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KPMF 2026 Reveals Two-Day Lineup, Tickets on Sale August 15
The 2026 Kaohsiung Park Music Festival has announced its October 9-10 lineup mixing Taiwanese and Korean acts, with tickets going on sale August 15 via Ticket Plus.
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CIMA and MusicOntario Launch LIVE Music Toronto With 45 Founding Venues
Canada's CIMA and MusicOntario have formed LIVE Music Toronto, a new advocacy group for the city's independent venues, festivals and promoters, with 45 founding members and backing from ticketing platform Tixr.
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Broccoli, you too? Set for First-Ever Taiwan Shows on Aug. 29-30
Korean indie band Broccoli, you too? will play a headline show at Taipei's WHOA on Aug. 29 before joining the JAM JAM ASIA festival at Taipei Music Center on Aug. 30 — their first-ever Taiwan performances and first overseas festival in twenty years.
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Mogwai Score Netflix's "The Bombing of Pan Am 103"
Scottish post-rock band Mogwai composed the original score for Netflix series "The Bombing of Pan Am 103," now streaming, with the soundtrack out via their own label Rock Action Records on Bandcamp.
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Which Indie Rock Singles Actually Hit No. 1 in the 2000s?
UK outlet Far Out Magazine tallied which indie rock singles actually topped the charts between 2000 and 2009 — and found that scene-defining tracks like The Strokes' "Last Nite" and The Killers' "Mr Brightside" never made it that high.
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cero Announces Cassette EP 'Globster,' Sold Only at Tokyo's Traffic Show
Tokyo band cero will release a four-track cassette EP called 'Globster' on August 9, 2026, sold exclusively at the 'Traffic' event at Spotify O-EAST — with no general release confirmed yet.
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Bill Maher's Ariana Grande Body Joke Splits Studio Audience
On the August 7 broadcast of Real Time, host Bill Maher used newly released UFO files as a setup to joke about Ariana Grande's appearance — drawing both laughs and boos from the studio audience.
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Tyga Confirms He Used AI on New Album $tarface: "I Don't Care"
Rapper Tyga has confirmed he used AI tools on his ninth studio album $tarface, released July 31, applying it to 1980s synth tones and guitar solos while insisting the arrangements and all vocals are untouched by AI.
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Grand Mint Festival 2026 Reveals Second Lineup Wave, Returns to Seoul's Olympic Park in October
Grand Mint Festival 2026 has announced 15 acts for its October 17 lineup via Instagram, with the two-day festival set for Seoul's Olympic Park on October 17-18.
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