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• Ye Dropped a Strange Yeezy Commercial During the 2025 Super Bowl
• Kendrick Lamar Pulled Off the Most Hip-Hop Halftime Show in Super Bowl History: Critic’s Take
• Indian Police Shut Down Ed Sheeran’s Street Performance
• Serena Williams Makes a Surprise Cameo During Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: Fans React
• Moral of Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime Show, According to Fans: ‘Never Beef With Kendrick’
• Doja Cat, LeBron James Lose Screen Time to Taco Bell Drive-Thru Fans in 2025 Super Bowl Commercial
• Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show: Best Photos From the Performance
• Bianca Censori Voices Concern for Ye Over His Hate-Filled, Antisemitic Comments on X
• Kendrick Lamar Caps Off Victory Lap With Searing Super Bowl Halftime Show Featuring SZA, Samuel L. Jackson & More
• SZA Adds 4 New Tracks to ‘SOS Deluxe: Lana’ Just Ahead of Super Bowl Halftime Performance

RSS: News

• Watch Kendrick Lamar Perform “Not Like Us,” Bring Out SZA and Serena Williams for 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show
• Buffy Saint-Marie’s Order of Canada Designation Rescinded
• SZA Shares New Songs “Take You Down,” “PSA,” and More: Listen
• Watch Jon Batiste Perform the National Anthem at Super Bowl 2025
• Watch Lady Gaga Perform “Hold My Hand” at 2025 Super Bowl
• Alabama Shakes Announce First Tour Since 2017
• Bomba Estéreo and Rawayana Announce Debut Astropical Album, Share New Songs: Listen
• 8 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Oklou, Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory, and More
• Kanye West, Amid Return to Public Eye, Praises Hitler, Diddy, and Chris Brown in Hate-Filled X Rant
• Lil Wayne Announces Release Date for New Album Tha Carter VI

• Panda Bear Shares New Song “Ends Meet”: Listen
• Clairo Shares New “Terrapin” Music Video Starring “Weird Al” Yankovic: Watch
• Watch Rihanna Sing as Smurfette in New Smurfs Trailer
• Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Jarvis Cocker, and More Contribute to New Los Angeles Rising Benefit Compilation: Listen
• Mike Ratledge, Keyboardist in Soft Machine, Dies at 81
• Irv Gotti, Hip-Hop and R&B Mogul Who Founded Murder Inc., Dies at 54
• Siouxsie and the Banshees Drummer Budgie to Release New Memoir
• Moses Sumney Taps Syd and Meshell Ndegeocello for New Song “Hey Girl(s)”: Listen
• Elton John and Brandi Carlile Announce Album, Share New Song “Who Believes in Angels?”: Listen
• Susan Alcorn, Renowned Pedal Steel Guitarist, Dies at 71
• Black Sabbath to Reunite for Ozzy Osbourne’s All-Star Final Show
• Unknown Mortal Orchestra Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song “Earth 1”: Watch
• Watch Japanese Breakfast Play “Orlando in Love” on Fallon
• Destroyer Shares Video for New Song “Hydroplaning off the Edge of the World”: Watch
• Rilo Kiley Announce Headline Reunion Tour
• The Weeknd Stars in First Trailer for New Movie Hurry Up Tomorrow: Watch
• Big Thief Release New Passional Relations EP to Support Wildfire Relief Efforts
• Killer Mike Sues Security Company for 2024 Grammys Arrest
• Waxahatchee Shares New Song “Mud”: Listen
• The Black Keys Announce 2025 Tour

Stereogum

• Watch Kendrick Lamar Play The 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show
• SZA Has Finally Released The Deluxe SOS Deluxe
• Kendrick Lamar & Timothée Chalamet Rap “The Heart Pt. 2” & “Kush & Corinthians” In Bonus Interview
• Jack White Has A Message For Ticket Buyers Who Feel Entitled To Extra Long Sets
• Isabella Lovestory – “Putita Boutique” (Feat. TAICHU)
• Givēon – “TWENTIES”
• Michel Gondry’s Pharrell Williams Biopic Shelved By Universal
• Buffy Sainte-Marie Stripped Of Order Of Canada
• TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe Unearths “Young Liars” Demo From 2001
• DJ Koze – “Brushcutter” (Feat. Marley Waters)

• Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best Comments
• Primus Reveal New Drummer After Open Auditions
• David Byrne Is Prepping His First Album In Seven Years And Hamilton Leithauser Is On It
• The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
• Night Party – “Confessions” (Feat. Hayley Williams)
• Vundabar – “I Need You”
• Roc Marciano & DJ Premier – “Armani Section”
• Saetia – “Three Faces Past”
• Dora Jar – “Lucky”
• Tommy Richman – “Actin Up”
• Thom Yorke & Mark Pritchard Tease New Collab “Back In The Game”
• Stream Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born Expanded Reissue With Loads Of Unreleased Tracks
• Watch Lola Young Cover Arctic Monkeys’ “I Wanna Be Yours”
• Alabama Shakes Announce Reunion Tour Dates
• JPEGMAFIA Says Ye’s Twitter Crashout Is None Of His Business, Doesn’t Reflect His Views
• Beach Bunny Announce New Album Tunnel Vision: Hear Its Title Track
• Watch Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory Perform “Southern Life (What It Must Be Like)” On Fallon
• Noted Rap Fan Timothée Chalamet Hypes Up Kendrick Lamar Ahead Of Super Bowl Halftime Show
• Froglord – “Herman”
• We’ve Got A File On You: Sharon Van Etten
• Fiona Apple, Eddie Vedder, Brandi Carlile, & More Contribute To New Neil Young Tribute Album
• Chappell Roan Responds To Critic Of Her Grammys Speech Calling On Labels To Provide Artists’ Healthcare
• GOOD Music’s 90-Track LA Wildfire Relief Comp Has New Water From Your Eyes, New, & More
• Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs Turns 20
• Crate Finally Released A Second Song: Hear “Necklace”
• LMFAO’s Redfoo Made His Professional Tennis Debut
• Frog Eyes – “Television, A Ghost In My Head”
• Frog – “HOUSEBROKEN VAR. IV”
• The Shelved US Version Of Public Image Ltd’s Debut Album Is Finally Being Released After 46 Years
• Prince Estate Announces Controversial Netflix Documentary Is Not Coming Out, Plans Its Own Doc Instead

Entertainment

• Lance Bass Reveals Sweet Gift Elton John Sent Him After He Came Out
• Kesha Tweaks ‘TiK ToK’ To Blast Diddy With Blunt 4-Letter Word
• Nelly Furtado Takes Bloody Injury With A Smile After Coachella Stage Fall
• Son Of Late Sublime Singer Bradley Nowell Joins The Band At Coachella
• JoJo Siwa Seriously Needs To Get A Grip

NPR Topics: Music News

• A Stradivarius violin sells for $11.3 million at auction, falling short of record
• Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of prestigious Canadian honor
• 50 years after her death, Paris pays homage to Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum
• Here's who will perform at the Super Bowl on Sunday
• Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath will reunite for the final time this summer
• Travis Scott's latest song joins the hottest new club in popular music
• FireAid concerts raise estimated $100 million for LA wildfire relief
• A Stradivarius violin could sell for a record sum at auction. Is it worth the hype?
• Grammys 2025: 10 takeaways from Beyoncé's biggest night
• At the 2025 Grammys, Beyoncé takes home album of the year and Kendrick Lamar wins big

