HOUSTON – Houston hip-hop pioneer DJ Michael “5000” Watts, best known for helping popularize the city’s signature “chopped and screwed” sound, has died. Watts passing was confirmed in a statement from ...

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For Kim Gordon, today is the day for “Not Today,” a song off the former Sonic Youth member’s upcoming third solo album, Play Me. The full-length will come out on March 13. In the video for the song ...

DJ Seinfeld just came steaming into 2026. The Swedish DJ/producer and lo-fi house leading light has given official release to "Plush," a single that's been part of his live sets for a while now.

Cher closed out the final Saturday Night Live of 2025 with two tracks from her 2023 Christmas album. The pop icon, who had been an SNL musical guest only once before, opened with the up-tempo “DJ Play ...

Samples taken from the asteroid Bennu are continuing to shed light on the origins of the solar system. Scientists have been studying the samples since NASA's Osiris-REx spacecraft carried them back to ...

As the 1990s progressed, pop music got more and more catchy. More and more sticky. More and more a part of our daily lives. Sure, there was alt-rock and electronic music. Grunge had just been the ...

Don’t fret — a new DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ album is imminent. The London-based electronic producer first revealed its existence in July, saying it would be unveiled later this year. Now she’s back ...

India-headquartered music company TIPS Music has acquired the complete music catalog of Studio Radha, adding more than 4,000 Gujarati and Kutchi tracks to its portfolio. Following the sale, TIPS said ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Apple Music has several new features in iOS 26 ...

Apple Music is one of the apps that got a noticeable Liquid Glass design overhaul in iOS 26, but Apple also added a useful new feature that streamlines song transitions. AutoMix is designed to ...