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Water Cooler Chat: Music News

The New Pornographers were close to finishing their next album “when all the quote-unquote shit exploded,” the band got word that Joseph Seiders, their drummer, had been arrested on child pornography and other related charges. rollingstone.com

Justin Bieber pulls over to help a stranger whose car broke down on the side of the road. billboard.com

Hilary Duff has announced that after more than a decade, she’s finally coming back with a new album titled Luck…or Something. billboard.com

Don Henley beats malicious prosecution suit tied to Eagles lyric theft trial. nme.com

Gibson Custom has teamed up with Dave Grohl to launch a new, limited-edition signed guitar. nme.com

Tickets for Olivia Dean‘s 2026 tour were on sale for only about four hours before she decided she had had enough. She posted the following to her Instagram story: “[Ticketmaster], [Live Nation], [AEG]: You are providing a disgusting service. The prices at which you’re allowing tickets to be re-sold is vile and completely against our wishes. Live music should be affordable and accessible, and we need to find a new way of making that possible. BE BETTER.” rollingstone.com

How can you tell if your new favourite artist is a real person or if it is AI-generated? bbc.com

Warner Music and AI startup Udio settle copyright battle and ink license deal. abcnews.go.com

The future of AI and music is coming into focus. It does not look good for human artists. globalnews.ca

Tracks And Vids: New Music This Week

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Pitbull feat. Lil Jon (17.5M subscribers) - “Damn I Love Miami” (genre: rap, pop rap, conscious) youtube.com

Ellie Goulding (13.1M subscribers) - “Destiny” (genre: pop, alt pop, downtempo) youtube.com

Lil Baby (10.2M subscribers) - “Real Shit” (genre: hip hop, cloud rap, trap) youtube.com

Bryan Adams (7.06M subscribers) - “Be The Reason” (genre: rock, pop rock, 80s rock) youtube.com

Tate McRae (6.45M subscribers) - “NOBODY’S GIRL” (genre: pop, electro pop, indie pop) youtube.com

Charli xcx (3.96M subscribers) - “Chains of Love” (genre: pop, pop rock, downtempo) youtube.com

Shinedown (1.94M subscribers) - “Searchlight” (genre: rock, indie rock, alt country) youtube.com

ROB ZOMBIE (1.24M subscribers) - “Heathen Days” (genre: hard rock, industrial, alternative metal) youtube.com

Rico Nasty (661K subscribers) - “PEPPER” (genre: hip hop, trap, phonk) youtube.com

Lithe feat. Don Toliver (523K subscribers) - “FaceTime” (genre: indie R&B, emo hip-hop, trap) youtube.com

Parris Goebel feat. SadBoi (520K subscribers) - “DUMMY” (genre: dance pop, reggaeton, pop rap, trap) youtube.com

Noga Erez (239K subscribers) - “BUBBLING” (genre: pop rap, trap, dance pop) youtube.com

Atreyu (230K subscribers) - “Dead” (genre: melodic metal, metalcore, post hardcore) youtube.com

David Byrne (186K subscribers) - “T Shirt” (genre: rock, pop rock, indie pop) youtube.com

Stephen Wilson Jr. (158K subscribers) - “Gary” (genre: country rock, alt country, indie rock, neo folk) youtube.com

Silversun Pickups (129K subscribers) - “The Wreckage” (genre: indie rock, post punk, art rock) youtube.com

Fleet Foxes (118K subscribers) - “Angel In The Snow” (genre: rock, indie rock, indie folk youtube.com

Goldfinger (115K subscribers) - “CHASING AMY” (genre: rock, alternative rock, pop punk) youtube.com

Bowling For Soup feat. Punk Rock Factory & Wheatus  (107K subscribers) - “Endless Possibility” (genre: rock, pop punk, skate punk) youtube.com

VANA (102K subscribers) - “Pray” (genre: alternative rock, post hardcore, metalcore) youtube.com

RØRY (64.6K subscribers) - “DEAD GIRL WALKING” (genre: alt pop, pop punk, metalcore) youtube.com

Ladytron (60.9K subscribers) - “Kingdom Undersea” (genre: electronic, synth pop, alt pop) youtube.com

Men Without Hats (51.7K subscribers) - “In Glorious Days” (genre: pop, synth pop, indie pop) youtube.com

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

Art School Girlfriend (7.73K subscribers) - “The Peaks” (genre: indie rock, dream pop, glitch) youtube.com

Ariel (4.29K subscribers) - “Marigold” (genre: pop, neo soul, contemporary R&B) youtube.com

Ethan Regan (3.62K subscribers) - “fool” (genre: indie rock, acoustic folk, neo folk) youtube.com

BROCKHOFF (3.55K subscribers) - “Easy Peeler” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com 

MOTHERMARY (2.55K subscribers) - “For You” (genre: pop, dance pop, synth pop) youtube.com 

Picture Parlour (1.9K subscribers) - “Neptune 66” (genre: rock, indie rock, garage rock) youtube.com 

The Buttons (1.36K subscribers) – “High” (genre: rock, indie rock, shoegaze, dream pop) youtube.com 

Jayden Reid (777 subscribers) - “So Do I” (genre: rock, indie rock, post punk) youtube.com 

GLADIE (660 subscribers) - “CAR ALARM” (genre: indie rock, alternative rock, pop punk) youtube.com 

Emmalea Deal & The Hot Mess (559 subscribers) - “Rhinoplasty” (genre: indie rock, emo, post hardcore) youtube.com 

Covers & Remixes, Etc

Metric asked fans to share footage to compile this “Black Sheep Fan Visualizer” video. youtube.com

Disco-Daddy covered Alice In Chains’ “On The Spot” youtube.com

Robert Plant did a fantastic NPR Tiny Desk Concert. youtube.com

The Goo Goo Dolls did a fantastic NPR Tiny Desk Concert. youtube.com

This Is My Jam This Week

Ally Nicholas (30.8K subscribers) - “Killing” (genre: rock, indie rock, post rock, shoegaze) youtube.com

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