#FEDERAL – SINN6R
GENRE; Rap LABEL; XV/Lizzy RATING; 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SINN6R’s #FEDERAL is a blistering, high‑intensity project that cements the London rapper as one of the most compelling voices emerging from the UK underground in 2025. Released on 21 November…
No Control, No Glory – AKAI SOLO
GENRE; Rap RELEASE DATE; 14 November, 2025 RATING; 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ No Control, No Glory finds Brooklyn’s AKAI SOLO delivering one of his most introspective and idiosyncratic full‑lengths yet. The album’s title itself reflects the thematic core of the…
Marilyn Manson Suit from Ex‑Assistant Dismissed Again Ahead of Trial
Los Angeles County judge has once again dismissed the sexual assault and battery lawsuit filed against rocker Marilyn Manson (born Brian Warner) by his former personal assistant, Ashley Walters, just weeks before it was scheduled to go to trial. The…
Joseph Byrd, United States of America Bandleader and Avant-Garde Music Pioneer, Dies at 87
Joseph Hunter Byrd Jr., the American composer, bandleader, and experimental music pioneer best known as a co-founder of the psychedelic rock group The United States of America, has died at the age of 87. His death occurred on November 2, 2025, at his…
Donna Summer Is Now in the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Legendary singer-songwriter Donna Summer — universally celebrated as the Queen of Disco — has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, marking a major recognition of her creative impact on popular music and the art of songwriting.…
All I Want for Christmas Is You” Becomes the Longest-Running No. 1 in Hot 100 History
Mariah Carey’s iconic holiday classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has officially made music history, becoming the longest-running No. 1 song of all time on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Originally released in 1994, the song has now accumulated the…
The Pilot – MAVI
GENRE; Rap LABEL; Loma Vista RATING; 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mavi’s The Pilot arrives as a compact, focused mixtape that trades the languid introspection of his earlier work for sharper, more immediate storytelling. Clocking in at roughly 24 minutes across ten…
USB002 – Fred again..
GENRE; Rap/Electronic/ Pop/R&B LABEL; Atlantic RATING; 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fred again..’s USB002 arrives like a late-night mixtape made for peak-hour euphoria. The album (and live project) doubles as part-documentary, part-club sermon: it stitches…
Beethoven: Sonatas 2 & 10 Viktoria Mullova / Alasdair Beatson
GENRE; Classical RELEASE DATE; 12 September, 2025 RATING; 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson’s Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 2 & 10 is an inviting, thoughtfully coloured exploration of two less-often heard masterpieces —…
Zaytoun – Haitham Haidar
GENRE; Classical RELEASE DATE; 22 August, 2025 RATING; 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Haitham Haidar’s debut solo album Zaytoun is a beguiling, genre-blurring statement: part intimate Baroque recital, part Arabic song-cycle, and entirely its own world. Across 14…