Google unveils ‘Music AI Sandbox’ with the help of Wyclef Jean, Justin Tranter and Marc RebilletWith these tools, "you’re able to move at light speed with your creativity," says Wyclef
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Sun Label Group launches under parent company Primary Wave Music, bringing together Sun Records, Gaither Music, Green Hill Music, Rural Rhythm and emeraldwavePaul Sizelove will oversee Sun Label Group as President
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Spotify hit with ‘Cease & Desist’ from US Music Publishers Association: Read the full letterSpotify received a cease-and-desist letter Wednesday from the National Music Publishers Association regarding its use of lyrics in newly launched video functions and a remix feature that enables users to speed up and edit songs to create derivative works.....
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Live Music Society adds $710,000 in grants to 24 small US music venuesThe nonprofit Live Music Society has awarded $710,000 in much-needed Music Action Grants to 24 small independent U.S. music venues.....
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New Penalties for Artificial Streaming: What Musicians Need to KnowRecent changes at Spotify, Apple Music and other digital service providers introduce new penalties for artificial streaming. Find out how to navigate these changes and protect your music.....
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Max Cavalera Discusses Revisiting Metal Classics, '80s Thrash, Unexpected Favorite ArtistsMax Cavalera's latest release is a complete re-recording of Sepultura's 1987 offering, Schizophrenia. He spoke with AllMusic shortly before the release of the album, and explained why he and his brother are re-recording this early material, in addition to several other metal-related topics.

Al Stewart at the Saban Theatre, Beverly HillsMusic legend Al Stewart performed with the Empty Pockets at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, CA on April 21. The Empty Pockets performed a short set before Stewart came out to perform his songs and share stories. Earlier that day the Empty Pockets' Josh Solomon performed the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium.

Al Stewart has worked with the likes of Jimmy Page, Alan Parsons, Rick Wakeman, and his collaborator of 20-years Peter White who performed several songs throughout the night with Stewart. White joined Stewart for “Time Passages,” “On the Border,” and Stewart’s biggest hit “Year of the Cat,” which will celebrate 50 years in 2026. Stewart’s set also included “Sirens of Titan,” “Modern Times,” and “Flying Sorcery.”

Stewart’s career spans six decades and performed at the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970, shared a London flat with Paul Simon in the 60’s, bought a guitar from Andy Summers pre-Police, and had known Yoko Ono before she met John Lennon. At the Les Cousins Folk Club, Stewart played with future music icons like Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, and Simon. One story Stewart told was taking lessons from King Crimson’s Robert Fripp.

Appeals court upholds Childish Gambino victory in ‘This Is America’ copyright infringement caseRapper Kidd Wes had copyrighted the sound recording, but not the composition, of his 2016 track 'Made In America'
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Sony generated $2.5bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q1 2024, up 14.7% YoYSony's corporate music division posted annual revenues of nearly $11 billion in the 12 months to end of March
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The train has left the station: AI music platform Udio is already spitting out 10 songs a SECONDYou might remember Udio: That’s the US-headquartered company co-created by ex-employees of Google’s DeepMind AI division
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ZYNC Music Group files lawsuit against Round Hill Music over alleged breaches of JV agreementRound Hill acquired a stake in ZYNC Music in a multi-faceted agreement back in 2017
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IDLES at the Paramount Theatre, SeattleAn excited sense of supernatural electricity quivered through Seattle’s historic Paramount Theatre; its energy sparked across the elbow-to-elbow sold-out crowd. The powerful sensation grew stronger in intensity as seconds sped by, enveloping the audience in an anticipatory state as they sensed the brutal musical beauty being held at bay backstage. Thankfully, IDLES, the five-piece Bristol-based band known for creating crushing contemplative chaos alongside dulcet-like seductive tones, were attuned to this surreal sensation. In the space of a breath, Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Adam Devonshire, Lee Kiernan, and Joe Talbot appeared and crossed the stage to take their places. Shortly after the delicately dark piano intro of “IDEA 101,” the opening track from IDLES’ 2024 release, TANGK bled into the air. Frontman Joe Talbot paced a few more times, then grabbed the mic, his resilient bon-sang voice cathartically grounding the crowd- albeit only momentarily.

