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Rolling Stone

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's Field of Vision Festival

The second iteration of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s Field of Vision festival took place this weekend at Meadow Creek in Buena Vista, Colorado. Each night of the festival featured a three-hour, marathon headlining set by Gizz &8212; and also included a curated lineup of friends and collaborators ...

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Rolling Stone

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's Field of Vision Festival

Rolling Stone

Hayden Panettiere's 'Nashville' Character Helped Expose Country Music's Dark Side

As Juliette Barnes, Panettiere brought some of the industry's worst-kept secrets to the forefront and influenced a generation of female artists to no longer stay silent

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Rolling Stone

Hayden Panettiere's 'Nashville' Character Helped Expose Country Music's Dark Side

Rolling Stone

Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Opens 30 Years After Rapper's Death: 'An Act of Revenge'

Jurors will decide whether Duane "Keffe D" Davis played a role in the deadly drive-by shooting that killed Tupac Shakur in September 1996

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Rolling Stone

Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Opens 30 Years After Rapper's Death: 'An Act of Revenge'

Digital Music News

Ellie Goulding Sues Former Managers Over Alleged Conflict of Interest &8212; Have Her Claims Already Fueled a Client Exodus?

Ellie Goulding is suing her former managers, TaP Music co-founders Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, for allegedly failing to disclose Live Nation’s ownership stake in their business. Hereford-born Goulding just recently submitted the complaint to a UK court, weeks after joining WME and returning to Sarah ...

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Digital Music News

Ellie Goulding Sues Former Managers Over Alleged Conflict of Interest &8212; Have Her Claims Already Fueled a Client Exodus?

Pitchfork

Erykah Badu and the Alchemist Finally Releasing Joint Album This Month

Badu also premiered the music video for lead single “Witch Doctor,” a reenactment of 2010's "Window Seat" clip

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Pitchfork

Erykah Badu and the Alchemist Finally Releasing Joint Album This Month

Rolling Stone

Watch Al Jardine Sing the Beach Boys Deep Cut ‘Back Home’ for First Time in 49 Years

The obscure song was written in 1963 for the Surfer Girl album, revisited twice in 1970 during the Sunflower sessions, and not released until 1976 on 15 Big Ones

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Rolling Stone

Watch Al Jardine Sing the Beach Boys Deep Cut ‘Back Home’ for First Time in 49 Years

Pitchfork

Phoebe Bridgers, Jess Williamson, Erykah Badu, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat

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Pitchfork

Phoebe Bridgers, Jess Williamson, Erykah Badu, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist

Rolling Stone

Ellie Goulding Sues Ex-Management Company Over Live Nation Ties

The English pop star says her team at TaP Management pushed her to work with Live Nation, but never disclosed that the company owned TaP

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Rolling Stone

Ellie Goulding Sues Ex-Management Company Over Live Nation Ties

Rolling Stone

Brandon Flowers Daydreamed About Quitting Music. He Made a Country Album Instead

“When people heard that I was possibly dipping my toes into country … they thought I was going to write Morgan Wallen songs or something like that,” says Flowers, who drops Thrasher on Aug. 21

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Rolling Stone

Brandon Flowers Daydreamed About Quitting Music. He Made a Country Album Instead

Pitchfork

Nashville Star Hayden Panettiere Dies at 36

The American actor also starred in the Scream franchise and the TV show Heroes

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Pitchfork

Nashville Star Hayden Panettiere Dies at 36

Digital Music News

Inside Spitfire Audio’s Shift to Scalable Royalty Payments Powered by Tipalti

Spitfire Audio, a UK-based creator of virtual instrument sample libraries was handling royalty payouts through manual, Excel-based processes. The processing time took weeks and the work was cumbersome, which is why Spitfire implemented Tipalti Mass Payments to help automate its royalty disbursements. ...

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Digital Music News

Inside Spitfire Audio’s Shift to Scalable Royalty Payments Powered by Tipalti

Digital Music News

Roblox Under Investigation by the U.S. Senate Over Continued Child Safety Concerns

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism has opened a bipartisan investigation into Roblox over child safety concerns. When it rains, it pours. Gaming platform Roblox is facing increased scrutiny over concerns regarding child safety as the U.S. Senate launched a bipartisan ...

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Digital Music News

Roblox Under Investigation by the U.S. Senate Over Continued Child Safety Concerns

Digital Music News

Boy George Sparks More Controversy with Appearance at Vancouver Summer Fair

Requests for ticket refunds at Vancouver's summer fair have increased since Boy George, a slated performer since April, released his controversial pro-Israel song. Boy George and his band Culture Club have been on the roster to perform at Vancouver's PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) 2026 Summer Night ...

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Digital Music News

Boy George Sparks More Controversy with Appearance at Vancouver Summer Fair

Pitchfork

Dave Marsh, Veteran Rock Critic and Bruce Springsteen Biographer, Dies at 76

In a statement, Springsteen called the former Creem editor “soulful, intelligent, heartfelt, opinionated, bruising and often fantastically argumentative”

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Pitchfork

Dave Marsh, Veteran Rock Critic and Bruce Springsteen Biographer, Dies at 76

Pitchfork

Courtney Love Recounts 2019 Health Scare: “They Told Me I Was Going to Die”

In an Instagram video, the singer also confirmed her next solo album is “done,” and thanked contributors including Michael Stipe and Billie Joe Armstrong

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Pitchfork

Courtney Love Recounts 2019 Health Scare: “They Told Me I Was Going to Die”

Digital Music News

Our Culture Is Filled With Music With No Place for Musicians…

QUESTION: Can a culture be filled with music while musicians become economically disposable? The answer seems to be an overwhelming “yes”. In fact, that may be the defining contradiction of the modern music business. We are way past the commoditization of music, folks. Music is everywhere. It plays ...

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Digital Music News

Our Culture Is Filled With Music With No Place for Musicians…

npr Music News

James Ellis Ford made his new album from a hospital room

James Ellis Ford's new album Lost In Another World tells a story of survival and imagination. He made it from his hospital room during cancer treatment.

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npr Music News

James Ellis Ford made his new album from a hospital room

npr Music News

Tyga and A.I. in music

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Alex Suskind, news director at Pitchfork, about the artist Tyga's use of AI technology on his new album. Pitchfork rated the album 0.0 out of 10.

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npr Music News

Tyga and A.I. in music

npr Music News

Silvio Rodríguez: Singing Cuba's history from revolutionary triumphs to modern protests

From its triumphant revolution to the decay of today, singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez has chronicled Cuba's history.

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npr Music News

Silvio Rodríguez: Singing Cuba's history from revolutionary triumphs to modern protests

npr Music News

Phoebe Bridgers releases highly anticipated third solo studio album, 'Lost Weekend'

A look inside Phoebe Bridgers' new album, "Lost Weekend," and the lives she's lived since we heard from her last.

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npr Music News

Phoebe Bridgers releases highly anticipated third solo studio album, 'Lost Weekend'

Digital Music News

Jamendo Abruptly Drops Their Suno Copyright Infringement Lawsuit — With EDM Duo The American Dollar Also Ending Their Litigation

Just months after being filed, two copyright infringement lawsuits against Suno – one submitted by artists The American Dollar, another by Jamendo – have abruptly ended. Both the Queens-based duo and Winamp’s Jamendo recently moved to voluntarily toss their separate Suno complaints; the former ...

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Digital Music News

Jamendo Abruptly Drops Their Suno Copyright Infringement Lawsuit — With EDM Duo The American Dollar Also Ending Their Litigation