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Sevastopol Opera and Ballet Theater, a recently opened venue in Crimea designed by the avant-garde Austrian architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, has been promoting two performances of the ballet Wuthering Heights next week set to the music of legendary minimalist composer Philip Glass. Glass is not happy about it.  » Read More

Queens’ duendita started out as a solo project, churning out out a steady stream of soulful R&B over the past few years and collaborating with the likes of Jamila Woods. Now billed as a full band, they’re back this week with “planetary,” their first new music since 2022.  » Read More

It’s been five years since we’ve heard a new album from American Football, and a lot has happened in that time. Founding drummer Steve Lamos left the band, then he rejoined. Bandmates/cousins Mike and Nate Kinsella started a new project called Lies,  » Read More

Jorja Smith showed up on a new Childish Gambino song with Amaraae last week, and today she’s released a new one of her own. “High” is a hard-skittering, shift-shifting dance track that reminds me of her great appearance on Drake’s More Life. Smith has done good work in a lot of different modes,  » Read More

Kevin Flores and Mark Ramos are veterans of the Houston punk and hardcore scenes; between the two of them, they’ve played in bands like Worn, Apex Predator, and Ruiners. Today, Flores and Ramos are based in Seattle, and they’ve joined forces with Evelyn Frances and Shane Juretic to form Prim, a band with a fizzy,  » Read More

Anthony Davis, aka Ant, has been a part of the hip-hop duo Atmosphere with rapper Slug (Sean Daley) since 1996. Today, the Minneapolis DJ/producer is announcing his debut solo album, Collection Of Sounds: Volume 1, arriving this fall. The singles “Leather Soul” and “That Old Bongo Joint” are out now.  » Read More

This year’s Summer Olympics kick off in Paris together, and we already know that Céline Dion and Lady Gaga will perform together at the opening ceremony. That should be some fun spectacle; the Olympics are always good for that. The Olympics also traditionally offer giant companies an excuse to hire pop stars to make marketing campaigns in song form.  » Read More

Berwyn, the Last Dinner Party, Barry Can’t Swim, and Corinne Bailey Rae are also among the nominees for the year’s best British or Irish album  » Read More

Part one of Cher arrives this autumn, with a second volume due out in 2025  » Read More