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Chloe Qisha and the hard graft behind big pop

Recording across three countries for her new mixtape Fantasize, Chloe Qisha came away with a new respect for how much labour sits behind a three-minute hook.

The Line of Best Fit UK · 1m ago
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Plato Combinado

Con la cabeza metida hasta el cuello en el eterno retorno del pop yeyé y a rebufo de la arqueología... La entrada Plato Combinado se publicó primero en MondoSonoro .

Mondo Sonoro Spain · 10m ago
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Macklemore afviser, at han er politisk: »Det er menneskeligt at have et hjerte«

Da Macklemore spillede sin første koncert siden den medieombruste og kontroversielle fyring fra Ed Sheerans turné , var budskabet ikke til at tage fejl af. Rapperen blev som bekendt afskediget som opvarmningsnavn for Sheeran på grund af sine Palæstina-støttende udtalelser fra scenen, der fik en…

Soundvenue Denmark · 37m ago
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Bad Karma Boy – Liminal

„Môžem si byť istí niečím – smrťou, strachom z budúcnosti,“ zpívá Juraj Marikovič na novém albu Liminal a potvrzuje, že „chlapec se špatnou karmou“ to nemá, co se životních jistot týče, jednoduché. Pátá deska slovenské formace Bad Karma Boy ukazuje, že my si u nich můžeme být jistí hned několika…

Full Moon Czechia · 37m ago

Punk / Hardcore

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Hyper Minds Unveil “Chemical Imbalance” Video

East LA garage-punk band Hyper Minds have released the new music video for Chemical Imbalance , a track taken from their debut album, The Dog You Feed , that is out now via DC-Jam Records . Produced and directed by Brett Koehn , the video brings the band into a post-apocalyptic game show, using…

The Punk Site · 9h ago

Alt-Country

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Finally: Brooks & Dunn is Working On New Music

As wild as it might seem to say, Brooks & Dunn, who released their debut album in 1991, are currently the reigning CMA Vocal Duo of the Year, and might be the most relevant duo in all of country music.

Saving Country Music · 14h ago
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Now & Then: Lyal Strickland’s Shooter of Truth and the reach of Bruised Orange

There’s a particular kind of country-folk songwriting that lets embarrassment survive the editing process. The narrator can admit he’s wrong, find something funny in the admission, and still have to live with the consequences. Lyal Strickland’s Shooter of Truth belongs in that tradition. John…

Twangville · 19h ago

Alt-Pop

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Go Find Your People at Unsound Warsaw

Music “Music has saved my life so many times,” Arca told an audience of open-hearted and notably well-dressed listeners during her artist talk at Unsound Warsaw . Before heading to Poland for my second time to attend its first Warsaw iteration, I was itching to hear something new and had a feeling…

Office Magazine · 13h ago

RAYE at the Royal Albert Hall

4 Once seen as a struggling artist held back by the industry, RAYE is now on top of the world. Just a day after winning the Mercury Prize for her sophomore album, THIS ALBUM MAY CONTAIN HOPE. , the freshly turned 29-year-old South London-born singer is on cloud nine. On Friday (October 23), she…

Euphoria · 17h ago

Megan Moroney – Say When

We’ll revel in any chance we’ve got to hear new Megan Moroney music, even if it’s for a TV show soundtrack. Her latest single “Say When” from the Nobody Wants This soundtrack feels cozy and inviting in its simplicity. I’m not only talking about the lyrics or the laid-back vocals Moroney is so very…

Euphoria · 17h ago

NYCB Star Adrian Danchig-Waring Takes His Final Bow

Culture Adrian Danchig-Waring has been at the New York City Ballet for more than twenty years, starting as a member of the corps de ballet and working his way up to the principal male dancer in the company. In a world of title-shifting creatives leapfrogging from role to role in their career paths…

Office Magazine · 2d ago

Chappell Roan wears a laced leather look from rising designer Eden Sherry

In 2014, Charli xcx ’s megahit “Boom Clap” had a stranglehold on the airwaves, but now, in 2026, it’s achieved a second milestone: meme status. We’ve all seen the video by now, with its iconic call and response. “You are the light and I will follow”, croons Charli in her signature warble. “You let…