• SZA Set to Drop More ‘Lana’ Tracks Ahead of Super Bowl Performance
• Travis Scott Unfollows Kanye, Sparking a Response in Ye’s Latest Rant
• Ashanti Issues Heartfelt Reaction To The Passing Of Irv Gotti
• Today in Hip-Hop History: Digable Planets Released Their Debut Album ‘Reachin’ (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)’ 32 Years Ago
• The Weeknd’s ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Projected for 450K First Week, Set to Top Billboard
• Travis Kelce Debuts Highly Anticipated Nigel Sylvester x Air Jordan 4 at Super Bowl LIX Media Day
• Super Bowl Ticket Prices Drop to Historic Lows
• Ashanti Says She is ‘Grateful’ for Irv Gotti in Instagram Tribute
• Charlamagne Tha God Believes Ye is in His Rant Bag Out of Jealousy for Kendrick Lamar
• SOURCE SPORTS: Shohei Ohtani’s Former Interpreter Sentenced to 57 Months in Federal Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Bank Fraud

• Kanye West Stirs Controversy With “White Lives Matter” Tees, Hints At Swastika Merch
• The Source Magazine Remembers Hip Hop Pioneer Lovebug Starski Five Years Later
• Soulja Boy Drops New Album ‘The Influence’
• Today in Hip Hop History: dead prez Dropped Their Debut Album ‘Let’s Get Free’ 25 Years Ago
• Today in Hip Hop History: Ghostface Killah’s ‘Supreme Clientele’ LP Turns 25 Years Old!
• Rick Ross Eyes Big-Budget ‘BMF’ Movie After 50 Cent’s Series Wraps
• Trailer: ‘We Beat The Dream Team’: HBO Doc Unveils College Scrimmage That Shocked Basketball World
• Ye’s Wild Posts Stir Instant Backlash for Antisemitic Remarks: “I Don’t Even Know What the F— Antisemitic Means”
• Jon Jones Tackles Healthcare Transparency in Powerful Super Bowl Ad
• Irv Gotti’s Wife Debbie Lorenzo Shares Message Following Mogul’s Death
• Tommy Richman Drops New Single “ACTIN UP”
• Leon Thomas Makes TV Debut Performing “MUTT”
• Trae Tha Truth Unveils Uplifting New Single “Thankful” Featuring Chance The Rapper & Yolanda Adams
• Lids Unveils Top-Selling NFL Jerseys and Teams Ahead of Super Bowl Kickoff
• Today In Hip Hop History: The Sugar Hill Gang Released Their Self Titled Debut LP 45 Years Ago
• Source Film Review: Sundance Film ‘Hoops, Hopes, and Dreams’ Tells Story of MLK’s Civil Rights Efforts on the Basketball Court
• Today In Hip Hop History: 2 Live Crew Released Their Classic ‘As Nasty As They Wanna Be” LP 36 Years Ago
• Wu-Tang Clan Forms Like Voltron For Their First Album In Almost Ten Years
• [WATCH] The Official Kendrick Lamar Interview at the Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Press Conference
• Prince Estate and Netflix Resolve Their Dispute Over Troubled Prince Documentary
• Montana 700 Drops New Mixtape ‘700 Reasons’
• Happy 58th Birthday To The World Famous Kid Capri!
• Today In Hip Hop History: The Source Magazine Remembers the Legacy of Big Pun 25 Years Later
• Key Glock Drops New Single “3am In ToKEYo”
• Larry June, 2 Chainz & The Alchemist Unite for ‘Life Is Beautiful’ Album
• GIVĒON Returns with New Single & Video, “TWENTIES”
• The Impact of Arrested Development’s “Everyday People” on Hip-Hop
• DDG Drops Highly Anticipated Single & Video for “The Method”
• Ace Sanks Elevates Hip-Hop Storytelling with ‘Risky World 9’: A Powerful Soundtrack for Knowledge and Growth
• SOURCE SPORTS: 2025 NBA All-Star Rosters Set for Historic Four-Team Tournament
• Katt Williams Praises Black Women as the “True Nurturers” in Heartfelt Tribute
• Coi Leray Returns with Emotionally Charged New Single “Keep It”
• Super Bowl LIX: Who Will Win MVP?
• LeBron James Shows More Support to Kendrick After Drake’s Latest Smoke Signal
• WATCH: Drake Surprises Two Fans with $40,000 Cash During Perth Show on “Anita Max Win” Tour
• [SEE IT] Rihanna Cast In The Smurfs Movie as Smurfette and Drops New Music in Teaser
• Ye Calls to Free Diddy, Releases Sean John Collaboration with Yeezy Clothing
• WATCH: Kendrick Lamar Finally Speaks on Drake “Beef,” Not Like Us and State of Hip-Hop
• Marcus Jordan Addresses Recent Arrest, Says He Will Not Comment Further on Personal Life

