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  • Aug 20 News

    Mabe Fratti shares details of extensive fall tour

    Mabe Fratti shares details of extensive fall tour

    Alan Pedder

    Following the phenomenal buzz around her recent album Sentir Que No Sabes, released in June, the Mexico City-based artist has confirmed details of an expanded tour of the US and Europe.

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  • Aug 20 News

    Dana Gavanski shares outtake from her recent album 'LATE SLAP'

    Dana Gavanski shares outtake from her recent album 'LATE SLAP'

    Alan Pedder

    Currently on tour across the UK with Jess Williamson, London-based Canadian singer-songwriter Dana Gavanski has shared a previously unreleased studio version of "Ought To Feel". The song made its live debut earlier this year at a show in Brighton. "Ought To Feel" was recorded with producer

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  • Aug 20 News

    Bassist Peter Hughes exits The Mountain Goats after 20+ years

    Bassist Peter Hughes exits The Mountain Goats after 20+ years

    Alan Pedder

    The Mountain Goats are down one member after longtime bassist Peter Hughes decided to call time on his role in the band.

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  • Aug 20 News

    Black Midi's Geordie Greep announces debut solo album, releases new single "Holy, Holy"

    Black Midi's Geordie Greep announces debut solo album, releases new single "Holy, Holy"

    Alan Pedder

    Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep is striking out on his own with a debut solo album, The New Sound, due 4 October via Rough Trade Records.

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  • Aug 19 News

    MUNA's Katie Gavin debuts new song with The Japanese House

    MUNA's Katie Gavin debuts new song with The Japanese House

    Alan Pedder

    Performing at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles last Thursday (15 August), Amber Bain (aka The Japanese House) brought out special guest Katie Gavin for a performance of "Morning Pages", from The Japanese House's 2023 album, In the End it Always Does, which features Gavin'

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  • Aug 19 News

    Chappell Roan reveals her biggest regret

    Chappell Roan reveals her biggest regret

    Alan Pedder

    In a new interview with actor and comedian Bowen Yang for Interview magazine, Chappell Roan shared that her biggest regret in life.

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  • Aug 19 News

    First Aid Kit’s Klara Söderberg plans series of Tom Waits tribute shows ahead of his 75th birthday

    First Aid Kit’s Klara Söderberg plans series of Tom Waits tribute shows ahead of his 75th birthday

    Alan Pedder

    Klara Söderberg of sister duo First Aid Kit will perform a series of shows in Stockholm celebrating the life and artistry of legendary singer/songwriter Tom Waits, who turns 75 in December.

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  • Aug 19 News

    Watch Big Thief debut new song "Taker" live in Belgium

    Watch Big Thief debut new song "Taker" live in Belgium

    Alan Pedder

    Less than a month after surprising fans in Portland, OR with a festival set including a wealth of new material, Big Thief debuted yet another new song, 'Taker", at a show in Belgium last week (14 August).

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  • Aug 19 News

    Duolingo adds songs by Whitney Houston, P!nk, and others to music course

    Duolingo adds songs by Whitney Houston, P!nk, and others to music course

    Alan Pedder

    Launched in October last year, Duolingo’s music education course expanded this week with the addition of over 60 songs from dozens of artists licensed through a new partnership with Sony Music.

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  • Aug 18 News

    Members of One Direction, Pussycat Dolls, and Destiny’s Child to judge new Netflix reality TV show

    Members of One Direction, Pussycat Dolls, and Destiny’s Child to judge new Netflix reality TV show

    Alan Pedder

    Just when we thought that every permutation of music-based reality TV show had been exhausted, along comes Building the Band, a new Netflix production that begins shooting later this year. Not to be confused with the Danity Kane-spawning Making the Band from the early 2000s, the new series features a

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