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Big Thief have had a transformative past couple years. Most notably, there were some lineup changes, and in September, they released their latest album, Double Infinity. They also just found themselves on late-night TV again, performing on The Tonight Show last night (October 27).

For their time on stage, they went with “Grandmother.” Officially, the group is down to three members, but they performed with a large backing band to give the track a fleshed-out sound.

Adrianne Lenker previously wrote of the song:

“Buck [Meek] and James [Krivchenia] and I wrote this one all together. this one shows me that rock and roll goes way outside of any genre and is really in a spirit. Laraaji vocalizes and is featured. His contributions are such an exciting gift and it was such an honor to hear him shine. the whole band goes together and rocks like the shoulders of the mountains and rolls like the water and the wind. The earth is rock and roll, and so are our bodies, with the power to heal. This song comforts me and reminds me that we have the power to transform energy and reclaim disconnected or alienated parts of ourselves. There’s a world worth living for, a love bigger than everything that is always there. This song reminds me to weave the shadows into the light and let it flow through, turning it all into music.”

Watch the performance above and find the band’s upcoming tour dates below.

Big Thief’s 2025 & 2026 Tour Dates

10/29/2025 — Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
10/30/2025 — Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre
10/31/2025 — New Orleans, LA @ Saenger Theatre
11/03/2025 — Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
11/04/2025 — Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
11/05/2025 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
11/06/2025 — Wimberley, TX @ 7a Ranch Opera House — The Watershed Association benefit show, with Stacey Foster, Aaron Huff
11/07/2025 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Lawn)
04/08/2026 — Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
04/09/2026 — Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
04/10/2026 — Stockholm, Sweden @ B-K
04/11/2026 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ K.B. Hallen
04/13/2026 — Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
04/14/2026 — Cologne, Germany @ E-Werk
04/17/2026 — Paris, France @ L’Olympia
04/18/2026 — Paris, France @ L’Olympia
04/21/2026 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ AFAS Live
04/23/2026 — London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
04/24/2026 — London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
04/25/2026 — London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
04/26/2026 — London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
04/29/2026 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena
05/27/2026 — Manchester, UK @ Aviva Studios
05/28/2026 — Manchester, England @ Aviva Studios
05/30/2026 — Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
05/31/2026 — Glasgow, UK @ Barrowland Ballroom
06/02/2026 — Brussels, Belgium @ Forest National
06/03/2026 — Luxembourg City, Luxembourg @ den Atelier
06/04-06/2026 — Barcelona, Sant Adrià de Besòs @ Primavera Sound
06/14/2026 — Milan, Italy @ Circolo Magnolia
06/15/2026 — Munich, Germany @ TonHalle München
06/16/2026 — Hamburg, Germany @ Große Freiheit 36

Double Infinity is out now via 4AD. Find more information here.

Daniel Caesar’s new album Son Of Spergy is out now, and today, the Canadian singer shared a gritty music video for its song, “Call On Me.” The video is shot on grainy VHS as Caesar and his crew road trip across the US, firing guns in the desert and bringing strippers to their hotel room with a giant bag of cash.

The “Bonnie and Clyde” vibes of the video care reflect the ride-or-die lyrics of the song itself, in which Caesar promises, “Whenever you feel your tummy rumble / Need something to eat / Whenever you feel your pockets empty / Can call on me.”

Caesar kicked off the rollout for the new album in July, with the single “Have A Baby (With Me),” keeping it going with “Call On Me” in August, along with the album announcement. “Moon” with Bon Iver preceded the album’s release, while another Bon Iver collaboration, “Sins Of The Father,” appeared on the project itself.

In addition to releasing Son Of Spergy, Daniel Caesar did a lot of collaborating this year, appearing on songs from Rex Orange County and Blood Orange.

You can watch Daniel Caesar’s “Call On Me” video above.

Son Of Spergy is out now via Hollace Inc. and Republic Records. You can find more info here.

Tyler The Creator is not only one of the most innovative performers in music today — he’s one of the most prolific. Every so often, the Hawthorne native will share a throwaway from the cutting room floor after releasing a new album; today, on the one-year anniversary of Chromakopia, he’s shared “Mother,” an would-be album cut in which he contemplates the advice given to him by his maternal figure and argues, somewhat ironically, “Look at me, I turned out fine.”

Tyler commemorated the release with a heartfelt post on Instagram, breaking his usual tradition of sharing bonus tracks on Twitter (there’s a story there, but it ain’t really worth telling). In the post, Tyler writes:

CHROMAKOPIA. home. the place where light comes from.

