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Hayley Williams Brings Out Jack Antonoff, Lucy Dacus, Jenny Lewis for Newport Folk Festival Collab Set
Hayley Williams staged a 16-song, guest-packed "Hayley Williams & Friends" set at Newport Folk Festival on July 24, 2026, bringing out Jack Antonoff, Lucy Dacus, Jenny Lewis, Remi Wolf and more for a run that included three live debuts and a world premiere.
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insheepsclothinghifi Announces Global Listening Events Honoring Ryuichi Sakamoto's 'Beauty'
Hi-fi curation brand insheepsclothinghifi will host a series of global listening sessions in August 2026 devoted to Ryuichi Sakamoto's 1989 album 'Beauty,' with limited 2LP vinyl available at each event.
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Bangkok's Siam Psych Fest #1 Hits Speakerbox August 1
A new underground psych-rock festival, Siam Psych Fest #1, lands at Bangkok's Speakerbox on August 1, 2026, with five acts from the city's indie underground and 300 THB advance tickets.
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Helsinki Lambda Club Plays Two Nights in Seoul: 8/15 at Kuchu Camp, 8/16 at Channel1969
Japanese indie rock band Helsinki Lambda Club joins Seoul's long-running Subarashikute Nice Choice series for two shows on August 15-16, 2026, with the first night already sold out.
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Far Out Magazine Asks: Why Everyone Needs a Post-Movie Ritual
A Far Out Magazine culture piece on how modern multiplexes rush audiences out before they can process a film name-checks Disclosure's 'Disclosure Day' as an example of a film audiences can start debating within twenty minutes of leaving the theater.
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Natalie Imbruglia on Olivia Rodrigo's Support: "She's Allowed Me to Still Have a Career"
Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia tells NME that a string of covers of her 1997 hit "Torn" by Olivia Rodrigo, Gracie Abrams, Camila Cabello and Dua Lipa has kept her career alive — and reveals a new album, Algorithm, is in the works.
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Did James Brown Really Invent Hip-Hop and Disco? Far Out Magazine Fact-Checks the Claim
Far Out Magazine revisits James Brown's oft-repeated boast that he invented disco and rap, tracing his funk DNA through decades of hip-hop sampling — while concluding no single artist can claim credit for an entire genre.
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Daphni Drops Surprise 3-Track EP 'hav u a sec'
Canadian artist Dan Snaith's Daphni project has released a three-track EP, 'hav u a sec,' just months after his album 'Butterfly.' Snaith says the tracks were written after the album and pushed forward due to strong crowd reactions live.
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The Avalanches Team Up With Karen O Again for New Single 'Blue Shadows', Sampling 1980s Italo Disco
Australian group The Avalanches released 'Blue Shadows' on July 24, 2026, reuniting with Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O and sampling Italian Italo disco group Blue Gas's 'Shadows From Nowhere'.
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