On this week’s Galaxy Brain, the host Charlie Warzel dives into the state of the music industry, where streaming economics, algorithmic discovery, and generative AI are reshaping how music is ...

You ever just have a dogshit day and then you have that moment of clarity where you just tell yourself to grow up and stop crying about it? Me neither. Stay winning, kids. Only bottom feeders need to ...

Apple Music doubled its streaming fraud penalties to 50% after detecting 2 billion fake streams in 2025, targeting AI-powered scammers. Apple Music just made streaming fraud way more expensive for ...

Former Trump administration strategist Steve Bannon led a chorus of outraged MAGA voices in attacking Bruce Springsteen’s new protest song, using a homophobic barb to deride the Rock and Roll Hall of ...

Alexander Skarsgård was joined, on his “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut, by his father. Skarsgård had been stoic about what’s going on in his career: He didn’t mention his new films “Pillion” or ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A little Memphis funk made its way to Northwest Arkansas this week, and it’s all in the name of innovation. James Alexander, bassist for the legendary Bar-Kays and a Memphis Music ...

Abraham Alexander was home in Fort Worth when his manager sent him a link to the broadcast of the 2025 Oscar nominations. Alexander’s collaboration with fellow Texan artist Adrian Quesada — the ...

The Velvet Sundown, a pop-country band whose hits got played more than one million times on Spotify this summer, never existed. Instead, the band’s likenesses, life stories, marketing materials, ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Soul singer Alexander O’Neal had just returned home from a nearly ...

Singer Alexander O’Neal, a founding member of soul funk band The Time, was sent back to the hospital hours after returning home from the ICU. Zelensky makes major concession to end Ukraine war America ...

"We are so happy to be alive," O'Neal wife, Cynthia, told TMZ. Singer Alexander O’Neal, a founding member of soul funk band The Time, was sent back to the hospital hours after returning home from the ...

One of the most eye-catching early arrivals of 2026 is Charli XCX's The Moment, a new mockumentary where the hit singer will be portraying a heightened version of herself. Scheduled for release on ...