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The US artist has described allegations of abuse and sexual assault made against them as "false" and "completely disgusting" Yves Tumor has threatened "extreme legal action" after allegations of sexual assault and other abusive behaviour emerged online. The US artist describing the claims as "false" and "completely disgusting". One online accuser claimed that video evidence existed of the behavio…
Users will be able to directly buy music from artists on the platform using the new feature, with the company set to make zero commission from purchases made SoundCloud has announced the introduction of a new direct music purchase feature on its platform. Currently in its beta testing phase and only usable by 200 US-based creators with the Artist Pro subscription, the new feature allows users to…
KKKAAARRREEENNNIIINNNAAA captures a 2025 performance that the three artists did together in London Charlemagne Palestine, Oren Ambarchi and Daniel O'Sullivan are releasing a collaborative album, titled KKKAAARRREEENNNIIINNNAAA. Consisting of one extended piece, the record captures a May 2025 live performance that the three artists did together at London's Cafe OTO. The set saw the trio reimagine…
More than 40% of children under the age of 10 globally are already experiencing at least 20 additional “heat-stress days”… The post Climate change exposes 580 million children to 20 extra ‘heat-stress days’ every year appeared first on Carbon Brief.
The club will open under new ownership after the team behind The White Hotel announced the venue's closure earlier this year The building that houses the much-loved Salford nightclub The White Hotel is to reopen as a new venue under new ownership next year. The new club will be called BASTION, and it will be run by the team behind neighbouring venue The Bag Factory. A post on Instagram confirming…
It's the US artist's first solo LP in six years William Basinski has shared details of a new solo piano album, titled Passing The Cup Of Sorrows. Consisting of a single 40-minute piece, the new LP is Basinski's first solo full-length release in six years, and his first album of any kind since 2022's Janek Schaefer collaboration ...On Reflection. A press release confirming the new record said Pass…
Marina Herlop and VTSS also feature among the third wave of acts announced to play this year's festival Unsound has shared a third wave of acts playing its 2026 edition this autumn. Taking place this year under the theme of SOFT POWER, the latest edition of Unsound will run across two Polish cities, starting in Warsaw before finishing in its usual home of Kraków. Among the new editions are Space…
Out later this week, it's called Before The World Blows: The Abi And Alan Experiment Erykah Badu and The Alchemist have shared full details of their forthcoming collaborative album, which is titled Before The World Blows: The Abi And Alan Experiment. The duo first announced the long-awaited record earlier this month, but it was untitled and without any tracklist information at that point. They ha…
The Featured Artists Coalition's UK Artist Touring fund is offering grants of up to £8,000 to support touring artists The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) has launched a second round of grants in its UK Artist Touring Fund (UKAT) to support touring artists in the UK. Following a successful first round of funding that saw the allocation of £125,000 to 26 artists, enabling 211 shows to take place,…
Drones have been used to help seize 130 illegal off-road bikes across north Manchester.
In this excerpt from the book “The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud,” writer Cecilia Rikap examines how Europe, India, Brazil, and China are taking on big tech companies.
Leisure was released 35 years ago today, and Jim Keoghan argues that in its marrying the sounds of northern and southern indie of the time, Blur's debut is an underrated LP Derided, unloved and forgotten. Yes, it might well be you, but in this instance I’m referring to Blur’s debut album, Leisure. It’s a release that even one of its principal architects regards as an underwhelming effort. In an i…
Ahead of their thrillingly restless new record Honest Feeling Album, Hakushi Hasegawa speaks to Natalie Marlin about operating outside arbitrary boundaries, and the importance of leaving things unexplained Image by George Asakura Before Hakushi Hasegawa explains anything, remember this: not everything is meant to be explained. Fight the urge to wrangle their music’s restless gusts across genre an…
A new mapping tool pinpoints where slugs are likely to strike, helping farmers cut pesticide use while protecting crops The post Putting slugs on the map: farmers pioneer precision crop protection appeared first on Positive News.
Ahead of an appearance at Skaņu Mežs festival, Nick McMaster and Lev Weinstein guide Dan Franklin through ten highlights from their labyrinthine discography. Photograph by Paul Verhagen Krallice were formed in New York City in 2007 by Colin Marston and Mick Barr. They were soon joined by Nick McMaster and Lev Weinstein, of the death metal band Astomatous. The latter recorded an album in 2006 call…
With a return to Big Dada for his first full-length solo work in seven years, as well as a new book exploring how artists must respond to systemic violence and injustice, poet, musician, director and actor Saul Williams takes us through what's influencing him. The results are compiled into a playlist exclusively for tQ Subscriber Plus tier members Music journalists love to declare the influences…
Sarah Williams's flat was destroyed in a fire two years ago. Why is she still paying a mortgage on it?
Julia Holter Materia Julia Holter finds a dizzying array of new ideas from the bones of a track first included on 2024's Something in the Room She Moves Materia by Julia Holter Materia is creation spilling out of creation. Julia Holter’s self-described companion record to 2024’s Something in the Room She Moves began by playing with responses to the song ‘Materia’, the emotional centrepiece of tha…