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Devon Price likes his guitars loud and his lyrics worth paying attention to. He's never understood why a little distortion, a missed note, or an awkward vocal take should automatically count against a record. Sometimes that's the best part.
Punk, grunge, indie, and alternative rock are his usual territory, although his playlists have a habit of wandering into places that would surprise anyone judging him by his record collection. He's a sucker for a well-written chorus, regardless of genre, and has a habit of defending albums that everyone else seems to have dismissed.
His opinions can be stubborn, but they're rarely permanent. Devon enjoys returning to records he once disliked to see whether time has changed his mind. Sometimes it does. Other times, he remembers exactly why he stopped listening in the first place.
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has officially become the longest-running No. 1 song in Billboard Hot 100 history. The country crossover hit logs its 23rd cumulative week at No. 1 on the September 22nd chart, Billboard confirms, moving past Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which had accumulated…
A west London man who generated £2.743 million selling counterfeit vinyl records has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison after police uncovered what they describe as the UK’s largest seizure of fake records. Rehan Ahmed, 40, was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court on September 18th…
More than 120 artists and musicians came together at Melbourne’s sold-out Rod Laver Arena for a one-night John Farnham tribute that stretched from Celine Dion singing “You’re the Voice” to Chris Martin writing an entirely new song for the Australian singer. The Songs of John Farnham: A Living Legend –…
Luke Bryan’s Farm Tour stop in Allegan, Michigan, did not take place September 20th after extensive rainfall left the grounds at John Schaendorf Dairy unsafe, making it the second of four fall Farm Tour dates disrupted by field conditions. Organizers told ticket holders not to travel to the farm and…
Tom Morello’s Power to the People festival has added Geezer Butler, Mike McCready, Scott Ian, Stephen Stills and three more artists to its October 3rd lineup at Merriweather Post Pavilion, expanding an already sold-out event built around collaborative music and civic action. Black Sabbath bassist Butler, Pearl Jam guitarist McCready…
Mariah Carey is bringing her 2026 Christmastime tour to the UK for three arena shows in Birmingham, London and Manchester, extending a holiday concert business built around one of pop’s most durable seasonal catalogs. The UK run opens November 27th at Utilita Arena Birmingham, reaches The O2 in London on…
Laufey has signed her first conventional major-label recording deal with Interscope Records and Verve Records after building a career that already spans more than seven billion global streams, two Grammy wins and arena-headlining tours. The deal was announced September 16th, only days after Laufey completed her 70-date A Matter of…
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has reached 22 total weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, tying Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for the longest cumulative run at the top in the chart’s history. The country crossover reaches the milestone on the chart dated September…
Thirty years after Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas, a jury has convicted Duane “Keffe D” Davis of first-degree murder, delivering the first and only conviction in the rapper’s killing. Jurors in Clark County District Court found Davis guilty August 31st of murder with the use of a…
Miley Cyrus has released Bass Persuades, a 10-track album that pushes her toward gritty dance-pop, post-punk and electronic textures while putting her relationship with fiancé Maxx Morando directly into both the music and its newest video. Arriving September 18th through Atlantic Records, Bass Persuades is Cyrus’ first album released professionally…