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England Is Cutting Club Business Rates 20 Percent. Not Until April 2027.
Culture

England will cut business rates 20 percent for pubs, clubs and live music venues from April 2027. What it means for small rooms, and why it is contested.

NVNadia Vela
September 6, 2026
What Reason Free Actually Gives You, and Where It Stops
Gear

Reason Studios made the Reason Rack free as a VST3, AU and AAX plugin. The 15 devices, the 16-track cap, and the limits worth checking first.

MTMarcus Tran
September 6, 2026
Swedish House Mafia Lost Friday at Ullevi and Ran Two Shows on Saturday
Events

Storms killed Friday at Ullevi. By Saturday night Swedish House Mafia had played a free Götaplatsen set and the moved stadium show.

NVNadia Vela
September 6, 2026
Herbie Hancock Credited Patrick Gleeson With Introducing Him to the Synthesizer
Features & Reviews

Patrick Gleeson died July 19 at 91. The Different Fur founder played on Hancock's Crossings and Sextant, and was Apocalypse Now's Master Synthesist.

DKDeniz Kaya
September 3, 2026
Tomorrowland Weekend 2 Lost the Fireworks and Kept the Peak
Events

Tomorrowland scaled Weekend 2 back to limited controlled pyrotechnics under Code Orange wildfire risk. What the Mainstage did instead.

NVNadia Vela
September 2, 2026
The Ibiza Party That Outlived Its Clubs
Features & Reviews

Forty-plus years and no fixed address. What Ibiza's most enduring inclusive party proves about durability in the hyperclub era.

DKDeniz Kaya
September 1, 2026
Jarre Wrote The History Of Electronic Music And Handed It To The Machines
Features & Reviews

Jean-Michel Jarre's first book lands November 24: 368 pages, 800 illustrations, 150 instruments from his archive, and eleven named contributors.

DKDeniz Kaya
August 31, 2026
Massive Attack's Singapore Ban Shows What a Flag Can Cost on Tour
Culture

Singapore barred Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall after Massive Attack's Palestinian-flag display. The live-show risk is now geographic.

NVNadia Vela
August 30, 2026
Hour 51: The Livestream Is Where the Record Gets Made Now
Video

Fred again.., Arca and Outside Lands all used the stream as part of the release itself in July 2026, not as an advert for one.

JOJae Okonkwo
August 28, 2026
Germany Ruled Against Suno. The Question Is Licensing Now.
Culture

The Munich court found Suno trained on protected music without licensing it. For producers, the AI question moved from detection to consent.

NVNadia Vela
August 27, 2026
Warp Is Putting Drukqs Back In A Box
Genres

Aphex Twin's Drukqs returns October 30 on four-LP, two-CD and double cassette, with a D2C box, poster and AFX stencil. What the object restores.

DKDeniz Kaya
August 25, 2026
ÆDEN Is a Label Now. Anyma Kept Four of Fourteen Slots.
Music

Anyma turned his ÆDEN show into a record label. The debut compilation runs 14 tracks, and who got a solo slot says what kind of imprint this is.

JOJae Okonkwo
August 23, 2026