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Consequence
Checked September 17, 2026
ATARASHII GAKKO!, J-pop’s Rebel Schoolgirls, Will Play Together Until They Are “Grandmas”
Experimental J-pop quartet ATARASHII GAKKO!
Death Cab for Cutie Announce 2027 North American Tour
The band will hit the road next year with support from Swapmeet.
AC/DC’s Angus Young Will Sign Your Baby: Watch
The latest baby signing occurred at a pop-up event in Toronto, where the band was forced to cancel its concert.
Fontaines D.C. Tap Rosalía for Their First-Ever Guest Feature on New Song “Where Is Gone?”
The Irish band’s fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, arrives October 16th via XL Recordings.
Soccer Mommy Returns with New Single “Rings of Saturn”: Stream
Sophie Allison looks to the cosmos for perspective as she begins a new chapter.
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Mastodon Turn Tragedy Into Triumph on Marrow Deep
In Consequence's new cover story, Mastodon's Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor discuss the passing of former bandmate Brent Hinds, their new album Marrow Deep, and more.
Hans Zimmer Is Still Learning to Be a Rock Star as He Takes “The Next Level” Tour Across North America in 2027
Next spring, the Oscar-winning composer and his 19-piece ensemble will be touring North America — find out the dates now.
Trump Says Kennedy Center Could Be “Ripped Down” If He Doesn’t Receive Recognition
The president was photographed reviewing demolition plans on Air Force One.
Michelle Zauner (Japanese Breakfast) Announces New Memoir Thank You For Your Suffering
The follow-up to Crying in H Mart chronicles a year she spent living in South Korea.
Mental Metal: A Look Back at Tool’s Ænima
The alt-metal legends' sophomore LP continues to reward our obsessiveness.
NME
Checked September 17, 2026
Hayley Williams shows solidarity by putting support acts who left Ed Sheeran tour on pre-show playlist
FINNEAS, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe and Beoga have all departed the tour in solidarity with Macklemore.
Fontaines D.C. share ‘Dopamine Chamber’ tracklist – featuring collab with Rosalía
Get ready for 'Where Is Gone?'.
“The Weeknd isn’t going anywhere,” Abel Tesfaye doubles down
"I had a glimpse of what retirement looks like, and it isn’t for me".
Guitar Center opens badly-timed competition to win opportunity to open for Ed Sheeran
His ongoing 'Loop' tour is currently without any opening acts after they dropped out in solidarity with Macklemore.
Travis Scott, Fred Again.., Keith Richards and more release new music for ‘Grand Theft Auto 6: The Album’
The 34-track album will feature a number of original songs – and will be available on vinyl.
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Noisia reunite after seven years for new music and live show: “Combining our forces again feels incredibly exciting”
The band will play their first new show in four years next December.
Oasis live at Knebworth 2027: Transport, camping, hospitality and accessibility plans revealed with late trains for every gig
The band will play four huge nights there 31 years after their iconic 1996 gigs.
La Roux opens up about how she “had a nervous breakdown and disappeared for 10 years”
The singer is returning with her fourth studio album '‘Old Flames’ later this year.
Watch The Heartbreakers reunite alongside Chris Stapleton at Americana Awards 2026
The moment marked Ron Blair, Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell and Stan Lynch’s first time on stage together since 2017.
Porridge Radio’s Dana Margolin shares haunting debut solo single ‘Big Beautiful Sound’
"At the deepest depths of the journey is a glowing ember, something luminous, a big and beautiful sound".
Ultimate Classic Rock
Checked September 17, 2026
Hear Keith Richards Cover Blues Classic 'Bright Lights, Big City'
It's featured on the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto VI.
I Tracked Down My Favorite Childhood Toys Online. Here's the Cost
Can you relive your childhood by buying your favorite toys online?
Summer 2026 Music Reissues Span Blues, Punk and Rock
From Bowie's early demos to the Grateful Dead's forgotten live tapes, collectors and casual listeners got serious treasure this season.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive's No Speed Limit Tour Expands Globally
Bachman-Turner Overdrive is taking the No Speed Limit tour global in 2027, adding six dates across Australia and New Zealand after their U.S.
