Music News

Trump welcomes Kid Rock to White House for executive order targeting ticket scalpers and ticket purchase bots. apnews.com

FKA Twigs‘ remaining North American tour dates in April have been cancelled due to “ongoing visa issues.” rollingstone.com

The Hives return with "a new record so full of energy, joy, anger and life that you will be questioning reality as you have known it." billboard.com

Sum 41 was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. youtube.com

Eminem is a grandpa. globalnews.ca

Tate McRae sweeps and snubs the 2025 Juno Awards. billboard.com

Judas Priest‘s Richie Faulkner struggles to play sometimes due to brain damage. rollingstone.com

New Music

Popular artists and chart-topping tracks.

Ed Sheeran (56.1M subscribers) - “Azizam” (genre: electronic, pop, synth-pop) youtube.com 

Drake (30.7M subscribers) - “NOKIA” (genre: hip hop, gangsta, crunk) youtube.com 

Skrillex (20.3M subscribers) - “F*CK U SKRILLEX YOU THINK UR ANDY WARHOL BUT UR NOT!!” (genre: electronic, dubstep, drum n bass) youtube.com 

Miley Cyrus (19.6M subscribers) - “Something Beautiful” (genre: pop, rock, downtempo) youtube.com 

Elton John feat. Brandi Carlile (4.81M subscribers) - “Little Richard's Bible” (genre: rock, pop rock) youtube.com 

Grace VanderWaal (3.43M subscribers) - “Fade” (genre: electronic, experimental, downtempo) youtube.com 

BABYMETAL feat. Poppy (3.26M subscribers) - “from me to u” (genre: rock, progressive metal, deathcore) youtube.com 

Token (1.05M subscribers) - “Feral” (genre: hip hop, grime, horrorcore) youtube.com 

BigXthaPlug feat. Bailey Zimmerman (1.02M subscribers) - “All The Way” (genre: hip hop, trap, thug rap, country) youtube.com 

Rise Against (997K subscribers) - “Prizefighter” (genre: rock, alternative rock, post-punk) youtube.com 

The Marías (943K subscribers) - “Back To Me” (genre: rock, ambient, dream pop) youtube.com 

Lights (365K subscribers) - “SURFACE TENSION” (genre: electronic, synth-pop, electroclash) youtube.com 

Carpetman feat. Black Soil (268K subscribers) - “Let It Burn” (genre: electronic, ambient, electro) youtube.com 

Wet Leg (218K subscribers) - “SURFACE TENSION” (genre: electronic, alternative rock, electroclash) youtube.com 

Cyn (202K subscribers) - “Sink Your Teeth In Your Tongue” (genre: electronic, synth-pop, pop rock) youtube.com 

The Unlikely Candidates (170K subscribers) - “Fingers Crossed” (genre: rock, indie rock, pop rock) youtube.com 

MiG Arogan (100K subscribers) - “Bloody Mary” (genre: hip hop, gangsta, thug rap) youtube.com 

Hot Milk (58.2K subscribers) - “Swallow This” (genre: rock, chiptune, alternative rock, pop punk) youtube.com 

Durry (41.7K subscribers) - “This Movie Sucks” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com 

Dexter and The Moonrocks (33.4K subscribers) - “Say I…” (genre: rock, alternative rock, post-metal, doom metal) youtube.com 

Danko Jones (26.7K subscribers) - “What You Need” (genre: rock, alternative rock, pub rock) youtube.com 

Found Music

Artists with smaller followings on YouTube.

Momma (12.4K subscribers) – “Rodeo” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com

Scowl (9.19K subscribers) – “Fantasy” (genre: rock, alternative rock, punk) youtube.com

SUN Brutal Pop (7.31K subscribers) – “Krystal Metal” (genre: rock, alternative rock, psychedelic rock) youtube.com

Anika (5.29K subscribers) – “Oxygen” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com

Lost Hearts (2.91K subscribers) – “Gone Too Far” (genre: rock, alternative rock, hard rock) youtube.com

Meerkat (1.48K subscribers) – “Patroklos” (genre: rock, alternative rock, gothic metal) youtube.com

BRKN LOVE (772 subscribers) – “Cruel” (genre: rock, alternative rock, indie rock) youtube.com

BRONSON ARM (532 subscribers) – “Permitted To Be Omitted” (genre: rock, sludge metal, hardcore) youtube.com

MANØRS (497 subscribers) – “Dread” (genre: rock, alternative rock, gothic metal) youtube.com

KANNER (281 subscribers) – “GRASS IS GREENER” (genre: pop, electronic, dance-pop) youtube.com

Covers & Remixes

Classified, Ria Mae, and JRDN reimagine “In Too Deep” by Sum 41 youtube.com

Winnetka Bowling League covers the Deftones’s “My Own Summer” youtube.com

Halocene covers Linkin Park’s “Over Each Other” youtube.com

First To Eleven covers Bon Jovi’s “It's My Life” youtube.com

Little V covers Evanescence’s “Afterlife” youtube.com

Geoff Castellucci covers Bob Seger’s “Turn The Page” youtube.com

This Is My Jam This Week

The Hives (151K Subscribers) - “Enough Is Enough” (genre: rock, alternative rock, post punk) youtube.com

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