
New Found Glory founding guitarist Chad Gilbert has died aged 45
New Found Glory have announced the death of founding guitarist Chad Gilbert, who was 45.

Carly Rae Jepsen has spent the last decade learning exactly how pop works, mostly so she can have more fun breaking its rules. With sprawling double album 'Day And Night', she's following her instincts wherever they lead.

Kim Petras’ expanded ‘Detour’ includes five additional tracks, a new ‘Autobahn’ video and an October performance at Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum.
Ed Sheeran told the Philadelphia crowd he altered his usual stage setup because he feared objects could be thrown at him following the Macklemore tour fallout.

Hayley Williams revisited her B.o.B collaboration with Rico Nasty during her New York solo show.
The actor’s bearded appearance comes from an unexpected Troye Sivan collaboration, rather than a confirmed new look at ‘The Hunt for Gollum’.
The Glasgow band’s new record arrives in February 2027, led by ‘Run Down Small Town’ and double A-side track ‘City Used To Be Alive’.
Emily Eavis has ruled out Oasis for Glastonbury 2027, ending speculation prompted by a gap in the band’s Live ’27 schedule.


A debut album. Two escapes to Berlin. And a duo ready to go massive. Wasia Project find their way through the dark with 'Nocturne'.
Around 100 demonstrators assembled outside Lincoln Financial Field after Macklemore was removed from Sheeran’s US Loop Tour.
Lizzy McAlpine says she contacted Nick Drake’s estate after realising the opening of an ‘Angel’ track closely resembled ‘One Of These Things First’.
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A debut album. Two escapes to Berlin. And a duo ready to go massive. Wasia Project find their way through the dark with 'Nocturne'.

Last autumn, a band that doesn’t exist overtook HOLDING ABSENCE on Spotify. They were already tearing up their own rulebook, building a robot mascot and making an album about human connection. Lucas Woodland explains why ‘Modern Life Is Lonely’ means so much to them.

Spanish beer brand’s music project SON Estrella Galicia looked at how Britain treats its small venues, liked what they saw, and took the idea home. Now they're bringing it back to Hackney, in a pub, a vintage shop, a record store and a hairdresser's. Soundhood's Gabriela Cárdenas and Nacho Ruiz explain.

Slayyyter’s 2026 rise brought a long-built internet-pop audience into festival tents, charts and a larger touring cycle.

The 2025 documentary approaches BTS through the people who organised, danced, campaigned and found community around the group.

A route through Chloe Qisha’s witty, emotionally unruly pop before her debut mixtape arrives.

From the seven-track ‘Echo’ to a solo set with audience games, ballads and an inflatable spaceman, here’s a useful route into Jin’s 2025 era.

A debut album. Two escapes to Berlin. And a duo ready to go massive. Wasia Project find their way through the dark with 'Nocturne'.

Last autumn, a band that doesn’t exist overtook HOLDING ABSENCE on Spotify. They were already tearing up their own rulebook, building a robot mascot and making an album about human connection. Lucas Woodland explains why ‘Modern Life Is Lonely’ means so much to them.

Madonna and Charli xcx’s reworking of ‘Danceteria’ arrives on Thursday 24th September.
The new track is one of two lead singles from ‘Year of the Rooster’, the reported closing instalment in the band’s Zodiac series.
The producer joined Doug Aitken’s seven-screen installation for a one-off performance at The Shed’s annual gala in New York.

Last autumn, a band that doesn’t exist overtook HOLDING ABSENCE on Spotify. They were already tearing up their own rulebook, building a robot mascot and making an album about human connection. Lucas Woodland explains why ‘Modern Life Is Lonely’ means so much to them.
The 14-track record explores uncertainty, isolation and connection, with appearances from Hayley Williams and Turnstile’s Brendan Yates.


Iceage played ‘Star’, ‘The Weak’, ‘Ember’ and ‘Tender Blades’ for The Adam Friedland Show’s Unplugged series.
2hollis follows July’s ‘Hurt’ with new single ‘Sex’ and an official video via Interscope Records.

And underneath all that, this is just a really good batch of pop songs. Sometimes rebuilding involves a massive chorus.




Reading Festival, Reading

Reading Festival, Reading

Reading Festival, Reading

Reading Festival, Reading

Reading Festival, Reading

Reading Festival, Reading

Troye Sivan’s new single ‘Party’ features a Madonna sample, while its Gordon von Steiner-directed video includes Sir Ian McKellen’s voice.
‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ has become Taylor Swift’s 16th Pop Airplay chart-topper, extending her lead on the US radio ranking.

The follow-up to ‘Don’t Tell The Dog’ will arrive on 15th January 2027.
The Albert Hammond Jr.-featuring track gets a Liam Walsh-directed visual ahead of an Orseno club mix next week.
The Atlantic-signed trio’s synth-heavy new track is the first taste of their debut EP, due this November.
Carly Rae Jepsen has spent the last decade learning exactly how pop works, mostly so she can have more fun breaking its rules. With sprawling double album 'Day And Night', she's following her instincts wherever they lead.


Sophie Allison has shared ‘Rings Of Saturn’, accompanied by a Suji Park visualiser and ahead of a North American co-headline tour with Snail Mail.
London trio Palace have released ‘Ox’, their fifth studio album, via Palace Presents/AWAL.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s film of Cameron Winter’s Carnegie Hall show will play Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal after the live album arrives next month.
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'Dune: Part Three' comes to ODEON early on 15th December
'Dune: Part Three' comes to ODEON early on 15th December


Spanish beer brand’s music project SON Estrella Galicia looked at how Britain treats its small venues, liked what they saw, and took the idea home. Now they're bringing it back to Hackney, in a pub, a vintage shop, a record store and a hairdresser's. Soundhood's Gabriela Cárdenas and Nacho Ruiz explain.
Blossoms’ fourth ‘Songs From The Wedding Cake’ single comes with a Tom Ogden-directed video in which Jack O’Connell makes cottage pie.
The new track is one of two lead singles from ‘Year of the Rooster’, the reported closing instalment in the band’s Zodiac series.


It’s a neat encapsulation of what Paloma does so well.