Watch AC/DC's Angus Young Sign Baby at Toronto Pop Up
Though AC/DC wasn't able to perform as planned, they still took the time to hang out with fans.
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Peter Max, Influential Counterculture Artist, Dead at 88
He helped define the look of the '60s, and later created album art for Yes, Badfinger and more.
Heartbreakers Reunite for First Time Since Tom Petty's Death
The group was joined by Chris Stapleton to rock through three classic songs.
Lou Gramm and Al Greenwood Return to Foreigner for 50th Anniversary Shows
Foreigner's bringing back original members for their 50th anniversary tour, though they're splitting the lineup across different dates throughout 2026 and 2027.
How Tom Petty Reckoned With Fame on 'Parade of Loons'
"It's like reading a diary entry," Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch tells UCR, regarding the previously unreleased song.
Brian May Was Creating a Queen Avatar Show: Here's Why He Stopped
He spent "a lot of time planning out" the show, only to halt his work.
Loudwire
Checked September 17, 2026
First Look - Barbie Unveils Lenny Kravitz 'Kenbassador' Doll
Lenny Kravitz now has his own Barbie doll after teaming up with Mattel for a doll as part of their 'Kenbassador' line.
11 Most Played Cover Songs During Metallica Concerts
Metallica frequently include cover songs on their setlists.
Oasis' New Film Is the Reconciliation Felt Around the World
The Oasis documentary and concert film shows the impact that the Gallagher brothers reconciliation had upon a world of music fans and themselves.
Biohazard's Evan Seinfeld Discusses Fitness, Health + New Music
Biohazard's Evan Seinfeld reflects on his band's latest album and discusses his journey toward physical and mental wellness — and how that's inspired new music.
Watch AC/DC's Angus Young Sign a Fan's Baby in Toronto
Though AC/DC wasn't able to perform as planned, they still took the time to hang out with fans.
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Jack Underkofler Gets Honest About Dead Poet Society's New Album
Dead Poet Society's Jack Underkofler opens up and shares some honest truth about the creation of the band's upcoming album, 'Monarch,' out on Oct.
Metallica's Most + Least Played Songs on M72 World Tour
Inside the setlists from Metallica's epic M72 World Tour, which is set to return for a fourth year in 2027.
Ronnie Radke Gives Honest Assessment of Yungblud
Ronnie Radke shares his honest thoughts on the 'industry plant' speculation surrounding Yungblud.
Ozzy + Black Sabbath's Final Show to Get Limited Theater Release
The legendary Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath 'Back to the Beginning' concert is now coming via a concert film to movie screens worldwide.
Metallica Announce 2027 Tour With Limp Bizkit + Avatar
Metallica's M72 tour continues next year after the band finishes their 24-date run at the Las Vegas Sphere.
The PRP
Checked September 17, 2026
Mental Cruelty’s “Frost” Music Video Premieres
A early taste of Fimbulwinter.
Dredg’s 20th Anniversary Edition Of “Catch Without Arms” Will Feature System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian On A Bonus Track
One of five bonus tracks scheduled for this new version.
Deadsy’s Elijah Blue Allman Indicted On Criminal Mischief Charge, Awaiting Competency Hearing Following Pair Of 2026 Arrests
Thus far, Allman has plead not guilty to the various charges.
Foo Fighters Launch “Caught In The Echo” In-Studio Performance For ‘Vevo Extended Play’
Their third entry in that series thus far.
Kingdom Of Giants Unveil New Album “Usurper”, Premiere “Reign” Music Video
With vocalist Dana Willax at the helm.
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Hear The Ocean Welcome Tangerine Dream On New Track “Milk Of My Dreams”
A pulsing new collaboration.
Knocked Loose Celebrate 10 Years Of “Laugh Tracks” With New Vinyl Reissue & Merch Capsule
They've also got an expansive new vinyl set of their catalog available for pre-order too.
Anthrax Launch “Cursum Perficio” Music Video Featuring London May Of Samhain
London did not escape unharmed.
PeelingFlesh Debut “Murderous Intent” From Their Guest-Filled New Self-Titled Album
Featuring members of Sanguisugabogg, Bayway, Stabbing, Missing Link and Extermination Dismemberment.
