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To our Chicago festival community: As the music festival landscape continues to evolve rapidly, we have made the difficult decision not to host Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago in 2025. This decision was not made lightly. For 19 years, Pitchfork Music Festival has been a celebration of music, art, and community—a space where memories were […]
Warner Music has made a strategic minority investment in SkillBox, a live entertainment and ticketing platform based in India. The deal arrives just a couple of weeks after India’s Economic Times reported, citing an interview with WMG CEO Robert Kyncl, that the company is actively seeking M&A opportunities in India. Warner’s recent M&A activity in […]
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, aka Pigs x7, have released the new single “Detroit,” the first new music from the UK band since their 2023 full-length Land of Sleeper. The track is a five-plus-minute crusher that’s on the darker side for Pigs x7, slotting somewhere between the noise rock of The Jesus Lizard […]
I don’t remember exactly when I started using Denim, but it was years ago, and I was looking for a way to spruce up the covers of my playlists. I was using Apple Music at the time, and it was before Apple added basic playlist cover generation features to the Music app. Even after that […]
For anyone who grew up in a Spanish-speaking country or a Spanish-speaking home, telenovelas were not only part of the soundtrack of their lives, but of their very upbringing. Because watching telenovelas is not a lonely pursuit; it’s a shared experience with parents, siblings, friends, nannies, college roommates and grandparents. Indeed, the origins of telenovelas […]
Audio-visual collaboration platform Pibox has secured $1.2 million in funding from investors including Presto Ventures, Globalive Capital, and Startup Wise Guys. The Los Angeles-based startup also secured funding from Google for Startups, which it says will help it “add AI-rich features to its offerings.” Pibox, an alumnus of global startup network Techstars, has developed a […]
Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Andrew Devis. Voice 2 And I’m Alice Irrizary. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Click here to follow along with this program on YouTube. Voice 1 Since the beginning, rock and roll […]
Taylor Swift, Tyla and Sabrina Carpenter were among the big winners at the 2024 MTV EMAs, which also included a poignant tribute to Liam Payne, almost one month on from the singer’s death in Argentina. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I just want to take a moment […]
Billionaire Bill Ackman is one the most powerful behind-the-scenes players in the modern financialized music rights industry. According to Universal Music Group‘s 2023 annual report, Ackman, via Pershing Square Holdings, controls 10.25% of the company’s stock, making him UMG’s second-largest individual shareholder behind Vincent Bolloré. Ackman also sits on UMG’s board. Now, he’s asking for […]
Following The Tortured Poets Department‘s monochrome “shades of greige,” will Taylor Swift’s next era be “in screaming color”? The Eras Tour — where Swift is known to keep fans guessing what color outfits she’ll wear, and has been debuting particularly bright and colorful dresses over the past few weeks across North America — is on […]