A 22-year-old who pleaded guilty to stealing and selling unreleased music by artists like Coldplay and Shawn Mendes was sentenced to 21 months in prison, the BBC reports. Skylar Dalziel was accused of hacking cloud storage accounts linked to various artists and then selling the stolen tracks on the dark web. Dalziel allegedly made an […]
SZA has promised fans that an updated version of Lanafeaturing fresh mixes and new songs, will arrive next Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. The musician released the long-awaited Lana — at once a new album, but also technically an expansion upon 2022’s SOS — on Dec. 20. But not only was its arrival that day plagued […]
When is a banger a New Year’s Eve banger? Or to put it another way, what separates the best songs for New Year’s Eve events from the more routine party-starters you’d drop in any mid-year playlist? Many of you will be asking yourselves these questions as you sit in front of Spotify, wondering what music […]
Christmas and K-Pop seemingly go hand-in-hand between a slew of covers of iconic holiday classics to memorable end-of-year festival performances. There’s a long list of both original holiday tunes and modernized classics that are released from groups every year. There are some that stand above the rest to make a perfect Christmas playlist. With “Beautiful […]
It’s not hard to be a Bruce Springsteen fan. Millions of people around the world do it every day effortlessly, relishing the power, the glory, the promise, the majesty, the mystery, and the ministry of rock & roll as only Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen can deliver it. It’s much harder to fake being a Bruce […]
Lin Manuel-Miranda opened up about writing seven songs for Mufasa: The Lion Kingthe upcoming prequel to the beloved Disney animated classic. The Grammy-winning artist stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonwhere he discussed his upcoming stint in Broadway’s All In: Comedy About Loverecent concept album Warriors and Mufasaamong other things. Miranda explained to the […]
Sky Ferriera is getting candid about becoming independent. In a new interview with Vogue about her song “Leash” for the Nicole Kidman film Babygirlthe musician shared why she can’t just re-record the songs she made under her old label, Capitol Records. “I’m still trying to figure out the words I can use to talk about […]
This year’s original-song competition features something for everyone: tunes from live-action musicals, animated features, dramas and documentaries, plus the annual entry from 15-time nominee Diane Warren. The big-screen adaptation of “Wicked” unfortunately, contains no new songs (songwriter Stephen Schwartz will have two in next year’s conclusion of the Broadway-to-film “Wizard of Oz” prequel, however). The […]
The musician released three new flute instrumentals, including an outtake from his Grammy-nominated LP, New Blue Sun Just a few days after André 3000 promised new music was on the way, he’s come through with a trio of new tunes. The lead offering is “Moving Day,” a nearly 12-minute instrumental that pairs André’s propulsive flute […]
Stephin Merritt powered through a head cold as the band performed songs like “All My Little Words,” “Reno Dakota,” and “The Book of Love” The Magnetic Fields were able to get through eight of their 69 Love Songs during a performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. The special performance allowed Stephin Merritt and co. […]