Mirrors Sign With Greyscale Records For New Album “The Red Sky”, Debut “Devil’s Due” Music Video
That sophomore album will be out in November.
Bandcamp Daily
Checked September 17, 2026
Sleep’s Two Newest Members Pick Their Bandcamp Favorites
Here's what Bubba Dupree and Dale Crover have been listening to as of late.
The Secret Life of the Hardanger Fiddle
Hidden strings give Norway’s traditional fiddle its uncanny resonance.
Actress, “Radical Frame”
Another restless electronic masterpiece from a giant in the field.
Perennial Death on DIY, Olympia, and their Current Pop Hot Streak
"There are a lot of bands in our friend group that are making really great art, and maybe we’re able to put it out into the world a little faster than other labels.".
Green Lung, “Necropolitan”
The British doom band go full occult-rock on their third LP, living deliciously—and sounding damn good.
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The Sound of Gqom Circa 2026
The Durban-born genre keeps on mutating, spawning endless subgenres.
How Tony Humphries Brought New Jersey House to the Masses
The icon’s vast radio archive, chronicled on a new compilation, is a key document in club music's history.
Perennial, “Modernism”
The synth-punks' latest puts a fresh, audacious spin on ’60s mod chic.
Heavy Blessings: A Church Road Records Primer
How the sudden demise of Holy Roar Records kickstarted one of the most venerable indie labels in the UK.
Haruomi Hosono, “Yours Sincerely”
The latest from the Japanese icon functions as a showpiece for his many musical eras.
MusicRadar
Checked September 17, 2026
“When I pressed ‘record’ the two of us breathed in, and then when I finished we breathed out. That’s what it felt like”: Johnny Marr recalls the intimate and magical experience of writing songs with Morrissey for The Smiths
“Any songwriter will tell you it’s the best feeling in the world”.
“When I heard Fred's voice for the first time, I thought, God, he'll never be a singer. He sounds like a strangled sheep”: Roger Taylor on what he thought when he first heard Freddie Mercury
But he got “stronger and stronger” remembers Queen drummer.
I’ve covered Guitar Center sales for years, and the freshly launched Guitar-A-Thon sale is a must-shop with reductions hitting up to 30% off
Upgrade your rig for less with these unmissable electric, acoustic, and pedal deals at Guitar Center.
"I'm cancelling my subscription": Suno users slam its V6 update as "muffled, generic, soulless garbage"
Following the release of its industry-backed V6 models, some of the AI music platform's most enthusiastic supporters are abandoning ship.
Sonicware’s ELZ_1 core puts a powerful, multi-synthesis engine in a compact desktop box
The Japanese brand’s latest is a module version of the ELZ_1 play – but you’ll need to act fast if you want one…
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See iconic Jeff Beck, Mike Bloomfield and Jack White guitars up close
The Guitar Chronicles is a new coffee table photography book telling the fascinating stories behind historic vintage six-strings and basses.
“I lost my voice, had a nervous breakdown and disappeared for 10 years”: La Roux re-emerges from a long hibernation with a new album about a 'long and very painful breakup'
Old Flames is out in November.
“He told us how it would change the band’s trajectory, it could be an albatross around our necks – but we wanted a radio hit”: The Wonder Stuff tell us how they spawned an uplifting indie classic
The Wonder Stuff’s Miles Hunt delves into the indie stalwarts' 40 year history, huge success and how they wrote their hit The Size of a Cow…
“Before Macklemore challenged me to match his donation, Ed called me and asked me to commit $2 million”: Robert Kraft says that Ed Sheeran has asked him to match his own donation to 'fight this humanitarian crisis'
But billionaire neglects to say whether he will splash the cash.
“Joan Jett has always played by her own rules, and that certainly applies to her guitar of choice”: Epiphone brings back the Joan Jett Olympic Special and gives the single-pickup powerhouse an all-new look
It's a stripped-down rock-and-roll machine with a very approachable $599 price tag, and it has been upgraded with a rosewood fingerboard too.
The Guardian — Music
Checked September 17, 2026
Sway, Mobo-winning British rapper, dies aged 44
Rapper won prestigious award as an unsigned artist before breaking UK Top 10 and nurturing artists including KSI.
