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Exceleration Music partners with Christian hip-hop label Reach Records
Exceleration Music has formed a strategic partnership with Atlanta-based Christian hip-hop label Reach Records, providing worldwide physical and digital distribution through Redeye Worldwide. Reach will retain its existing leadership and team, while Exceleration supplies capital, infrastructure and operational support, potentially expanding the label’s ability to develop artists and reach audiences. The agreement applies to new…
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Five musicians Quincy Jones slammed: “The worst player I ever heard”
Passionate hatred. The post Five musicians Quincy Jones slammed: “The worst player I ever heard” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1990s I’d Skip School To Listen To
The article nostalgically highlights three 1990s one-hit wonders associated with watching music television or films while staying home from school. – Blind Melon’s “No Rain” (1992), remembered for its acoustic-grunge sound and bumblebee-costumed character in the video. – Partners In Kryme’s “Turtle Power!” (1990), linked to the popularity of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film…
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Rod Stewart cancels North American dates after coronary stent procedure
Rod Stewart has cancelled the remaining North American dates of his One Last Time farewell tour after undergoing a routine coronary stent procedure. The 81-year-old singer said he was recovering well, but will follow doctors’ advice to take four weeks away from performing, affecting concerts in the United States and Mexico. He first cancelled a…
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson shares new ‘Moana’ ballad ‘Your Dad’, teases return to music with “old school soul” and country music
Dwayne Johnson has released ‘Your Dad’, a ballad from the Moana companion album ‘Moana: Voices Across The Ocean’, and said he is considering a more sustained music career. The actor’s comments matter because they signal an expansion beyond his established wrestling and film work, with country and soul music emerging as his preferred direction. Johnson…
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Who put all these banjos in my sci-fi game?
Why have the recent crop of science fiction video games all sounded so… rustic? Do they have more in common than just a country-fried soundtrack?
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Olivia Rodrigo reveals Daisy Chain Fields stage times schedule with no overlapping sets
Olivia Rodrigo has announced the running order for her all-female Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine, California, confirming that its two stages will alternate throughout the day so no performances clash. The approach means attendees can watch all 14 scheduled sets, including appearances by Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, Bikini Kill, Garbage and Rodrigo herself, while…
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Suno licenses BMG recordings for new AI music models
Suno has agreed a licensing deal with music company BMG, allowing it to use BMG recordings in forthcoming AI music models and retrospectively covering their use in earlier training. The agreement gives Suno further legitimacy within the music industry as it seeks to move from disputed training practices towards licensed, label-backed AI tools. Suno will…
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No Lindsey, No Stevie, and No Magic: Remembering When Fleetwood Mac Released an Album With Fill-Ins in 1995
Fleetwood Mac continued after the departures of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and other members, releasing the largely overlooked 1995 album *Time* with several replacement musicians. The record is remembered as an unsuccessful attempt to preserve the band’s identity, but it also preceded the return of its best-known line-up for 1997’s *The Dance*. Buckingham left in…
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Why Nier: Automata has one of the best soundtracks ever
Nier: Automata is a game about robots and androids that want nothing more than to be human. That theme is revealed through the game’s incredible soundtrack. Read more about Polygon’s pick for the best games of 2017: