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Stuntman who appeared on rock band’s famous album cover dies
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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August 18, 2025
Stuntman Ronnie Rondell Jr., who is well-known to Pink Floyd fans as the businessman in flames on the album cover of “Wish You Were Here,” has died at the age of 88. An obituary for Rondell says he died on Aug. 12 at a senior living facility in...
After Perplexity Pro, Airtel offers free Apple Music to prepaid subscribers: How to get it
Financial Express
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Airtel gathered headlines a month ago for partnering with Aravind Srinivas’ Perplexity AI to offer a year’s free subscription to Perplexity Pro. The offer not only pushed Perplexity’s ranking up on the Apple App Store but also gave many a reason...
Concert by Canoe Returns to Motts Run Reservoir on Wednesday
Potomac Local - Virginia
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August 18, 2025
Motts Run Reservoir Fredericksburg’s popular Concert by Canoe series is set to return next week, bringing live music to the water at Motts Run Reservoir. The summer run kicks off Wednesday, August 20, with the Shim Dogs performing from 6 to 8 p.m....
Artists call for more music venues in Jersey amidst “frustrating” nightlife restrictions
Mixmag
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August 18, 2025
Artists in Jersey are calling for the opening of more music venues on the island amidst “frustrating” nightlife restrictions. According to the BBC, the government says it's "in the process” of changing certain restrictive laws that would make it...
Tom Grennan chases third consecutive No.1 album
MusicWeek
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by Ben Homewood Monday, Aug 18th 2025 at 6:00PM Tom Grennan is about to pass the 20,000 sales mark as he bids to secure a third consecutive No.1 album. The singer’s fourth album, Everywhere I Went Led Me To Where I Didn't Want To Be, has 19,408...
Pitchfork Music Festival London 2025 Announces Final Wave of Artists
Pitchfork
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August 18, 2025
Pitchfork Music Festival London has announced its final wave of artists. Among the additions are a Young label showcase at Outernet venue Here—with Two Shell, Mechatok, Silver Gore, and Isaiah Hull—as well as Pitchfork London Selects, a four-day...
Godspeed You! Black Emperor have removed their entire discography from all major streaming services, with Bandcamp now the only site where you can hear their music in a digital format
Louder
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August 18, 2025
Godspeed You! Black Emperor have removed their entire discography from Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music, Apple Music and all major streaming services. In recent months a number of independent artists - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Deerhoof and...
Airtel Extends Apple Music Free Subscription to Prepaid Users, Expands Digital Bundles
The Hans India
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August 18, 2025
Bharti Airtel is broadening its digital offerings in India by reportedly extending free Apple Music subscriptions to its prepaid customers. Until now, the partnership with Apple was limited to postpaid and broadband subscribers, but the telecom...
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Pull Music From Spotify, Tidal and Amazon Music
Billboard
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August 18, 2025
Godspeed You! Black Emperor is the latest act to remove their music from Spotify. Over the past few months, many artists including Chad VanGaalen, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu have removed their music from Spotify. In...
New Music Reviews (8/18)
KEXP - Washington State
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Each week, Music Director Chris Sanley and Associate Music Director Alex Ruder share brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation. These reviews help our DJs decide on what they want to play. See what we added this week below...
Friends of Music Concerts’ Season Opens with Jeremy Denk and the Isidore Quartet
River Journal - New York
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August 18, 2025
Jeremy Denk, 2013 MacArthur Fellow Friends of Music Concerts’ (FOMC), which presents the finest in classical chamber music, opens its 2025-26 season with acclaimed pianist Jeremy Denk and the Isidore String Quartet on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7:30...
‘I’m releasing my debut album – but I’m still a lawyer by day’
Metro
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August 18, 2025
The Covasettes are about to drop their debut album but life isn’t all fame and fortune (Picture: Ianthe Warlow) ‘I dressed up especially for the interview,’ joked The Covasettes frontman Chris Buxton as he appeared on Zoom wearing a suit; a far...
GUS G. Says FIREWIND Is Working On An 'Epic And Massive' Concept Album: 'We Are Excited About It'
Blabbermouth - California
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August 18, 2025
In a new interview with Viky Surmová of Project Backstage, FIREWIND guitarist Gus G. spoke about the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for the follow-up to the "Stand United" album, which came out in March 2024 via AFM. He said...
4 Garth Brooks Songs That Changed Country Music for the Better
Wide Open Country
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August 18, 2025
Garth Brooks has had a profound, inarguable, and lasting impact on country music. He is one of the true standouts of the modern genre. In terms of consistent mass popularity and excellence, Brooks remains in a lane by himself. Per the Country...
Album review: Joey Valence & Brae – HYPERYOUTH
Kerrang!
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Why don’t the good times last? Why does growing up equal selling out? And why are people too self-conscious to surrender to the rhythm these days? These are questions pondered on the third album by Joey Valence & Brae, a rap duo raised on a diet...
Album review: really big really clever – …huh?
Kerrang!
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really big really clever walk an oxymoronic line. They subtly present themselves as jokesters, from their self-deprecating band name and the choice of title for their second album, as well as its outlandish artwork. While the Brighton punks might...
Album review: The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die – Dreams Of Being Dust
Kerrang!
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Even tunes which cleave closer to classic fare, like the alt-rock of No Pilgrim or Dissolving’s dreamy noise, have a harder edge than usual, with founding member Josh Cyr’s bass commandingly crunchy throughout. Similarly, Se Sufre Pero Se Goza...
West Deer man opens home to music for good causes
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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August 18, 2025
John Vento has always loved music and helping people. He has dedicated years of his life and his home on Corbriwood Lane in West Deer to these two passions since 2007. A few times a year, his yard becomes the home of various charity concerts, one...
Brittany Davis: Music Is the Medicine
Relix Media
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August 18, 2025
photo: Lance Mercer *** “I always say that music is my first language. From a very young age, it felt like music was speaking to me. I know that sounds cheesy and hokey, but in a world full of can’ts, music was my one can,” Brittany Davis...
Review: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Rock Field of Vision
Westword - Colorado
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August 18, 2025
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is single-handedly saving rock and roll, and that’s exactly what modern music needs right now. That epiphany struck midway through the prolific Aussie band’s first Field of Vision set on Friday, August 15, at Buena...