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'AI slop': Musicians on the mystery of fraudsters releasing songs in their name
Ian Youngs & Paul Glynn Culture reporter Last month, award-winning singer Emily Portman got a message from a fan praising her new album…
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Tom Lehrer, Influential Satirist Whose Topical Songs Poked and Prodded America in the ’50s and ’60s, Dies at 97
Tom Lehrer, the sardonic singer-songwriter-pianist who rose to national fame after his dark, tartly funny topical songs were used on the…
Culture
Anurag Kashyap Backs Venice Indian Selection ‘Songs of Forgotten Trees’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap is throwing his weight behind emerging talent, coming aboard as presenter for Anuparna Roy’s feature…
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Spotify’s AI songs from dead artists spark fresh outrage over exploitation
Spotify has been hit with another AI controversy after publishing computer-generated songs under the names of dead musicians. An…
Culture
Men I Trust Adds Live Grit to Gorgeous, Shimmering Dreampop Songs at Brooklyn Tour Launch: Concert Review
Canadian indie outfit Men I Trust seems beamed down from the heavens to be a headphones band. Lead singer and guitarist Emmanuelle…
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Wet Leg Is Back to Save Rock With ‘Moisturizer,’ as Rhian Teasdale Undergirds the Guitars With ‘Soppy Love Songs’: ‘Queer Love Is So Interesting to Me Right Now’
Lining up for her brew in a Silverlake coffee shop, Wet Leg singer Rhian Teasdale is telling a friend about some valuable celebrity advice…
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James Gunn Tones Down the Needle Drops in 'Superman,' but Makes the Most of the Songs He Does Use
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for 'Superman' A recurring element within all of James Gunn’s work has been his ability to…
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Ed Sheeran, Drake, the Weeknd Lead Apple Music’s Top 500 Streamed Songs of the Past Decade
Ed Sheeran, the Weeknd and Drake are just a few of the artists topping Apple Music‘s Top 500 Streamed Songs list, honoring 10 years of the…
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Parker McCollum on Achieving Country Stardom While Honoring His Iconoclastic Texas Heroes: ‘I Was Never Gonna Go Write Pickup Truck and Beer Songs’
It was clear from the start of his career with the Nashville majors that Parker McCollum was not just another one of the boys coming up…
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The 10 Best Lorde Songs of All Time
Lorde is 28, but both her music and aura can often feel timeless. Roaring into pop culture with her debut single “Royals” in 2013, she was…
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Michael Penn on Brightening Up a New ‘Sweet Relief’ Charity Album With Songs From the Great Depression: ‘It’s a Mirror Image of Where We Are Now’
It doesn’t have to be a Great Depression — yet — for musicians who lack health care to get downtrodden about their prospects. To that end,…
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Celine Song’s Materialists Tries to Subvert the Rom-Com
In Lucy’s line of work, everything begins with the quantitative. Client lists of nonnegotiables read like a barrage of demographic data,…
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Music Industry Moves: Sony Music Publishing Acquires Hipgnosis Songs Group
Sony Music Publishing will take ownership of Hipgnosis Songs Group, Variety has confirmed. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal…
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Sly Stone’s 10 Essential Songs: From ‘Dance to the Music’ to ‘Everyday People’ to ‘Family Affair,’ and More
Sylvester Stewart — known to most of the world as Sly Stone, who passed away at 82 on Monday — was one of the most important musicians not…
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Miley Cyrus Says She ‘Wasn’t Allowed’ to Perform ‘Hannah Montana’ Songs After She ‘Left Disney’: ‘Not Like I Wanted To’
Miley Cyrus had to leave “Hannah Montana” behind after exiting the Disney Channel. In a recent conversation on Spotify’s “The Ringer”…
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TikTok gives artists new tools to track and boost viral songs
TikTok has boosted the careers of numerous musicians, thanks to their songs—both new and old—going viral. The latest example is Connie…
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Alex Warren’s ‘Ordinary’ Finally Hits No. 1 on Songs Chart
In its 16th week on Billboard’s Hot 100 songs chart, Alex Warren‘s “Ordinary” has hit a peak of No. 1 in the United States. The romantic…
Culture
Country Superstar Eric Church on Wanting His Adventurous New Record, ‘Evangeline vs. the Machine,’ to ‘Have Its Own Vibe, Like “Pet Sounds”… Where You Know Which Album the Songs Are From’
Country superstar Eric Church‘s new album is called “Evangeline vs. the Machine,” and if you know his iconoclastic ways — iconoclastic at…
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The 30 Best First Dance Songs of All Time
Your first dance...you’ve probably been dreaming of this moment since you were a kid, playing dress up and standing on your dad’s feet as…
Culture
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Stars and Director Unpack Its Songs and ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ References
“A Minecraft Movie” and “Napoleon Dynamite” don’t sound too similar on paper. After all, what could a blockbuster video game adaptation…
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Top Women's Empowerment Songs By Plus Size Female Artists
Music truly does make the world go ’round. From the sweet nursery rhymes thumping through our heartstrings at birth to the rhythm of life…
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Lucy Dacus on Writing Sweet and Tart Love Songs for Her Sensational Post-Boygenius Album, ‘Forever Is a Feeling’: ‘Why Not Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve?’
It sounds contradictory, perhaps, to note that Boygenius captivated an entire indie-pop nation with the trio’s 2023 album “The Record” and…
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John Malkovich on the ‘Fun,’ but ‘Very Odd Experience’ Shooting ‘Fantastic Four’ and Singing Pop Songs in ‘Opus’
John Malkovich says he didn’t know much about The Fantastic Four before signing on for a role in the upcoming reboot of the Marvel…
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Cynthia Erivo Denies Speaking With Academy About Performing ‘Wicked’ Songs at the Oscars: ‘I Don’t Know Why We Would Be Doing That’
Cynthia Erivo is already going to the Oscars as a best actress nominee for “Wicked,” but some have expected the star to have a bigger…