Road Work: Farm Aid, Newport Jazz, Making Time ∞
** Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds will assemble Sept. 20 for the 40th anniversary of Farm Aid, which will take place Huntington Bank…
SoundCloud Confronts AI Anxiety While Pledging Artist-First Ethics
As AI continues to challenge the boundaries of creativity and copyright in the music industry, SoundCloud has found itself in the crosshairs of a growing conversation about trust, transparency and…
Photos – All Four Days of the 2025 Sonic Temple Festival
Sonic Temple 2025 is in the books, but you can relive the good times and enjoy the experience through four photo galleries from the music weekend. Continue reading…
World’s Largest Cannabis Dispensary Celebrates Return of EDC Vegas With Massive Ticket Giveaway
Planet 13, the world's largest cannabis dispensary, is poised for what its executives are calling the busiest weekend of the year: not New Year's Eve and not 4/20, but EDC.The…
New Law Would Ban All AI Regulation for a Decade
Fresh Hell Republican lawmakers slipped language into the Budget Reconciliation Bill this week that would ban AI regulation, on the federal and state levels, for a decade, as 404 Media reports.…
Matt Heafy Shares Trivium Love After Tour With BFMV Falls Apart
The frontman overcame "darkness and negativity" to have "more fun, this very year, than ever in my life." Continue reading…
The US Copyright Chief Was Fired After Raising Red Flags About AI Abuse
On Friday, the US Copyright Office released a draft of a report finding that AI companies broke the law while training AI. The next day, the agency's head, Shira Perlmutter,…
Deconstructing OpenAI’s Path to $125 Billion
Subscribe • Previous Issues OpenAI’s $125B Claim—Can It Really Happen? Dan Schwarz, CEO of Futuresearch, recently shared insights from his company’s ongoing analysis of OpenAI and the broader Generative AI market. Futuresearch has…
Left of the Dial: Memphis is Raised by WYXR’s Sound
In this series, we highlight independent radio stations across America which are keeping alive the dream of human DJs, unpredictable playlists, and free airwaves. “Raised By Sound” is WYXR’s tagline,…
Gruesome Details Emerge in Tory Lanez’s Prison Stabbing
Tory is lucky to be alive. Continue reading…