Recent upheaval threatens KCRW's identity as an independent curator of diverse music for Southern California audiences amid financial pressures and algorithm-driven competition.

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From CMAT and the Carpenters’ fresh starts to the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun and Nina Simone’s Feeling Good, starting again is a rich theme in pop. Here are some of the best examples It’s hard to ...

Big news for Stereogum readers who enjoy having a good time: The new DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ album is finally here. The beloved London-based electronic producer revealed in July that the followup to ...

“This was a fun record for me,” Ice Spice says of her new single, which features Tokischa. “It’s the first-time people are actually hearing me speak or rap in Spanish and it was fun to show another ...

Kelsea Ballerini’s new viral song, "I Sit in Parks," is haunting. It’s not another breakup anthem or empowerment track. It’s a confession — an elegy for something missing, something she only realized ...

The Chicago Bears have an injury concern with wide receiver DJ Moore in the Week 10 game against the New York Giants. Moore appeared to suffer his undisclosed injury in the second quarter of the ...

One of the most anticipated films of the year (maybe the decade?) has to be Wicked: For Good. The first film only adapted the Broadway musical’s first act, ending with Elphaba Thropp (Cynthia Erivo) ...

YouTube Music has launched AI music hosts in a limited US test via the new YouTube Labs program. This feature provides stories and trivia between songs, directly challenging Spotify’s AI DJ. YouTube ...

In February, DJ Premier and Roc Marciano released the single “Armani Section” and promised that a collaborative project was forthcoming. The hip-hop heavyweights have now made good on their word by ...

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