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A couple days ago, 100% Electronica — the label founded by George Clanton and Lindsey French — announced the lineup for its ElectroniCON festival, which is set to take place in August this year. Top billed was John Maus, a musician who has become persona non grata after attending the January 6th Capitol attack in 2021.  » Read More

Earlier in June, Vampire Weekend announced a vinyl-only live album series beginning with the already released Frog On The Bass Drum Vol. 01 Live In Indianapolis, which is made up of recordings from the band’s June 2019 show in Indianapolis, and includes their cover of Bob Dylan’s “Jokerman.”  » Read More

Last year, Lil Uzi Vert shared the Red & White EP (featuring single “Space Cadet”) and a separate single, “Just Wanna Rock.” Today, following their performance at Sunday’s BET Awards, which contained a preview of the long-awaited The Pink Tape LP, Lil Uzi Vert has shared an official trailer for their forthcoming album,  » Read More

In May, Post Malone announced that his fifth studio album, AUSTIN, would be out July 28. Today, shared an important album update via social media: “My new record ‘AUSTIN’ has 17 songs. Here’s a snippet of one of ’em, I love you!!!” Included in said update was a 30-second teaser of “Something Real”  » Read More

Four years ago, the online song lyrics database Genius, fka Rap Genius, accused Google of posting information from their site directly into Google search results. By the end of the year, Genius had sued Google, claiming that the company and its affiliate LyricFind, which provides the lyrics seen in Google search results,  » Read More

Country music has finally, resoundingly entered the streaming era. For years, the genre lagged behind on the pop charts as fans remained loyal to radio and continued to purchase CDs in droves, even as hip-hop listeners and pop-star stans sent their favorites soaring up the charts. But as streaming has continued to firm up its grip on the music industry and new stars have mastered online platforms like TikTok,  » Read […]

Animal Collective are back in full swing. A little over a year ago, they released their first new album in six years, Time Skiffs, and they’ve kept the ball rolling with movie scores and guest appearances and a reissue of their debut album Spirit They’ve Gone,  » Read More

In 1979, a studio technician accidentally erased a new Steely Dan song called “The Second Arrangement.” Attempts to rescue the recording were futile, and everyone assumed the tune was lost to history. They tried to record the whole thing again, but Donald Fagen was so displeased with the finished product that he decided to scrap it.  » Read More

A little over two years ago, Olivia Rodrigo released her debut album, Sour, which was home to two #1 singles and a number of other Top 10 hits and established the young musician as a major pop force. A couple weeks ago, Rodrigo announced a new single,  » Read More