Author: Amanda Collins
If you’re looking for new family TV shows to watch with your kids, or searching for the 2025 premiere date for the next season of your family’s favorite series, consider this Billboard Family calendar your go-to guide. It’s a handy roundup of new TV series premiere dates, and season premiere dates for returning shows, for the kid and family audience in 2025. The list consists of of programs rated TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G and TV-PG, or expected to be suitable for most ages to watch together as a family. If you’re a parent and unsure whether a TV show is appropriate…
Singapore-born, Tokyo-based DJ and producer You Liang shares their brand new single Not the Same, an uplifting, summery piano house gem. Out now via Gameroom Records, Not the Same finds the talented artist pairing passionate, expressive vocals with an upbeat electronic production that won me over from the start. I am really enjoying the emotion pouring from those vocals and how the song turns heartbreak into an uplifting summer groove. Accompanying those gorgeous vocals we have upbeat piano house keys nicely intertwined with a thumping beat, cool rhythms and electronic textures that create an overall feel-good, danceable atmosphere perfect for a…
Chiquis has signed a co-management deal with Prajin Parlay Inc., in partnership with Richard Bull of Bull International Group, becoming the first woman to join the company’s roster. Owned by George Prajin — Billboard’s Latin Executive of the Year in 2024 — Prajin Parlay, Inc. is an indie entertainment company with a focus on managing and developing artists in Latin music. Prajin, who’s also co-owner of Double P Records and Double P Management alongside Peso Pluma, represents Tito Double P, Gabito Ballesteros, and Peso, to name a few. Related “Chiquis is an undeniable force — not just in music, but…
Colin Hay was responsible for some of the biggest pop hits of the ’80s as the leader of Men at Work, including such worldwide smashes “Who Can It Be Now?”, “Down Under,” and “Overkill.” And for a brief period, were one of the biggest musical acts on the planet – as evidenced by going on second to last (just under headliners The Clash] on “New Wave Day” at the mammoth US Festival in 1983.Hay spoke to AllMusic shortly after the release of his latest solo release, Man @ Work: Volume 2, which like its successful predecessor, contains “re-imagined favorites from…
Spotify has announced a new tool that allows premium users to “add and customise transitions” between tracks on their playlists. Should that be something they want to do. The new feature, Spotify says, “gives users even more control” over the playlists they create on the platform, allowing them to “seamlessly transition between tracks” and “customise how they flow together”, with features like “volume, EQ and effect curves”. “Experiment with specific settings for volume, EQ and effects”, the official blurb for the feature continues, while also suggesting users “use the waveform and beat data to find the best spot in each track for…
Press release – Meriläinen Music is proud to share “Numb,” the new single by Canadian singer/songwriter Josh Ritchie, and the first preview of his forthcoming third album So Much More Than A Dream, a powerful 11-song collection that blurs the lines between modern rock, experimental folk, and contemporary r&b. So Much More Than A Dream can be described as a concept album telling the story of a young adult searching for peace and purpose in our increasingly turbulent world. It’s hardly a stretch to say that theme mirrors much of Ritchie’s life to this point, having grown up BIPOC in Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula. Much of…
Los Angeles-based trio wolfe le herron unveil a memorable sound on new single “Heartbeat,” melding throwback rock and contemporary soaring pop in its consuming guitar/synth interplay and anthemic vocal culminations. The track and the band’s upcoming album were recorded at Lucy’s Meat Market in Highland Park, CA, and produced by Bryan Cook. “Heartbeat” excels in its harmonious, heartfelt sound — thematically presenting love, loss, and doing the best one can to keep a relationship alive. Lush keys, reflective guitar pulses, and a steady rhythm section enchant with an atmospheric pull, as the smooth vocals emerge. “The challenge we create is…
The US Federal Trade Commission has begun the Donald Trump-ordered crackdown on American ticket touts, filing a lawsuit against Key Investment Group, which does business as TotalTickets and Front Rose Tix, among other names. President Trump made it “clear” in a March executive order on the ticketing sector that “unscrupulous middlemen who harm fans and jack up prices through anticompetitive methods will hear from us”, says FTC Chair Andrew N Ferguson, who announced the litigation.Key Investment Group – or KIG – is accused of using dubious tactics to get hold of tickets from primary platforms, including Live Nation’s Ticketmaster, in order…
Gary Oldman has looked back at his friendship with the late David Bowie, and said that the “world’s gone to shit” since his death. The music icon and the renowned actor were friends for decades, and remained close until Bowie’s death from cancer in January 2016. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Slow Horses star looked back at his relationship with the singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and rock icon, and revealed one thing that he took from their time together. “To push the boat out,” he said. “David always said, ‘When you’re wading out into the water…
Veteran Dutch metallers Martyr. – Contributed photo Press release – Dutch metal icons, Martyr, are celebrating the release of their critically-acclaimed, new studio offering “Dark Believer”, that is out today on ROAR! Available on CD, Vinyl and Digital formats, you can order your favorite choice of format right here: https://martyr.rpm.link/dbalbumPR “Today’s the day — Dark Believer is finally unleashed!We’ve poured our metal hearts, sweat, and a few broken strings into this album, and the incredible reviews and overwhelming response from all of you mean the world to us,” the band writes. “This is MARTYR at our absolute best — powerful, heavy, and true to the…