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The Killers, Jack White, Khruangbin, Alvvays & more playing new Goldenvoice fest Ocean Way
Goldenvoice has announced Ocean Way, a new two-day music festival on Santa Monica beach, scheduled for 26–27 September 2026. The event is notable as the first major music festival to be held on the beach there, and is intended to combine live music with food, wellness, design, sustainability and beach culture. The Killers and Olivia…
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Bad Company OUT NOW !! ASYLUM (FULL ALBUM) NEXT WEEK !! #Inpatient 4 Lyfe 🤪💊🕸
This YouTube Short spotlights “Bad Company”, flagging that a track or release titled “Bad Company” is out now, with a full album called “Asylum” billed to follow the week after. The clip reads as a promotional teaser, built to build hype for the album drop rather than showcase a full track. The accompanying hashtag “#Inpatient…
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Carly Rae Jepsen Surveys the Wreckage of a Dinner Party in “After All” Video
Carly Rae Jepsen has released “After All,” a new track from her forthcoming double album *Day and Night*, accompanied by a music video directed by Aerin Moreno. The video depicts a visibly pregnant Jepsen wandering through the aftermath of a dinner party, surveying a messy dining room, offering a striking visual companion to the song.…
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Hana Stretton – “Seagull Theory II” & “As It Was Before This”
British-Australian ambient folk artist Hana Stretton has released two new tracks, “Seagull Theory II” and “As It Was Before This”, ahead of her forthcoming album *tiarn*. Stretton, known for blending samples, field recordings and original material, has drawn comparisons to artists such as Grouper and Claire Rousay and counts Phil Elverum among her admirers, having…
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“Would they have that same attention if they weren’t wearing big clown noses?” Why Devin Townsend is a bit “irritated” by Quebec microtonal duo Angine de Poitrine
Devin Townsend has said he feels somewhat “irritated” by the hype surrounding Angine de Poitrine, a masked Québécois microtonal math rock duo, though he admits he hasn’t listened to their music enough to give a proper musical assessment. Speaking on Jorge Botas’ Metal Global podcast, the veteran musician suggested his unease centres on the band’s…
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Ocean Way Festival to debut on Santa Monica Beach in September
Ocean Way Festival has confirmed its inaugural lineup, with the Killers and Olivia Dean headlining the new event on Santa Monica Beach this September. Taking place on 26 and 27 September, it will be the first major music festival held on the Californian city’s coastline and is produced by Goldenvoice, the promoter behind Coachella and…
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Mick Jagger: ‘If Someone Wants to Make Music by AI, Go Ahead, but It Has to Be Original’
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have voiced caution about artificial intelligence in music-making, telling Billboard that AI-generated songs are acceptable only if they involve genuine creative input rather than simply mimicking existing artists. Jagger said he did not want the Rolling Stones imitated vocally or instrumentally by AI, arguing that anyone truly creative would not…
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Coachella Organizers Announce New Santa Monica Beach Festival
Goldenvoice, the company behind Coachella, has announced a new beach festival called Ocean Way in Santa Monica, California. The two-day event will take place on 26–27 September, bringing a major touring production to a city beach rather than the desert setting Goldenvoice is best known for, and forms part of what Santa Monica’s mayor described…
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‘Kodachrome’: Why was Paul Simon’s big 1973 hit was immediately banned by the BBC?
Paul Simon’s 1973 single “Kodachrome” became a major hit in the United States but was refused airplay by the BBC, which held a long-standing policy against broadcasting songs that named commercial products or brands. Because “Kodachrome” was a registered trademark belonging to Kodak for its colour photographic film, the corporation’s rules treated the song’s title…