Magnet Magazine — 40 years ago today, U2 released Wide Awake In America. We’re still not sleeping. Read our review of the essential album that came next: The post U2 Released “Wide Awake In America” 40 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Brian Eno (Roxy Music, David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, Coldplay). Another year on earth. Eno reflections in MAGNET from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Rick Moody, Amanda Palmer and Lambchop. Plus, MAGNET on essential Eno music like Here Com... more info

Obscure Sound — Nashville-based Diego Molina delivers an atmospheric pop emotion on new single “What’s That Light in Your Eyes?” — inspired by the artist’s first visit to Colombia, his home country. A brisk rhythmic element persists, showing a reggaeton in... more info

Antimusic Rock — U2's The Edge recently called in to SiriusXM's U2 X-Radio to chat with host Jenny Huston about the new music U2 is working on more info

Stereogum — Brian Eno, one of the all-time great art-music legends, is now 76 years old, and he’s not slowing down one bit. If anything, he’s busier now than ever. Eno, an experimental generative film about the man — one that occasionally changes from s... more info

Stereogum — Today marks the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war between Russia and Ukraine continues, and Ukraine’s American support is now in peril. Last week, Donald Trump referred to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a �... more info

Antimusic Rock — Island Records and UMe today announce the release of Original Soundtracks 1 (30th Anniversary Edition) by Passengers more info

Stereogum — Skeleten, the Sydney-based artist born Russell Fitzgibbon, is nearing the release of new album Mentalized, which has yielded quite a few singles so far. To further promote it, Fitzgibbon did an Apple Music Session in which he performed the album�... more info

Stereogum — Today, President Joe Biden honored 19 individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, including U2’s Bono. The ceremony took place at the White House, and other recipients included Hillary Clinton, Michael J. Fox, Denzel Washington, and more... more info

Stereogum — The Las Vegas venue Sphere is a technological marvel and a wild spectacle, an attraction unto itself. It’s also apparently a nice place for legacy rock bands to play. U2 famously opened the Sphere and played a long residency there, and bands lik... more info