Beck: ‘What does a devil’s haircut look like? Anything with a lot of architecture and wild flights of fancy’
The genre-fluid singer answers your questions on being funky v lonesome, his infamous MTV interview with Thurston Moore and why he said yes to performing with a chain-smoking alcoholic robot.
Beabadoobee: Pylon review – voice of a generation’s surprisingly relatable rampage through rock star rage
(Dirty Hit)The Filipino-British songwriter’s fourth album sprinkles 90s alt fuzz with disarmingly sweet melodies and an impressive host of guests including Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Turnstile’s Brendan Yates.
Macklemore pledges his $1m Ed Sheeran tour salary to Palestine aid
Rapper challenged billionaire stadium owner Robert Kraft to match donation, with Kraft saying he and Sheeran will give $2m to ‘aid in the region’.
Charli xcx Music, Fashion, Film tour review – an electrifying and deafening pop evolution
Barclays Center, Brooklyn.
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Ed Sheeran wants to stay out of politics. By quitting his tour, his support acts have exposed the hollowness of neutrality
By standing behind support act Macklemore, who was removed from the tour for his vocal support of Palestine, these artists are demonstrating the self-sacrifice necessary to stand against those crushing free speech.
‘Very authoritarian, very brutal’: three decades after the UK’s anti-rave crackdown, why is France doing the same?
With tear gas, grenades and a new law, French authorities are targeting unlicensed music gatherings.
Beck: Ride Lonesome review – stunning end to the heartache trilogy of Sea Change and Morning Phase
(Iliad/Capitol)On his first album in seven years, Beck keeps the quality control extremely high as he surveys mid-50s malaise in the wake of divorce.
‘I’ve never been more terrified!’ Carly Rae Jepsen on motherhood, stardom and her horniest album ever
Call Me Maybe made the singer-songwriter famous – but also confused.
Elkie Brooks looks back: ‘Before I went on stage I used to drink Guinness and a few shots of brandy’
The singer-songwriter on her rock’n’roll past, playing second fiddle to the Beatles, and the key to being an energetic performer in your 80s.
JamBase
Checked September 17, 2026
FLOOD
Checked September 17, 2026
5 Questions with Grimes
Claire Boucher discusses her collaboration with “artificial popstar” Hatsune Miku ahead of the guest-heavy EP EMERGE M♡DE MIKU, as well as her own forays into uncanny digital realms.
Live, in Photos: Levitation 2026 with Angine de Poitrine, Die Spitz, Bikini Kill, and More
Arlo Parks, The Garden, Gurriers, Gibby Haynes’ Butthole Surfer Mania, and other sights and sounds from the annual Austin psych (and beyond) fest.
Sylvan Esso Are Catching Up with Themselves
In our latest digital cover story Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn chart the distance between the duo’s breakout 2013 hit “Coffee” and their new LP Ow ∞—the first they’ve ever released independently.
Death Cab for Cutie Share “Stone Over Water” Video, Announce North American Tour
The visual was made by fellow musician Sean Solomon.
5 Questions with Slothrust
Leah Wellbaum talks predatory consumerism, loss of agency in an increasingly digital world, and her brief music journalism career ahead of the duo’s sixth album, What They Grow In The Garden.
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Michelle Zauner Announces New Book Thank You for Your Suffering
The Japanese Breakfast songwriter is set to release her second memoir on April 27.
Bethany Cosentino to Host 2004: The Year Indie Rock Broke Podcast
Guests include Ben Gibbard, James Mercer, Britt Daniel, Carl Newman, Emily Haines, Tegan Quin, and more.
Julia Cumming Takes Cues From Dolly Parton on New Single “Mom, I’m Going Back to Therapy”
The Sunflower Bean band leader is gearing up for more solo tour dates with Madison Cunningham.
Soccer Mommy Drops “Rings of Saturn” Ahead of Tour with Snail Mail
The duoâs co-headlining run begins on September 30 in Charlotte.
Improvement Movement Take Us for a Ride Down Fifth Avenue with Their “Common Place” Glass Box Truck Session
The proggy Atlanta psych-pop band shares a performance video for the Your Perfect Real Life cut which they recorded while driving through Manhattan.