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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,…
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"…
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,…
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"…
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 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…
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…
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…
Norwegian striker Erling Haaland has scored a surprise number one single in his home country after superstar producer Kygo remixed a rap track the footballer recorded as a teenager. The reworked song, ‘Kygo Jo’, tops Spotify’s Norway Top 50 chart and has gone viral, underlining Haaland’s growing status…
This feature article from Collider revisits The Beatles' 1967 track "A Day in the Life", the closing song on their landmark album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and argues that attempts to censor it only cemented its status as a rock masterpiece. The piece places the song…