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In 2007, the spiritual successor to Guitar Hero was released. Rock Band brought friends together in basements and living rooms everywhere. But instead of competition, it presented a beautifully collaborative gameplay. With Rock Band, you almost believed that maybe you and your friends could start a band, too. The soundtrack to the first Rock Band set an ambitious stage for the following iterations. Here are four songs that serve as […]

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is currently on a historic run. It has spent 43 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, with 19 of those weeks spent at No. 1. It has now tied for the longest run ever atop the chart among non-holiday songs. “Choosin’ Texas” ties with “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey, and “Old Town Road by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus at 19 weeks in […]

Wendy Eisenberg, Safety Trance, and Tygapaw are among this year’s acts Read More RSS: News News 

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat Read More RSS: News News 

The one-off single takes its name from a female character in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale Read More RSS: News News 

Many millennials will remember when these songs were among the biggest hits in their heyday. These hits defined early 2000s pop culture, dominating radio airwaves. Now, as millennials are in their 30s and older, these hits dominate the grocery store overhead PA. Somehow, these 2000s hits have become staples of the grocery store. “unwell” by matchbox twenty Released as the second single from Matchbox Twenty‘s sophomore album, More Than You […]

Dr. Dre recently revealed that he is using AI to make music, and he’s been getting some pushback. In a message shared on X/Twitter, Audiomack co-founder Brian “Z” Zisook ripped into the hip-hop legend for his AI “Propaganda.” Sharing a story about Dre’s reveal, Z fired off: “It’s the exact same script. They’re all reading from the EXACT SAME SCRIPT.” He then shared some quotes he feels he’s seen often: […]

Raja Azreen Raja Talib, drummer of Malaysian rock band Meditasi, died at 56 after he collapsed onstage during a festival. The band was playing at Teruntum Rock Festival in Kuantan, Malaysia, on July 18, when Raja Azreen slumped over his drum kit during the second song of the performance. Meditasi’s vocalist, Bakaruddin Daud, recalled seeing his bandmate collapse and rushed to check on the drummer. Raja Azreen was then brought […]

“I am taking this in stride, but it has become very difficult on our own and financially we are strapped,” says the guitarist Read More RSS: News News