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Careers in the music industry are often maintained through freelance and self-employed roles. Just 10% of working musicians are in salaried full-time employment, making the industry an increasingly competitive space for grassroots artists. Whether you’re only just starting out as a performing musician or supporting someone who is, it’s important to know that freelancing requires
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Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro have released a new three-song EP called RR. It opens with ‘Beso’, which arrives with an accompanying music video that confirms the couple’s engagement. Check it out below along with the two other tracks, ‘Vampiros’ and ‘Promesa’. “For us it’s always love first and everything else later, but we skipped that
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Debby Friday is a singer-songwriter, producer, and multidisciplinary artist who was born in Nigeria and grew up in Montreal, moving between different cities before finding a home base in Toronto. After immersing herself in Canadian rave culture, she got into DJing but quickly started producing her own music, releasing her first EP, BITCHPUNK, in 2018, and
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Chat Pile have announced a new split EP with Kansas City’s Nerver called Brothers in Christ. The four-track record is out April 14 via Reptilian/The Ghost Is Clear. Today, Chat Pile have shared the first single from it, ‘Cut’, which frontman Raygun Busch says was inspired by Stephen King. Listen to it and check out
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Irish quartet Lankum have unveiled a new song, ‘Newcastle’, lifted from their forthcoming album False Lankum – out this Friday (March 24) via Rough Trade. It follows previous offerings ‘Go Dig My Grave’ and ‘The New York Trader’. Take a listen below. “We learned this song from Seán Fitzgerald of The Deadlians, whose mother Pauline
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Lollapalooza has announced its 2023 lineup. Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Odesza, Lana Del Rey, Karol G, the 1975, and Tomorrow X Together will headline this year’s edition, with Carly Rae Jepsen, Rina Sawayama, Pusha T, Joey Bada$$, Lil Yachty, Sylvan Esso, Alex G, Maggie Rogers, Sudan Archives, Magdalena Bay, Beabadoobee, Fred
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