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‘When You Love A Woman’: the Journey hit that took 15 years to find meaning
This article from Far Out Magazine looks at the Journey song “When You Love a Woman” and explores how the track reportedly took on a fuller or truer meaning some 15 years after its release. The piece frames the song as one whose emotional significance deepened over time, suggesting a shift in how it was…
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3 Whitney Houston Songs That Will Make You Feel Like Anything Is Possible
This is a light music feature from American Songwriter highlighting three Whitney Houston songs chosen for their uplifting, confidence-boosting feel. – “Higher Love” — Originally a 1986 Steve Winwood track, covered by Houston in 1990; producer Seth Faber told Music Week how Kygo’s acclaimed 2020 remix chopped up her vocal to create the record’s drop…
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RIAA, IFPI & More Come Together to Create System for Tagging AI-Generated Songs
A coalition of major music-industry bodies — including IFPI, the RIAA, independent-label groups A2IM, WIN and IMPALA, The Grammys, SAG-AFTRA and the Human Artistry Campaign — has announced plans to create a standardised system for tagging AI-generated songs on streaming services. The proposal, likened to the existing “explicit” content label, would introduce two tags: “AI-generated”…
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Japanese Boy Band Psychic Fever Wants You to Know They’re All ‘Different’: ‘We Don’t Want to Fit in a Box’
Japanese seven-piece boy band Psychic Fever have released their second full-length album, “Different”, on 10 July via Warner Music and 10K Projects, four years after their 2022 debut “P.C.F.” The record is built around the idea that each of its members sounds, looks and thinks differently, a concept the group present as a deliberate statement…
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Cage the Elephant Signs With Big Loud Rock
Grammy Award-winning rock band Cage the Elephant have signed a label deal with Big Loud Rock, the rock/alternative imprint of Big Loud Records, and have simultaneously released “Beaches in Tennessee”, their first new music in two years. The signing marks what the band describe as a “new chapter” and reflects a renewed creative energy, with…
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Trophy Wife talk sex, blame, and power play: “You end up on the floor regardless”
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3 Essential 1960s Surf Rock Albums That Pushed the Limits
This American Songwriter feature highlights three 1960s surf rock albums that it credits with expanding the genre beyond its origins as a regional Southern Californian fad. The piece argues that a handful of visionary artists helped transform surf rock’s sun-soaked melodies and twangy guitars into a nationwide phenomenon, reaching even landlocked parts of the United…
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Montreux Jazz Festival: Why RAYE, Sienna Spiro and More ‘Feel At Home’ at Legendary Concert Series
The Montreux Jazz Festival is marking its 60th anniversary in 2026, with its 2026 edition running from 3 to 18 July and drawing a fresh generation of artists including RAYE, Sienna Spiro and Kwn. Festival CEO Mathieu Jaton attributes its enduring appeal to the “luxury of time” it affords performers, covering their hotel and catering…
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Record industry proposes AI labeling system for streaming platforms
The RIAA and IFPI are leading a coalition of music industry bodies in a push to have AI-made tracks labelled across the world’s streaming services, according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Friday (10 July). The group plans to work with platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music to attach two distinct tags,…
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ANTHRAX Shares Music Video For ‘The Edge Of Perfection’ Single From Upcoming ‘Cursum Perficio’ Album
Anthrax have released the Joel Harlow-directed music video for “The Edge Of Perfection”, the second single from their forthcoming twelfth studio album, “Cursum Perficio”. The record is due out on 18 September 2026 via Megaforce in the United States and Nuclear Blast in Europe, and marks the band’s first album in a decade, following 2016’s…