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Dagmar Zuniga to Tour This Fall
Brooklyn-based psych-folk artist Dagmar Zuniga has announced a lengthy tour spanning North America and Europe this autumn, in support of her 2025 debut album. The run includes festival slots and support billing alongside Cate Le Bon and Black Country, New Road, giving the emerging artist significant exposure ahead of a wider international audience. The tour…
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Boy Harsher Announce New Album Get Mean: Hear “Hard Beat”
Darkwave duo Boy Harsher have announced their new album Get Mean, due for release on 18 September on Atlantic Records, alongside the release of new single “Hard Beat”. It marks the first full album from Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller since 2019’s Careful, and follows the end of the pair’s romantic relationship, adding a personal…
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Nick Holmstén and Ash Pournouri officially launch superfan startup Belong – backed by Troy Carter, Chris Zarou and Hans Vestberg
Former Spotify Global Head of Music Nick Holmstén and Avicii’s ex-manager Ash Pournouri have officially launched Belong, a New York-based startup that verifies music fans and aims to channel the money they spend back to artists. The company matters because it seeks to tackle a long-standing industry problem: fans generate enormous financial value through streaming,…
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Instagram adds tool to swap music on published posts
Instagram has launched a “Replace Audio” tool that lets users change the music on already-published feed posts and carousels without deleting and reposting them. Previously, swapping a track meant re-uploading content from scratch, which wiped out any likes, comments, shares and reach the post had already built up; the new tool preserves that engagement, giving…
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The 10 most overrated acting performances of the 1980s
Far Out Magazine has published a listicle naming ten acting performances from the 1980s that it considers overrated, offering a contrarian take on some of the decade’s most celebrated films and stars. Such rankings are a staple of entertainment journalism, designed to provoke debate among film fans by challenging widely held critical and popular consensus…
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Dog Date Return With New Surprise Album Perfectly
New York garage-punk act Dog Date have released a surprise new album, Perfectly, roughly a year after frontman Dylan Kennedy announced the band’s breakup on Instagram. The unexpected return highlights how the project has shifted shape again, going from a solo endeavour to a full band and now apparently back to a one-man effort, while…
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Kirk Franklin to Host 2026 Stellar Gospel Music Awards: Here’s the Full Nominations List
Kirk Franklin will host the 41st annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards, with the ceremony taped live at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, on 15 August 2026. Tasha Cobbs Leonard has been announced as recipient of the Aretha Franklin Icon Award, while Pastor Mike Jr. will receive the Thomas A. Dorsey Most Notable Achievement…
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Greg Freeman announces new album, ‘All Set The Bone’
Musician Greg Freeman has announced a new album titled “All Set The Bone”. The announcement was made via Far Out Magazine, though further details such as a release date, tracklist or accompanying singles were not included in the available report. The article did not provide additional context on the album’s content, themes or promotional rollout.…
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Which Artist Got the Biggest Boost Performing at the World Cup?
Several songs performed at the FIFA World Cup 2026 final halftime show on 19 July saw notable streaming increases in the United States, according to preliminary data from Luminate. The concert, held in East Rutherford, New Jersey following the Spain-Argentina final, featured performances by Shakira, Madonna, BTS and Justin Bieber, with the boosts reflecting the…