This Week’s Playlist

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This Is My Jam This Week

Maria BC (913 subscribers) - “Marathon” (genre: slowcore, art rock, shoegaze) youtube.com

Water Cooler Chat: Music News

Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter lead the nominations for the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2026, taking place on March 26 at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre. variety.com

Bruno Mars is coming back to Toronto for the first time in nearly a decade. ctvnews.ca

CFNY let their DJs play weird music. That's why Rush and New Order loved this Toronto radio station. cbc.ca

Noel Gallagher says it would be an “absolute honour” for Oasis to record the next James Bond theme. faroutmagazine.co.uk

Retired English professional downhill mountain biker Rob Warner debuts as a rapper in latest music video: “Rap for Wrap”. pinkbike.com

How Punjabi Canadian rapper Babbulicious ended up performing at Zohran Mamdani's mayoral inauguration. cbc.ca

David Ellison is keen to revive MTV. hollywoodreporter.com

In the hours since Renee Good was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross earlier this week, a number of musicians have written and released songs struggling to make sense of the cruelty and heinous display of state violence. rollingstone.com

Neil Young has published a strongly worded new editorial criticizing Donald Trump, using his official Neil Young Archives website to address recent political unrest and reiterate his long-running opposition to the former president. billboard.com

Billie Eilish is using her platform to amplify protests against the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has come under fire (even more than usual) for the killing of a Minnesota woman earlier this week. billboard.com

Britney Spears says she will “never perform in the US again” in cryptic post promising new UK and Australia dates. nme.com

The home, where Bowie lived between ages 8 and 20, has been acquired by the Heritage of London Trust in a landmark purchase. The house will be restored back to its original early 1960s appearance and is set to open to the public in late 2027. billboard.com

Tracks And Vids: New Music This Week

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Bruno Mars (42.5M subscribers) - “I Just Might” (genre: retro soul, disco, funk) youtube.com

A$AP Rocky (5.95M subscribers) - “Punk Rocky” (genre: alt pop, hip hop, alternative rock) youtube.com

Johnny Orlando (4.75M subscribers) - “Emilia” (genre: indie pop, alt pop, lo-fi pop) youtube.com

Tessa Violet (1.84M subscribers) - “Knowing” (genre: indie pop, indie rock, alt pop) youtube.com

Zach Bryan (1.61M subscribers) - “Bad News” (genre: indie rock, folk, alt country) youtube.com

Mumford & Sons (1.51M subscribers) - “The Banjo Song” (genre: indie rock, neo folk, folk pop) youtube.com

Kungs feat. Theophilus London (1.01M subscribers) - “Galaxy” (genre: synth-pop, dance-pop, house) youtube.com

Peter Gabriel (827K subscribers) - “Been Undone (Dark-Side Mix)” (genre: alt pop, alternative rock, indie pop) youtube.com

Rain Paris (596K subscribers) - “Love Me” (genre: post hardcore, metalcore, melodic metal) youtube.com

Puddle Of Mudd (589K subscribers) - “Maniac” (genre: hard rock, grunge, alternative rock) youtube.com

Robyn (391K subscribers) - “Talk To Me” (genre: synth-pop, dance-pop) youtube.com

PARTYOF2 (309K subscribers) - “BIG” (genre: hip hop, trap, rap) youtube.com

Seven Lions feat. Kerli (303K subscribers) - “By the Light of the Moon” (genre: future bass, dubstep, progressive house) youtube.com

Ktlyn (145K subscribers) - “GOING CRAZY” (genre: pop rap, alt pop, bedroom) youtube.com

Grey Daze (131K subscribers) - "Monster You Adore" (genre: hard rock, alternative metal, alternative rock) youtube.com

Miles Minnick feat. Kendrick Bourne - (80.3K subscribers) - "Red and Gold Timin" (genre: rap, trap, gangsta) youtube.com

Lucinda Williams (36.3K subscribers) - "The World's Gone Wrong" (genre: blues, retro soul) youtube.com

Frost Children - (27.1K subscribers) - "Sister" (genre: emo, indie rock, alternative rock) youtube.com

Dry Cleaning (24.2K subscribers) - “Evil Evil Idiot” (genre: alternative rock, art rock, post punk, indie rock) youtube.com

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

Lala Lala (15.8K subscribers) - “Even Mountains Erode” (genre: downtempo, trip-hop, indie pop) youtube.com

LIVING DEAD GIRL (8.7K subscribers) - “SUCCUBUS” (genre: metalcore, industrial, electronicore) youtube.com

Sam Quealy (6.21K subscribers) - “By My Side” (genre: synth-pop, indie pop, dance-pop) youtube.com

THEM (3.98K subscribers) - “Cool Girl” (genre: indie rock, alt pop, alternative rock) youtube.comx

Keni Titus (3.96K subscribers) - “hands to myself” (genre: indie pop, folk pop, pop rock) youtube.com

Lonnie Gunn (2.06K subscribers) - “lovebite” (genre: indie rock, alternative rock, alt pop) youtube.com

Willa Ford (972 subscribers) - “F*ck the Men (A Toast to Men)” (genre: dance pop, house, electro) youtube.com

Ramtha (79 subscribers) - “Infinite Energy” (genre: melodic metal, thrash, metalcore) youtube.com

Covers & Remixes, Etc

David Byrne covered Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” youtube.com

First To Eleven covered Panic! At The Disco’s “High Hopes” youtube.com

WARGASM did their thing in London. youtube.com

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