Music Connection

The overly-passionate music person's definitive source for insider info on the music business. Kickin' around since '77.

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@GingerWildheart Congrats. Love is lovely.

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Metalcore titans Hatebreed have signed with BLKIIBLK, reuniting with longtime collaborator and A&R executive Mike Gitter.🤘

Read the full signing story from our latest issue on our website here👇️
https://t.co/WOA8UBhlSn

#hatebreed #blkiiblk #musicconnection #metalcore

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Shining a DIY Spotlight on Andrea Magee🎵

Read her full spotlight here👇️
https://t.co/Es7434WexX

#musicconnecton #andreamagee #diy #irish #diyartist

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Alt-acoustic artist Nicole Alexis (a.k.a N/A) dropped her debut Mirrors & Smoke EP, then announced that she was signed to Hardworking Record Company.🔥 🎼

Read her full signing story on our website here👇️
https://t.co/ldPvlrks2q

#nicolealexis #altacoustic #signed

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Composer Yang Zhang’s debut large-scale orchestral work, “Quantum Prelude: The Evolution of the Universe,” provides a glimpse into what the universe might sound like. 🎶 🌌

Read more about her creative process in our latest Out Take here:
https://t.co/HxoW9q9jRk

#yangzhang

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We spoke to four of the best video game composers for our 2026 Video Game Composer Roundtable to discuss their journeys and most memorable projects to date.🎼 🎮️

Read the full conversations with them on our website below👇️
https://t.co/hN1XfaCo6O

Story by Andy Kaufmann

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Art meets sound in Donna and Mark Isham's Alchemical romance.🎨 🎶

Read the full story on our website here👇️
https://t.co/gjSCuxWnx8

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Fresh off the press: Music Connection’s October issue! We chatted with alt-electro-pop icon SLAYYYTER after a massive year that saw a new album, with another to follow soon. Read MC’s exclusive with SLAYYYTER here: https://t.co/duACJf5yEw...

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Italian techno duo 999999999 team up with Marie Vaunt for “I Got Acid,” a high-energy release via Insomniac’s Mutate Records. Visit our website to hear this festival-ready anthem built for global dancefloors.🕺 🎶

Listen here👇️
https://t.co/X3B3HKWsD4

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For our latest "My Favorite Album," Brooklyn Klezmer artist Daniella Rabbani told us about her love for Salt-N-Pepa's "Very Necessary" and why its bold, confident sound still resonates with her today.🎵 🔥

Read what she said about it here👇️
https://t.co/nkC3ea67F5

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Rising artist KARLEE GIRL returns with “What Now?,” a melodic new single exploring life’s pivotal moments and uncertainty about the future. 🎶 💙

Listen and read more on our website👇️
https://t.co/GvRDWs3YJo

#karleegirl #newmusic

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🔥 RELEASE RADAR: Post Sex Nachos are going big with their new album, "Big Bad", out everywhere September 18th - and it might be their most vulnerable release yet!

Read the full story on our website here👇️
https://t.co/228ZSAjN7F

Photos by Sophia Bianco

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Eli Derby returns with “Pretty Girl Dangerous,” a new single featuring Bri3. Released via Warner Records, the track blends melodic R&B with atmospheric production and explores the pull of risky attraction. 🎸 🎶

Read more on our website👇️
https://t.co/dFWk5lomx2

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LA-based rising pop artist Seanna Pereira shares why Amy Winehouse's iconic "Back to Black" album continues to influence her songwriting, vulnerability, and approach in the studio.🖤 🎵

Read more about her favorite album choice and career here:
https://t.co/7bwpvcsbCl

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Grace Potter appears in Songs of U.S., delivering a powerful take on Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” alongside a conversation on music’s role in shaping American identity.🎶

Listen now on our website here👇️
https://t.co/MG3dORElJZ

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The Ramones are headed back to the big screen!🤘 🎬️ Magnolia Pictures announced that they will release a brand new 4K restoration of END OF THE CENTURY: THE STORY OF THE RAMONES - available in theaters later this year.

Read here👇️
https://t.co/SQHO6QEwQd

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MC's Staff Picks have officially dropped! This week, we're listening to The Beatles, Man Inc., Black Sabbath, Smashing Pumpkins, and Daniil Trifonov. 🤘 🎧

What to find out which tracks we recommend? 👇

https://t.co/cQnOScpFPx

Beatles photo courtesy of EMI/Wikicommons

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Sawyer Hill just dropped his debut album 'Everybody's Home, Nobody's Happy' via AWAL and MC got the exclusive. "The best that I can hope for is that this album made you feel something, whether that's joy or pain," the artist told us. 🤘
https://t.co/k6ZiRAaBER
📸Silken Weinberg

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Matty Bennett of L.A. dream-pop band Drag Talk told us about his love for his Electro-Harmonix Memory Man in this week's Can't Do Without. "I've leaned on them since forever," says the artist. 🤘 🎧️
https://t.co/hGK547pdyz

#musicgear #MattyBennett #Dragtalk

Photo by Yiyi Wan

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Maggie K. De Monde of British dance-pop act Scarlet Fantastic told us about her Grace Jones experience for The Best Gig I Ever Saw. 🎟️ "I had always known how talented she was but this was absolutely out of this world," says the artist. 🤘
https://t.co/OfWrESAlp7
📸Andrew Payne