Taste of Country

• What You Should Absolutely Never Do If Attacked By a Bear
• Kid Rock Storms Offstage in Nashville After Fans Won't Clap
• Travis Kelce Admits He Cried Over This Super Bowl Anthem
• Zach Bryan Pops Up at a New Orleans Bar Before the Super Bowl
• Chris Stapleton Says He's 'Retired' From Singing the Anthem
• Bunnie Roll Slams Racist Protester Claiming Jelly Roll Connection
• This George Strait Fact Has Luke Combs Upset: I'm Salty About It
• Cake or Fake — Can You Tell the Difference? [Watch]
• Taylor Swift Fears Overshadowing Travis Kelce at Super Bowl
• 2025 CMT Awards Canceled as Parent Company Merges

• Bed Bath & Beyond Stores Are Coming Back Nationwide
• Smallest Cities In All 50 States: Ghost Towns, Bars and Churches
• The 25 Best Country Songs of the Last 25 Years
• Jelly Roll on the Song That Changed Him: 'I Needed That Record'
• Startling Survey Shows What Keeps People From Using Self-Checkout
• Texas Roadhouse Is Offering a 'Roll Bouquet' for Valentine's Day
• Cracker Barrel Takes Crack at Waffle House Amid Egg Shortage
• WATCH: Cast of 'Happy's Place' Throws It Back to 'Reba'
• Kane Brown Talks About the Hilarious Thing Wrong With His 1st Car
• Kelsea Ballerini Is Very Sick, Reschedules Weekend Tour Dates
• Yep, There Are Taylor Swift Bets for the Super Bowl
• Grace Tyler Credits Miranda Lambert for Vulnerability in Lyrics
• WATCH: Fans Gush Over Parker McCollum Singing to His Son Major
• Customers HEATED as AMC Adds Weird $.49 Surcharge on This Item
• Taylor Swift Will Bring Something Spicy to the Super Bowl
• Kelsea Ballerini's Fans Had to Help Her Get Through a Show
• Kelly Clarkson Announces Brand-New Las Vegas Residency for 2025
• The 11 Youngest Stars to Make it Big in Country Music
• You Can Bet on a Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Super Bowl Proposal
• EXCLUSIVE: Rascal Flatts Say ’Sober Joe Don Is Incredible’
• Fans Baffled at Background of New Morgan Wallen Home Video
• Kenny Chesney Is Releasing a Book About His Life
• Another Major Discount Retailer Files for Bankruptcy + Will Close
• Toby Keith's Son Remembers His Father With a Rare Home Video
• Loretta Lynn's Granddaughter Emmy Russell Almost Died in Labor

Latest Music Metascores on Metacritic

• The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We by Mitski
• Bird Machine by Sparklehorse
• Hit Parade by Róisín Murphy
• For That Beautiful Feeling by The Chemical Brothers
• Guts by Olivia Rodrigo
• Killjoy by Coach Party
• Sea Of Mirrors by The Coral
• End of the Day by Courtney Barnett
• A Song for Leon: A Tribute to Leon Russell by Various Artists
• Clear Pond Road by Kristin Hersh

