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Music Review: The Mountain Goats go big on 'Jenny from Thebes,' a sequel to an old favorite

On “Jenny from Thebes,” The Mountain Goats offer a sequel to one of their most beloved albums, 2002's “All Hail West Texas." This one has a lot more bells and whistles.

Oct 25, 2023 1:09 PM Read more >

Music Review: Prince & the New Power Generation's 'Diamonds and Pearls' remastered reissue is a gem

The amount of music left behind by groundbreaking funkmaster Prince is, thankfully, good and voluminous .

Oct 25, 2023 10:29 AM Read more >

City Girls' uninhibited rap made them. On their third album, 'RAW,' the duo evolves their sound

LOS ANGELES (AP) — You’d be hard pressed to find a rap duo doing it like City Girls.

Oct 24, 2023 3:18 PM Read more >

Music Review: K-pop group SEVENTEEN find nirvana on new mini-album 'SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — How does a group follow up their biggest release to date? In the case of K-pop act SEVENTEEN , they continue to grow their successes — and release another mini-album in the same year.

Oct 24, 2023 12:38 PM Read more >

Music Review: Poppy grows up and goes dark pop-y with genre-blending album 'Zig'

Not quite dark pop, not quite techno, not quite any genre at all, Poppy's fifth studio album, “Zig," is rather a mix of several different styles and an example of how far she's come since her debut five years ago.

Oct 24, 2023 12:05 PM Read more >

Music Review: Celebrate the spooky season with a Duran Duran album, 'Danse Macabre'

There aren't that many Halloween albums out there and so tip your masks to Duran Duran for giving us a treat this spooky season.

Oct 24, 2023 8:06 AM Read more >

Montreal-born singer Rêve on astrological signs and the elements of pop success

TORONTO — Early in a conversation around her new album “Saturn Return,” Rêve tips to being fascinated by the intangible.

Oct 21, 2023 7:24 AM Read more >

Carín León and Formula One's Sergio Pérez discuss their musical collaboration, 'Por La Familia'

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the music video for “Por La Familia,” a new track from Carín León and BorderKid, León is whisked away into a surrealist landscape inspired by Mexico. His taxi driver? Formula One's Sergio “Checo” Pérez.

Oct 20, 2023 12:51 PM Read more >

Pink postpones two Vancouver concert dates due to respiratory illness

TORONTO — Pop superstar Pink is postponing two Vancouver concerts this weekend as she deals with a respiratory infection. The "Trustfall" singer says she won't take the stage Friday and Saturday at Rogers Arena under her doctor's orders.

Oct 20, 2023 12:47 PM Read more >

There isn't much Cher hasn't done in her career. A Christmas album is new territory, though

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There isn't much Cher hasn't done in her career. She's achieved EGOT status, she's the only artist to have a No. 1 song in each of the past six decades — heck, she's got her own gelato business, Cherlato.

Oct 20, 2023 10:04 AM Read more >