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Longtime synthpop duo Erasure are back with a new album called The Neon, and they’ve released it in full today. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. This year marks Erasure’s 35th anniversary as a band (!) which is a pretty remarkable feat to hit, especially since they’ve never stopped innovating along the way.

Dipha Barus is one of the biggest acts out of Indonesia and rightfully so. He has established himself as the new musical phenomenon, blending upbeat and inspiring music with essential elements of traditional Indonesian music and current groove. He’s making his return to Ultra Records with his brand new single “Down“, featuring the sensational vocals

Exclusive Michael Jackson‘s Funko POP! dolls might belong on a shelf somewhere, but they had no business being on the company’s site for years now … and his estate just put an end to it. Sources tell TMZ … attorneys for the MJ estate recently noticed Funko POP! was still using images of the rare

Hip-hop producer DJ Shay, who worked closely with Griselda Records and the Black Soprano Family, has died, a representative for Griselda confirmed to Pitchfork. “U was there EVERY step of the way,” Westside Gunn wrote in an Instagram post, noting that DJ Shay was diagnosed with COVID-19 this summer. “It was an honor to help

Ben Cross, the English actor best known for starring in Chariots of Fire, has died at the age of 72. Cross died in Vienna, Austria on Tuesday following a short illness, according to his representative and family members (via AP). A statement from his family called Cross a natural entertainer who “could sing anything” thanks

EDM covers have been all the rage lately, and R3HAB is no stranger to them. He recently teamed up with GATÜSSO for a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep,” and his rendition of ATC’s “All Around the World” remains his biggest hit to date. Now, R3HAB has teamed up with legendary dance vocalist Amba Shepherd to cover

Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia was only 22 years old when she shot to stardom after she released her first single, “Torn,” which topped the Hot 100 Airplay in the fall of 1997 and opened the doors for her debut album, “Left of the Middle” … and even scored her a Grammy nomination for Best Female

Nigerian singer-songwriter Fireboy DML has shared the details of his second studio album Apollo. The 17-track album includes “ELI,” “Tattoo,” and “New York City Girl,” as well as appearances from D Smoke, Wande Coal, and Olamida. The record is out this Thursday, August 20. Find the cover and tracklist in the Instagram post below. “This

Indeed, The Office is getting a new reboot — from Fisher-Price. As Bleeding Cool points out, the iconic toy company has taken a few familiar faces from Dunder-Mifflin and brought them down to their size for their Little People line. More specifically, they’ve turned Michael Scott, Dwight Schrute, Jim Halpert, and Pam Beesly into 2.5-inch

Music venues in England have the green light to reopen this weekend. This critical phase of the reopening plan was originally intended for August 1st. However, restrictions in England were eased more slowly than expected and that ultimately pushed everything back a couple of weeks. The reopening phase includes social distancing and safety measures. In addition

Forget we’re in the middle of a make-or-break election … Cardi B is already setting her sights on 2024, because she’s got her eye on AOC. Cardi just tweeted that she wants Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to throw her name in the ring for President when she turns 35 … the required age under the Constitution.

The Weeknd aired the most recent episode of his Memento Mori radio show on Apple Music last night, with a tracklist that featured previously unreleased demos and outtakes from the Kiss Land era. One of those tracks was a remix of Lana Del Rey’s “Money Power Glory,” a song from her 2014 album Ultraviolence. Take

You may think it’s a sign of our perpetually insane times that a member of the Trump administration somehow managed to kick up a feud with a cartoon character. Nevertheless, Trump’s Senior Legal Adviser, Jenna Ellis, recently tweeted that Democratic VP candidate Kamala Harris “sounds like Marge Simpson.” This prompted Marge, ever the consummate (albeit

Switzerland has the go ahead to host live shows with no restricted capacity starting October 1st. Under the new mandate announced by federal council members Simonetta Sommaruga, Alain Berset and Guy Parmelin, the country will be able to throw concerts and other events with 1,000 or more people this Fall. Berset, the head of the

New York natives and identical twins Nicole and Natalie Albino were only 20 years old when they shot to stardom in 2004 as Nina Sky after their hit single Move Ya Body became the banger of the summer and landed at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts … paving the way for their

