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Avril Lavigne releases highly anticipated album ‘Love Sux’—listen

Avril Lavigne has released her highly anticipated seventh studio album Luv Sux. The album is her first on Travis Barker‘s DTA Records. The twelve-song album features artists like Machine Gun Kelly, blackbear and blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus. Listen to Love Sux below. Read more: Are the 2000s back? How Avril Lavigne, Chris Carrabba are uniting Gen […]

Pandora releases 10 Alternative Artists To Watch 2022 playlist

Pandora has announced its collection of Artists To Watch 2022. The platform also revealed a playlist specifically focused on alternative music. The Alternative Artists To Watch 2022 playlist highlights a number of artists to keep an eye out for in the coming year, including half•alive, MUNA, phem, Snail Mail and Remi Wolf. They are joined […]

Fiona Apple wins Best Alternative Music Album at the 2021 Grammys

Fiona Apple has officially won the Best Alternative Music Album award at the Grammys for Fetch The Bolt Cutters. The award was presented during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony. Apple was nominated alongside Beck’s Hyperspace, Phoebe Bridgers’ Punisher, Brittany Howard’s Jaime and Tame Impala’s The Slow Rush for the coveted award. Read more: This virtual Fall Out […]

N.W.A.’s “Fuck Tha Police” streams surge amid Black Lives Matter protests

N.W.A.’s “Fuck Tha Police” has seen a resurgence amidst the ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. As the Black Lives Matter movement continues, N.W.A.’s iconic track has become one of the top protest songs. So much so that “Fuck Tha Police” is seeing a massive jump on […]

14 new live performance streams and movies to watch this week

We’re well into this new temporary way of life of being stuck at home due to coronavirus. Retail stores, bars, restaurants and now movie theaters have closed their doors to the public. This means you’ve probably been sitting inside cycling through the same TV and movie options on Netflix and Hulu, as well as music […]

Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor slams streaming: "we STILL don't get paid"

Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor called out streaming services for the way they pay artists and got real about the business side of making money as a musician.   At the beginning of the year, the Copyright Royalty Board ruled that royalties received by songwriters would increase by 44 percent during the next five years.  Read more: […]

Streaming created 75 percent of music industry revenue in 2018

We all know that streaming music is huge, but apparently 75 percent of the money made through the music industry lies in streaming. The number came from a report published by the Recording Industry Association of America. Read more: Alice Cooper, Halestorm announce co headlining tour The popularity of streaming platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, […]

Papa Roach reach huge streaming milestone

Congratulations are in order to Papa Roach! The band, who just released their tenth studio album Who Do You Trust?, hit a huge, plaque-worthy streaming milestone. Read more: Ariana Grande reveals why she wore black lipstick on ‘Thank U, Next’ cover Papa Roach’s newly released record already has some pretty impressive numbers. Besides reaching No. 1 on the Tunes […]

Here are the 31 songs Pandora thinks are the scariest

To mark the start of the spookiest month of the year, Pandora are offering up their 31 most haunting songs. The playlist certainly doesn’t lack any variety from Marilyn Manson and Eminem to one of the most iconic horror movie themes of all time. You can get in the Halloween spirit by heading to this […]

Fall Out Boy hilariously rate random things with thumbs up or down

To celebrate the arrival of  M A  N   I    A, Pandora is releasing a new installment of their Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down series featuring Fall Out Boy and AltPress has an exclusive first look.  READ MORE: Fall Out Boy announce massive hometown show at Wrigley Field In the spirit of using a thumbs up or thumbs down to […]

You can try Pandora Premium for free—here's how

[Photo by: Pandora] Pandora is apparently feelin' that holiday spirit—and you're the beneficiary! The streaming service is currently offering a free trial session of its Premium subscription tier, as reported by Variety. Get all the details below. Read more: Pandora recreates iconic rock album covers Starting today, Dec. 14, Pandora will let its ad-supported and […]

Pandora recreates iconic rock album covers in new video—watch

In what could be one of the coolest advertisements ever—and yeah, one we want to watch—the popular music streaming service Pandora recreates some of rock music's most iconic album covers. Read more: Metallica perform “Now That We’re Dead” on ‘The Late Show’—watch French filmmaker Michel Gondry directed the “Sounds Like You” video, which advertises Pandora Premium. In […]

Pandora streaming data will now factor into Billboard charts

[Photo credit: Facebook / Facebook] Billboard announced today that they have made an exclusive agreement with Pandora that will add Pandora's streaming data to the Billboard Hot 100, which ranks the week’s most popular songs across all genres, including Hot Rock Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, and more, and Billboard's other streaming-based charts. Currently, Billboard’s […]

Pandora predicts 2015 Grammy winners based on listening habits

Music streaming service Pandora has analyzed data from its 76 million users to predict the winners of the 2015 Grammy Awards. For their predictions, the company focused on Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year, Best New Artist and Song Of The Year. Among the winners are Sam Smith, Sia, Iggy Azalea and Meghan […]

Which state listens to the most holiday music?

Pandora has released stats that give us insight into their users’ listening habits. Along with the stats, the company has released an interesting graph that shows the “percentage of holiday music listening by state.” According to the map, Utah listens to the most holiday music (19%), followed by New Hampshire and Maine. Check it out […]

Pandora now provide listener analytics to musicians

Pandora have officially launched AMP (Artist Marketing Platform), which allows musicians to view the analytics behind how their music is fairing through the streaming service. In executing his pitch for the latest addition to Pandora, Tim Westergren referred back to his time as a musician and the amount of difficulty he endured getting people to come out […]

iTunes Radio released in U.S.

With the release of its latest mobile operating system, iOS 7, as well as an update to iTunes (iTunes 11.1), Apple has taken its first serious steps into the arena of streaming music today with iTunes Radio. More akin to Pandora than Spotify in its model, iTunes Radio is currently only available to U.S. customers, […]

Eisley partner with Pandora to stream new album, 'Currents'

Eisley have partnered with Pandora to stream their new album, Currents, ahead of its May 28 release via Equal Vision Records. The band, who will support Say Anything on the road in June and July, self-recorded and produced the record at their home studio in Tyler, Texas. Currents will be available for streaming in its entirety on Pandora until […]

Apple in talks to launch online radio in 2013

Yesterday we learned that Apple Inc. has gobbled up The Beatles' Apple Corps logo, and today we learn that they're creeping in for the kill on Pandora Radio, as well. Well, maybe not the kill, but they did make Pandora's stock drop 111.73% yesterday when the market got its hands on the following information: Apple […]

Pandora reveal artist payments of up to $3 million per year

For all the moaning the music industry does over paying artists when it comes to streaming services, that all might change–at least when it comes to Pandora. In a new statement from founder Tim Westergren on Tuesday, he reveals the payments that some artists have recieved through his service. He details that over 2,000 artists […]