A few months ago, Buffalo rap impresario Westside Gunn used Wrestlemania to release his surprise EP Heels Have Eyes, implying on the record that he recorded the entire thing on the night before release. The EP included “Egypt,” his catchiest track in a minute, and that one got an extra bump when newly minted crossover star Doechii appeared on a …

This past weekend, two band members quit Cradle Of Filth, the long-running symphonic black metal band, while they were mid-tour. Singer/keyboardist Zoë M. Federoff was the first to leave, and her guitarist husband Marek “Ashok” Šmerda followed a few days later. Šmerda cited “unprofessional ehavior” from frontman Dani Filth and derided their long-planned Ed Sheeran collab as “foolish clown antics,” …

Next week David Byrne will release Who Is The Sky?, his first album since 2018’s American Utopia, which became a Tony Award-winning Broadway production. Produced by Kid Harpoon, the new LP features Hayley Williams, St. Vincent, Tom Skinner, and arrangements by Ghost Train Orchestra.

The Belgian producer ShunGu has made music with underground rap luminaries like MIKE and YUNGMORPHEUS, and he also makes house music under his Senga alter-ego. This fall, ShunGu will release his solo album Faith In The Unknown, and it’ll include a ton of appearances from past collaborators like Navy Blue, Liv.e, Maxo, Fly Anakin, Chester Watson, and Fatima. Pink Siifu …

With her Wicked press tour simmering down, Ariana Grande finally has time to go on a music tour. Today the actress-turned-singer-turned-actress has announced a bunch of 2026 tour dates for North America and London, which will begin over two years after the release of Eternal Sunshine.

A few months ago, Josh Freese lost his job. Freese, a legendary freelance drummer with a resume that stretches back decades, joined Foo Fighters in 2023, replacing the late Taylor Hawkins. In May, Freese announced that he’d been fired from the band. Foo Fighters hired drummer Ilan Rubin away from Nine Inch Nails. Freese landed on his feet. NIN, in …

Who’s ready to start planning out next year’s festival season? On Aug. 28, Colombia’s Festival Estéreo Picnic 2026 unveiled its stacked lineup for next year, including diverse Latine talent like Deftones, Peso Pluma, Ivan Cornejo, Six Sex, Young Miko, and KATSEYE. The massive music festival will take place at the Parque Metropolitano Simón Bolívar in The post Young Miko, KATSEYE …

Today marks 10 years since Halsey released her debut album Badlands. Even though the popstar just wrapped up her For My Last Trick tour, she still has some tricks up her sleeves for fans. The once notably blue-haired popstar is celebrating a decade of her debut album with the Back To Badlands Tour. The 22-date tour across North America, Europe, …

A couple of weeks ago, Donald Trump announced that the National Guard and various federal law enforcement agencies would take over the job of policing Washington, DC. Trump claimed that crime in DC was out of control, though it’s recently been at its lowest point in decades, and tons of Republican governors made a big show out of sending their …

Jürgen Bartsch, co-founder of the long-running and influential German underground metal band Bethlehem, has passed away. Current Bethlehem singer Yvonne “Onielar” Wilczynska revealed the news of Bartsch’s death in an Instagram post, writing that he last a battle to an unspecified illness on Wednesday. In a note translated from German, Wilczynska says, “He died many times… But death was only …