The council of Chelsea and Westminster will next year introduce public space protection orders, which make predefined activities – in this case, busking – prosecutable in specific areas. Buskers say high street’s biggest problem is councils that don’t understand busking’s role in the community creating uncertainty for those who practise it. Guardian...

American radio station Star 102 banned christmas song 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' because it's seen as unsuitable in the #MeToo era. The band has reignited a debate about the song, and raised questions about other potentially questionable Christmas classics. A former English teacher wrote a feminist defence of the song in a viral Tumblr post, suggesting the […]

Cat Power's 'Wanderer' comes in 50th, Mitski's 'Be The Cowboy' first on Consequence of Sound's Top 50 albums for the year 2018.

The UNESCO has added reggae music to its list of international cultural treasures worthy of protection and promotion. The UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation said: “[Reggae’s] contribution to international discourse on issues of injustice, resistance, love and humanity underscores the dynamics of the element as being at once cerebral, sociopolitical, sensual and spiritual”. Rolling Stone...

When 6ix9ine got to jail, he was immediately Gangsta-checked by the Crips, what got him transferred to a new prison facility, All Hip Hop reports. This in not the only trouble he got in - TMZ reports a missed unofficial event scheduled for Howard University Homecoming weekend in October could cost 6ix9ine half a million dollars. Another […]

Madison Square Garden Company started a project in Las Vegas which, when finished, will be the most up-to-date concert venue in the world. It will host 157,000 ultra-directional speakers, a three-and-a-half-acre spherical ultra-high-res video screen and vibrating floors in a enormous dome built from scratch. Should be open for New Year's eve in 2020. Photos […]

About Earl Sweatshirt's new album 'Some Rap Songs': "With his latest record, the onetime teen prodigy reemerges as the face of a new sound and scene that blurs the line between avant-garde jazz and hip-hop". The 1975's 'A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships': "The British band’s outrageous and eclectic third album attests to the worth […]

Plenty are going to be released, and Spin is especially excited about these: Sky Ferreira, The Weeknd, Grimes, Weezer, Chance the Rapper, Vampire Weekend, My Bloody Valentine, 2 Chainz, Avril Lavigne, Beirut, Carly Rae Jepsen, Cass McCombs, Cherry Glazerr, Chromatics, Deerhunter, Die Antwoord, Fidlar, Girlpool, Janet Jackson, Kanye West, Lana Del Rey, Mandy Rogers, Panda Bear, […]

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