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Full Circle: ‘Starless’ Brings A Perfect Circle Back at No. 1 on Mainstream Rock Airplay Chart

The band previously led with “Weak and Powerless” in 2003.

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Fontaines D.C. Release New Single “Tongue” from Upcoming Album Dopamine Chamber: Stream

The Irish band's fifth studio record is set to release on October 16th. Fontaines D.C. Release New Single “Tongue” from Upcoming Album Dopamine Chamber: Stream Karan Singh

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P.O.D. Release New Single "Outbreak"

The band's first new track since the 2024 album VERITAS. P.O.D. Return with Heavy New Song “Outbreak” Featuring Norma Jean’s Cory Brandan: Stream Spencer Kaufman

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Mogwai and Iggy Pop Collaborate on "Underground"

The track is taken from Mogwai's new career-spanning compilation Happy Tears. Mogwai Share New Iggy Pop Collaboration “Underground”: Stream Karan Singh

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Pitchfork Selects Weekly Playlist Features Lily Konigsberg, Krill, and Jane Remover

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

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IMPF and IMPEL publish AI licensing principles, insisting songs and recordings must be valued equally

As the music industry enters into ever more deals with AI platforms, the indie publisher community has again insisted that - with AI - song rights and recording rights must be valued equally, unlike in streaming. A new AI framework from IMPF and IMPEL says that key principle is “non-negotiable”

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Mogwai Share New Iggy Pop Collaboration “Underground”: Stream

The track is taken from Mogwai's new career-spanning compilation Happy Tears. Mogwai Share New Iggy Pop Collaboration “Underground”: Stream Karan Singh

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P.O.D. Return with Heavy New Song “Outbreak” Featuring Norma Jean’s Cory Brandan: Stream

The band's first new track since the 2024 album VERITAS. P.O.D. Return with Heavy New Song “Outbreak” Featuring Norma Jean’s Cory Brandan: Stream Spencer Kaufman

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Tony Iommi Summons Classic Sabbathian Grandeur on New Song “Stormwatcher”: Stream

The guitar legend's new single showcases a sound that wouldn't have been out of place on late '80s or early '90s Sabbath records. Tony Iommi Summons Classic Sabbathian Grandeur on New Song “Stormwatcher”: Stream Langdon Hickman

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This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist ft. Lily Konigsberg, Krill, and Jane Remover

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

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This free multiband bitcrusher is a surgical tool for lo-fi sound design

Equipped with mid/side routing and tonal/transient processing, RiverFlux Audio's Bit Layer gives you eight highly tweakable layers of digital degradation

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Pitchfork Selects Playlist Features Lily Konigsberg, Krill, and Jane Remover

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

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IFPI sees X as ‘a significant concern for the music industry’

Global recorded-music body the IFPI has made its latest submission to the EU Counterfeit and Piracy Watchlist consultation: a document listing the biggest sources of infringement it sees in 2026. Published by TorrentFreak, the filing ranges across stream-ripping services, cyberlockers and torrent se

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Mrs. Green Apple have 2.1m TikTok followers – and now an in-app hub

Japanese band Mrs. Green Apple’s global prominence continues with an activation on TikTok this week. The group are getting the platform’s signature ‘in-app hub’ campaign for the release of their new album ‘Pops’. The hub will feature the album tracklisting plus sounds and videos from the group, and

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Absolute Label Services opens AI-powered Anthology business management ‘Music OS’ to indie sector: ‘Infrastructure is the next logical thing to democratize’

White label business management platform launches with Cherry Red Records and Blue Raincoat Music as its first named customers. Source

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Free lo-fi sound design tool available

Equipped with mid/side routing and tonal/transient processing, RiverFlux Audio's Bit Layer gives you eight highly tweakable layers of digital degradation

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‘Hades’ orchestral concert ‘Ballads Of The Underworld’ is available to stream for free

The "once-in-a-lifetime" concert took place in London earlier this year

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Pitchfork Selects Playlist Features Lily Konigsberg, Krill, and Jane Remover

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

Feature NME

‘Hades’ orchestral concert ‘Ballads Of The Underworld’ is available to stream for free

The "once-in-a-lifetime" concert took place in London earlier this year

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Prosecutors want man who pocketed $8m using AI songs and bot streams imprisoned for at least 46 months, saying he stole from ‘hard-working’ songwriters

Prosecutors have put Smith's emails in front of Judge Koeltl, and say they show a man who knew from the start that his scheme was fraud. Source