• Playing Robots Into Heaven by James Blake
• Hollow by The Handsome Family
• HELLMODE by Jeff Rosenstock
• Weedkiller by Ashnikko
• The Window by Ratboys
• Struggler by Genesis Owusu
• Appaloosa Bones by Gregory Alan Isakov
• Rocket Power by Quavo
• Volcano by Jungle
• The Loveliest Time by Carly Rae Jepsen

RSS: Album Reviews

• Tems: Born in the Wild
• Marina Allen: Eight Pointed Star
• Kaytranada: Timeless
• Good Looks: Lived Here for a While
• Xaviersobased: with 2
• Verraco: Breathe​.​.​. Godspeed EP
• Actress: Statik
• Goat Girl: Below the Waste
• Margaux: Inside the Marble
• Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted

• Tashi Wada: What Is Not Strange?
• Charli XCX: BRAT
• Peggy Gou: I Hear You
• Ayra Starr: The Year I Turned 21
• Shaboozey: Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going
• King Hannah: Big Swimmer
• Bat for Lashes: The Dream of Delphi
• Daydream Plus: Escape at Your Own Pace EP
• Thou: Umbilical
• Sexyy Red: In Sexyy We Trust
• Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusual
• Alan Vega: Insurrection
• Arooj Aftab: Night Reign
• Vince Staples: Dark Times
• Young Jesus: The Fool
• Mike Shabb: Sewaside III
• Gastr del Sol: We Have Dozens of Titles
• James Devane: Searching
• One Dove: Morning Dove White
• Wadada Leo Smith & Amina Claudine Myers: Central Park’s Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens

Reviews | NME

• ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ review: the definitive origin story for Britain’s most explosive band
• ‘September 5’ review: an intense newsroom thriller that’ll grip you to the end
• Squid – ‘Cowards’ review: the Brighton band get freakier and proggier
• Inhaler – ‘Open Wide’ review: blissed out guitar anthems from a band coming into their own
• Honesty – ‘U R Here’ review: genre-defying immersion and ambience
• Heartworms – ‘Glutton For Punishment’ review: riveting, raw goth rock ready to take off
• ‘The Monkey’ review: totally bananas horror thriller from the director of ‘Longlegs’
• ‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ review: you’ll eat up this wild, true-ish story of a social media scammer
• The Weeknd – ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ review: stadium-filling superstar prepares to move on
• Maribou State – ‘Hallucinating Love’ review: loose downtempo beats fuelled with optimism

Music + Album reviews | The Guardian

• Moses Yoofee Trio: MYT review – brilliantly explosive jazz
• Krept & Konan: Young Kingz II review – filthy and poignant in equal measure
• Biig Piig: 11:11 review – long-awaited debut hovers on the edge of clubland
• Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory album review – back in rock mode, with a twist
• Nadia Reid: Enter Now Brightness review – a restorative balm of folk-tinged songwriting
• Xhosa Cole: On a Modern Genius (Vol 1) review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month
• John Field: Complete Nocturnes album review – Alice Sara Ott does pioneering composer proud
• Mahler: Symphony No7 album review – sheer brilliance: this is one of the finest Mahler 7’s on disc
• Olly Alexander: Polari review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
• Samson Tsoy: Inmost Heart: Bach, Brahms, Busoni, Reger review – the pianist’s subtle, searching debut

• The Weeknd: Hurry Up Tomorrow review – a record that will floor you … and drive you up the wall
• Teddy Swims: I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2) review – extra-size emotion
• Manic Street Preachers: Critical Thinking review – older and wiser
• Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: The Purple Bird review – Will Oldham goes country, but darkly
• Mike: Showbiz! review – a master rap craftsman building his own world
• Cynefin: Shimli review | Jude Rogers's folk album of the month
• Khachaturian: Piano Concerto album review | Erica Jeal's classical album of the month
• Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem album review | Erica Jeal's classical album of the week
• Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory album review | Alexis Petridis's album of the month
• Sam Amidon: Salt River review – an eclectic if erratic affair