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8 votes
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Liam Payne, former One Direction member, dead at 31
21 votes -
How do you listen to your favorite obscure music that never made it onto any streaming platforms?
One of my very favorite musicians of all time has apparently decided to not put any of his music on any streaming service other than one album from one side project that made it onto Apple music....
One of my very favorite musicians of all time has apparently decided to not put any of his music on any streaming service other than one album from one side project that made it onto Apple music. I've even posted on his Facebook (a site I basically never use) and gotten likes from some of his best friends but he never uploaded anything :(
I'm tempted to just put his music on Spotify, possibly with fake names in case he doesn't want the attention lol
I'll be going to my parents' house this weekend and I'm hoping to grab my old CDs so I can at least rip his music...if I can find a CD drive! Hopefully I can grab my Sufjan Stevens Illinois vinyl for a friend who listens to vinyls but has never heard of him. as an aside, I have no idea how it's possible to be such a hipster that you still listen to vinyl but also don't know who Sufjan Stevens is, but I digress
So how do you do it? I just want the music to be on Spotify 😢
24 votes -
‘It’s like, wow. I was really deranged’: stars and repentant stans on the terror of toxic fandom
13 votes -
Mozart’s latest track just dropped
16 votes -
Iceland's famous music venues swallowed by tourism – thriving music scene that gave world Björk, Sigur Rós and Ólafur Arnald under threat from Reykjavík's popularity
6 votes -
Kris Kristofferson, revered songwriter who transcended genre, dead at 88
16 votes -
Recommend some new(ish) metal bands
I have been a metalhead for over 20 years but I seem to still mostly listen to the bands I found back then. So mostly bands that started in the 80s or 90s. By the mid 2000s metalcore and its...
I have been a metalhead for over 20 years but I seem to still mostly listen to the bands I found back then. So mostly bands that started in the 80s or 90s. By the mid 2000s metalcore and its various derivatives got very popular and that wasn't for me, so I kind of stopped paying much attention to new stuff for many years. The only newer band I have been really excited about is the Finnish black metal band Havukruunu, and to some extent Uada and Spectral Wound.
Would love to get some recommendations for new names that have appeared in the last 10 or so years.
23 votes -
Phil Ochs - The War Is Over (Songbook and interviews)
6 votes -
Why are bands mysteriously disappearing?
20 votes -
The Dog Days Are Over - #Florence+TheMachine
13 votes -
How do you finish a visionary artist's final album?
16 votes -
UK music festival The Great Escape has withdrawn its partnership with the Faroe Islands after it was criticised for working with a country which allows “barbaric” whaling
8 votes -
Chilly Gonzales: Why I regret giving birth to the neoclassical genre
7 votes -
Which debut albums from the 2020s do you recommend?
We’re almost halfway through the 2020s (hard to believe it, I know!). I’m interested in knowing which music newcomers we should be tuning into, instead of listening to all the same old stuff we...
We’re almost halfway through the 2020s (hard to believe it, I know!).
I’m interested in knowing which music newcomers we should be tuning into, instead of listening to all the same old stuff we always do from the last decade.
So, what have been your favorite debut albums of the 2020s so far? What makes them great?
38 votes -
The anti–rock star: Leonard Cohen’s battle against shameless male egoism
10 votes -
Jon Bon Jovi helps talk woman down from ledge on Nashville bridge
18 votes -
Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and Megan Thee Stallion win big at MTV Video Music Awards
7 votes -
Ticketmaster’s pricing for Oasis tickets is under investigation in the UK
11 votes -
The growing gender divide, three minutes at a time. Sabrina Carpenter tackles the exasperation of being young, female, straight, and single in 2024.
12 votes -
Sweden's immigrant hip-hop stars are redefining Swedishness – Muslim rappers are dominating the charts with music sharing the Swedish Muslim experience
7 votes -
Originally created to soundtrack a video game, Jónsi's solo album ‘First Light’ has an immersive, escapist quality that reflects his inspiration, but far exceeding the original purpose
9 votes -
ABBA becomes the latest in a long line of artists to ask former US President Donald Trump not to use their music at campaign events
17 votes -
My 12 year old niece is into ABBA. What other bands should I suggest?
Basically the title. I want to increase my cool aunt cred by suggesting music she might like but I don't know enough to make good choices. I look forward to hearing your suggestions.
