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.

    • Mick Gordon Announced For Radar Festival 2027

      Radar Festival has announced that composer Mick Gordon will make a world-first live appearance at its 2027 event. Gordon, known for his work on the DOOM, DOOM Eternal and Wolfenstein 2 soundtracks, will perform the DOOM music with a full live band and orchestra rather than as a DJ set or tribute, marking a notable…

    • Add to playlist: the art-pop showtunes of Luki and the week’s best new tracks

      The article highlights Luki, the art-pop project of singer and composer Lucy Duncan and producer Niac, whose new EP Old Feelings combines theatrical melodrama with intimate emotional detail. The Guardian presents the release as a compelling signpost towards a forthcoming album, praising Duncan’s expressive voice and the duo’s unconventional, richly arranged songwriting. Luki released its…

    • The best recent poetry – review roundup

      A review roundup assesses four recent poetry collections, each using distinctive forms to explore everyday life, displacement, family roles or institutional confinement. – Matthew Welton’s *Small Birds Singing* uses flexible unrhymed couplets to find meaning in ordinary urban scenes and overlooked objects. – Jana Prikryl’s *The Channel* reworks *King Lear* and personal Czech displacement to…

    • Stevie Nicks Once Accused This Fellow Icon of Treating Her Music in a “Vile” Way

      Stevie Nicks publicly criticised Mick Fleetwood over a dispute concerning the rights to her Fleetwood Mac song “Silver Springs”, calling his treatment of the matter “vile”. The disagreement contributed to her leaving the band in 1991 and illustrates the tensions over songwriting and commercial control within Fleetwood Mac. “Silver Springs” was omitted from the 1977…

    • Shift-Up uses AI K-pop video to promote Stellar Blade: Bloodrain

      Shift-Up has promoted its forthcoming action game Stellar Blade: Bloodrain with what appears to be a fully generative-AI K-pop music video. The video features protagonist Evie performing an original Shift-Up song, and has prompted criticism and confusion from some fans, highlighting concerns about the company’s increasing embrace of AI in game marketing and potentially development.…

    • Get an exclusive t-shirt and signed lyric sheet with Prog’s great new Anchoress bundle

      Prog magazine is offering readers an exclusive bundle tied to The Anchoress’s forthcoming album, As We Once Were. The package is intended as a limited-edition promotional item, combining merchandise, a signed lyric sheet and a specially covered issue of the magazine. The album, by Catherine Anne Davies, is due for release on 7 August through…

    • SJY Zeph Open-Back Headphones Review: Music Through Magnets

      WIRED’s review finds the $1,200 SJY Zeph open-back planar magnetic headphones to be an unusually detailed, lively and well-made option for serious listeners. Their standout feature is a reversible magnetic earpad design that subtly changes the sound profile, while their minimalist handmade construction is expected to aid durability; however, their specialist requirements and weight limit…

    • 3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s You Can Actually Work Out To

      The article recommends three 1980s one-hit wonders as energetic additions to a workout playlist. – “867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone (1981), suggested for its upbeat rhythm and romantic motivation. – “Genius of Love” by Tom Tom Club (1981), highlighted for its distinctive synthesiser sound and later sampling. – “Pump Up The Jam” by Technotronic (1989), presented…

    • Brown Wimpenny’s Guide To Manchester’s Folk Scene

      Brown Wimpenny, an experimental-traditional folk collective formed in Manchester’s acoustic community, share a guide to the people and places sustaining the city’s growing folk scene. Their new album, ‘Love Live Brown Wimpenny’, draws on northern industrial-song traditions and traditional narratives, making the guide a tribute to the sessions, venues and musicians that shaped the group.…

    • “Are we a punk band now?” The ugly truth behind Mezzanine, the bleak, beautiful masterpiece which ripped Massive Attack apart

      Massive Attack’s 1998 album Mezzanine is presented as a deliberately radical departure from the group’s earlier sound, arriving as Britpop declined and pop culture was dominated by “Girl Power”. Its dark, unsettling and distinctive style made it feel unlike either contemporary music or the band’s own previous work, helping establish it as a landmark record.…