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Shygirl Shares New Single 'Mantra'
She’s also shared “Mantra,” another taste of her forthcoming album Swallow!
Blondie Announce New Album 'High Noon'
Johnny Marr, Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock, and Beirut’s Zach Condon feature on High Noon, led by “Spectral Eyes”
Blondie Announce First Album in Nine Years
Johnny Marr, Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock, and Beirut’s Zach Condon feature on High Noon, led by “Spectral Eyes”
Justice are behind the ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ soundtrack
‘Flower In A Hurricane’, their collab with Tame Impala, SZA, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, can be heard on the new launch trailer
Radie Peat Announces Debut Solo Album
Radie Peat of Lankum releases her debut solo album in November, fifteen years in the making. Opening single ‘Hares On The Mountain’ is a beautifully wry and subversive folk song. If The Stranglers had
Kid Rock Shares Why Eminem Switched Songs on His Faith-Based Album – And Whether They Talk Politics Together
Halfway 2 Jesus showcases Eminem, Lil Wayne and a different side of Rock.
We enter the studio of soundtrack overlord Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates on scoring John Wick 4, building sound around a single vocal gesture, and working with The Exorcist director William Friedkin
BLACKPINK’s JENNIE ‘Steps’ Out For New Netflix Release
The K-pop superstar shares a snippet of her new song “Someone to Hold,” the first track showcased from the forthcoming Netflix animated musical film, Steps.
Snayx announce debut album ‘Greed’ and take on “manosphere misogynists” with scathing single ‘Gold Star’
“We figured it was better to experiment and see what we could get away with than try and play it safe”
Suno-made track ‘The Adult I Dreamed Of’ is a hit in South Korea
Last month we wrote about a debate breaking out in South Korea after an AI-generated song called ‘Forest of the Heart’ appeared in the lower reaches of streaming service Melon’s Top 100 chart. The post is from Music Ally.
YouTube Music to label AI-generated tracks using its own system
YouTube Music is the latest of the big streaming services to reveal how it plans to label AI-generated music. Its labels went live yesterday (14 October) for songs “created primarily using generative AI”. The post is from Music Ally.
Spotify reveals holiday singles and latest FC Barca shirt takeover
Can we get Halloween out of the way before hitting the Christmas-singles season? Nope. Having recently released data showing that holiday-listening is already starting to move, Spotify has now revealed its first 2026 holiday tracks. The post is from Music Ally.
🎧 Approved: Radie Peat
Radie Peat of Lankum releases her debut solo album in November, fifteen years in the making. Opening single ‘Hares On The Mountain’ is a beautifully wry and subversive folk song. If The Stranglers had been a folk outfit, this is how they might have done it
Blondie to Release First Album in Nine Years, ‘High Noon’
The 13-track LP features Clem Burke’s final recording with the band. Blondie Announce High Noon, First New Album in Nine Years Alex Krinsky
Blondie Announce High Noon, First New Album in Nine Years
The 13-track LP features Clem Burke’s final recording with the band. Blondie Announce High Noon, First New Album in Nine Years Alex Krinsky
One of the best-reviewed games of 2026 is boycotting Xbox in support of Palestine
“We’ve made this decision with the belief that meaningful change can be made in the world” said ‘Big Walk’ creators
Inside Starlight Festival’s Historic Debut at the Great Pyramids of Giza
Charlotte de Witte, Michael Bibi, Adriatique and more performed at the sold-out festival, which welcomed fans from 114 countries and marked a new chapter for Egypt’s electronic music scene.
Ex:Re announces new album 'Save As'
Elena Tonra’s solo project Ex:Re returns with ‘Sleep’ - demoed alone in a Paris hotel room, acoustic guitar run through a vocoder, late-night and muffled. Second album ‘Save As’ is out 30 Oct. The in-
Grian Chatten planning another solo album
He also said that after the release of ‘Dopamine Chamber’ he thinks “the best place we can go from here is away for a while”