21 votes -
The biggest band in America in 2024 is … Creedence Clearwater Revival
22 votes -
Darknet Diaries, Ep 148: Dubsnatch
6 votes -
Taylor Swift cancels Eras Tour concerts in Vienna after terrorist plot thwarted and arrests made
38 votes -
How long does music stardom last?
3 votes -
Captain Beefheart’s ten commandments of guitar playing
13 votes -
Why Donald Glover is saying goodbye to Childish Gambino
28 votes -
I just saw a concert and I don't think I will ever be the same again
I just got home from seeing Orville Peck for the first time. Now there's a bit of build up here because I had tickets to his first Pony Tour in Houston (COVID cancellation), and tickets to his...
I just got home from seeing Orville Peck for the first time. Now there's a bit of build up here because I had tickets to his first Pony Tour in Houston (COVID cancellation), and tickets to his third Bronco Tour (mental health cancellation). But tonight was,
Without a doubt.
The best most entertaining concert I have ever seen.
And I have been to hundreds of concerts. I saw Britney Spears on her Hit Me Baby Tour. I saw ACDC. I saw the Police. I saw Metallica. I've seen Backstreet Boys. I've seen Pink Floyd. Mac Miller. Kurt Vile. War on Drugs. Japanese Breakfast. Car seat Headrest. Badbadnotgood. Our Lady Peace. Mathew Good Band. Sum 41. Countless nameless indie bands. I've seen Operas. Symphonies.
And yet this is the first time I've walked away from a concert euphoric. I sang {screamed), I danced. I existed on a plane I didn't think possible. And when the band left the stage I didn't know what to do with Myself. The lights came up and I milled, trying to catch my breath, trying to figure out what happened.
I am under thw influence of nothing but alcohol. I'm a CIS dude and the concert had lot of very non-straight, non-CIS guests and I don't know if a single one of them danced as hard as I did. I don't know if I can ever recover from this experience. I am at home, still flabbergasted by what I just experienced. I feel like I just went through a 2 day EDM dance in Berlin. I'm feeling like jve been through New York in the 90'sbwkthbthe club kids. I can't sleep.
I'll never again feel this way.
35 votes -
Rapper BG ordered to have all future songs approved by US government
30 votes -
The curious case of the underselling arena tours
6 votes -
Must see touring artists?
What artists are touring currently or in the near future that are really good ? Recently I've seen Ne Obliviscaris, Marcus Miller & Chelsea Wolfe that were awesome, super professional, skilled...
What artists are touring currently or in the near future that are really good ? Recently I've seen Ne Obliviscaris, Marcus Miller & Chelsea Wolfe that were awesome, super professional, skilled musicians with good show(wo)man ship. I try to follow stuff on songkick but I often miss out.
13 votes -
Studio musicians are still waiting for credit in the streaming era
22 votes -
‘My songs spread like herpes’: why did satirical genius Tom Lehrer swap worldwide fame for obscurity?
22 votes -
When ABBA was declared the enemy in Sweden – documentary ‘Against the Odds’ sketches the ups and downs that accompanied the band's success
5 votes -
Switzerland's Nemo wins Eurovision as UK comes 18th
19 votes -
Donald Glover surprise-drops a new Childish Gambino album, Atavista, featuring Ariana Grande, 21 Savage and more
19 votes -
Dutch singer and rapper Joost Klein disqualified from Eurovision song contest because of incident involving female member of production crew
12 votes -
The two-time winner Loreen talks Eurovision, protests in Sweden and why she wants to write a song about tax
7 votes -
Steve Albini, storied producer and icon of the rock underground, dies at 61
34 votes -
Spotify lowers artist royalties despite subscription price hike
50 votes -
Remembering the time Throbbing Gristle played at a private school (2020)
14 votes -
Taylor Swift adds fifteen songs to ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ with surprise release ‘The Anthology’
20 votes -
Reindeer skins and sonic looms – Borealis music festival dives into Sámi culture in the Norwegian city of Bergen
7 votes -
ABBA, cabaret and smug marionettes – the 1974 Eurovision song contest reviewed
3 votes -
Hard rock band Kiss sells brand and songs for $300m
14 votes -
Casey Benjamin, ace multi-instrumentalist for Robert Glasper, A Tribe Called Quest, dead at 45
16 votes -
Marvin Gaye: Never-before heard music resurfaces in Belgium
10 votes