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Pitchfork Selects: This Week’s Playlist

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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Pitchfork Selects Playlist: Los Thuthanaka, Ravyn Lenae, and More

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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Pitchfork Selects Playlist Features Ravyn Lenae and More

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Features Los Thuthanaka & Ravyn Lenae

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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Unison's Digital-First Publishing Rights Platform

In this Member Feature, we speak with David Serras Pereira, Licensing and International Manager at Unison about how they've built an independent, multi-territorial publishing rights management platfor

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Unison: An Independent Publishing Rights Management Platform

In this Member Feature, we speak with David Serras Pereira, Licensing and International Manager at Unison about how they've built an independent, multi-territorial publishing rights management platfor

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Examining Kanye West's Album Performance and Mainstream Appeal

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the problematic rapper's most recent album and efforts to re-gain acceptance to pop music and culture's center.

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What Do Ye’s First-Week ‘Bully’ Numbers Say About His Current Status in the Mainstream?

This week's Five Burning Questions looks at the problematic rapper's most recent album and efforts to re-gain acceptance to pop music and culture's center.

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Thaiboy Digital Announces "Underworld Tour"

The Drain Gang rapper will embark on a run of North American and European dates shortly after the release of his new album Paradise

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Thaiboy Digital Plots the Underworld Tour

The Drain Gang rapper will embark on a run of North American and European dates shortly after the release of his new album Paradise

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Influencer collabs account for 50% of an Indian soundtrack’s promotional budget, says report

In the streaming age, the probability of a song becoming a chart hit is often directly proportional to the size of its promotional budget. According to a recent report in […] The post is from Music Ally.

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Bill Ackman wants to buy Universal Music and put “psychopath” Epstein associate Michael Ovitz in charge

Controversial hedge fund manager Bill Ackman wants to buy Universal Music. His plan: load UMG with debt, sell its Spotify stake, and put a man named in the Epstein files in as chair. Lucian Grainge could make tens of millions from the deal, but Universal’s superstar artists might have other ideas

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At the Gates Unleash New Song “The Dissonant Void”: Stream

The mournful and melancholic video is the first taste of a visual accompaniment for the upcoming album. At the Gates Unleash New Song “The Dissonant Void”: Stream Langdon Hickman

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Iceage Announce New Album For Love of Grace & the Hereafter, Share “Ember”: Stream

The band’s first album of new material in five years is out on May 29th. Iceage Announce New Album For Love of Grace & the Hereafter, Share “Ember”: Stream Travis Bland

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Selling a $3B Spotify stake, Michael Ovitz as Chairman of the Board, and a $100B+ company: Welcome to Bill Ackman’s plan for Universal Music Group.

MBW founder Tim Ingham on telling details within Pershing Square's proposal for a new Universal Music Group Source

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Goose Announce New Album BIG MODERN!, Share Irresistible Single “Good2B”: Stream

Coming June 12th via No Coincidence Records. Goose Announce New Album BIG MODERN!, Share Irresistible Single “Good2B”: Stream Wren Graves

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TikTok’s SoundOn is using ACRCloud to crack down on music fraud

An announcement last week by TikTok’s distribution arm SoundOn sounds dry, but it’s part of the bigger debate about distributors’ role in the spread of fake or infringing music on streaming services. SoundOn is now using ACRCloud’s ‘Derivative Works Detection’ tool to identify any copyrighted tracks

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Enhypen star in ‘scary stories’ podcast from Hybe and Spotify

Who knew the members of K-Pop band Enhypen were vampires? At least that explains the lack of mirrors in their stage sets, their refusal to play daytime slots at festivals, and the strict ‘no garlic’ clause in their tour rider. Oh wait, they’re only pretending to be vampires for a new video podcast c

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YouTube’s Coachella 2026 coverage includes a 24/7 TV station

The Coachella festival begins on Friday (10 April) and as ever, YouTube is the event’s livestreaming-video partner – with a new traditional-TV-style twist to its 2026 coverage. YouTube will be livestreaming seven stages from the festival simultaneously, including a vertical feed of its Quasar stage,

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US music-market trends in 2025: ‘America streams American…’

Music-industry economist Will Page’s world tour continues: he appeared at the recent Vanderbilt Music Law Summit in Nashville with a presentation on ‘The Global (and American) Value of Music Copyright’. Page shared details of his session with Music Ally, including key data points. ‘America streams A