A blast of distorted blues riffs, shouted vocals, and stripped-down swagger defines the sound of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, a group that emerged in the early 1990s with a deliberate disregard for ...

Golden Gate Park will again roar to life this October as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass expands its 2026 roster, adding Los Lobos, gospel icon Mavis Staples, and a dozen fresh voices to a lineup that ...

M. Shadows, the lead vocalist of Huntington Beach metal band Avenged Sevenfold, has issued a stark warning to the industry: record labels are no longer worth the effort. In a bold move earlier this ...

On August 13, five artists slipped new singles into the streaming landscape, each a teaser for a September album that will span pop, country‑western, electronic, indie‑rock, and bedroom‑pop. Melaina ...

On a crisp September morning, Suno announced the rollout of its new v6 model family, a move that brings the AI‑powered music creation platform a step closer to mainstream acceptance. The launch, which ...

AI’s quiet revolution has moved from a theoretical debate to a concrete reshaping of the music industry’s infrastructure. In 2026, a wave of partnerships, platform data, chart‑topping releases, and ...

In a series of high‑profile legal actions that are reshaping the intersection of artificial intelligence and music, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has sued AI‑music generators ...

Nadine Lustre and Filipino‑American rapper Apl.de.Ap have teamed up for a fresh pop‑rap single, “Donuts,” which dropped on September 4 2026 under Cool Girl Records. The track fuses English and Tagalog ...

R.E.M.’s sophomore studio album Reckoning will be issued on 180‑gram high‑definition vinyl on September 18, 2026, as part of Interscope‑Capitol Records’ Definitive Sound Series. The new edition is ...

Carly Simon, 83, announced on July 27 2026 that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and that she has recently undergone surgery to remove skin cancer. The singer‑songwriter also revealed ...

Olivia Wilde’s third feature film, The Invite, opened at the Eccles Theater during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on January 24. The comedy, written by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones, is an English ...

Suno, the generative‑music platform that turns text prompts into full‑length tracks, has added a new chapter to its story: Suno Vinyl. The service will press up to 46 minutes of a user’s AI‑generated ...