Tom Breihan

We love weeks like this. We complain about weeks like this, but we love them. The music business is a tireless beast, and it only really slows down for a few moments per year — times like SXSW week, or the last couple of weeks of the year. Thanksgiving is one of those moments.  » Read More

The Barcelona flagship of the massive, beloved Primavera Sound Festival has a vaunted reputation as the best-curated large festival on the planet. It can’t be easy to live up to that rep, but every year, Primavera unveils another poster that makes our collective eyes bug out. Today, it’s happening again.  » Read More

Presumably, you already know all about Sphere, the freaky-looking and hyperreal $2.3 billion live-entertainment venue that recently opened in Las Vegas. (Everyone calls it the Sphere, but no, it’s apparently just Sphere. Like Facebook, or Eagles.) Sphere is still a very new phenomenon. The venue was lit up for the first time in July,  » Read More

UK hardcore stompers Last Wishes have been around since 2018, and they released their album Organized Hate last year. Now, as they’re getting ready to play some European shows with Terror, Last Wishes have unleashed the guttural, head-wrecking new single “Up In Smoke.”  » Read More

Earlier this year, Will Oldham released Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You, his first proper Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy solo album since 2019. Oldham recorded that LP in a Louisville home studio, working exclusively with local musicians. Now, Oldham has released a new song called “Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You,”  » Read More

Last year, Spanish authorities charged Shakira with defrauding the government claiming that she owed 14.5 million euros in unpaid takes from 2012 to 2014. The government claimed that she spent half of her time living in Barcelona during those years but that she hadn’t paid any takes, and prosecutors sought an eight-year prison sentence and a fine of 24 million euros.  » Read More

Last year, the world learned that the singer Cassie was suing Sean “Diddy” Combs for rape and repeated physical abuse. Cassie claims of abuse stretched over years, and they were deeply upsetting. Diddy quickly settled the lawsuit with Cassie, but those claims will doubtless affect the way that the world views Diddy forever.  » Read More

London-based dance producer the Blessed Madonna has been on a collaborative run lately. This year, she’s released singles with a pair of dance pioneers — Todd Edwards on “Fuck what u heard,” Jamie Principle on “We Still Believe.” She’s also gotten together with the Gabriels singer and former American Idol standout Jacob Lusk to release the single “  » Read More

Surely, you didn’t think André 3000 was the only person releasing ultra-chill impressionistic instrumental music today. Harp virtuoso Mary Lattimore released her album Goodbye, Hotel Arkada last month, and now she’s come out with a cover of a track from the late Japanese ambient music pioneer Hiroshi Yoshimura.  » Read More