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- A Rainy Japanese Rock Festival Proved They Could Weather Anything
Extreme weather at Fuji Rock Festival tested infrastructure and staff resilience, yet the event succeeded through improvisation and communal effort.
- Google Flow Music
Google relaunches ProducerAI as Google Flow Music, an AI music generator with chat-based creation, music videos, and a workspace builder, but HN commenters find it lags behind Suno in prompt adherence and sound quality.
- The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters - The New York Times
A NYT panel of critics and music-industry insiders ranked the 30 most significant living American songwriters, based on influence and craft.
- The Good List: 7 Things to Add Some Delight to Your Day - The New York Times
A list of seven simple pleasures, including train jazz, the Brady Bunch house, and the gift of time, that can add delight to daily life.
- Music for Programming
Music for Programming is a site offering curated, lo-fi electronic mixes designed to aid concentration during coding, with a large archive of episodes.
- BTS’s Comeback Show Was Heavy on Their New Album - The New York Times
BTS's Seoul comeback concert featured heavy new album promotion and a performance by injured leader RM.
- The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify's AI DJ
Spotify's AI DJ fails to understand classical music requests, highlighting its pop-oriented design and the author's frustration with the technology's limitations.
- Alysa Liu on Dancing Her Way to Olympic Gold: ‘The Music Carries My Body’ - The New York Times
Figure skater Alysa Liu tells a dance critic that music guides her body and free-spirited approach to performing in pursuit of Olympic gold.
- Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners - The New York Times
Young listeners are adopting iPods as a low-tech alternative to streaming music, valuing the device for reducing constant online connectivity.
- Labiahead, All-Woman Radiohead Cover Band, Is More Than a Side Hustle for Its Members - The New York Times
Labiahead, an all-woman Radiohead cover band, provides its members, including Lena Hall and Charlene Kaye, a meaningful creative outlet and community beyond a side hustle.
- A 48-Hour Layover in Montreal With an Airline Pilot - The New York Times
A writer and airline pilot spends a 48-hour layover in Montreal enjoying urban skiing, bagels, and Leonard Cohen songs.
- Britney Spears Sells Her Song Catalog - The New York Times
Britney Spears sold the rights to her song catalog to Primary Wave after a decade without a new album.
- Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Review: A History Lesson Full of Puerto Rican Pride - The New York Times
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show served as a history lesson and personal tribute, showcasing Puerto Rican pride through an intimate 13-minute set.
- Brad Arnold, Rocker Who Fronted 3 Doors Down, Dies at 47 - The New York Times
Brad Arnold, lead singer of 3 Doors Down who wrote 'Kryptonite' in high school, has died at 47.
- The Subtle Marketing Move Behind Justin Bieber’s Grammys Boxers - The New York Times
Justin Bieber's performance in sparkly lavender boxers at the Grammys was a deliberate marketing strategy to generate buzz.
- Opinion | Why Young People Love the Grateful Dead - The New York Times
Young people are drawn to the Grateful Dead because the band's music conjures a romanticized lost world of teenage freedom and countercultural adventure on the road.
- 2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web
The article recounts how Last.fm and Audioscrobbler pioneered social music tracking and recommendation in the early 2000s.
- Modern Walkmans
Modern cassette players from brands like FiiO and Toshiba offer Bluetooth, USB power, and retro design, relying on a single remaining factory for their internal mechanisms.
- Best Albums of 2025 - The New York Times
The New York Times music critics name Korean pop artist Effie and Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese as their top albums of 2025.