During 2020 i spent alot of time riding my bike through my old neighborhoods. Inglewood, Hawthorne, South Bay. so many memories and feelings rushed back, so many sound bites from my mother replayed, so many questions arised. what is home? is it a feeling i carry or a place? convos with my mother i found out things that was opposite of what i’ve built a narrative around.

MOTHER was the first song i made for this project that year, still not sure why i took it off last minute. its pretty much the grounding piece of the album
( chromakopia + featuring mother out now. i didnt want to release the song out of context)

i wanted this album to be hand/ mouth/ drum percussion heavy. i wanted kelly green to be everywhere. i wanted the videos to feel uncanny. i wanted to wear a mask of myself.
i approached it more like a diary. things ive touched on before, things i havent. the pressure of monogamy, the fear of fatherhood, how i felt about my hair, the judging of sexual freedom, my paranoia, etc. nothing too “deep” or crazy, just thoughts that stay on loop.
…

i was planning on this being my last album for a VERY long time. release it. do the big tour. go disappear and only pop out for movies roles. see what a life is like without work being top of mind. its hard tho, i love making things.

i laugh to myself alot because this album ended up taking me places the others didnt. 15 years in; biggest its ever been. im in awe of the success. and what a beautiful tour!love to the whole team! lil yachty, paris texas thank yall for coming along. thank you to everyone who came to see it( Cincinnati was my favorite show). its been a year since release, time is moving. to those who love this body of work, tell me about it. i hope it holds weight in your life. thank you. what an incredible year. T

i wrote more but i could only fit so much

You can listen to “Mother” up top.

Despite Bad Bunny’s immense global popularity, when the Puerto Rican superstar was announced as the next Super Bowl Halftime Show performer, not everyone found it a cause for celebration. While Benito himself addressed the backlash against his selection on SNL, telling viewers they had plenty of time to learn Spanish, Roc Nation founder Jay-Z — who is largely responsible for choosing Super Bowl Halftime performers as part of his ongoing partnership with the NFL — dismissed it altogether.

When TMZ caught up with Jay on the streets of New York, asking him about the conservative pushback against Bad Bunny, he said, “They love him. Don’t let them fool you.”

The numbers certainly seem to support Jay’s supposition. In September, a live stream of the final show of Bad Bunny’s Puerto Rican residency was the most-watched single-artist performance on Amazon Music to date; his Debi Tirar Mas Fotos tour also sold out, breaking a slew of records of its own despite completely bypassing the continental United States due to Bad Bunny’s disappointment in the political situation here. The album itself became Bunny’s fourth No. 1 album And, of course, he joined the short list of musicians who have hosted Saturday Night Live twice in the same year.

In September, Ratboys announced a tour, and now the news fans have been hoping for has arrived: Today (October 28), the announced Singin’ To An Empty Chair, a new album set for February 6, 2026. Also today, they shared a video for the upbeat new single “Anywhere.”

The band’s Julia Steiner says of the album in a statement:

“A big, overarching theme of this record is my attempt to document my experience being estranged from a close loved one. The goal is to update this person on what’s been going on in my life and to try to bridge that impasse and reach out a hand into the void. […]

The experience of making this record definitely gives me hope for whatever happens next. There are plenty of good days, days filled with friendship and love, and then there are days when I dwell on things and desperately want to bridge the gap. It’s my whole life, you know? So, for me, this record is a document of all of those days stitched together, like a quilt in a time capsule, just waiting to get dug up when the time is right.”

Sean Neumann also says, “We wanted to approach this record like it was a quilt. We recorded the songs in all these different places, so we approached it in a way where different songs had different scenes. Certain parts of songs were recorded in different spaces, and we switch back and forth between them throughout the record to help tell the story of each song.”

Watch the “Anywhere” video above. Below, find the Singin’ To An Empty Chair cover art and tracklist, as well as the band’s upcoming tour dates.

