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wave to earth Releases New Album 'bad pieces'
Seoul indie band wave to earth dropped their new album 'bad pieces' on August 7, 2026, as announced on the band's official Instagram.
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Billie Joe Armstrong on His Grunge Backlash: "Cheapened by Copycats"
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong tells Rolling Stone why his early admiration for grunge curdled into frustration — not with the genre itself, but with the wave of insincere copycat bands that followed.
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Madonna and Kylie Minogue Team Up on "Love Sensation" Remix
Madonna and Kylie Minogue debuted a joint remix of "Love Sensation," from Madonna's Confessions II, live at Madonna's Club Confessions dance party.
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Elliott Smith Would Have Turned 57: beabadoobee Traces a Songwriting Debt Back to "Good Will Hunting"
On what would have been Elliott Smith's 57th birthday, beabadoobee publicly credited the late singer-songwriter as a formative influence, tracing it back to hearing "Miss Misery" in Good Will Hunting.
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Green Day Launches 24-Hour YouTube Channel With Decades of Unreleased Footage
Green Day debuted "Green Day TV" on YouTube on August 6, 2026, a round-the-clock live channel mixing previously unseen archival footage with live performance recordings spanning the band's 30-plus-year career.
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DIIV Announce New Album 'ZIRP!' Produced by A. G. Cook, Drop Lead Single 'The Fountain'
American shoegaze band DIIV have announced a new album, ZIRP!, produced by PC Music founder A. G. Cook, alongside lead single 'The Fountain' and word of an upcoming tour.
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DIIV Drop New Single 'The Fountain,' Produced by A. G. Cook
New York shoegaze band DIIV released the surprise single 'The Fountain' on August 6, 2026, produced by PC Music's A. G. Cook — an early preview of their upcoming album 'ZIRP!'.
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Billie Joe Armstrong Says Green Day Isn't a "Political Band" — and Praises the World Cup Over the UN
In a new Los Angeles Times interview, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong says the band's songwriting has never been driven by politics, praises the 2026 World Cup, and previews the band-inspired comedy film Nimrods, due in theaters August 14, 2026.
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French Electronic Producer Kavinsky Dies at 50; Drive Director Nicholas Winding Refn Pays Tribute
Kavinsky, the French producer behind Drive's iconic Nightcall, was found dead at his Paris home on July 28 at age 50. Director Nicholas Winding Refn called him "an icon of French pop music."
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Role Model's New Album 'Chuck Timely & The Hourglass': NME Calls It His Most Charming Yet
American singer-songwriter Role Model (Tucker Pillsbury) released his third album 'Chuck Timely & The Hourglass' via Polydor on August 7, 2026. NME says it's his most charming record yet, trading heartbreak confessionals for a loose, Americana-flavored take on single life.
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Billie Joe Armstrong on Green Day's Early Years: "We Didn't Talk About Politics at All"
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong tells the LA Times that the band's early work wasn't political, and that the shift toward American Idiot's politics caught them off guard.
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Olivia Rodrigo Fronts New Video Slamming Trump Abortion Policy, Tied to Her All-Female Festival
Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields festival account released a video set to her 2026 track 'My Way,' condemning the Trump administration's defunding of Planned Parenthood, which has shut nearly 30 clinics nationwide.
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