Pop and Rock

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  Liam Gallagher Says There Could Be a New Oasis Album "If We Nail This Tour and Be Kind to One Another"

  PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2024

  An AI-generated Oasis album inspired by the Gallagher brothers didn't stop this year's reunion announcement, but would the recently...

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  Spotify Is Filling Playlists with Ghost Artists, New Report Claims

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2024

  In a move that's both completely unsurprising and still unnerving, a new report by journalist Liz Pelly has alleged that Spotify is padding...

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  iPod Hoarder Robert Smith Doesn't Stream Music "on Principle"

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2024

  The Cure's Robert Smith has become something of a music industry moralist. Except, unlike many of those types of people, he does actually...

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  Alex Lifeson Given Lifetime Achievement Award by National Guitar Museum

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2024

  Rush's Alex Lifeson is set to receive the National Guitar Museum's annual Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024." Alex's playing has inspired...

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  Even Coldplay's Bassist Doesn't Take Chris Martin's Band Retirement Plans Seriously

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2024

  Every few years, our Editor-in-Chief gets to clown on Chris Martin for yet another claim that Coldplay are going to call it quits soon...

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  Clairo's Toronto Shows Featured a Rap Battle and a Mouth Trumpet Competition

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2024

  I'm not sure what it is exactly that sets the vibe of the function that is a Clairo concert, but there's been a very specific atmosphere at...

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  Cindy Lee's 'Diamond Jubilee' Is on Spotify — at Least for Now

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2024

  Merry Christmas! After physical pre-orders went online alongside a digital Bandcamp arrival in October, Cindy Lee's magnum opus 'Diamond...

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  Sabrina Carpenter's "Motherfucker" Lyric in "Please Please Please" Was an Ad-Lib

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2024

  The latest edition of Hrishikesh Hirway's great 'Song Exploder' podcast breaks down one of Sabrina Carpenter's multiple big pop hits this...