Ratboys’ Singin’ To An Empty Chair Album Cover Artwork

Ratboys’ Singin’ To An Empty Chair Tracklist

1. “Open Up”
2. “Know You Then”
3. “Light Night Mountains All That”
4. “Anywhere”
5. “Penny In The Lake”
6. “Strange Love”
7. “The World, So Madly”
8. “Just Want You To Know The Truth”
9. “What’s Right?”
10. “Burn It Down”
11. “At Peace In The Hundred Acre Wood”

Ratboys’ 2025 & 2026 Tour Dates

10/31/2025-11/01/2025 — Amsterdam, NL @ London Calling Festival
11/01/2025 — Groningen, NL @ Take Root Festival
11/03/2025 — Edinburgh, UK @ The Mash House
11/04/2025 — Newcastle, UK @ Xerox
11/05/2025 — London, UK @ Pitchfork London
11/07/2025 — Brighton, UK @ Mutations Festival
02/25/2026 — Detroit, MI @ El Club ~
02/26/2026 — Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace ~
02/27/2026 — Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB ~
02/28/2026 — Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair ~
03/03/2026 — Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church ~
03/05/2026 — Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw ~
03/06/2026 — Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ~
03/07/2026 — Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry ~
03/08/2026 — Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall ~
03/10/2026 — Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle ~
03/11/2026 — Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West ~
03/12/2026 — Nashville, TN @ The Basement East ~
03/13/2026 — Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar ~
03/14/2026 — Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium
03/24/2026 — St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway •
03/25/2026 — Kansas City, MO @ recordBar •
03/26/2026 — Fayetteville, AR @ George’s Majestic Lounge •
03/27/2026 — Dallas, TX @ Club Dada •
03/28/2026 — Austin, TX @ Mohawk •
03/30/2026 — Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad •
03/31/2026 — Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar •
04/01/2026 — San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar •
04/03/2026 — Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom •
04/04/2026 — San Francisco, CA @ August Hall •
04/06/2026 — Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret •
04/07/2026 — Seattle, WA @ Neumos •
04/08/2026 — Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater •
04/10/2026 — Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club •
04/11/2026 — Salt Lake City, UT/2026 — The Urban Lounge •
04/13/2026 — Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater •
04/15/2026 — Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room •
04/16/2026 — Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line •
04/17/2026 — Madison, WI @ Atwood Music Hall •
04/18/2026 — Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre +

~ with Florry
• with villagerrr
+ with Free Range

Singin’ To An Empty Chair is out 2/6/2026 via New West Records. Find more information here.

Doechii’s been having a lot of fun on her Live From The Swamp tour, introducing K-pop-style light sticks to hip-hop audiences. However, she’s also suffered a few prop malfunctions; a sequence in which she slides down a slide while performing “Denial Is A River” has gone wrong a number of times, spawning viral videos on social media, along with speculation that the malfunctions are actually planned to generate that buzz.

Doechii heard you think she’s doing that on purpose, and in a new post on her social channels, she explained just what’s gone wrong, while denying (heh) that any of it is intentional.

“I wanna talk about what’s going on with the slide because some of you are speculating that I’m doing it on purpose,” she says in the video, ultimately placing the blame on a separate prop. “This mechanical desk jerks when it moves, and in order for me to not fly off of it — which I did a couple times in rehearsal — we had to put grip tape on the desk. The grip tape is basically like sandpaper, so when I’m standing on it or sitting on it, I don’t move and fall over.”

“What’s happening is, my performance stockings are ripping because I’m sitting on sandpaper, and I’m performing on sandpaper,” she continued. “So by the time I get to the part in the song for the slide, my bare ass cheeks are sticking to the slide because I’m sweating. They put the towel there, but as soon as I put the towel there, the wind from my big fat booty blows the towel away.”

So, there you have it; it’s either tumble down the slide, or fly off the desk. It sounds like Doechii has chosen the safer — and funnier — option.

Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit already had a smattering of tour dates lined up for 2026. Now, they’ve about doubled the run with new dates announced today (October 28).

The band’s 2026 dates stretch from January to July and include stops at iconic venues like the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles; the Fox Theater in Oakland; and Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. On select dates, they’ll be performing with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Patty Griffin, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Drive-By Truckers, Elles Bailey, Shelby Lynne, and Alejandro Escovedo.

This is on top of solo dates that Isbell previously announced.

Tickets for the new shows go on sale October 31 at 10 a.m. local time and more information is available on Isbell’s website.

Find the full list of dates below.

Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit’s 2025 & 2026 Tour Dates

11/07/2025 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
01/14/2026 — Durham Performing Arts Center @ Durham, NC +
01/15/2026 — Hylton Performing Arts Center @ Manassas, VA +
01/16/2026 — Ovens Auditorium @ Charlotte, NC +
01/17/2026 — The Classic Center @ Athens, GA +
01/23/2026 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
01/24/2026 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
01/26/2026 — Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24
01/28/2026 — Santa Rosa, CA @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
01/29/2026 — Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
01/30/2026 — Temecula, CA @ Pechanga Theater
01/31/2026 — Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre
02/18/2026 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark
02/20/2026 — New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall + %
02/21/2026 — New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall @
02/22/2026 — New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall
02/24/2026 — Cleveland, OH @ KeyBank State Theatre at Playhouse Square
02/25/2026 — Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre
02/27/2026 — Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre
02/28/2026 — Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre
03/01/2026 — Niagara Falls, ON @ OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino
03/02/2026 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Benedum Center
03/04/2026 — Iowa City, IA @ Hancher Auditorium
03/05/2026 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
03/06/2026 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
03/07/2026 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
03/13-20/2026 — Cayamo Cruise
03/25/2026 — SkyPAC (Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center) @ Bowling Green, KY +
03/26/2026 — Robinson Center @ Little Rock, AR +
03/27/2026 — Orpheum Theatre @ Memphis, TN +
03/28/2026 — Murat Theatre at Old National Centre @ Indianapolis, IN +
04/24/2026 — Sun, Sand, and Soul @ Miramar Beach, FL =
04/26/2026 — Orlando, FL @ Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
04/29/2026 — St. Louis, MO @ The Fabulous Fox Theatre
05/01/2026 — Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom
05/02/2026 — Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
05/03/2026 — Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
05/20/2026 — Winspear Opera House – AT&T PAC @ Dallas, TX +
05/21/2026 — Winspear Opera House – AT&T PAC @ Dallas, TX +
05/22/2026 — Long Center for the Performing Arts @ Austin, TX +
05/23/2026 — Majestic Theatre @ San Antonio, TX +
07/16/2026 — EKU Center for the Arts @ Richmond, KY +
07/17/2026 — Tennessee Theatre @ Knoxville, TN +
07/18/2026 — Tennessee Theatre @ Knoxville, TN +
07/19/2026 — Brevard Music Center @ Brevard, NC +
07/23/2026 — Grand Rapids, MI @ TBA
07/24/2026 — Interlochen, MI @ TBA
07/25/2026 — Huber Heights, OH @ Rose Music Center at The Heights
07/26/2026 — Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavilion
07/28/2026 — Lenox, MA @ Koussevitzky Music Shed at Tanglewood ~
07/30/2026 — Washington, DC @ Wolf Trap ~ #

+ Jason Isbell solo
* with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
~ with Patty Griffin
= with Tedeschi Trucks Band, Drive-By Truckers, Elles Bailey
% with Shelby Lynne
@ with Alejandro Escovedo

We’ve seen Kevin Parker perform his new Tame Impala songs, from the album Deadbeat, a couple times now, at NPR’s Tiny Desk and A24’s new performance series. Now fans are getting to see them live and in person, as Parker just launched the Deadbeat tour at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center last night (October 27).

Naturally, the setlist pulled most heavily from the new album, with ten of the 24 songs coming from it. Currents and Lonerism were also well-represented. The show opened with “Apocalypse Dreams” and “Dracula,” while “End Of Summer” closed out the encore.

Find the setlist (via setlist.fm) below, along with Tame Impala’s upcoming tour dates.

Tame Impala’s Deadbeat Tour Setlist

1. “Apocalypse Dreams”
2. “Dracula”
3. “Endors Toi”
4. “Loser”
5. “Breathe Deeper”
6. “Borderline”
7. “Gossip”
8. “Elephant”
9. “Afterthought”
10. “My Old Ways”
11. “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
12. “No Reply”
13. “Ethereal Connection”
14. “Not My World”
15. “Let It Happen”
16. “Nangs”
17. “Obsolete”
18. “Alter Ego”
19. “Piece Of Heaven”
20. “Eventually”
21. “New Person, Same Old Mistakes”
22. “Neverender” (Justice cover) (encore)
23. “The Less I Know The Better” (encore)
24. “End Of Summer” (encore)

