Camilo, Anitta & more set to perform at the 2020 […]

Headline: Everyone From Lizzo to Mick Jagger Is Celebrating Joe Biden’s Presidential Victory Main Links: Iggy Pop inducts Nine Inch Nails into Rock Hall Depeche Mode at Rock Hall 2020: Watch the acceptance speech Ringo Starr inducts T. Rex into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Watch Whitney Houston’s Rock Hall 2020 induction with Alicia […]