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• Eminem Takes Stage On First Night of 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit to Hype Hometown Lions: ‘Make Some Noise!’
• Big Sean Plays Classics, Teases Sixth Album During 2024 NFL Draft Concert
• ‘THE WIZ’ 2024 Broadway Cast Recording Is Coming This Summer
• Swifties Did Quick Math and Believe ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Will Be Taylor Swift’s New Era on Euro Tour
• Taylor Swift Creates History on Australia’s Charts
• Eminem Announces New Album ‘The Death Of Slim Shady’ With Bloody Teaser
• St. Vincent Unleashes New Album ‘All Born Screaming’: Stream It Now

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• Eagles Fly Back Onto Charts With ‘To the Limit: The Essential Collection’
• 10 Things You Didn’t See on TV at the 2024 Latin AMAs
• Banda MS Gets Emotional Over Legacy Award at 2024 Latin AMAs, Delivers Star-Power Medley

RSS: News

• Christine and the Queens Shares Video for New Song “Rentrer Chez Moi”: Watch
• Watch Grimes Discuss AI in Music for PBS Series A Brief History of the Future
• The Get Up Kids Announce Something to Write Home About 25th Anniversary Tour
• Tomb Mold and Horrendous Announce 2024 North American Tour
• 2Pac’s Estate Threatens Drake With Legal Action Over “Taylor Made Freestyle”
• Overmono Release Remix of the Streets’ “Turn the Page”: Listen
• Robyn Hitchcock to Publish Memoir

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• Nilüfer Yanya Shares Video for New Song “Like I Say (I Runaway)”: Watch
• Beings, New Band Featuring Steve Gunn and Shahzad Ismaily, Announce Debut Album, Share Songs: Listen
• Watch Les Savy Fav’s Video for New Song “World Got Great”
• Art Brut Announce New Compilation Album A Record Collection, Reduced to a Mixtape
• MTV Video Music Awards 2024 to Take Place at Long Island’s UBS Arena in September
• Crumb Announce North American Tour, Share Video for New Song “The Bug”: Watch
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse Set for Eddie Vedder’s Ohana Festival 2024
• Tyler, the Creator, the Killers, Sturgill Simpson, Post Malone, and More Performing at Outside Lands 2024
• Megan Thee Stallion Sued for Harassment and Hostile Work Environment
• Listen to St. Vincent’s New Song “Big Time Nothing”
• Brittany Howard and Michael Kiwanuka Announce Joint Tour
• Paul McCartney & Wings’ One Hand Clapping Set for First Official Release
• Watch Mitski’s New Video for “Star”
• Open Mike Eagle Announces Debut Previous Industries Album and Tour, Shares New Song: Listen
• Zsela Announces Debut Album, Shares Video for New Song “Lily of the Nile”: Watch
• Niontay, RealYungPhil, and Surf Gang Join Forces in Video for New Song “Halftones”: Watch
• Posthumous Johnny Cash Album Songwriter Announced, New Song “Well Alright” Shared: Listen
• Kronos Quartet Enlist Laurie Anderson, Armand Hammer, Jlin, and More for New Sun Ra Tribute Album
• Ken Carson Announces 2024 World Tour
• Coachella Announces Dates for 2025 Festival
• Kid Cudi Breaks Foot After Jumping Offstage at Coachella 2024
• Taylor Swift, Thom Yorke, Cassandra Jenkins, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist
• Thom Yorke Releases New Songs From His Confidenza Score: Listen

Stereogum

• Christine And The Queens – “rentrer chez moi”
• Normani – “1:59” (Feat. Gunna)
• Stream Thom Yorke’s Confidenza Soundtrack
• Tems – “Love Me JeJe”
• Cornelius – “Sketch For Spring”
• Jeff Rosenstock Drops Off Booze Cruise Festival In Solidarity With The Palestinian People
• Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant Finds Taylor Swift’s Music Lacking: “What Is [Her] ‘Billie Jean’?”

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• David Gilmour – “The Piper’s Call”
• Band To Watch: Deerlady
• salute – “saving flowers” (Feat. Rina Sawayama)
• The Get Up Kids Announce Something To Write Home About 25th Anniversary Tour
• Watch Neil Young & Crazy Horse Debut Lost “Cortez The Killer” Verse At San Diego Tour Opener
• Stream Sen Morimoto’s Surprise New EP BONK!
• Stream Corridor’s Mesmerizing New Album Mimi A Day Early
• Softcult – “One Of The Pack”
• Stand Still – “In The Dying Light Of A Setting Sun”
• Lightning Bug – “Lullaby For Love”
• Florist – “Riding Around In The Dark”
• The Moody Blues’ Mike Pinder Dead At 82
• +/- (Plus/Minus) – “Gondolier”
• At The Cindy Lee Show, Making Sense Of The Hype
• Louis Cole – “Things Will Fall Apart”
• Take Offense – “S.W.O.”
• Actress – “Dolphin Spray” & “Static”
• Gel – “Mirage”
• Usher’s Son Stole His Phone To Link Up With PinkPantheress
• Rachel Bobbitt – “You Can Make Me Feel Bad” (Arthur Russell Cover)
• Kelly Clarkson Belts Out Some Heart Classics With Ann And Nancy Wilson For Her Birthday
• Bat For Lashes – “Home”
• Pearl Jam Discuss Arduous “Even Flow” Session And Almost Shelving “Better Man” On Howard Stern
• Behind The Scenes Of Spoon’s Telephono-Era Reunion Set In Austin
• Tupac Shakur Estate Threatens Drake With Legal Action Over AI Diss Track
• 200 Stab Wounds – “Hands Of Eternity”
• Kid Cudi Cancels Tour After Breaking Heel By Jumping Off Coachella Stage
• Laughing – “Bruised”
• Shannon Lay – “Mirrors”
• From Indian Lakes – “The Wilderness”
• Ellis – “Home”
• Giant Day – “Walk With A Shadow”
• 10 Thoughts After Seeing Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band On What Could Be Their Final Tour

