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July 31, 2026

• Shania Twain wants to take her time: “I want to live to be 200.” : Wild Card with Rachel Martin | NPR
“You cannot rely on somebody else to push you out of the plane — you have to jump,” Shania Twain tells Rachel. For someone who has lived a life marked by so much loss and profound success, she has a lot to reflect on and is doing so the best way she knows how: through music. Her new album is called “Little Miss Twain.” She talks to Rachel about her difficult childhood and rediscovering her voice.To listen sponsor-free and support the show, sign up for Wild Card+ at plus.npr.org/wildcard

• Album Review: Steve Lacy – Oh yeah? | Beats Per Minute
Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s

• "Memórias Póstumas": Jão e a arquitetura da finitude | spectrumforu.substack.com
Quinto disco do cantor troca a euforia pop por um inventário de vulnerabilidade e recomeços.

• Masego - Fix Your Face | The Circle
On Fix Your Face, Masego transforms a familiar phrase into a triple entendre: a reflection on his past, a reminder to move through life’s trials with composure, and a promise of the instinctive reaction these sonics will provoke.Across 16 tracks, with appearances from Leon Thomas, Keyshia Cole, Foggieraw, Buju Banton,

• Juicy J / Project Pat: Dem Goats | Pitchfork
Read Dash Lewis’ review of the album.

• No Pressure Release New Album ‘NP Style’ | SOUND IN THE SIGNALS
soundinthesignals.com exclusive interviews, music, comic, entertainment reviews, and tracks. News on music, comics, fashion, sports, and vinyl.

• BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - 10 things we learned from Shania Twain's Desert Island Discs | BBC
Shania on escaping a tough childhood, her big break and finding love in an unexpected way.

• Baby Rose: YEARNALISM | Pitchfork
Read Stephen Thomas Erlewine’s review of the album.

• Syd and Steve Lacy, voices of The Internet, chase the same quiet cool | NPR
The R&B group's breakout stars released new solo albums on the same day — one leaning out of the spotlight while the other confronts viral fame.

• Charli xcx's Music, Fashion, Film is Not Like the Other Pop Albums | sharkeyspice.substack.com
and more POOOPPPPP MUSIC reviews

• Shania Twain Is ‘in Charge Again’ After Facing ‘Devastating’ Challenges: ‘I Had to Learn How to Be Brave’ (Exclusive) | PEOPLE.com
In the latest PEOPLE Magazine cover story, Shania Twain opens up about how she needed “to learn how to be brave” after facing “devastating challenges.”

• ‘The Odyssey’ Is So Huge, It’s Produced A No. 1 Album | Forbes Advisor
Ludwig Göransson reaches No. 1 on the U.K.'s Official Soundtrack Albums chart for the first time — after missing out on the top spot by one space earlier this year — with The Odyssey.

• Pashanim veröffentlicht neues Album „Lounge Musik“: Jetzt klingt alles gleich | FAZ.NET
Vor sechs Jahren hat Pashanim die New Wave im Deutschrap miterfunden. Ist er jetzt noch Avantgarde – oder nur noch Nostalgiker?

• Joe James: “I will never be absent in my children’s lives because I… | Huck
Hard Feelings — As the silky MC prepares to release his debut album ‘The Ends Never Ends’, he joins our column on fatherhood and masculinity to discuss…

• Tony Yayo Tells Rick Ross to ‘Find a New Career’ After ‘Set in Stone’ Album Sales | Complex
After 50 Cent declared Ross' career over, longtime G-Unit...

• Love Spells Shares "Don't Touch" Video Alongside Debut Album LOVE IS THE LAW | Good Call Music
The Houston-born artist makes his full-length debut with a record rooted in romance and nostalgia

• 'Daughter from Hell' feels a little disconnected | The Daily Tarheel | July 31, 2026, 2:06 a.m.
Abrams seems to keep leaning into the folk-pop genre that defines her career, combining quiet guitars and high vocals with louder crescendos and increasingly dramatic imagery. While I enjoyed the instrumentation, there was a definite disconnect to her lyricism throughout the album.

• Meet Love Spells, Singer-Songwriter | Office Magazine | July 30, 2026, 7:35 p.m.
An interview with Love Spells from Issue 22's Office People section.

• The Strokes - Reality Awaits | The Needle Drop | July 30, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
The Strokes used this one weird trick to make their worst album.

