Staff Writer
Madonna leads the 2026 VMAs with 11 nominations, but the Best New Artist field includes a familiar name: Magnus Ferrell, whose song “Asleep Talking” broke after his father played it on Michelle Obama’s IMO podcast.
The Manchester quartet reflect on their Later… with Jools Holland debut and the tight, unvarnished approach carried into their first full-length.
The Manchester/Berlin duo preview their forthcoming album Quiet Storm with a hushed, collaborative piece that leans into modern classical textures.
The Dublin band follows the platinum-certified Romance with a harder, more corrupted-sounding record produced by James Ford.
On episode 2,539 of The Joe Rogan Experience, the podcaster encountered Turnstile for the first time. The exchange was less a music discussion than a collision of comedy and hardcore culture.
The record blends cassette-warped guitar, birdsong, synths, zither, and Rhodes into an ambient language that refuses easy placement.
A reconsideration in the Bad Bunny case could decide whether the genre’s foundational riddim can be claimed by the estate of its original producers.
The guitarist’s one-song appearance at Jones Beach was framed less as a musical performance than as a gesture of mutual recognition.
Jungle’s latest album refines the band’s long-running blend of classic funk, dub, and contemporary electronic R&B, with Lydia Kitto now a permanent third voice.
Yorkshire rapper Booter Bee returns to solo mode on “Richard Mille,” arriving after “Salah” dominated social media and the 163Margs collaboration “44” expanded his reach.
