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SPIN Penelope Isles and the Art of the Anti Music Video On December 2, 1983, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video premiered on MTV. Promoted as a 14-minute “short film,” it was directed by An American Werewolf in London director John Landis, and cost u… 4 weeks ago

Pitchfork Krill Announce First Album in 10 Years, Secret Language New song “Dominate” surveys “a US TV culture of watching gladiator-like scenes of rule by power. It’s about war, it’s about basketball, it’s about childhood.” 4 weeks ago

Billboard Here’s How to Watch CBS Online Without Cable for Free Cord-cutters can watch live sports, like NFL games, news and original programming without having to spend hundreds of dollars. 4 weeks ago

Billboard Billy Joel to Host First-Ever Live SiriusXM Call-In Special You can submit your questions now for Thursday's (Sept. 24) event. 4 weeks ago

Billboard Giles Martin Talks Unearthed John Lennon Demo, Thinking Like His Dad & the Beatles Biopics Martin teases an unreleased recording included on the upcoming Rubber Soul reissue. 4 weeks ago

Billboard Moonbug Entertainment Launches Full-Service Music Company to Help Children’s Artists Grow Their Audiences Big Feelings Music, from the company behind YouTube brands CoComelon and Blippi, will offer distribution, funding access, publishing administration and more. 4 weeks ago

Billboard Warner Chappell Music Boosts Música Mexicana Growth With Carlos Ruiz at the Helm The WCM Mexico City-based executive will oversee unified U.S. and Mexico strategy as the genre’s global momentum continues. 4 weeks ago

Variety Music BTS, Seventeen, Tomorrow X Together, Enhypen Anchor Trafalgar-HYBE Cine Fest’s Global Expansion Trafalgar Releasing and HYBE are expanding HYBE Cine Fest into a global event for the first time, bringing the week-long cinema festival to more than 60 territories from Oct. 24-31. The festival previ… 4 weeks ago

Stereogum Snooper – “Mouth Closed” Party-starting Nashville punks Snooper are getting ready to open Mannequin Pussy and Wednesday's Bitch Cabal tour, which ought to be a great time. Today, they drop a new single that will probably go c… 4 weeks ago

Stereogum Krill Announce New Album Secret Language: Hear “Dominate” In the early 2010s, Krill emerged out of Boston in a loosely mathy tangle of guitars and neuroses and became a cult sensation for a generation of budding indie rock fans. The band's lifespan coincided… 4 weeks ago

SPIN On ‘Melodie,’ Slow Pulp Finds A Way Out Of The Rut Feeling stuck is a state of mind that comes naturally to Chicago-by-way-of-Madison quartet Slow Pulp. 4 weeks ago

SPIN A Century of Coltrane  Toward the end of John Coltrane’s 1966 album Meditations, the saxophonist stops playing. So do bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones, mainstays of Coltrane’s fierce quartet, making what would… 4 weeks ago

WCSX Metallica’s James Hetfield Calls Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi the ‘Riff Lord’ When it comes to the guitarists who shaped Metallica frontman James Hetfield’s approach to riffs and songwriting, one name towers above the rest: Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi.  During the latest episode… 4 weeks ago

Stereogum Fontaines D.C. Debut “Tongue” In Brooklyn, Reveal That Rosalía Is On Dopamine Chamber In less than a month, Fontaines D.C., now a truly huge rock band, will release their new album Dopamine Chamber. It's going to be a really big deal. Thus far, they've only shared one single from the L… 4 weeks ago

American Songwriter Country Singer Reveals Sobriety Milestone Months After Stepping Away From Touring: “That Ol’ Ego Had To Be Put in Check” FRISCO, TEXAS - MAY 9: Singer Randall King performs on stage during The ACM Country Kickoff at Tostitos Championship Plaza at The Star on May 9, 2023 in Frisco, Texas. (Photo by Omar Vega/Getty Images… 4 weeks ago

American Songwriter Zach Bryan’s NYU Professor Told Him, “Yeah, I Can Rip on Guitar”—Then He Proved It Onstage LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 17: Zach Bryan performs onstage during a concert at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as pert of his With Heaven On Tour on June 17, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by James Klug/Ge… 4 weeks ago

Billboard Kelly Clarkson Confirms Singing ‘Golden’ on Final Talk Show Was Hella Hard: ‘It Took Me Forever to Place it to Where I Didn’t Sound Like a Dying Cat!’ The singer also reminisced about her sweet interaction with late country icon Dolly Parton on Monday night's (Sept. 21) Late Night With Seth Meyers. 4 weeks ago

American Songwriter 4 Songs 90s High Schoolers Knew Every Word To (L-R) Steve Harwell, Paul De Lisle, Greg Camp and Kevin Coleman of Smash Mouth on 8/30/97 in Chicago, IL. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage) Oh, to be a teenager in the 90s. Here are some of the best 90… 4 weeks ago

Billboard Bret Michaels Preps Return to Road After Postponing Solo Tour Due to Emergency Surgery: ‘You Know I’m Gonna Give It All I’ve Got’ The 63-year-old singer had previously canceled all his 2026 dates following surgery to remove a kidney stone and implant a ureteral stent. 4 weeks ago