“The Piña Colada Song” sounds like a cheerful holiday song. It isn’t. It is a story about two people in a stale relationship independently attempting to find someone else. They both place or answer personal…
Author: Radar Team
WOMADelaide has started revealing its 2027 lineup — and its first three artists are substantial. Madness, Leon Bridges and Tinariwen will perform at the Australian festival when it returns to Botanic Park/Tainmuntilla in Adelaide from…
Le Guess Who? returns to Utrecht in the Netherlands from 5–8 November 2026 with one of the most adventurous festival lineups of the year. The complete music programme has now been revealed. Who is playing…
YouTube Music is making artificial intelligence a much bigger part of how listeners find music. Google is expanding Ask Music, YouTube Music’s conversational AI feature, with a much more prominent position inside the mobile app…
Most artists click “I agree” and start uploading. That is understandable. Distribution agreements are not particularly exciting. But those terms determine what a company can do with your music and money. Here are 12 things…
Music discovery has always relied on someone deciding which artists deserve more attention. Once, that meant radio programmers, record labels and music journalists. More recently, Spotify playlists, TikTok trends and recommendation algorithms have become some…
Xiaomi has officially unveiled the Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, bringing huge batteries, flagship Snapdragon processors, secondary displays and some interesting upgrades for anyone who uses their phone heavily for music. But…
Meta has unveiled what could be one of the biggest changes to virtual reality hardware in years: Meta VR Glasses. Instead of another large headset strapped to your face, Meta has squeezed much of the…
Meta has unveiled a new generation of smart glasses, including a completely new Ray-Ban Meta Audio model that removes the camera and puts music, podcasts, calls and AI at the centre of the experience. Announced…
You open Spotify for Artists and see a new release. There is one problem. You never made it. Fake or incorrectly mapped releases can confuse fans, distort analytics and damage an artist’s catalogue. First determine…
