Album & Track Reviews
Frank Turner Announces 2027 Farewell North American Tour
Turner will retire indefinitely from touring and recording at the end of 2027. Frank Turner Announces 2027 Farewell North American Tour Paolo Ragusa
Massive XL is here: Native Instruments supersizes its flagship soft synth with AI-powered preset generation, custom wavetables and much more
20 years after Massive, NI unveils an extra-large update that turns samples into patches – and there's a free version
Ryan Gosling's Band Dead Man's Bones Shares First New Song in 17 Years
The horror-inspired alt-rock duo of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields are "Lost in the Night" on their new single. Ryan Gosling’s Band Dead Man’s Bones Release First New Song in 17 Years: Stream Paolo Rag
Bono Says U2's iTunes Album Giveaway
More than a decade later, Bono agrees the infamous Songs of Innocence giveaway crossed a line -- even after people around him questioned the plan. Bono Admits U2’s Notorious iTunes Album Giveaway “Wen
How KATSEYE’s Sophia Laforteza Made ‘Forgotten Island’ INXS Cover Her Own: ‘She Really Has the Story in Her DNA’
Go inside Sophia's version of "Never Tear Us Apart" in this bonus feature from the DreamWorks Animation film's digital debut.
🎧 Approved: chlothegod
North Carolina-born singer-songwriter chlothegod can’t stay in one genre for long: soul, alt-R&B, guitar pop and punk all turn up. New single ‘B Polite!’ starts quiet and wonky, then builds until she’s declaring “I don’t wanna be polite”. It would be rude not to listen
Bono Admits U2’s Notorious iTunes Album Giveaway “Went Too Far”
More than a decade later, Bono agrees the infamous Songs of Innocence giveaway crossed a line -- even after people around him questioned the plan. Bono Admits U2’s Notorious iTunes Album Giveaway “Went Too Far” Alex Krinsky
Ryan Gosling’s Band Dead Man’s Bones Release First New Song in 17 Years: Stream
The horror-inspired alt-rock duo of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields are "Lost in the Night" on their new single. Ryan Gosling’s Band Dead Man’s Bones Release First New Song in 17 Years: Stream Paolo Ragusa
Massive XL is here: Native Instruments supersizes its flagship soft synth with AI-powered preset generation, custom wavetables and much more
20 years after Massive, NI unveils an extra-large update that turns samples into patches – and there's a free version
The Strokes' producer on the band's early days
Is This It producer Gordon Raphael shares how he helped The Strokes revolutionise guitar music at the turn of the 21st century
Kings Of Leon announce London show
The show takes place shortly after the Tennessee rockers release their 10th album ‘O My Beloved’
Flaming Lips Announce New Album on Third Man Records
The first single from the album due out on Jan. 22 is the Pink Floyd-indebted slow-burn "God Will Control the Werewolves."
Kings Of Leon announce UK and European exclusive one-off London show
The show takes place shortly after the Tennessee rockers release their 10th album ‘O My Beloved’
Watch The Weeknd debut new track ‘Hong Kong’ in Hong Kong
The performance featured on-stage visuals celebrating Hong Kong’s culture and paying tribute to sampled artist, Faye Wong
Overtune debuts ‘Hit-Boy Season’ in its Roblox game Beat Battle
In November 2025, Icelandic music startup Overtune told us that it was building a “virtual music studio” for Roblox. That work evolved into a game called Beat Battle, which has just launched a new artist partnership. The post is from Music Ally.
Flaming Lips Jump to Third Man Records For First New LP in Six Years, ‘The Teardrop Throbs’
The first single from the album due out on Jan. 22 is the Pink Floyd-indebted slow-burn "God Will Control the Werewolves."
‘Journey’ composer Austin Wintory shares 20-minutes of music from scrapped ‘Mass Effect 5’ soundtrack
“My all-time dream project”
Frank Ocean's 2016 Album Impact
Back in 2016 Frank Ocean confounded expectations and changed hip-hop’s landscape with his groundbreaking second album
The Strokes Producer on Early Days
Is This It producer Gordon Raphael shares how he helped The Strokes revolutionise guitar music at the turn of the 21st century
Glasvegas Announce First Album in Six Years, 'Airy Fairy'
Frontman James Allan tells us about overcoming frustration to find peace and weaving "my childhood, my life now and the hopes for my future" into new music