Bruce Springsteen has shared the rarity “Sunday Love,” the first song from his Western Stars–era lost album Twilight Hours. That record is one of seven compiled on Tracks II: The Lost Albums, his new box set, which is out June 27. Listen to “Sunday Love” below. Twilight Hours is an orchestral album of “romantic, lost-in-the-city…
Douglas McCarthy, the lead singer of Nitzer Ebb, has died. The band shared the news on social media without disclosing a cause of death. McCarthy was 58 years old. Douglas John McCarthy was born in England in 1966. He founded Nitzer Ebb, in Essex, in 1982, with Vaughan “Bon” Harris and David Gooday. “We were…
Mechatok has announced his debut solo studio album: Wide Awake is out August 8 via Young. Featured on the German-born producer and songwriter’s new album is a collaboration with Ecco2k and Bladee called “Expression on Your Face.” Watch the track’s music video, directed by Anton Tammi, below. Wide Awake follows Mechatok’s Defective Holiday OST and…
Ananda Lewis, best known for her time in the late 1990s and early 2000s as an MTV VJ, died on Wednesday, June 11, TMZ reports. The television personality had revealed, in 2020, that she was living with breast cancer. Lewis was 52 years old. Lewis was born and raised in Southern California. She attended and…
Tyler Childers has announced a new album, Snipe Hunter, that comes out on July 25. Leading the 13-song record is “Nose on the Grindstone.” Listen to the new song below; scroll down for Childers’ upcoming tour dates. Childers made his follow-up to 2023’s Rustin’ in the Rain with producer Rick Rubin. The Kentucky-born country artist…
The Recording Academy has unveiled its updated rulebook for the 2026 Grammys. Key changes include the division of the Best Country Album category into two awards: The original category is now called Best Contemporary Country Album, and a new one, Best Traditional Country Album, has been added. Notably, Beyoncé won the 2025 Best Country Album…
Fever Ray has shared a reworked version of “I’m Not Done,” a song that dates back to their 2009 self-titled album. Karin Dreijer first debuted “I’m Not Done (Therapy Session)” while on tour in support of 2023’s Radical Romantics. Now, the track has received an official release and a video directed by longtime collaborator Martin…
Secretly Group has acquired a 50% stake in Merge Records, the influential indie label that released classic albums by the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel, Spoon, the Magnetic Fields, and Arcade Fire. The partnership extends Merge’s longtime distribution deal with Secretly, bringing the label under an umbrella that includes its four core labels, Dead Oceans,…
Sabrina Carpenter has announced a new album. She’ll follow last year’s Short n’ Sweet with Man’s Best Friend on August 29. See the album cover below. Carpenter released her new album’s lead single, “Manchild,” last week. She co-wrote the song with frequent collaborators Jack Antonoff and Amy Allen. While Short n’ Sweet was Carpenter’s sixth…
Brian Wilson, the co-founder and primary songwriter of the Beach Boys, has died, his family announced. While an official cause of death was not disclosed, the beloved musical auteur, who helped pioneer the studio-as-instrument, influencing generations of musicians in pop and beyond, was revealed, in early 2024, to be living with a neurocognitive disorder akin to…
