No Control, No Glory – AKAI SOLO
GENRE; Rap RELEASE DATE; 14 November, 2025 RATING; 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ No Control, No Glory finds Brooklyn’s AKAI SOLO delivering one of his most introspective and idiosyncratic full‑lengths yet. The album’s…
Marilyn Manson Suit from Ex‑Assistant Dismissed Again Ahead of Trial
Los Angeles County judge has once again dismissed the sexual assault and battery lawsuit filed against rocker Marilyn Manson (born Brian Warner) by his former personal assistant, Ashley Walters, just…
Joseph Byrd, United States of America Bandleader and Avant-Garde Music Pioneer, Dies at 87
Joseph Hunter Byrd Jr., the American composer, bandleader, and experimental music pioneer best known as a co-founder of the psychedelic rock group The United States of America, has died at…
Donna Summer Is Now in the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Legendary singer-songwriter Donna Summer — universally celebrated as the Queen of Disco — has been posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, marking a major recognition of her creative…
All I Want for Christmas Is You” Becomes the Longest-Running No. 1 in Hot 100 History
Mariah Carey’s iconic holiday classic “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has officially made music history, becoming the longest-running No. 1 song of all time on the Billboard Hot…
The Pilot – MAVI
GENRE; Rap LABEL; Loma Vista RATING; 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mavi’s The Pilot arrives as a compact, focused mixtape that trades the languid introspection of his earlier work for sharper, more immediate…
USB002 – Fred again..
GENRE; Rap/Electronic/ Pop/R&B LABEL; Atlantic RATING; 3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fred again..’s USB002 arrives like a late-night mixtape made for peak-hour euphoria. The album (and live project) doubles as part-documentary, part-club sermon:…
Beethoven: Sonatas 2 & 10 Viktoria Mullova / Alasdair Beatson
GENRE; Classical RELEASE DATE; 12 September, 2025 RATING; 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Viktoria Mullova and Alasdair Beatson’s Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 2 & 10 is an inviting, thoughtfully coloured exploration of two…
Zaytoun – Haitham Haidar
GENRE; Classical RELEASE DATE; 22 August, 2025 RATING; 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Haitham Haidar’s debut solo album Zaytoun is a beguiling, genre-blurring statement: part intimate Baroque recital, part Arabic song-cycle, and entirely…
Gluck Arias Ann Hallenberg / Ian Page / The Mozartists
GENRE; Classical RELEASE DATE; 26 September, 2025 RATING; 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ann Hallenberg’s Gluck Arias, recorded with Ian Page’s period-instrument orchestra The Mozartists, is a small revelation: an album that rescues…