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“If I Hear That Freaking Song One More Time”: Gary LeVox Jokes He’s Had Enough of This Ella Langley Song
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – JUNE 07: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Gary LeVox performs during CMA Fest 2025 at the main stage at Nissan Stadium on June 07, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) Gary LeVox admitted Ella Langley’s hit “Choosin’ Texas” gets stuck in his head every time he hears it. The post “If I…
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Muirean Bradley Shares Cover Of Daniel Johnston’s ‘True Love Will Find You In The End’
Irish artist Muireann Bradley has shared her take on Daniel Johnston’s ‘True Love Will Find You In The End’. An enormously gifted guitarist, Muireann’s debut album – initially released via Tompkins Square before she signed with Fontana / Universal – paid homage to country blue greats, but since then she’s… The post Muirean Bradley Shares…
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“Louder Now represents a huge milestone for me and to know it has made an impact on so many other people’s lives as well is something I still struggle to get my head around”: Taking Back Sunday reveal Louder Now deluxe reissue
Taking Back Sunday are revisiting their third studio album to mark its 20th anniversary – complete with bonus track Sleep, Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)
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Bose’s upgraded QuietComfort headphones add head-tracking immersive audio
Bose has unveiled a second-generation version of its entry-level QuietComfort noise-cancelling headphones, first launched in late 2023, bringing head-tracking immersive audio to a cheaper model for the first time. The update matters because it brings Bose’s TrueSpatial spatial audio technology, previously reserved for the pricier QuietComfort Ultra, down to the standard range, alongside a redesigned…
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Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce
Three former Spotify engineers who built the streaming service’s Vector AI recommendation system have raised $10 million in seed funding for Malachyte, a startup applying the same technology to online shopping. The company argues that most e-commerce sites still personalise based on stale purchase history or demographic data, leaving first-time visitors with generic storefronts and…
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‘Throwing It All Away’: The 1986 Genesis song that proves Mike Rutherford’s importance
This piece from Far Out Magazine revisits Genesis’s 1986 ballad “Throwing It All Away,” arguing that the song stands as a rare showcase for guitarist and bassist Mike Rutherford at a time when drummer-turned-frontman Phil Collins dominated the band’s sound and songwriting. It matters as a corrective to the narrative that Genesis’s other members were…
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4 Songs From 1977 Every 70s Kid Heard While Riding in the Family Car to School Each Morning
This American Songwriter piece looks back at four hit songs from 1977 that would have been staples on Top 40 radio for children heading to school in the family car during that era. It’s a nostalgic list piece aimed at readers who grew up in the 1970s, celebrating songs that have since become enduring classics…
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Joan Jett cancels tour dates due to “healing process” after surgery
Joan Jett has cancelled two upcoming US tour dates, in Costa Mesa, California and Louisville, Kentucky, as she recovers from orthopaedic surgery on a fractured vertebrae. The veteran rocker’s team announced the decision on Instagram, explaining it was made in consultation with her doctors so she can focus on physical therapy and healing rather than…
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DROWNING POOL’s C.J. PIERCE On Using A.I. To Write Music: ‘I’m Definitely Against All That Stuff’
In a new interview with “The Seth Williams Show”, DROWNING POOL guitarist C.J. Pierce weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes based on artificial intelligence (A.I.) algorithms and machine learning…
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60 Years Ago Today, George Jones Scored His First and Only No. 1 Country Album
On 6 August 1966, George Jones’s album “I’m a People” reached number one on the US country albums chart, replacing the late Jim Reeves’s “Distant Drums” at the top. It was the only time in Jones’s six-decade career that he topped the country albums chart, despite scoring numerous number one singles, including “White Lightning” in…