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75 Songs Commemorate Spain's World Cup Win

From Manolo Escobar's classic "Y Viva España" to Aitana's "Superestrella," check out the celebratory playlist below.

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75 Songs to Celebrate Spain’s World Cup Victory: Rosalía, Quevedo, Enrique Iglesias & More

From Manolo Escobar's classic "Y Viva España" to Aitana's "Superestrella," check out the celebratory playlist below.

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Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Announce Shapes of Midnight Album, Unveil Title Track: Stream

The new album Shapes of Midnight, the group's seventh, is out September 18th via Killer Candy Records. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Announce Shapes of Midnight Album, Unveil Title Track: Stream Langdo

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Pitchfork Selects Playlist Features Steve Lacy, Beck, and More

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

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How To Promote Your Music Without Posting Every Day

Learning how to promote your music starts with accepting that one campaign cannot carry an artist’s career. A playlist placement may lead to a brief increase in streams, and a popular social post may introduce the song to new listeners, although neither outcome guarantees lasting attention. M

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Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Announce Shapes of Midnight Album, Unveil Title Track: Stream

The new album Shapes of Midnight, the group's seventh, is out September 18th via Killer Candy Records. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats Announce Shapes of Midnight Album, Unveil Title Track: Stream Langdon Hickman

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Steve Lacy, Beck, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

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

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Soul In The Horn Closes Its Compilation Series With Act 4: Remixes & Bonuses

Soul In The Horn is closing its compilation series with Act 4: Remixes & Bonuses, an 18-track release that pulls together house, Afro-rooted rhythm, hip-hop lineage, live musicianship, and the kind of DJ-minded edits that make a compilation feel built for real rooms. The release arrived digitally on

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Arca announces new album ‘XXXXX’ and livestream

The Venezuelan musician's new album drops July 31 and is said to be "darker, more aggressive, more experimental"

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Arca Announces New Album XXXXX

The follow-up to the Kick series will launch with a livestream this week

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Arca Announces New Album XXXXX

The follow-up to the Kick series will launch with a livestream this week

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Arca announces new album ‘XXXXX’ and ambitious Daniel Sannwald-directed livestream

The Venezuelan musician's new album drops July 31 and is said to be "darker, more aggressive, more experimental"

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Spotify Premium users can now ‘talk to’ the app to choose music and learn about what they’re playing

By typing or speaking, eligible Premium users can talk to Spotify across the app's Home and Now Playing views on mobile. Source

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Lorde on Spotify’s AI Song Descriptions: “We Don’t Want This”

On Instagram, the singer wrote that an ”inaccurate” AI-generated summary of “Current Affairs“ “limits free interpretation"

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World Cup sent ‘Wonderwall’ to top of Spotify’s global chart

If you’d told us a year ago that Oasis’s 1995 song ‘Wonderwall’ would be topping Spotify’s ‘Top 50 – Global’ chart this summer, we’d have assumed the band were playing more concerts – perhaps in Mexico, Brazil and other big-volume streaming markets.

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TikTok tests AI-likeness detection as Patreon blocks AI crawlers

The torrent of AI-generated content is giving digital services some challenges to solve, especially as rightsholders and public figures get hotter on infringement of likeness rights.

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Apple Music ups subscription prices due to ‘rising licensing costs’

It shouldn’t be a surprise that Apple Music is raising the price of its subscriptions: the last time such a hike happened was four years ago in 2022.

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Lorde criticizes AI-generated song descriptions on Spotify

On Instagram, the singer wrote that an ”inaccurate” AI-generated summary of “Current Affairs“ “limits free interpretation"

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Lorde criticizes Spotify's 'About the Song' feature

New feature was announced last year and is currently in beta

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Sienna Spiro: A Notable Surge in Electronic Music Engagement

Sienna Spiro is demonstrating a compelling upward trajectory within the electronic music landscape, evidenced by a recent 1% increase in Spotify followers, pushing her total to over 1.3 million. This growth could indicate a burgeoning influence and expanded listener base.