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Last summer, the Spanish government charged Shakira with tax fraud and sought an eight-year prison sentence for the Colombian pop star, who took up residence in Spain while married to soccer star Gerard Piqué. She publicly denied the charges, but the case remains ongoing. Now the Spaniards have presented Shakira with a second round of tax evasion charges.  » Read More

The onetime Stereogum Artist To Watch Shygirl released her full-length debut Nymph last year, and she followed it up by teaming with Björk for a pair of remixes. Right now, Shygirl is about to head out on a co-headlining tour with Tinashe, and now she’s got a new track with the Colombian-British dance producer Florentino.  » Read More

For years, concert venues around the country have been keeping a percentage of musicians’ revenue from merch sales at shows. Artists have complained about this practice in the past — Jack Antonoff did last fall — but in recent weeks, indie acts like Jeff Rosenstock and Tomberlin have gone viral with their comments on the issue.  » Read More

The Nigerian-born, UK-based artist Obongjayar spent years collaborating with peers like Everything Is Recorded and Little Simz before he released his debut album, last year’s Some Nights I Dream Of Doors. Since then, Obonjayar has come out with the solo single “Just Cool” and appeared,  » Read More

A couple years ago, the Austin-based musician Alex Peterson released their debut album under the name alexalone, ALEXALONEWORLD, after stints in Hovvdy and Lomelda’s live bands. They hit the road with Lomelda soon after that album was released and a new iteration of the project started to form, made up of Peterson,  » Read More

Katie Dey has announced a new album, never falter hero girl — it’ll be out at the end of October. It’s the follow-up to forever music, which came out at the beginning of 2022, and she once again wrote and recorded everything from her bedroom.  » Read More

Some of you are Robert Pollard completists, and for you I will share this new song from Circus Devils, the Guided By Voices leader’s side project with brothers Todd and Tim Tobias. “Here We Are” is the lead single from Squeeze The Needle, the first Circus Devils album in six years.  » Read More

For years, the Montreal dance producer Patrick Holland has been cranking out remixes and singles of his own, like 2022’s “Years In The Ground.” Today, Holland has released the breezy new banger “Your Life.” It’s a playful, nostalgic, starry-eyed jam that evokes the clicky filter-disco that Daft Punk and their French peers made back in the ’90s.  » Read More

Earlier this year, the bedroom-pop singer-songwriter Samia released her sophomore album Honey. A few months afterward, Samia announced Honey Reimagined, a series of singles in which Samia’s peers cover the songs from the LP. We’ve already posted versions of different Samia songs from Blondshell,  » Read More