Lady Gaga has been announced as the latest musical guest to join the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards lineup. Her appearance on the August 30 broadcast will mark her first VMAs performance since 2013, when she performed “Applause” from her album Artpop. Gaga is up for nine nominations at the 2020 VMAs. She co-leads the

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Radio Public |  Stitcher  He thought it was over. He thought he killed Jason Voorhees. He was right. Unfortunately for Tommy Jarvis, his worst childhood fears will soon manifest into an unbelievable reality as Mother Nature has a date with the notorious masked killer. Jason Lives, indeed, and ready for the fight are Halloweenies

Toolroom Records is perhaps the most iconic label in house music and continues to push the genre in new and innovative directions by showcasing nothing but the best talent. They recently released their highly anticipated ‘House Party Vol. 2‘ compilation that was electrifying, featuring eighty tracks from leading international names including Carl Cox, Hot Since

Kurt Cobain rarely ever signed his full name to anything which is why a signed home insurance policy is making for a very rare, yet macabre auction item. The folks over at Goldin Auctions are brokering the sale of this super-rare document featuring the late Nirvana frontman’s full signature — Kurt D. Cobain. He usually

Squid have shared two covers to raise funds for a Bristol food bank. Natural Resources features a cover of Robert Wyatt’s “Pigs (In There)” (from their 2019 End of the Road Festival set) and a version of Steve Reich’s “Clapping Music” (recorded for an NME session). Check out the artwork by John Molesworth and listen

Hold on to your diapers. Disney Plus has revealed they’re working on a Three Men and a Baby remake starring Zac Efron. This is his first movie with Disney since the High School Musical trilogy wrapped up in 2008. So far, not much is known about the Three Men and a Baby remake except that

Approximately 10,000 people attended an illegal outdoor rave over the weekend in France’s least populated region of Lozère. Hundreds of cars and thousands of attendees reportedly made their way to the secluded sight at a national park on Saturday night, which drew quite the attention from local farmers and quickly garnered complaints. Although the party was

Play video content TMZ.com Tech N9ine got on the mic for a bunch of never-ending partiers down in Missouri — and the joint looked about as packed as any of their shindigs lately. The rapper put on a homecoming show Saturday night at the Regalia hotel in Lake of the Ozarks — he’s from Kansas

Courtney Barnett has shared a cover of Kev Carmody’s “Just For You.” The track appears on Cannot Buy My Soul, a tribute album of Carmody’s songs originally released in 2007 and set to be reissued with new tracks on August 21 via EMI Australia. Check out “Just For You” below. Earlier this week, Barnett appeared

Nobody quite knew what they were getting when Pee-wee’s Big Adventure came out this day in 1985. Tim Burton was still an unknown, Danny Elfman was essentially a first-time film composer, and Paul Reubens’ now-iconic 98-pound manchild had never carried a movie before. Reubens evens admits that he and his co-writers, Phil Hartman and Michael

Outside Lands has adjusted to this time of quarantine with a brand new installment, cleverly titled Inside Lands. The free virtual event features two days of music with never-before-seen footage from the festival to celebrate 12 years of history in the Bay Area. Last year, headliners included Childish Gambino, Twenty One Pilots, blink-182, Kacey Musgraves,

Kanye West‘s Presidential run just got a death blow, at least in Illinois, where election officials say more than half his submitted signatures are invalid … and that means he’s off the ballot. TMZ broke the story … multiple people stepped up to object after Kanye submitted his petition to get on the ballot in

Best Coast have made a new version of their hit 2010 song “Boyfriend.” In the original, Bethany Cosentino sang mostly to a male figure. Now, the lyrics include different pronouns to make the song more inclusive to LGBTQ+ listeners. For example, the new song opens: I wish he was my boyfriendI wish she was my

Blink-182 have returned with a brand new song. It’s “Quarantine”, because, well, it was recorded by the band while in quarantine and is heavy in lyrical content about the quarantine. “Quarantine, fuck this disease,” sings Mark Hoppus. “I’d rather be on Star Tours or stuck at the DMV/ Quarantine, no not for me/ I thought

Spotify’s new “track IDs” are co-curated playlists by the world’s leading DJs along with Spotify’s editorial team, allowing listeners to discover tracks from some of their favorite DJs. Available globally, these playlists were created in response to one of the most frequent questions DJs get asked during their sets, “track ID, anyone?” The “track IDs” will