Author: Amanda Collins

The 2025 Soundside Music Festival in Bridgeport, Conn., has been canceled due to “circumstances beyond our control,” organizers announced Friday (July 25). This year’s event was scheduled for Sept. 27–28 at Seaside Park, with headliners The Killers, Weezer, Hozier and Vampire Weekend. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Due to circumstances beyond our control, Soundside Music Festival has been cancelled,” organizers wrote in a statement on the festival’s website. “Tickets will be refunded to the original method of payment in as little as 30 days depending on your bank’s processing time.” In a…

American singer/songwriter Trevor Sensor shares his brand new single When I Had The Gall, an old Hollywood piano ballad out now via High Black Desert Records.  The lead single to be taken from his forthcoming album, A Few Tears of Eros, When I Had The Gall finds the talented artist beautifully showcasing his expressive, husky vocals and storytelling abilities over a memorable production. This is a song about the acceptance of a bleak fate and apart from his gorgeous vocals, I am particularly fond of the piano-based melody nicely intertwined with cinematic strings, subtle horns and rhythms that make this quite…

Bleachers welcomed a range of big names to the stage during their show at Newport Folk Festival this weekend – watch footage below. Jack Antonoff’s band took to the stage at Rhode Island’s Fort Adams State Park on Friday (July 25), where Hayley Williams, Waxahatchee, Jeff Tweedy, Weyes Blood, Rufus Wainwright, Maren Morris and Dan Reedy were all special guests. The set was billed as a Newport edition of Bleachers’ annual The Ally Coalition Talent Show, which had its 10th edition in New York last December and raises funds for the non-profit organisation of the same name. Weyes Blood’s Natalie…

A jangly rock charm envelops on “Time25,” a recent track from New York-based artist Michael Wu. The release is a strong debut from his output as a solo singer-songwriter, following success in playing with other bands like Gunpoets and Front & Main. Drawing from inspirations like R.E.M., Jason Falkner, and Death Cab for Cutie, Wu’s aesthetic stirs in its punchy, jangly immediacy — melding cohesively with an introspective lyrical vigor. Lyrical ruminations on time, and alternating tendencies of wanting it to pass quickly or linger forever depending on the moment, excel amidst a climactic overall sound. Initial guitar trickling moves…

Lucy Dacus officiated the marriages of multiple couples at her latest show in Philadelphia – watch below. The singer-songwriter played the opening night of her ‘Forever Is A Feeling’ tour – named after her fourth studio album from this March – on Friday (July 25) at the city’s FDR Park. As she revealed earlier this week, she intends to use the shows as an opportunity to double up as official wedding ceremonies, revealing that she is ordained in the US. She wrote: “I can think of all sorts of reasons people may be interested in securing the rights granted through marriage (you know…

Phoebe Bridgers has secured another legal win in the long-running defamation case brought against her by music producer Chris Nelson. The case dates back to September 2021, when the singer-songwriter shared an Instagram thread that accused Nelson of “grooming, stealing [and] violence”. Nelson, who owns the Sound Space recording studio in Los Angeles, claimed the post was defamatory against him. He sought $3.8million (£2.8million) in damages, claiming Bridgers “intentionally used her high-profile public platform on Instagram to publish false and defamatory statements” about him “in order to destroy his reputation”. Responding to the allegations, Bridgers said: “I believe that the…

Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist Stu Pender shares his brand new single Rewind, the lead single to be taken from his upcoming album Being With.  Out now via Youngbloods, Rewind is a dreamy piece of indietronica about the power of self-reflection, and letting go of things that hold us back as a way of growing as a person. I am loving his soothing vocals and how they infuse the song with vulnerability and emotion, while gliding effortlessly over the infectious production. Apart from those haunting layered vocals, I am particularly fond of the driving beat throughout the song and how…

Steve Aoki and his wife Sasha have welcomed a baby boy. Rocky77 was born on the same day Aoki and Sasha got married, the American DJ and producer wrote on instagram. Aoki and Sasha, who tied the knot in 2024, announced their “biggest collaboration yet” during his Jan. 25 concert at Barasti Beach in Dubai. “This is a special moment. This is my wife, and we’re having a baby,” the EDM musician said as Sasha appeared on stage. On Friday, July 25, the DJ and producer, 47, welcomed his first child, a baby boy, with his wife Sasha. The couple…

Producers TMPST and Mati Troglia team up with singer Anna-Sophia Henry to deliver their brand new single All U Want, a dreamy Melodic/Deep House cut.  Out now via Spectrum Recordings, All U Want is a stunning piece of electronic music packed with soul and emotion, effortlessly making it quite a memorable and enthralling listening experience. I am loving the delicate nature sounds (birds chirpings) throughout the song and how they are nicely accompanied by a deep, laid-back groove and killer rhythms that won me over from the start. This chill electronic production creates the perfect soundscape for Anna-Sophia Henry’s dreamy, emotive…

Gwyneth Paltrow is stepping in — temporarily — to help clear the air about Astronomer. On Friday (July 25), the Academy Award-winning actress and Goop founder appeared in a humorous new video for the tech company. The ad follows a viral incident involving former CEO Andy Byron and HR executive Kristin Cabot, who were caught on a Coldplay kiss cam during the band’s Boston concert earlier this month. Shortly after Cabot’s resignation on Friday, Astronomer shared a social media video starring Paltrow — who was married to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin from 2003 to 2016 — acting as the company’s…