Dazed (music) · 2d ago

Armani Exchange and Amnesia Ibiza toast a summer of fashion and music

Winter has arrived here in the UK. Storm Austen is upon us, bringing gale-force winds and a biblical downpour, but for some, summer isn’t such a distant memory. In Ibiza, where temperatures remain in the early 20s, summer was brought to an official end last weekend, when Amnesia hosted its closing…

Dazed (music) · 2d ago

Hip-Hop

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Nicki Minaj Praises Trump’s Work Ethic Aboard Air Force One

Nicki Minaj praised Donald Trump’s negotiating style and work habits during an Air Force One interview Sunday as she traveled with him to Michigan. The rapper spoke with White House communications director Steven Cheung about the economy and the reasons she trusted Trump to handle the country’s…

AllHipHop · 11h ago · also HotNewHipHop
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Semibreve’26 — dia 2: o encontro e o desencontro com a arte

O Semibreve não é apenas um lugar de encontros, também o é de desencontros. É, na maior parte do tempo, um espaço de atritos, de fricções entre realidades conscientes ou inconscientes, ou simplesmente impessoais e desafiantes. Não se trata de uma soma de actos que tomam palcos e salas, ou…

Rimas e Batidas Portugal · 1d ago

Alt-Folk

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Folk Alley Radio Show – October Birthdays and new songs from two Elizas

This week, on the Folk Alley Radio Show, we have new music from two Elizas, and then we’ll hear new music from fiddler Libby Dale, and Taylor Ashton, and some big birthday sets for Ben Harper and Natalie Merchant. Folk Alley is able to produce and offer this weekly radio show to over 70 public and…

Folk Alley · 1d ago

Podcast 567: Noah C. Lekas

This week, we’re talking to Noah C. Lekas, one of the Fretboard Journal’s longstanding contributors. Over the years, Noah has profiled a variety of subjects for our magazine, from blues legend Hubert Sumlin to luthier Matt Eich of Mule Resophonics. Today, we’re sharing this Colorado-based…

Fretboard Journal · 2d ago

Off the Shelf with Good Habits

For our latest “Off the Shelf” feature, Good Habits’ Bonnie Schwarz and Pete Shaw, whose new album “Better for Now” is a KLOF Mag Featured Album of the Month, choose ten objects from home. They include a stable door, a Mozart Mouse and a Beethoven Bear...there's also a healthy discussion on whether…

Folk Radio UK UK · 2d ago

Album | The Cat’s Miaow – When You Smiled And Turned Away

For a band whose first cassette was released in 1992, the 34-year gestation period for The Cat’s Miaow’s debut album, When You Smiled And Turned Away , seems a bit extreme. Yet things aren’t quite that simple. Melbourne’s Bart Cummings and Andrew Withycombe began recording on their own, using a…

For Folk's Sake UK · 2d ago

Post-Rock / Ambient

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[2View] Ma Haiping/Velocity Unlocked & Various/Structure Series 3 (Molecular)

Molecular Recordings delivers two uncompromising statements of hard-edged techno, with Ma Haiping ’s Velocity Unlocked and a six-track compilation ( Structure Series 3 ) putting the focus squarely on relentless kicks, pressure-cooked grooves, and music built to flatten a dancefloor. Molecular keeps…

Igloo Magazine · 14h ago
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Spencer Clark :: Voyager to the Realm of the Star Creatures

Spencer Clark ’s Typhonian Highlife project transforms dreams, occult lore, extraterrestrial encounters, and experimental electronics into otherworldly soundscapes that blur the boundaries between music, mythology, and the hidden dimensions of imagination. Inside Spencer Clark’s dream world…

Igloo Magazine · 15h ago

Headphone Commute Radar

In October 2020, I published the first OUT TODAY column. Even then, I couldn’t keep up with all the new music, so in addition to my shorter SOUND BYTES write-ups, I started curating a collection of about a dozen albums and shared it with you about once a month. As everyone’s attention span got…

