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Finding the groove: what's the best genre of music to dance to?
‘I don't know what it is about house music that makes me move, but I just can't help it,” says Faye Stoeser. “And I don't care what I look like. I just go for it.” “If a Missy [Elliott] track comes on, that's me…
7 music acts on farewell tours include L7, Journey
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Rancho Humilde's execs on music, identity and freedom driving a movement
The story of Mexican-American record label Rancho Humilde begins in rooms where music was part of the furniture: family parties, border-town gatherings and small concerts where crowds revealed an appetite the wider industry had yet to recognize.
Deezer will let listeners completely filter out AI music
What are we gonna do about the deluge of AI music slopping up all of our streaming platforms? Deezer has an idea. It's adding a toggle to filter out AI-generated tracks. This simple on/off switch will be available on the app by the end of the year.
YouTube Music Now Flags AI Tracks, Deezer to Let You Remove Them Entirely
YouTube Music wants to make it easier to spot AI-generated music with a new label rolling out from Wednesday across its service. Meanwhile, rival streamer Deezer has announced plans to let you filter all AI-generated tracks from its platform. The…
EXCLUSIVE: Mother Partners With Amoeba Music on Capsule Collection
Mother has partnered with the independent Berkeley-founded record store Amoeba Music on a new capsule collection as part of its holiday 2026 collection. Building on past music partnerships including Alison Mosshart from The Kills in London and…
YouTube Rolls Out New Labeling System for AI-Generated Music
Streaming your daily tunes is about to come with a bit more clarity. YouTube has expanded its labeling system to mark AI-generated songs on YouTube Music. As AI music continues to flood streaming apps, the service's latest move aims to keep…
YouTube Music Rolls Out Labels for AI-Generated Content
YouTube Music is introducing labels for AI music on the platform, the streamer announced on Wednesday (Oct. 14). The new labels will be applied to songs that were “created primarily using generative AI,” according to a YouTube Music…
Universal Music Group Hit With Layoffs, Several Senior Execs to Leave Company
As has long been expected, Universal Music Group is being hit with extensive layoffs across its U.S. and U.K. operations, with multiple top executives departing, among many others. The moves — which sources say continue a process that was…
YouTube labels AI-generated music
YouTube has added new labels for artificial intelligence-generated music in its YouTube Music app and across other platform elements, as the company looks to meet growing audience demand for more transparency around AI-generated content. As shown…
Texas drag ban takes down a high school musical
A homophobic bill targeting drag shows is now zeroing in on an unlikely enemy: high school musicals. News spread like wildfire when the Grand Prairie Independent School District, overseeing South Grand Prairie High, pulled the student production of…
TickTalk Introduces TickTalk Radio™: A First-of-Its-Kind, Parent-Controlled Music and Wellness Platform Built for Kids
While platforms like Spotify Kids, YouTube Kids, and the iHeartRadio Family app offer kid-focused audio experiences, TickTalk Radio takes a different approach, putting parents in greater control of what their children can access. TickTalk Radio is…
Mackeeper wants their pop music playing in Walgreens
Nick Harwood and Miles Cohen are raring to play me a song. It's a cloudy September day and the two brothers who make up the rising pop-rock project Mackeeper are leaning forward on a couch on The FADER office's balcony. Harwood whips out his phone…
Universal Music Undergoes Shake Up With Def Jam, Republic Top Execs Among Departures
Universal Music Group is undergoing a suite of layoffs this week connected to the $270 million cost-savings initiative the company had announced back in 2024, a move that has several major executives from across the company's North America, Europe…
Australian man fighting for life after being stabbed at music festival, family says
An Australian man is fighting for his life after he was stabbed 25 times during an electronic music festival in Colombia, his family said. The family of Frank Stephen Ramirez, 46, has alleged that he was kidnapped, tortured, and thrown from a…
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