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

• Eminem will release his 12th full-length album this summer. Will it be his last?
• Some 300 musicians, from Diplo to Nile Rodgers, lobby Congress for ticketing reform
• Canadian rapper Drake enlisted Tupac Shakur in his new beef
• AI music isn't going away. Here are 4 big questions about what's next
• Taylor Swift set a new record this week with, well, records. The vinyl kind.
• Johnny Cash songs, originally recorded in 1993, are set to be released
• Taylor Swift and 'Tortured Poets' smash the Spotify album streaming record

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• Mary J. Blige and Kool & the Gang are among those joining rock hall of fame
• Nature has a mixtape. The U.N. hopes young people will listen to it
• Youngest Lennon and McCarthy sons collab on a new song

The Source

• Drake Removes “Taylor Made Freestyle” from Online After Cease-and-Desist Letter from Tupac Estate
• Eminem Announces New Album ‘The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)’
• Hip Hop 4 Peace Joins UNESCO for “Rap 4 Peace” Conference Addressing Gun Violence Awareness
• Shenseea Releases Infectious New Single “Neva Neva”
• Normani Drops Sultry New Single “1:59” Featuring Gunna
• YG Drops Energetic New Track “Knocka” and Music Video
• Coi Leray Drops New Track “Can’t Come Back” Following Coachella Debut

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• Tems Drops New Track “Love Me JeJe” Ahead of Debut Album Release
• WATCH: Chance the Rapper Unveils Powerful Music Video “Buried Alive”
• Today in Hip-Hop History: Outkast Dropped Their Debut Album ‘Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik’ 30 Years Ago
• Chance the Rapper Fuses Afro-Futurism w/ Kill Bill in New Video “Buried Alive”
• Today In Hip Hop History: 50 Cent Dropped His ‘Guess Who’s Back?’ Mixtape 22 Years Ago
• Timbaland Once Warned Wendy Williams About Aaliyah Biopic Backlash
• Brian McKnight Claims Ex Wife Stopped Him from Helping with Son’s Cancer Battle
• Today in Hip-Hop History: Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes Killed In Car Crash 22 Years Ago
• Apple TV+ Releases The Trailer For ‘The Big Cigar’, Series About Black Panther Party Leader Huey P. Newton
• Governors Ball 2024 Schedule Announced, SZA, 21 Savage, Sexxy Red, Post Malone And More
• Sukihana Arrested on Drug Charges in Florida, Currently Held in Broward County Jail
• Harlem-Bred Artist Keem Shaka Drops Infectious Single “5 Star”
• Hip-Hop Icons Simone I. Smith and Misa Hylton Collaborate on Denim & Diamonds Collection
• Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 Sex Crime Convictions in New York Overturned
• Happy 69th Birthday To Hip Hop Pioneer Coke La Rock!
• Netflix Drops Full Trailer for Sci-Fi Action Film ‘ATLAS’ Starring Jennifer Lopez, Sterling K. Brown and Simu Liu 
• [WATCH] Ray J Reveals Brandy Intervened Following Face Tattoo Saga
• Kid Cudi Cancels World Tour After Freak Accident at Coachella
• Jamie Foxx Set to Return to ‘Beat Shazam’ for Season 7
• Adrienne Bailon Opens Up About Costly Fertility Journey: ‘Easily Over a Million’
• Gucci Mane Chants “No Diddy” in New Single and Video “Take Dat”
• Today In Hip Hop History: Mobb Deep’s Classic ‘The Infamous’ LP Released 29 Years Ago
• Conway the Machine Announces New Album ‘SFK’ for May
• WATCH: Amanda Seales Says She Does Not Feel Protected by Issa Rae
• Takeoff Rumored as a Feature on Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s ‘Vultures 2’
• ScHoolboy Q Announces ‘Blue Lips Weekends’ Shows for DC, Chicago, Atlanta and More
• WATCH: Video Shows Nikola Jokic’s Brother Punching a Fan During Nuggets-Lakers Game 2
• Kevin Hart and Gran Coramino Tequila Celebrates Over $1 Million in Grants to Black and Latinx Entrepreneurs
• SOURCE SPORTS: Luka Dončić Joins Gatorade’s Elite Athlete Roster
• Kid Cudi Cancels ‘INSANO’ Tour After Breaking His Ankle
• Ye Confirms the Launch of Yeezy Porn With Promo Video
• Joe Budden Says Ye is ‘Attention Seeking’ by Joining Disses Against Drake
• ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ Starring André Holland Picked up by Roadside Attractions After Sundance Success
• Netflix ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Casts Thandiwe Newton
• Eric B. And Rakim Congratulate Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Despite Being Snubbed
• Tupac’s Estate Issues Cease-and-Desist Letter to Drake Over AI-Voice in “Taylor Made Freestyle”
• Cardi B’s Legal Team Allegedly Discovers Tasha K’s Hidden Trust In Africa
• Suge Knight Says 2Pac’s Voice Next to Snoop’s on Drake’s Diss Track Isn’t a ‘Good Look’
• Ye Confirms He Punched a Man for Assaulting Bianca Censori: ‘He Had to Go to Bed Early’
• 50 Cent Thinks Lawsuit Against Megan Thee Stallion Should Be Thrown Out
• WATCH: Rick Ross Delivers Video for His “Champagne Moments” Drake Diss
• Ye Planning to Launch Yeezy Porn Studio, Hires Stormy Daniels’ Ex-Husband as Head

