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Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter has spoken out against using AI in songwriting, describing it as “a way to bypass the creative process”. The electronic music icon shared his stance during an interview with Chanel’s president of arts, culture and heritage, Yana Peel. After decades of dressing as a robot for Daft Punk, Bangalter was asked whether he would ever consider using AI technology to help write his own material – to which he quickly shot the idea down, saying that it erases the creative process entirely. “AI really focuses right now on the results,” he shared. “It’s all about the…

Liim has announced his second album in the space of a year. A Sunflower Garden in Harlem Is Hard to Find is due August 28 via Three Times Louder. Accompanying the news are the AJRadico-assisted “1980” and its video, inspired by Eric B. & Rakim, as Liim notes in press materials.“Paid in Full & Juice are just two movies that are where I’m from,” he said. “I grew up in almost every scene, and I think what those movies do for me is they spike memories.” “1980” will live on the Liim Lasalle Loves You follow-up alongside recent singles “R.I.P…

Fenix Flexin took up most of the oxygen on this week’s episode of “Is this AI or not?,” but labelmate Tyga pulled his share too. Like “Rubberz,” the “Rack City” rapper’s latest album, the ’80s-indebted $tarface, has faced multiple accusations of being at least partially made with artificial intelligence. Not only does Tyga admit the accusations are true, but he is using the current go-to explanation (excuse?) favored by other generative AI-friendly artists: Adapt or die.“I’ve never spoken on this with anybody because I always felt like it’s similar to a magician explaining how he does his tricks,” he told…

William Orbit, the Grammy-winning British electronic music producer who helped guide Madonna’s Ray of Light and Blur’s 13, has died at the age of 69. The producer’s death was announced Friday on his social media account, which noted that Orbit, whose real name was William Wainwright, died July 23 at his home. No cause of death was provided.” “It is with profound sadness that the family and friends of William Orbit announce that William passed away at home on 23rd July 2026,” the statement read. “We are deeply saddened by his passing. He will be greatly missed by us and…

We asked a large group of longtime fans to give us their favorite Dead classics We asked a group of 50 musicians, writers, music industry figures, entertainers, and one former United States senator to submit ranked ballots listing their top 25 Grateful Dead songs. Their ballots were tabulated to make our list. Here is who voted. NameCredentialsKevin BarkerMusicianJay BlakesbergPhotographerRicki BlakesbergPhotographerSteve BloomJournalistStephen BrowerMusic executiveDean BudnickEditor-in-chief, RelixDavid BrowneJournalist and author, So Many RoadsAndy CabicVetiverZach CowieMusic supervisorMitch DavisMusic executiveDaniel DonatoCosmic CountryThomas Bryan EatonBerthaBenjy EisenJournalist and co-author, DealAl FrankenFormer U.S. senatorDavid FrickeJournalistBen Fong-TorresJournalistKraig FoxMusic executiveMike GreenhausJournalistEric GreenspanMusic attorneyElliot GroffmanMusic attorneyWill HermesJournalistDan HorneGrateful ShredBruce HornsbyMusician…

Just a couple of years ago, any sort of reconciliation between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham felt like an absolute impossibility. They briefly interacted at a memorial event for Christine McVie in January 2023, but otherwise had no communication since Buckingham was removed from Fleetwood Mac in 2018, sparking a legally battle that was eventually settled out of court.  “The only time I’ve spoken to Lindsey was [at McVie’s memorial], for about three minutes,” Nicks told Rolling Stone in 2024. “I dealt with Lindsey for as long as I could. You could not say that I did not give him…

The Grateful Dead are one of the great American adventures — an outlaw band from the psychedelic frontier of the Haight-Ashbury streets, doing everything their own way. The magic they made onstage every night, improvised without a net or a set list, was a freewheeling 30-year collaboration with their audience. That’s why the Dead’s music remains so fiercely alive, now more than ever. As Jerry Garcia told Rolling Stone in 1971, “We’re trying to guide ourselves into a place where we can become more music.” The Dead have always shared a special bond with Rolling Stone, and our histories are…

MONDAY—Nashville“Are you afraid of heights?”Daniela Parada, Charli xcx’s personal assistant, leads me through a set of double doors into a cavernous warehouse space. The first thing I see is a hulking black edifice—a mass of black cages formed into a giant pyramid, topped with a gigantic woofer. She leads me over piles of tangled black cables and into the structure itself, a rabbit warren of quick-change rooms and production desks, until we finally get to the second-highest layer, below the woofer, which requires a small lift to access. I feel dizzy looking down into the warehouse, which is dotted with…

Unnamed member of funk legends reportedly suffers “cardiac incident” prior to Chase Center tour stop with Lionel Richie; gig will be rescheduled, band says Earth, Wind, and Fire postponed their concert in San Francisco Thursday after an unnamed member of the band suffered a “medical emergency” before their scheduled gig with Lionel Richie. “We are unable to perform as scheduled tonight at Chase Center in San Francisco due to a medical emergency involving a member of our band,” the group wrote on social media Thursday. “As a result, tonight’s show with Lionel Richie will be rescheduled, with a new date…

Urbano superstar Karol G formally unveiled her new album, No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, just this week, as she became the first solo woman to headline Toronto’s Rogers Stadium. The record, whose title translates as I Don’t Regret Feeling So Much, includes features from Drake, Rusowsky, and Bruno Mars, who appears on her first-ever English song, “Still.” Sentir Tanto steps away from the palette of last year’s Tropicoqueta, a joyfully retro tribute to Colombia’s musical lineage, and revisits the clubbier territory of 2023’s Mañana Será Bonita. Don’t worry, though—you’ll still find dembows galore.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on…