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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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Car Underwater Share Thrilling New Track ‘Waiting (For The Rope To Slip)’

  • Car Underwater have released ‘Waiting (For The Rope To Slip)’.
  • The song follows their debut EP, released earlier this year.
  • The band will tour the US with Static Dress and I Promised The World.

Car Underwater have released ‘Waiting (For The Rope To Slip)’, a new track blending the emotional intensity of early-2000s rock with a polished modern sound. The release follows the band’s debut EP, ‘Dagger Breaks Window’, which came out earlier this year. The article describes the song as caustic…

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Bernie Taupin admits Robert Plant didn’t recognise him at recent Nashville festival: ‘I love my anonymity’

  • Robert Plant initially failed to recognise Bernie Taupin in Nashville.
  • The two met for dinner the following night.
  • Taupin says he values his anonymity and will keep his publishing rights.

Bernie Taupin says Robert Plant did not recognise him when they met at a recent Nashville music festival, despite Plant having asked to meet. Taupin, best known for writing lyrics with Elton John, says he is often not recognised and values being able to live outside the public…

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3 Pink Floyd Songs That Showcase a Different Side of the Iconic Band

  • Pink Floyd explored sounds beyond their best-known psychedelic rock.
  • “Fearless” is folky and ends with a chant.
  • Roy Harper sings on a funk-influenced track about the music business.

Pink Floyd’s catalogue included quieter folk, Americana and funk-influenced songs that differ from the psychedelic and progressive rock sound for which the band is best known. The article highlights three such tracks as examples of the group’s willingness to experiment and appeal to listeners beyond its familiar hits.…

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The 2024 album Damon Albarn says is genuinely “sunshine, in a bag”

  • Damon Albarn calls Peel Dream Magazine’s 2024 album “sunshine, in a bag”.
  • The 15 tracks blend indie pop, gentle electronics and classical minimalism.
  • Its songs revisit songwriter Joseph Stevens’s childhood memories of New York.

Damon Albarn has named Peel Dream Magazine’s 2024 album *Rose Main Reading Room* as the record that sounds like “sunshine, in a bag”, echoing the phrase he introduced in Gorillaz’s 2001 song “Clint Eastwood”. His endorsement draws attention to a relatively little-known album whose gentle, reflective mood suggests…

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AS I LAY DYING Shares New Single ‘The Cost To Stay’ From Upcoming Self-Titled Album

  • AS I LAY DYING released “The Cost To Stay”.
  • Their self-titled album is due on 5 February 2027.
  • Lambesis says the song is about leaving a harmful cycle.

AS I LAY DYING have released “The Cost To Stay”, a new single accompanied by a music video directed by Tom Flynn. The song previews the band’s first self-titled album, due on 5 February 2027, which the group describes as both a continuation of its sound and a…

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How John Fogerty’s Upbringing Inspired “Fortunate Son” (And Why It Made Him “Suspicious” of Powerful People)

  • Fogerty’s early suspicion of privilege shaped “Fortunate Son”.
  • The Vietnam-era draft deepened the song’s criticism of unequal treatment.
  • Fogerty said it took 20 minutes to write after years of reflection.

John Fogerty’s childhood observations and later experience of the Vietnam-era draft helped inspire Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son”. Released in 1969, the song criticised privilege and the perceived unfairness of wealthy and powerful people avoiding obligations faced by others. Fogerty recalled watching Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1953 inauguration and…

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In 2018, Jack Lowden was thinking about quitting acting. Watching Saoirse Ronan changed his mind

  • Lowden considered quitting acting at 27.
  • Watching Saoirse Ronan on set inspired him to stay.
  • The pair later married and had a child.

Jack Lowden has said he considered leaving acting at 27, despite a run of high-profile roles, because he felt uncomfortable with the public persona and uncertain about his place in the profession. Watching Saoirse Ronan lead the 2018 film *Mary, Queen of Scots* helped change his mind: he…

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MESHUGGAH Announces European Leg Of 2027 ‘The Forty-Year Anomaly’ Tour

  • Meshuggah mark 40 years with a 20-date European tour.
  • Periphery and Vildhjarta will provide support.
  • The final show is at London’s OVO Arena Wembley.

Meshuggah have announced a 20-date European headline tour in 2027, marking the Swedish metal band’s 40th anniversary. The shows, billed as “The Forty-Year Anomaly”, will include support from Periphery and Vildhjarta and conclude at London’s OVO Arena Wembley. The tour runs from Copenhagen on 29 September to London…

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‘His voice was too queer – so they silenced him’: how Spain’s national poet Lorca finally became a gay icon

  • Lorca is gaining recognition as a gay icon in Spain.
  • His sexuality was largely omitted from accounts for decades.
  • New films, performances and books are renewing interest in his work.

Federico García Lorca is increasingly being embraced as a gay icon in Spain, as artists and audiences revisit his work through a queer lens. The renewed attention, including a drag tribute in London and the film La Bola Negra, is helping address decades of silence around the poet’s…

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5 Top 40 Hits From 1975 That Stay on Repeat in My Car

  • Five 1975 hits still soundtrack the writer’s drives.
  • The choices range from Bowie and Lennon to Earth, Wind & Fire.
  • “Pick Up The Pieces” topped the US pop songs chart in 1975.

The writer shares five 1975 hits that remain in regular rotation during car journeys, praising their enduring appeal and the different moods they bring. The selections span rock, funk and soul, from David Bowie and John Lennon’s collaboration to an uplifting Earth, Wind & Fire track. The songs…

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