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Hulder’s ‘Verbolgen’ Strips Black Metal to Its Core
The third Hulder album works within the established vocabulary of black metal, refining the band’s sound through disciplined arrangement and a commitment to subtraction rather than novelty.
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Drake’s Search for a Goth Baddie Ends on a Branded Kick Stream
On a Stake-sponsored “20 v 1” dating show, Drake chose cosplayer Pinkchyu as his wife—barking on command and promising to buy her mother a house. The spectacle loops back to a year-old podcast remark about his ideal woman.
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Kofi Stone Turned the Jazz Cafe Festival’s Second Stage Into Its Epicenter
A packed Plant Room and a commanding, flexible performance confirmed the Birmingham rapper’s connection with listeners who treat music as more than background.
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The Big Moon Announce ‘Forever’, Share New Single ‘Fun’
The London band’s third album, out this October, leans into lightness — and the new track turns that intention into a lean, live-wire jolt.
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Eddie Vedder Busks ‘Black’ on Grafton Street After Glen Hansard’s Funeral
In the early hours after Glen Hansard’s funeral, Eddie Vedder and a small group of friends gathered at the late musician’s old busking spot to play Pearl Jam and Springsteen songs.
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A Generational Band Reimagines Yoko Ono’s Songbook Outside a Los Angeles Museum
With Yo La Tengo as the house band, artists from Merrill Garbus to Kathleen Hanna gave Ono’s radical catalog a night of ragged, reverent interpretation—and made the case for her music as a living repertoire.
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Westside Cowboy Preview Debut LP With ‘Dobro,’ Ravyn Lenae Sets ‘Blue Island’
Manchester band Westside Cowboy announce August debut ‘It Goes On’ via Island Records. Ravyn Lenae follows ‘Love Me Not’ with a new album and All Points East slot.
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Serge Geyzel’s ‘Stay.’ Finds Openness in Disquiet
The Russian-born, Berlin-based producer lets his guard down on a new self-released EP, trading sharp electronics for acoustic drift and fractured rhythms.
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Naisha’s ‘911’ EP Brings Bollywood, Bass, and a Sharper Sense of Self
The three-track project, featuring Skrillex-produced “CONTRABAND,” fuses Hindi film influences with Caribbean rhythms and dubstep weight.
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Charli XCX Joins The Strokes at Outside Lands for “Take It Or Leave It”
Cross-generational banter and a cover of the Is This It classic closed out the festival, with Charli also appearing during Djo’s set.