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Major Labels Deny Collusion in Mechanical Royalty Negotiations

The US Copyright Royalty Board is reviewing what mechanical royalties songwriters and publishers should receive from 2028. It’s labels who pay mechanical royalties on physical records, and the major l

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Clinic Announces New Album and Single

Liverpool duo Clinic have been making genuinely strange art-punk since the late 90s - surgical masks, acidic vocals, jumble sale organs, a Grammy nomination. Tenth album ‘Wild In The Streets’ is out 3

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Diddy’s Release Date: When Is It? And Why Does It Keep Changing?

The disgraced mogul is serving a 50-month sentence in federal prison, but it's not that simple. Here's why.

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Labels Deny Collusion in Physical Royalties Negotiations

The US Copyright Royalty Board is reviewing what mechanical royalties songwriters and publishers should receive from 2028. It’s labels who pay mechanical royalties on physical records, and the major l

Feature Complete Music Update

Clinic Announces Tenth Album 'Wild In The Streets'

Liverpool duo Clinic have been making genuinely strange art-punk since the late 90s - surgical masks, acidic vocals, jumble sale organs, a Grammy nomination. Tenth album ‘Wild In The Streets’ is out 3

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AFEM Industry Insider: After the Algorithm

Long‑form content is becoming a more sustainable way to build audiences in a post‑social era. This episode shares what’s working now: formats that retain attention, platforms that reward depth, and th

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Trivium Announces New Album 'Crown in the Grave'

The metal act's 11th studio album will be out on November 20th. Trivium Announce New Album Crown in the Grave, Unleash Title Track: Stream Langdon Hickman

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Five-time Grammy winner Drake did not submit any of his three 2026 albums for consideration – joining BTS and Stray Kids in sitting out the 2027 awards (report)

Sources told Billboard that the rapper did not submit any songs from Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour to the Recording Academy. Source

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Trivium Announce New Album Crown in the Grave, Unleash Title Track: Stream

The metal act's 11th studio album will be out on November 20th. Trivium Announce New Album Crown in the Grave, Unleash Title Track: Stream Langdon Hickman

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Leon Bridges Announces 2027 "Happiness Anytime Tour"

Bridges' 29-date tour of the US and Canada arrives in support of his new album, Happiness Anytime. Leon Bridges Announces 2027 “Happiness Anytime Tour” Paolo Ragusa

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Steve Martin, Alison Brown, Dan Tyminski & Del McCoury Give This Lil Nas X Hit a Bluegrass Spin

Martin and Brown worked together on the 2025 album Safe, Sensible and Sane.

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Watch Audrey Hobert Talk to a Redwood Tree in New “Phoebe” Video

The Friends-inspired Who’s the Clown? track gets its own visual

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Loretta Lynn’s Van Lear Rose Is Returning to Streaming

Third Man will reissue Lynn’s 2004 comeback album, which was mysteriously pulled from DSPs in 2021

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Loretta Lynn’s Van Lear Rose Is Returning to Streaming

Third Man will reissue Lynn’s 2004 comeback album, which was mysteriously pulled from DSPs in 2021

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Steve Martin, Alison Brown, Dan Tyminski & Del McCoury Give This Lil Nas X Hit a Bluegrass Spin

Martin and Brown worked together on the 2025 album Safe, Sensible and Sane.

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Watch Audrey Hobert Talk to a Redwood Tree in New “Phoebe” Video

The Friends-inspired Who’s the Clown? track gets its own visual

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Leon Bridges Announces 2027 “Happiness Anytime Tour”

Bridges' 29-date tour of the US and Canada arrives in support of his new album, Happiness Anytime. Leon Bridges Announces 2027 “Happiness Anytime Tour” Paolo Ragusa

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LARSa On Why The Song Matters More Than The Part

Any producer can make an eight-bar loop feel like it’s about to become a record. That’s the easy trap. The harder part is finding out whether that idea can survive three, four, five, or six minutes without needing ten extra parts stacked on top of it just to keep the thing moving. LARSa’s (@thisisla

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Miley Cyrus’ new album ‘Bass Persuades’ makes US chart history as biggest drop from Number One debut

The record has fallen 156 places on the Billboard 200 just one week after topping the chart

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Thom Yorke says Radiohead reunion tour caused “massive” crash in self-confidence: “It took me months”

The frontman said he only began to feel himself again after returning to work on his forthcoming solo album