Talk Fuse

    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.

    • Ryan Hemsworth Announces New Album Numbskull Feat. Tegan And Sara, MSPAINT, Illuminati Hotties’ Sarah Tudzin, & More

      Ryan Hemsworth has announced his first solo album since 2018, Numbskull, due for release on 21 October via Topshelf. The record continues his collaborative approach, featuring Tegan And Sara, MSPAINT, Sarah Tudzin of Illuminati Hotties, Nana Lourdes and allie, while its first two singles, “One Step” and “A Display Of Emotion”, are available now. Hemsworth…

    • Logic1000 – “Jersey” (Feat. Jam City)

      Logic1000 and Jam City have released a collaborative new single, “Jersey”, ahead of their respective forthcoming albums. The track is a sleek, driving techno production rather than a Jersey club-style experiment, and highlights a meeting of two dance producers known for collaborative work. Logic1000, an Australian-born producer based in Berlin, will release her album Confirmation!…

    • Steve Lacy announces 27-date North American autumn tour

      Steve Lacy has announced the 27-date ‘Oh Yeah?’ North American tour in support of his third studio album, ‘Oh Yeah?’. The run marks his first headline tour since 2022 and signals a return to large-scale live shows across the US and Canada. Promoted by Live Nation, the tour starts in Minneapolis on 27 September and…

    • The “vain” director Gary Oldman couldn’t stand working with in 1991: “I wouldn’t go through that again”

      A taskmaster. The post The “vain” director Gary Oldman couldn’t stand working with in 1991: “I wouldn’t go through that again” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

    • Kathleen Hanna and Ad-Rock record immigration benefit cover

      Kathleen Hanna and her husband Ad-Rock have recorded a cover of DJ Snake and Justin Bieber’s “Let Me Love You” for Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE Out, a benefit compilation supporting organisations that advocate for immigrant communities. The project brings together musicians, comedians and spoken-word artists in opposition to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with…

    • From sensation to spectacular, to silence: the strange history of Coleridge-Taylor’s Song of Hiawatha

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s three-part choral work The Song of Hiawatha will receive its first performance at the Edinburgh International Festival, despite having made the composer internationally famous more than a century ago. The article argues that its revival matters because the work was once a major popular success and helped establish Coleridge-Taylor as the best-known Black…

    • Kathleen Hanna, Ad-Rock, Tom Morello, More Tapped for ‘Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE OUT’ Benefit Album

      Kathleen Hanna, Ad-Rock, Tom Morello, Fred Armisen and other artists have contributed to Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE OUT, a benefit compilation supporting immigrant-rights groups. Released on 2 October by SoundsGood Records, the album will direct proceeds to the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and Unión del Barrio, while seeking to raise awareness of ICE enforcement…

    • We’re playing Boomtown this Friday night

      This is a short-form clip (YouTube Shorts) from an artist or act announcing they’re playing Boomtown Fair, the UK festival known for its immersive, theatrical districts and eclectic music line-ups spanning bass, electronic and alternative genres. The video serves as a quick heads-up to fans that a Friday-night set is coming up. No further details…

    • daine – “I Used To Kill” (Feat. aldn)

      Filipino-Australian hyperpop artist daine has released “I Used To Kill”, a new collaboration with fellow Pack. Records artist aldn. The track previews daine’s forthcoming debut full-length, In Endless Awe & Agony, and combines heavily processed electronic production with an underlying emo sensibility. aldn, whose real name is Alden Robinson and who is from Reston, Virginia,…

    • Why we’re going back to the games of our youth

      Millennial players are increasingly returning to familiar games from their youth, driven by nostalgia, rising console prices and the abundance of older titles still available. New remakes of Star Fox and Halo: Combat Evolved suggest that revisiting the past can also reveal design ideas neglected by modern games, including compact arcade-style action and focused single-player…