Ariana Grande Launches First Tour Since 2019 — The Oakland Arena show featured live debuts of a number of songs and the return of older hits like “Break Free” and “Into You”
How Kraftwerk's radical 1976 track Radioactivity became an anti-nuclear anthem — Fifty years old this month, Kraftwerk's single Radioactivity was a groundbreaking track that morphed into the German electronic pioneers' most political protest song.
Noah Kahan Asks Concertgoers Not To Shit In Their Seats — Yesterday Noah Kahan asked his fans to stop stealing his hometown’s road sign, and now he’s asking them to not shit their seats at his shows. Whereas Olivia Rodrigo recently made headlines after discussing concertgoers…
Dave Matthews Gives Concert Speech About His Palestine Advocacy Getting “Twisted” Into Antisemitism — In 2024, Dave Matthews showed up for the Free Palestine movement and protested Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to US Congress, saying in an interview, “It’s a
These 5 open-source apps prove you don't need to buy a Kindle or Kobo — Reading should be free for everyone, and with these apps you can make almost any device into a portal of knowledge.
Nelson Comes To Visit Announce New Album 'We Emit A Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die': Hear "I Was On Fire (But Now I'm Fine)" — In recent years we’ve been following the collaborations between Columbus-based Superdestroyer and Cleveland’s own (Leave) Nelson B, a string…
Agriculture Detail Fall U.S. Tour — The tour will make travel from the west to midwest, making stops in San Diego, Portland, Denver and more
World Cup delegation compliant with US Ebola protocols, DR Congo says — 'The Leopards are ready, they are safe, and the US will embrace this team,' DRC's ambassador to the US says.
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Charli XCX Announces New Album Music, Fashion, Film — With a cover featuring John Cale, Marc Jacobs, and Martin Scorsese
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Phoebe Bridgers Announces 2026 Arena Tour: "No Phones" — Last night, Phoebe Bridgers played Madison Square Garden. For the past month, Bridgers has been playing last-minute pop-up shows and performing new songs all over the US. Those gigs have mostly been in smaller cities and sm
Watch Madonna, the Muppets, and More Perform at 2026 World Cup Final Halftime — The 11-minute spectacle included performances by Shakira, Justin Bieber, BTS, Burna Boy, and Coldplay’s Chris Martin
Echo and the Bunnymen Reveal First Album in 12 Years — Apples for Isaac features contributions from late drummer Clem Burke
Andy Cohen Claims To Be A Deadhead But Only Just Found Out Phil Lesh Was On 'Real Housewives' In 2008 — Andy Cohen is famously a Deadhead — so much so that Dead & Company’s John Mayer once had to clarify that they were not in a romantic relationship — yet somehow he was unaware…
Mike D Shares New Solo Song "Crypto": Listen — I’ll admit: The song title had me worried. As in, what would we do if we found out that either of the surviving Beastie Boys was really into crypto? Or if they owned companies that built AI data centers or some shit like that?…
Taylor Swift Sings With Randy Newman At 'Toy Story 5' Premiere: Watch — Earlier this spring, The New York Times published a huge package on the 30 greatest living American songwriters. Taylor Swift was in there, obviously. She sat for an interview, which basically turned her into
Billy Strings Announces Metal Lineup For His Ionia Freak Fair — Billy Strings is a virtuoso bluegrass musician and a giant star in the jammy Americana world. He’s also a big fucking metalhead. Last year, Strings shredded a solo on a medley of re-recorded 1994 songs from…
Vim Scoops, Learn Vim Motions the Fun Way — A free browser game that teaches real Vim motions. The van is your cursor, the town is your text. Serve every customer under par.
Man's Not Obsolete: Fear Factory At The Dawn Of The AI Resistance — A look at the prophetic 'Obsolete' and metal's current anti-AI movement. Plus: the best metal tracks of the month.
