“The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station”: CMAT Channels Existential Angst (and a Krauty Groove) into the Most Chaotic Anti-Diss Track of the Year

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We’ve been shouting about CMAT since way back in 2020 — when her cowboy boots, karaoke drama, and laser-sharp lyrics first started turning the heads of anyone who craved more brains in their bangers. Fast-forward five years, and Ireland’s most flamboyantly fragile pop-country philosopher is gearing up for her third album EURO-COUNTRY (out August 29 via AWAL Recordings), and she’s just dropped the best-titled track of the year: “The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station.”

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Darla Z Debuts New Children’s Single and Animated Music Video Featuring Bert the Singing Cat

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Award-winning singer-songwriter, author, and children’s advocate Darla Z has released a brand-new children’s single and animated music video titled "Bert the Singing Cat", inspired by one of the most beloved characters from her acclaimed Cat Detectives book series. The toe-tapping tune sung by Darla Z, bursting with color and charm, stars Bert (short for Alberta), a charismatic feline who sings and dances her way into the hearts of viewers young and old. The song tells the story of Bert the Singing Cat who lives on an island and loves to fish. One day Bert's fishing in a boat on the bay when the wind picks up her hat and carries it away. Bert's hat lands upon a seagull's back and the seagull disappears from view. Will Bert get her pink hat back? What about the seagull? This super fun song by Darla Z with its playful theme is extremely appealing and certain to become a family favorite. 

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M4TR Drop New Album Love Is The Revolution and a 10-Year Retrospective: “If Love’s the Last Thing Left, Let’s Use It”

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AJ Solaris isn’t here to save the world — but he is going to soundtrack its collapse. His shape-shifting, genre-blurring music project M4TR (aka Music 4 The Revolution) is back with Love Is The Revolution, a shimmering, unflinching, synth-drenched third studio album landing June 23. Alongside it comes a 10-year retrospective and digital box set, charting M4TR’s journey from protest anthems to emotionally layered, end-times dancefloor epics.

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Noah Cyrus Trades Pop for Pedal Steel on New Americana Album ‘I Want My Loved Ones to Go With Me’

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Noah Cyrus has announced her sophomore album I Want My Loved Ones to Go With Me, a sweeping, rootsy meditation on family, nature, and hard-won self-acceptance. Due out July 11 via RECORDS/Columbia, the album sees Cyrus stepping confidently into Americana and indie-folk territory, with an all-star supporting cast including Blake Shelton, Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Ella Langley and Bill Callahan.

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Gary Davies Is Kicking Up the '80s with a Nostalgia-Packed UK Tour

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It’s a Friday night somewhere in Britain, and the lights are dimming. There’s a man in a blazer on stage with a grin that says he knows something you don’t. A synth line swells, someone in neon legwarmers cheers, and the unmistakable voice of Gary Davies—BBC Radio 2’s Sounds of the 80s DJ and once-prince of Top of the Pops—cuts through the speakers. “Let’s rewind to the greatest decade of them all!”

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Alanis, STP, and The B-52’s Get the KiT Treatment: Classic Albums Reimagined for a Tactile-Obsessed Gen Z

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When Jagged Little Pill dropped in 1995, it came screaming through the alt-rock ether on CD and cassette—one foot in analog, the other inching toward digital. The vinyl version, constrained by the limits of the medium, even left a few tracks behind. Now, 30 years later, Alanis Morissette’s iconic album is finally getting the format it always deserved—and it comes with an ironic twist: a physical re-release aimed squarely at a generation that never grew up rewinding a Walkman.

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David Byrne’s New Album Asks Who Is the Sky?, with Help from Hayley Williams and St. Vincent

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David Byrne is back – and he’s got big questions. The Talking Heads co-founder, solo innovator, and ever-curious musical polymath has announced Who Is the Sky?, his first album of new material since 2018’s genre-smashing American Utopia. Out September 5 via Matador Records, the album sees Byrne diving deeper into the strange, sublime, and frequently absurd nature of modern life — this time through the lens of lush orchestration, sharp observation, and a hefty dose of joy.

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