Topic: Music

Music news, from stadium-filling icons to the artists shaping the charts this week, covering new releases, reissues and the interviews and anniversaries that put a record's story in context. It ranges across genres and eras, so a look back at how a soul classic or disco anthem came together sits alongside coverage of what's charting or making headlines right now.

Beyond the music itself, this is where the people and decisions behind it get examined: why a band turned down a big break, how a songwriter settled on a lyric overnight, or what a veteran musician makes of the industry and the world today. There's also room for the wider culture around music, from touring and nightlife to the health and social benefits some readers get from it.

Taken together, it's a mix of nostalgia and the present tense, useful for anyone who wants to understand not just what's playing now but the stories and decisions that shaped the music they already know.

  • U2 – “Street Of Dreams”

    U2 have released a new single, “Street Of Dreams”, billed as the lead track from an as-yet-unannounced album due out later this year. It matters because the record would be the band’s first collection of new material in nine years, since 2017’s Songs Of Experience, following a long stretch of largely retrospective activity. Produced by…

  • U2 return with Street of Dreams, first single from album in nine years

    U2 have released “Street of Dreams”, the lead single from their forthcoming album, which will be the band’s first collection of all-new studio material in nine years. The single and its music video arrived on digital streaming platforms early on Tuesday, signalling that a full announcement of the album is drawing closer. The album has…

  • Slowcore Bands imy3 & towhead Announce New Split EP: Hear Two Tracks

    Slowcore acts imy3, a Philadelphia-based duo, and towhead, a Bay Area trio, have announced a new untitled split EP, due out on 8 July via Cherub Dream. Both bands draw on 1990s slowcore sounds blended with the playful, home-recorded electronic textures common in DIY music, and the release marks a formal collaboration between two closely…

  • James Ford tells us about writing new album ‘Lost In Another World’ while receiving treatment for leukemia

    Producer and musician James Ford has told NME about creating his new album ‘Lost In Another World’ while undergoing hospital treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), an aggressive cancer of the white blood cells. The record — his second solo LP and the first released under his full name, James Ellis Ford — will be…

  • U2 gatecrash a family’s flat in their latest music video

    U2 have released the music video for “Street of Dreams”, the first single from a forthcoming album, and its filming took an unplanned turn when the band ended up commandeering a Mexico City family’s flat. While shooting in Plaza Santo Domingo earlier this year, thunder and rain knocked out the generator powering the production, prompting…

  • Hear U2’s Joyous New Single ‘Street of Dreams’ From Upcoming Studio Album

    U2 have released “Street of Dreams”, the lead single from their forthcoming studio album, which is due out before the end of 2026. Produced by longtime collaborator Jacknife Lee, the joyful, anthemic track marks the band’s first proper album of new material since 2017’s Songs of Experience, making it a significant moment for their fans.…

  • Check out U2’s stirring Jacknife Lee-produced new single ‘Street Of Dreams’

    U2 have released “Street Of Dreams”, the first single from their forthcoming album and their first taste of all-new material since 2017’s “Songs Of Experience”. Produced by longtime collaborator Jacknife Lee, the track marks a significant moment for the veteran Irish band as they approach their 50th anniversary in September and prepare to release what…

  • Common Knows What It Takes To Change the World

    Entertainment website Collider has published a Signature Series interview with the rapper and actor Common, timed to the third season of the Apple TV+ science-fiction drama Silo, in which he plays the Judicial enforcer Robert Sims. The piece frames the Grammy-winning Chicago artist as someone who has consistently moved between music, film, television, writing and…

  • Rolling Stone Video Series ‘The Breakdown’ and ‘My Life in 10 Songs’ Are Headed to Netflix

    Rolling Stone is bringing two of its music video franchises, “The Breakdown” and “My Life in 10 Songs”, to Netflix in the United States and several other countries from August. Both series are built around in-depth interviews in which artists discuss how they created their biggest hits and the songs that have shaped their lives,…

  • Album Of The Week: Kelela new avatar

    In this Album Of The Week review, Stereogum’s Margaret Farrell praises Kelela’s new album, new avatar, released on Warp Records, arguing that it renders conventional genre labels inadequate. Farrell contends that the record collapses the boundaries between R&B, electronic music, pop, hip-hop and rock, driven throughout by a “quiet tenderness” that persists even amid its…