Chorus.fm — Coldplay’s Chris Martin spoke with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 and mentioned that the band may no longer release albums in the conventional form. I don’t think we’d split up as a band so hopefully we’ll try to work out something to do at some point.... more info

Stereogum — We’ve been waiting for this for a long time, and it’s finally coming tomorrow: Chance The Rapper will release Chance 3, his long-awaited new mixtape. We’ve already heard “Angels” and seen Chance debut “Blessings” on The Tonight Show. An... more info

Stereogum — Back in 2014, Chris Martin said that Coldplay’s most recent not-so-good album A Head Full Of Dreams would be the band’s final album. He also compared it to Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. It would appear that Martin was kinda-sorta lying ab... more info

NME — Frontman speaks in interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 more info

Chorus.fm — SWMRS have announced the second leg of their North American tour. They were also on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show this morning. June 17, 2016 Calgary, ALB Broken City June 18, 2016 Edmonton, ALB Mercury Room June 19, 2016 Saskatoon, SAS Amigo’s/Moso J... more info

Stereogum — Noise-rap enigmas Death Grips are going to release their new album Bottomless Pit tomorrow. And for all their ambivalence toward the music industry, they’ve found a very establishment-friendly way to debut their new track “Eh”: Zane Lowe premie... more info

Rolling Stone — DJ and super-producer A-Trak has teamed up with Phantogram for the spirited new single "Parallel Lines." The track premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show and begins like a ballad, with plunging piano chords. Sarah Barthel's dreamy, m... more info

Stereogum — Weirdo pop experimentalist London O’Connor debuted a new track today on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show. The decidedly post-Makonnen “Time To Go” finds O’Connor alternating between floaty rapping and falsetto sing-song over a helium-inflated synth... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Last night Drake finally released his fourth studio album VIEWS. To help promote the new LP, the Toronto rapper did a rare interview with Beats 1’s Zane Lowe for the OVOSOUND radio show. The discussion included Drizzy talking about... more info

Stereogum — Drake has revealed the tracklist for Views (looks like the name has been officially shortened from Views From The 6), which is scheduled to drop this Friday. (He’ll be interviewed by Zane Lowe on Beats1 on Thursday night, so expect a release shortl... more info