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As Dubstep’s Popularity Surges, Bass-Focused Rampage Recordings Relaunches Via Strategic Partnership With Monstercat
Belgian dubstep and drum & bass label Rampage Recordings is relaunching through a strategic partnership with Monstercat, aiming to sign both established and emerging bass music producers. The deal forms part of a $50 million investment programme that Create Music Group, which acquired Monstercat in 2025, is putting into the label across 2026 and 2027,…
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Myke Towers, Eladio Carrión, Greeicy & More Set for 2026 iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina Lineup
The 2026 iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina will take place at Miami’s Kaseya Center on 17 October, with Billboard exclusively revealing the star-studded lineup. This year’s edition, hosted by Enrique Santos, will also honour Lin-Manuel Miranda with the iHeartRadio Corazón Latino Award for his creative work and philanthropic efforts, while recognising the Miami Fire-Rescue’s Florida Task Force…
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Rewritten review of Splatoon Raiders praises its looter-shooter twist despite repetitive gameplay
GamesRadar+ has published a review of Splatoon Raiders, a new spin-off that reimagines Nintendo’s Splatoon universe as a looter-shooter. The review is broadly positive, arguing that the game successfully captures the distinctive tone and character of the “Squidling” world while introducing loot-driven progression mechanics more commonly associated with games like Destiny or Borderlands, though it…
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megiapa Announces New Album ‘Intentions’
Chicago-raised, Los Angeles-based artist megiapa has announced her new album ‘Intentions’, due for release via International Anthem on 25th September. The record is being introduced with the lead single ‘Open Your Eyes’, a self-directed video release that blends alt-R&B with spoken word over Madlib-influenced production. Megiapa began making beats on Audacity, drawing on Los Angeles’s…
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John Healey’s appointment as chancellor signals one clear priority for the new prime minister
Andy Burnham has appointed John Healey as chancellor in a surprise move that marks the first major decision of his premiership, bypassing the widely tipped favourite, Shabana Mahmood. The choice suggests Burnham wants to avoid the factional splits that dogged the previous government, opting for a respected figure seen as a compromise between the party’s…
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Treasury hails success of anti-fraud process that flagged and prevented $99 million in payments to dead people
The US Treasury Department has announced the successful rollout of a new anti-fraud system designed to stop federal payments being sent to deceased individuals, part of a wider effort to cut waste and improper spending. Officials say the safeguard has already identified and blocked around $99 million in payments that had been earmarked for people…
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BBC Introducing Stage axed from Reading & Leeds festival after 18 years
The BBC Introducing Stage is being dropped from Reading & Leeds Festival after 18 years, as part of a major overhaul of the event’s staging and arena layout. Organisers Festival Republic describe the changes as the biggest in the festivals’ history, and say the new Canopy stage will take over as the platform for emerging…
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3 Songs That Graham Nash Wrote About Joni Mitchell
Graham Nash, the singer-songwriter, dated fellow musician Joni Mitchell between 1968 and 1970, and their relationship, along with its eventual end, inspired several of his best-known compositions. The songs offer a window into how the pair’s romance shaped some of the era’s most enduring folk-rock material, both during their time together and in its aftermath.…
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Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe will become a TTRPG, even though Vampire: The Masquerade already exists
Renegade Game Studios, publisher of Vampire: The Masquerade, is developing a new tabletop role-playing game based on Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe, drawing specifically on AMC’s television adaptations of her novels. The move sets the new game up as a direct rival to Vampire: The Masquerade, a gothic horror TTRPG that itself borrowed heavily from Rice’s…