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

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• 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

• Justice: Hyperdrama
• Cavalier: Different Type Time
• St. Vincent: All Born Screaming
• Eris Drew: Raving Disco Breaks Vol. II
• English Teacher: This Could Be Texas
• claire rousay: sentiment
• BIG|BRAVE: A Chaos of Flowers

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• Still House Plants: If I don​’​t make it, I love u
• Pearl Jam: Dark Matter
• Elyanna: Woledto
• Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department / The Anthology
• Bbymutha: Sleep Paralysis
• Water Damage: In E
• Bark Psychosis: Hex
• Lord Spikeheart: The Adept
• Cloud Nothings: Final Summer
• Lucy Rose: This Ain’t the Way You Go Out
• Vegyn: The Road to Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions
• Chanel Beads: Your Day Will Come
• Ka Baird: Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos
• Future & Metro Boomin: WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU
• Ekko Astral: pink balloons
• Bnny: One Million Love Songs
• girl in red: I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!
• Blue Bendy: So Medieval
• Anoushka Shankar: Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn EP
• Nia Archives: Silence Is Loud
• Skee Mask: ISS010
• Concrete Boys: It’s Us Vol. 1
• The Waterboys: This Is the Sea

Reviews | NME

• Fat White Family – ‘Forgiveness Is Yours’ review: inventive, ambitious and weirdly respectable
• Good Neighbours live in London: TikTok stars spin obvious influences into heartfelt anthems
• Pet Shop Boys – ‘Nonetheless’ review: still setting pop’s benchmark
• ‘Sand Land’ review: a charming adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s legendary manga
• St. Vincent – ‘All Born Screaming’ review: life, death and Dave Grohl on drums
• Porij – ‘Teething’ review: an entrancing siren call to the dancefloor
• ‘Missing Crown Prince’ review: compelling palace intrigue bogged down by juvenile comedy

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• Justice – ‘Hyperdrama’ review: a blockbuster return from dominant dance duo
• ‘Tales Of Kenzera: Zau’ review: a beautiful fusion of tragedy and adventure
• Taylor Swift – ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ review: a rare misstep

Music + Album reviews | The Guardian

• Justice: Hyperdrama review – an uncertain return to the dancefloor
• Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless review – a great, fan-pleasing album
• Porij: Teething review – dance music without drama or daring
• David Crowell: Point/Cloud review – minimalism that sparkles with joy
• Adams: Girls of the Golden West album review – Los Angeles Master Chorale
• St Vincent: All Born Screaming review – the unmasking of a great American songwriter
• Blue Lab Beats: Blue Eclipse review – jazzy production duo eye the spotlight

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• Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department review – a whole lotta love gone bad
• Claire Rousay: Sentiment review – the sound of life happening elsewhere
• Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson & Charles Hazlewood: Death Songbook review – a vivid time capsule
• Pearl Jam: Dark Matter review – the faithful will rejoice
• Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius album review – Spence soars in otherwise passion-light period instrument recording
• A Certain Ratio: It All Comes Down to This review – punk-funk stalwarts on a euphoric high
• Lord Spikeheart: The Adept review – Duma star’s relentless metal isn’t for the fainthearted
• Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department review – fame, fans and former flames in the line of fire
• Music in Time of War: Debussy and Komitas album review
• Leyla McCalla: Sun Without the Heat review – a freewheeling, joyous listen
• Bodega: Our Brand Could Be Yr Life review – uneven railing against the evils of capitalism
• Shabaka: Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace review – an elegant rebirth
• Various artists: Congo Funk! review – get ready to rumba