Tame Impala’s 2025 Tour Dates: Deadbeat

10/28/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
10/31/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
11/01/2025 — Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
11/03/2025 — Chicago, IL @ United Center
11/06/2025 — Austin, TX @ Moody Center
11/09/2025 — San Diego, CA @ Pechanga Arena San Diego
11/11/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
11/12/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
11/14/2025 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
11/15/2025 — Oakland, CA @ Oakland Arena
11/17/2025 — Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum
04/04/2026 — Porto, Portugal @ Super Bock Arena – Pavilhão Rosa Mota
04/05/2026 — Lisbon, Portugal @ MEO Arena
04/07/2026 — Madrid, Spain @ Movistar Arena
04/08/2026 — Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi
04/10/2026 — Lyon, France @ LDLC Arena
04/12/2026 — Turin, Italy @ Inalpi Arena
04/13/2026 — Bologna, Italy @ Unipol Arena
04/14/2026 — Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
04/16/2026 — Munich, Germany @ Olympiahalle
04/18/2026 — Gliwice, Poland @ PreZero Arena
04/20/2026 — Prague, Czechia @ O2 Arena
04/23/2026 — Hamburg, Germany @ Barclays Arena
04/25/2026 — Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena
04/26/2026 — Stockholm, Sweden @ Avicii Arena
04/27/2026 — Oslo, Norway @ Unity Arena
04/29/2026 — Berlin, Germany @ Uber Arena
04/30/2026 — Frankfurt, Germany @ Festhalle
05/01/2026 — Dusseldorf, Germany @ PSD Bank Dome
05/03/2026 — Paris, France @ Accor Arena
05/04/2026 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome
05/05/2026 — Antwerp, Belgium @ AFAS Dome
05/07/2026 — London, UK @ The O2
05/08/2026 — Manchester, UK @ Co-op Live Arena
05/09/2026 — Birmingham, UK @ Utilita Arena Birmingham
05/11/2026 — Glasgow, UK @ OVO Hydro
05/13/2026 — Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena

Deadbeat is out now via Columbia Records. Find more information here.

PinkPantheress gets into the spooky season with her Halloween-themed video for “Noises” featuring JT, from PP’s Fancy Some More? remix album. In the video, which alternates between haunting color and bone-chilling and black-and-white, the two stars hole up in their house on a dark and stormy night, while being stalked by shadowy figures and pelted by poltergeists.

Fancy Some More? is an updated version of Pinkpantheress’ debut, Fancy That, with remixes from a litany of creators in dance, hip-hop, and more. In a press release about Fancy Some More?, PinkPantheress said of the remix project, “With this remix project, Fancy Some More?, I wanted to explore how the songs can live in different worlds while still holding onto the emotion of the original. Hearing other artists reimagine it has been so inspiring. Each remix brings a new energy and texture, while still keeping the heart of the track intact. It’s been so exciting to see ‘Fancy That’ take on these new, international lives & global perspectives.”

PinkPantheress is currently on her North American tour, An Evening With PinkPantheress, with appearances at Coachella and Primavera Sound planned in 2026.

You can watch PinkPantheress’ “Noises” featuring JT video above.

Fancy Some More? is out now via Warner. You can find more info here.

Puerto Rican rapper/singer Young Miko has been on the up-and-up lately. After releasing her debut album Att. last year, Miko just finished a run of shows supporting Billie Eilish on the Hit Me Hard And Soft tour. She also had a feature on Central Cee’s new album from earlier this year, Can’t Rush Greatness. Now she’s at the dawn of her own new era: Last week, she announced Do Not Disturb, a new album set for early next month.

She also shared the single “Likey Likey.” On the rap track, she’s back in full “trap kitty” mode (like the title of her 2022 debut EP).

Miko also recently announced her first headlining show at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, and the show sold out quickly, in 90 minutes, so a second was added.

Listen to “Likey Likey” above and find the Do Not Disturb cover art and tracklist below, along with Miko’s upcoming tour dates.

Young Miko’s Do Not Disturb Album Cover Artwork

Young Miko’s Do Not Disturb Tracklist

1. “El intro”
2. “What’s Ur Vibe?”
3. “En el Ritz”
4. “WASSUP”
5. “Sexo de moteles”
6. “Dosis”
7. “Likey Likey”
8. “Ojalá”
9. “Sin pausa”
10. “Traviesa” Feat. Eladio Carrión
11. “Algo casual”
12. “Meiomi”
13. “Piki”
14. “Ni le cabe”
15. “Esa nena”
16. “Plug (Type Shit)”

Young Miko’s 2025 & 2026 Tour Dates

11/22/2025 — Mexico City, Mexico @ Coca Cola Flow Fest 2025
12/05/2025 — San Juan, PR @ Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot
12/06/2025 — San Juan, PR @ Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot
03/21/2026 — Bogotá, Colombia @ Estéreo Picnic 2026

Do Not Disturb is out 11/7 via The Wave Music Group. Find more information here.