Headphone Commute · 1d ago
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Circuit3​ :: Metanoia: Music From Therapy​ (Mortality Tables)

Metanoia: Music From Therapy marks an important step in Circuit3 ’s development. Fitzpatrick ’s electronic music retains its connection with a clearly defined tradition: analogue machines, sequences, emotional minimalism and synthetic soundscapes. Here, however, that tradition is used to confront…

Igloo Magazine · 1d ago
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Damnation Festival 2026: Ones to Watch

Damnation 2026 is just around the corner, the final festival of the year within our UK remit, and what a huge one to send it off. As usual for our Ones to Watch pieces, we are all about picking up on the smaller bands on the line ups – we don’t have to tell you that you should be watching the likes…

Boolin Tunes · 1d ago
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ALBUM REVIEW: Polyphia – Be Not Afraid

“ Is there anybody here that knows something about the blood? “ Polyphia have abruptly abandoned the familiar, pushing further away from the softer instrumental fusions of their past work. Although it has been four years since their last release, the band have stuck closely to their strengths while…

Boolin Tunes · 2d ago

Music Production

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Figura plugin by AcusMagic turns sound into living cymatic figures

AcusMagic has introduced an audio effect that draws the sound passing through it in real time. Similar to its Sonicrama wavetable synthesizer, Figura shows one sound in three ways. In Sand, grains gather on a vibrating plate into Chladni figures: the plugin measures up to 32 partials in the audio…

rekkerd Netherlands · 8m ago

Save 50% on UVI Orchestral Suite 2 classical instruments collection

Plugin Boutique has announced an exclusive limited time sale on the Orchestral Suite 2 by UVI, an extensive collection of classical instruments in a modern, uniform, and easy-to-use music production environment. Take complete control of your own orchestra including strings, brass, woodwinds…

rekkerd Netherlands · 51m ago

BeatSkillz Halloween Sale: Save up to 80% on effect plugins & instruments

Plugin Boutique has announced a limited time Halloween Sale on BeatSkillz, offering a selection of its audio effect plugins and virtual instruments at a discount. Save up to 84% on an incredible range of popular instruments and effect plugins by BeatSkillz in our limited-time sale! Featuring the…

rekkerd Netherlands · 1h ago

ATRA BILIS

video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO "Here’s a video, just 'for nothing.' I wanted to do a demo of future modules, but I just wasn’t feeling it. Feeling down. Sorry, but with what’s happening in the world, from France where I am, to the other side of the planet, it makes me anxious (a rather useless…

MatrixSynth · 6h ago

SmartLab: Error Instruments - Beijing Modular 26

video upload by sonicstate "Nick caught up with Paul Tas from Error Instruments about SmartLab, a standalone desktop instrument developed with Stijn Cuypers from *This Is Not Rocket Science*. SmartLab mixes physical modelling, granular processing and a large effects processor, with nearly 40 sounds…

MatrixSynth · 7h ago

Wing Pinger: Meng Qi Music - Beijing Modular 26

video upload by sonicstate "Meng Qi *from Meng Qi Music gave us a look at *Wing Pinger the new handheld version of the resonant analogue instrument. He explained that the earlier 2019 version used a larger wooden enclosure - the new version has a smaller metal enclosure with a touchscreen/keyboard…

MatrixSynth · 7h ago
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The Best Photos From CRSSD Festival Fall 2026

As the sun sets on another CRSSD Festival, enjoy the best photos from a weekend of house and techno. Photo: @itskinderella Photo: @imkeiki Photo: @fixationphotography Photo: @itskinderella Photo: @philtaniphoto Photo: @itskinderella Photo: @itskinderella Photo: @imkeiki Photo: @itskinderella Photo…

Attack Magazine UK · 11h ago

The 7 Weirdest NAM Captures You Can Download for Free

The Neural Amp Modeler revolution has taken the guitar world by storm. Open-source, hundreds of thousands of free NAM captures,and a quickly growing number of pedals and plugins that support it: crazy times! Among those captures are many legendary Marshalls, Klons, or Mesa amps. But did you know…

Gearnews Germany · 16h ago