Water Cooler Chat: Music News

BTS has released its first group album in three years, Permission To Dance On Stage — Live, returning for the first time post-enlistment with a live album of the K-pop stars’ sold-out tour of the same name. hollywoodreporter.com

Musicians are calling for regulations and finding creative ways to fight back as AI "bands" climb the charts on streaming platforms, soaking up already meagre royalty payments. cbc.ca

Move over The Velvet Sundown, there’s a new virtual band in…cyberspace. Collective Media Network, a division of Indian talent management company Collective Artists Network, has launched “AI spiritual rock” band Trilok. musically.com

The final performances from Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne that took place on July 5th will be released in theaters as a concert film titled Back to the Beginning: Ozzy’s Final Bow in early 2026. consequence.net

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham stir up reunion hopes in Fleetwood Mac faithfuls on social media. ctvnews.ca

The Coldplay kiss cam moment that accidentally uncovered a potential cheating scandal between a married tech firm CEO and his head of human resources could be the beginning of a professional downfall for the canoodling duo — and their company, employment lawyers suggested. nypost.com

At the start of Thursday night’s episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the veteran talk show host announced that on Wednesday, his bosses at CBS informed him that Late Show would be coming to an end next May. rollingstone.com

Tracks And Vids: New Music This Week

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Travis Scott (20.1M subscribers) - “DUMBO” (genre: hip hop, trap, cloud rap) youtube.com 

AURORA (6.23M subscribers) – “You Can't Run From Yourself” (genre: electronic, ethereal, experimental, electro, dream pop) youtube.com

Joyner Lucas feat. Ava Max (6.17M subscribers) – “Tear Me Down” (genre: hip hop, chillwave, trap) youtube.com

will.i.am feat. Taboo (6.17M subscribers) – “East LA” (genre: hip hop, cloud rap, conscious) youtube.com

Saweetie (3M subscribers) – “boffum” (genre: hip hop, bounce, trap) youtube.com

Zach Bryan feat. Gabriella Rose (1.51M subscribers) – “Madeline” (genre: country, neo folk, acoustic) youtube.com

Jessie Murph (1.02M subscribers) – “Sex Hysteria” (genre: pop, experimental, indie pop, synthwave) youtube.com

FKA twigs (850K subscribers) – “Perfectly” (genre: electronic, house, techno) youtube.com

Tommy Richman (850K subscribers) – “MIAMI” (genre: electronic, synth-pop, experimental) youtube.com

FLETCHER (448K subscribers) – “Hi, Everyone Leave Please” (genre: pop, indie pop, chillwave, dream pop) youtube.com

Sheryl Crow (445K subscribers) – “The New Normal” (genre: rock, alternative rock, neo folk) youtube.com

AVATAR (400K subscribers) – “In the Airwaves” (genre: heavy metal, metalcore, black metal) youtube.com

Reneé Rapp (375K subscribers) – “Why Is She Still Here?” (genre: pop, neo folk, indie pop) youtube.com

Alex G (374K subscribers) – “Oranges” (genre: rock, neo folk, indie rock) youtube.com

Fever Ray - (267K subscribers) - “Now's The Only Time I Know” (genre: electronic, techno, experimental, neo trance) youtube.com

Malcolm Todd (194K subscribers) - “Original” (genre: pop rock, downtempo, indie rock) youtube.com

CHINCHILLA (169K subscribers) - “Avoidance” (genre: pop, indie pop, downtempo) youtube.com

Jeff Tweedy (wilco) (99K subscribers) - “Out In The Dark” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com

PRESIDENT (67.5K subscribers) - “RAGE” (genre: electronic, progressive house, downtempo) youtube.com

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐒𝐌 (54K subscribers) - “Small World Syndrome” (genre: electronic, industrial deathrock) youtube.com

Lera Lynn (43K subscribers) - “COMIC BOOK COWBOY” (genre: indie pop, alternative pop, experimental) youtube.com

Dinosaur Pile-Up (37.6K subscribers) - “Love's The Worst” (genre: rock, alternative rock, post punk) youtube.com

Black Honey (37.6K subscribers) - “Shallow” (genre: rock, alternative rock, dream pop) youtube.com

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

LEAP (5.43K subscribers) – “Waste Your Love” (genre: rock, alternative rock, post punk) youtube.com

Penelope Road (5.43K subscribers) – “So It Goes” (genre: funk, indie pop) youtube.com

HotWax (4.94K subscribers) – “Tell Me Everything's Alright ” (genre: rock, alternative rock, vaporwave) youtube.com

Scarlet Rae (1.38K subscribers) – “The Reason I Could Sleep Forever” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock, dream pop) youtube.com

Laveda (949 subscribers) – “Heaven” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com

Macey Mac (263 subscribers) – “Cut Out For Me” (genre: country, delta blues, pop rock) youtube.com

Gooby & the Gooberz (15 subscribers) – “6 Months” (genre: rock, indie rock, indie pop) youtube.com

Covers & Remixes, Etc

3TEETH covers Guns N' Roses’s “Civil War” youtube.com

Lou Ridley covers Cardi B’s and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” youtube.com

Avi Kaplan covers Screamin' Jay Hawkins’s “I Put a Spell on You” youtube.com

Bloc Party did an awesome NPR Tiny Desk Concert. youtube.com

This Is My Jam This Week

Nine Inch Nails (985K subscribers) – “As Alive As You Need Me To Be” (genre: there is only one Trent Reznor) youtube.com

This week’s full playlist on: YouTube and Spotify and Tune My Music

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