As force majeures of massive sound matched with poignant, provocative lyrics, IDLES immediately moved into the harsh and heavy “Colossus” from 2018’s Joy as an Act of Resistance., which included Talbot swirling his mic overhead while Kiernan jumped into the throng of fans, body surfing while playing guitar. Their actions served as catalysts and ignited mosh pits that continued to ebb and flow throughout the band’s two-hour-plus show. 

IDLES plunged further into their carefully crafted set with a pantheon of songs highlighting their skills at succinctly exploring complex subjects with subversive slants. The resolutely uplifting thrashers “Gift Horse” (TANGK) and “Mr. Motivator” (2020’s Ultra Mono) suggested the magnificence found in embracing “the self” versus the powers that be, while the droning, dissonant painkillers “1049 Gotho” (2017’s Brutalism) and “The Wheel” (2021’s CRAWLER) tackled the dark, crippling weight felt amidst the throes of depression and sinister cycles of addiction.

Mid-set, the five-piece acerbic songwriters embraced their well-known anti-establishment stances by calling out colonialism’s role in modern-day politics with “f*ck the king” chants and calls for “ceasefire in Gaza” before they blasted into the ear-splintering “War” (2020’s Ultra Mono). IDLES brought the throngs of fans further into their fury, with Bowen and Keirnan bolting over barricades with guitars in arms as they surged into an emotionally fraught performance of “Benzocaine” (Brutalism). Afterward, Talbot gently serenaded the pair to return to the stage with a rendition of Foo Fighters’ “My Hero.”

Ready to venture further into more varied soundscapes, IDLES leaned into several tracks from TANGK - the eerie gray grit of “Gratitude” and the trippy experimental sawtooth buzzes in “POP POP POP – both with tactful yet abstract lyrics that examine how joy often resides in snippets of everyday life instead of momentous grandstanding successes.

IDLES returned to their rebellious roots with material from Joy as an Act of Resistance: the punk chords of positivity in “Television” and the aggressive harmonics in “Samaritans.” The latter included a shout-out to a father who hoisted his daughter on his shoulders for the duration of the performance. The five-piece continued with another round of rallying against conformity with the visceral “Never Fight a Man with a Perm” before Talbot and crew shifted gears back toward the present day by asking concertgoers, “Shall we dance?” After hearing a resounding “Yes!,” IDLES took their cue and broke into “Dancer” (TANGK), the hauntingly evocative single tackling the tricky concept of navigating love and loss. As the song’s hypnotic chords ended and drifted into the atmosphere, Bowen dropped his guitar and once again jumped into the audience. They immediately lifted him on their shoulders as he and his bandmates broke into “Danny Nedelko,” complete with the crowd singing along with the chorus.  As ambassadors of alt-ideology, IDLES ultimately ended their marathon concert with the biting “Rottweiler.” The last selections, both from Joy as an Act of Resistance, underscored why IDLES are pertinent today: they wholeheartedly write music that analyzes ruthless realism while striving to attain perfect altruism - a notion that at its core remains part of human nature.

SETLIST  

IDEA 01

Colossus

Gift Horse

Mr. Motivator

Mother

Car Crash

I'm Scum

1049 Gotho

Roy

The Wheel

Jungle

War

Wizz

Benzocaine

Gratitude

Divide and Conquer

POP POP POP

Television

Samaritans

Crawl!

The Beachland Ballroom

Never Fight a Man with a Perm

Dancer

Danny Nedelko

Rottweiler

Kendrick vs. Drake is a rare ‘mainstream’ moment… and streaming is on the sidelinesDive into the ripples that rap battles can create in mainstream media. Does it help the artist's music career? Is it just for clout.....
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Read Steve Albini’s incredible letter to Nirvana waiving ‘In Utero’ royaltiesWhile Steve Albini shepherded thousands of albums, he preferred being called an engineer rather than a producer. That self-imposed distinction offers a glimpse at the depth of Alnini's character, but his letter to Nirvana took it to another level.....
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Live music marketplace GigPig raises $1.6MLive music marketplace GigPig has added $1.6 million in funding to provide more paid performance opportunities for musicians and a simpler workflow for small venues.,,,,
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