CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Queens Of The Stone Age, thredd, Cobrah, Grimes, Megan Thee Stallion + Sofia and the Antoinettes…
Brazil enforces new ticket touting laws ahead of BTS shows, as more artists criticise ticketing bots
Brazil’s consumer protection agency has told StubHub, Viagogo and other touting platforms to suspend ticket resales amid concerns new ticket touting rules are not being obeyed around BTS’s big shows in the country this week. It comes as both Sam Fender and Garth Brooks criticise ticket touting bots…
🎧 Approved: Big Softy
East London duo Big Softy make maximalist club music with a love of hardcore and metal. New single ‘Troubleshooting’ is two explosive minutes of heavy dance and PC Music-style pop, and the malfunction in question is human. Debut EP ‘Soft Tissue’ is out 4 Nov…
My Chemical Romance agree to change dancers’ costumes after legal action by Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders last week launched legal action against My Chemical Romance over a sequence in the band’s current Hollywood Bowl shows during which dancers dressed like the cheerleaders take part in an on-stage firefight. The band have now agreed to change the dancers’ costumes…
Neil Young sues Donald Trump again after President plays ‘Rockin In The Free World’ at Youngstown rally
Neil Young has sued Donald Trump after the President played ‘Rockin In The Free World’ at a recent political rally in Ohio without permission. It’s the second time Young has sued over use of the song at a Trump rally - the President’s campaign organisation settled an earlier lawsuit back in 2020…
🎧 Approved: chlothegod
North Carolina-born singer-songwriter chlothegod can’t stay in one genre for long: soul, alt-R&B, guitar pop and punk all turn up. New single ‘B Polite!’ starts quiet and wonky, then builds until she’s declaring “I don’t wanna be polite”. It would be rude not to listen…
Macklemore’s Free Palestine show at Wembley should be blocked, say members of the House Of Lords
Macklemore’s Free Palestine mini-tour kicks off in Dublin later today and is due to reach London on Friday. But 50 members of the House Of Lords want Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to stop the rapper from coming to the UK because of one of the pro-Palestine groups that will benefit from the show…
Former Eminem employee faces up to five years in jail after pleading guilty to stealing and selling unreleased music files
In January 2025 unreleased Eminem tracks started to mysteriously appear online, prompting an FBI investigation that linked the leaks to one of the rapper’s former employees, Joseph Strange. He has now pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement and faces up to five years in jail…
CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Lambrini Girls, Skepta, Bassvictim, Panchiko + Fine…
Claude’s lyrics are diluting real lyrics, say music publishers in latest Anthropic proceedings
The big debate over whether or not AI training is fair use under US copyright law was taking place in court again yesterday, this time in the context of music, specifically lyrics, with the copyright legal battle between AI company Anthropic and the Universal, Concord and ABKCO music publishers…
🎧 Approved: Internet Girl
Cape Town trio Internet Girl are a new kind of boy band - alt-rap with smatterings of hyperpop, punk and indie sleaze. New single ‘HIGH AS HEAVEN’ sounds like it samples Klaxons’ ‘It’s Not Over Yet’ before building into a rowdy, distorted rush. Debut album ‘YES’ is out in November…
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