Kelela Shares New Song "Point Blank": Listen — Next month, the great avant-pop adventurer Kelela will release the new album new avatar, her follow-up to 2023’s Raven. The new LP features contributions from people like PinkPantheress, Fousheé, and A. K. Paul, and we’ve already hea
Leon Bridges Launches New Album With Four Singles — Happiness Anytime, produced by two members of Jungle, is due September 25
Bloc Party Ready New Album Anatomy of a Brief Romance — Trevor Horn produces the Alpha Games follow-up, led by “Coming On Strong”
Jawdropped Share New Song "Cup": Listen — Here at Stereogum, we’ve been very into pretty much everything we’ve heard from Jawdropped, the ragged young power-pop band from Los Angeles. They’ll release their full-length debut Secret To Spare next month, and the singles “Monday”…
Sondre Lerche Shares New Song "Love Is All": Listen — Sondre Lerche’s new album Acrobats is imminent. So far the Norwegian singer-songwriter has shared the sprawling previews “Little Kids” and “Follow The River,” and now he’s releasing the tender, heavenly slow-burner called…
Phoenix Extends Record-Breaking Heat as West Faces Fire Threat — Phoenix has had a record-breaking run of high temperatures and that streak will continue through the coming week, as heat and fire risks spread across the wider US West.
George Harrison’s Ex-Wife Pattie Boyd Says No One From Upcoming Beatles Movies Reached Out To Her — Earlier this week, model, photographer, and ex-wife of George Harrison, Pattie Boyd, appeared on the inaugural episode of Miss O’Dell: Abbey Road To Tulsa Time, a new podcast hoste
Phoebe Bridgers Premieres New Music at First Solo Show Since 2023 — The artist reportedly played multiple new songs at the no-phones-allowed performance in Roswell, New Mexico
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Avocado Imports at Risk as US Halts Government Work in Michoacán — The US suspended government activities in the Mexican state of Michoacán, affecting imports of avocados from the largest producing region in the country to the US.
GitHub - tsirysndr/rockbox-zig: A modern Music Player Daemon based on Rockbox firmware https://rockboxzig.mintlify.app/ — A modern Music Player Daemon based on Rockbox firmware https://rockboxzig.mintlify.app/ - tsirysndr/rockbox-zig
Energy Veteran Peter Abdo to Lead UK’s Grain LNG From October — Grain LNG, which has the largest capacity to import liquefied natural gas into the UK, has appointed Peter Abdo as its chief executive officer starting October.
$100 AI Music Video: Claude Fable 5 vs. GPT-5.6 Sol — We gave Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol the same song, a budget, web search, and local ffmpeg, then let each autonomously direct a music video.
Fenix Flexin Responds To Viral Breakdown Claiming "Rubberz" Is "Fully" AI-Generated — A few hours ago, Shoreline Mafia rapper Fenix Flexin responded to artist/producer Medasin’s detailed breakdown alleging his viral hit “Rubberz” is completely AI-generated. “Rubberz” was an…
Mali Obomsawin Announces New Album 'Automatic': Hear The Title Track — Though Mali Obomsawin came onto our radar as a member of the indie rock band Deerlady, she’s one of those prolific artists who stays active in many corners of the music world. In addition to further…
Girl And Girl Share New Songs "It's Dead" & "Hell": Listen — Brisbane’s Girl And Girl specialize in energetic, catchy-scratchy indie rock jams, and they seem like they’re having the most fun when they’re at their most anxious. They released their most recent single Call A…
Giving it Away: How Free Music Makes More Than Sense — Music matters. It’s so integral and pervasive in our culture that it almost feels invisible. It’s even hard to imagine walking into almost any store without hearing music overhead. Culture provides...
