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Building on the success of the acclaimed PuroQuiet, Puro Sound Labs' PuroQuiet Plus model enhances the listening experience with innovative features and design upgrades. This article delves into the PuroQuiet Plus, identifying "safe listening" as our focus keyword and exploring why these headphones ...Continue reading  » Read More

Liverpool quartet Courting are following up their 2022 debut album Guitar Music with another debut album. This backwards logic is par for the course for a Charli XCX-covering, hyperpop-loving group trying to prove they’re anything but a boring British post-punk band. Their first rejection of such project pigeon-holing was naming their first debut album Guitar Music,  » Read More

The late Glen Campbell lived a fascinating life and died an inspiring death. Campbell started out as an ace session guitarist — part of the mythic Wrecking Crew who played on countless pop classics in the early ’60s. When Brian Wilson decided that he couldn’t tour with the Beach Boys anymore, Campbell stepped in as a repalcement.  » Read More

The retro rap and R&B festival Lovers & Friends announced its 2024 lineup this week, with a poster topped by names like Janet Jackson, Usher, Backstreet Boys, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, Alicia Keys, and Nelly Furtado. One name that was included erroneously, it seems, is Mary J. Blige.  » Read More

In 2021, Elbow shared their ninth album, Flying Dream 1. Today, the British band is announcing its follow-up, Audio Vertigo, and sharing the lead single “Lovers’ Leap.”  » Read More

The British band Final Form plays metallic hardcore with single-minded focus. They’re fast, heavy, and efficient, and there’s also at least one serious shredder in the band. Final Form tracks tend to have breakdowns and crazy thrash solos, so you don’t even have to pick what you want from the band.  » Read More

For years, black metal cult heroes Watain have been notorious for hurling pig blood and animal parts into the crowd while performing. Apparently, that’s the kind of thing you can get away with when you’re a bunch of Swedish Satanists with a huge underground fanbase. When you’re just some unknown Americans, you might learn that people are a little less into that particular stunt.  » Read More

Tomorrow, Craig Wedren — the former Shudder To Think frontman who for the past couple decades has been a composer for film and TV — is putting out a new solo album, The Dream Dreaming. He announced it back in October with “Fingers On My Face,”  » Read More

Bon Jovi’s self-titled debut album was released 40 years ago this week, and the band will be the subject of a four-part docuseries that will premiere on Hulu in April. Next week, Bon Jovi will be honored as the 2024 MusiCares Person Of The Year, and it’s rumored that there will be a reunion with founding guitarist Richie Sambora,  » Read More