• Bella Kay Explains Why Noah Kahan’s Success ‘Means Everything’ to Her | Billboard | July 30, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
Bella Kay explains why a vulnerable superstar like Noah Kahan "means everything" to her.

• Album Review – Shania Twain’s “Little Miss Twain” - Saving Country... | Saving Country Music | July 30, 2026, 3:58 p.m.
Ultimately, "Little Miss Twain" will not be what Shania Twain is remembered for. But what you can take away is that getting more personal and pulling from your own life's story while trying to be more true to yourself always results in better art.

• Masego - Breathe (Vevo ctrl Live Session) [Video] | TrackBlasters Entertainment | July 30, 2026, 2:45 p.m.
Masego performs “Breathe” for Vevo ctrl, giving the emotionally direct Fix Your Face track a stripped-back live treatment. The studio tension of “Breathe” takes on a different shape in Masego’s Vevo ctrl performance. Switching between close-range vocals and saxophone, he lets the song’s unease and need for release stand on their own without the protection...

• Review: Apsilon - Glanz Null | moshed.net | July 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
Wer in den letzten Jahren im Deutschrap unterwegs war, ist an Apsilon kaum vorbeigekommen. Mit ehrlichen Texten, starken Bildern und einem Sound, der irgendwo

• Why This Is The Year Bella Kay, Slayyyter and Trueno Broke Out: ‘People Are Leaning Into Things That Feel More Real’ | Billboard | July 30, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
Bella Kay, Slayyyter, Trueno — three potential best new artist nominees at the 2027 Grammys ceremony — talk AI, songwriting and social media.

• Love Spells ‘Keep It To Yourself’ | KCRW | July 30, 2026, 7 a.m.
Today’s Top Tune: Love Spells ‘Keep It To Yourself’

• The Strokes: Reality Awaits | Spectrum Culture | July 30, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
The Strokes’ Reality Awaits may prove to be too obscure and, improbably, thorny for the sort of immediate pleasure that the band used to create so effortlessly.

• ‘JINX’ THE NEW ALBUM FROM WATERPARKS OUT NOW!!! | S.L.R. Magazine | July 30, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
Waterparks have released their sixth studio album JINX out now. The album, which includes features from Mark Hoppus of blink-182, Eric Nally of Foxy Shazam&n…

• Love Spells delivers debut studio album “Love is the Law” | Hamada Mania Music Blog | July 29, 2026, 11:33 a.m.
American singer, songwriter, and record producer Sir Taegen Harris, known artistically as Love Spells, has delivered his debut studio album online. “Love is the Law” is now available via iTunes, Ap…

• You Have to Believe in Love for Love to be Seen: Love Spells’ “Maybe I Still Love You” Encapsulates the Honesty and Vulnerability of Love | Zany Waves | July 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
Houston native indie/alternative artist, Sir Taegan Harris aka Love Spells, released “Maybe I Still Love You” last month ahead of his new album, LOVE IS THE LAW. At just 18, Love Spells committed to pursuing a career within the music scene, despite personal hardship. His genuine love for music, and inherent ambition, have allowed the musician to overcome a battle with homelessness. Love Spells then made the jump to spend six months in California focusing on his dream of a career in music. While

• Love Spells - Love Is the Law | Dork | July 27, 2026, 11:39 a.m.
Plenty of heart, and thankfully it delivers too.

• Love Spells returns with flirty "Don't Touch." | The Joy of Violent Movement | July 27, 2026, 1 a.m.
Love Spells returns with flirty "Don't Touch."

• ‘A*POP’ is here! Tyla expands her sound and star power with long-awaited sophomore effort | REVOLT | July 24, 2026, 2:57 p.m.
Tyla said she wanted to “extend the idea” of what an African pop star looks and sounds like, and by that measure, we’d say mission accomplished. See some of the best reactions to 'A*POP' here.

• ALBUM REVIEW: A Stranger To You - Loathe | Distorted Sound Magazine | July 23, 2026, 12:08 p.m.
Colin Jones reviews the new album from Loathe! Read the review of 'A Stranger To You' here on Distorted Sound!

• Future Debuts at No. 1 With ‘The Real Me,’ as Rolling Stones and ‘Heated Rivalry’ Soundtrack Also Bow in Top 10 | Variety | July 19, 2026, 10:33 p.m.
Future's 'The Real Me' became his 12th No. 1 album. The Rolling Stones and the 'Heated Rivalry" soundtrack also debuted in the Billboard chart's top 10.