Empress Of Announces New Album 'Dream House': Hear "Wild Storm" — In the time since her 2024 album For Your Consideration, Empress Of’s family home in California burned down in the Altadena fires. She grappled with the tragedy on last year’s “Blasting Through The Speakers” and…
Bono, Bruce Springsteen, and Cat Power Remember Glen Hansard — The Mountain Goats, Warren Ellis, Chris O’Dowd, and many others also paid tribute to the late Irish musician and Once star
SXSW London Loses Earl Sweatshirt To Injury, Hasan Piker & Cenk Uygur To UK Entry Ban — Yikes! SXSW London kicks off today, and it is not going great. The multi-faceted festival lost Earl Sweatshirt due to an injury, and political commentators Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur won’t be
Tiny Habits Announce New Album 'Keepers': Hear "Anything He Was" (Feat. Matty Healy) — Last fall the 1975’s Matty Healy posted footage of himself covering James Taylor’s “Carolina In My Mind” with Tiny Habits, the Boston folk-pop group. They may well have been together working…
The Beatles Announce Rubber Soul Reissue — The new box set features unreleased session recordings, home demos, and an 88-page hardbound book
WHY? Announces New Album 'Oh Golly / Yes Lord': Hear “In Spirit” — For nearly 30 years, the Cincinnati musician Yoni Wolf has been making music under the name WHY? — first as an abstract rap traveler and Anticon co-founder, then as the leader of an always-evolving indie rock…
Oliver Sacks on Memory, Originality, and Why Forgetting is Necessary for Creativity — “Memory is dialogic and arises not only from direct experience but from the intercourse of many minds.”
I built a markdown note app in less than an hour using Gemini in Android Studio — Building your own custom Android app with Gemini is shockingly easy
Higher air fares in Europe "inevitable", says industry head — Flying by air will get more expensive as oil prices remain high after the US and Israel's conflict with Iran.
Lockstep Share New Single "Dog In The House Of Plenty": Listen — I Know What I Saw, the debut album from Nashville heavy shoegazers Lockstep, is out exactly one month from today. The group shared lead single “Ash In The Water” in the spring, and this week they’re back with a…
Lady Gaga Scores Emmy Nomination for Her Wednesday Song — “The Dead Dance” is up for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics at the 2026 awards
Neurosis Play First Show With New Vocalist Aaron Turner At Fire In The Mountains — Following the departure of lead singer Scott Kelly after he admitted to abusing his wife and children in 2022, Neurosis reshaped themselves with new frontman Aaron Turner of Sumac and Old Man…
Osees Surprise-Release New Album 'Off Course' — Don’t let the fact that John Dwyer is always releasing new music trick you into taking him for granted. In the first half of this year, the California psychedelic garage-punk king has already launched the new side project Heathen Ax
Extensions SDK — Extensions SDK is an open JavaScript toolkit allowing anyone to create custom tools that expand the possibilities inside Live 12 Suite
Spaghetti With Pomodoro Sauce — This streamlined Italian tomato sauce makes magic out of a handful of pantry ingredients.
SpaceX has officially acquired AI coding startup Cursor — The $60 billion acquisition has been finalized.
Twin Temple Say They Were Dropped From Charley Crockett Shows Over Satanic Imagery — Twin Temple, the LA-based duo of married couple Alexandra and Zachary James, have carved out an interesting niche for themselves. They make old-timey doo-wop and early-’60s pop pastiche that’s…
How to reinvent yourself—from a scientist-turned-magician | Kevin Quantum | TEDxManchester — As a magician, Kevin is obsessed with transformation — not just turning cards into coins, but genuine personal transformation. Drawing on lessons from reality television, he explores…
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Are Releasing an EDM Album — Watch the video for “Level 5” from Alien Metal
GitHub - l00sed/termixer: A 2-deck mixer, sample pads, sequencer— all from any Unix terminal. — A 2-deck mixer, sample pads, sequencer— all from any Unix terminal. - l00sed/termixer
A Guide to Streaming Primavera Sound 2026 — Not in Barcelona this weekend? You can still catch the Cure, Oklou, Geese, the xx, and more on Amazon Music
Welsh Fire eliminated after heavy defeat to Sunrisers Leeds — Welsh Fire are eliminated from The Hundred Women's competition after Phoebe Litchfield makes 55 to give the Sunrisers Leeds a six-wicket victory at Headingley.