Music Connection

Joe Enright of Sugar Bomb told us about his love for a D'Angelo gem in the latest My Favorite Album. Enright describes the D'Angelo LP as "an album that has heavily impacted every aspect of the way I make music." Discover more below 👇️ musicconnection.com/my-favorite-al… 📸 Camilla Calnan

Arena tours don’t usually need a morning show to prove a point—but i-dle took theirs to NBC’s Today anyway. The group used the national broadcast to formally unveil their 2026 WORLD TOUR [Syncopation], pairing the announcement with a performance of “Mono." musicconnection.com/the-live-beat-…

Hit the Decks! it's critically acclaimed producer Tomu DJ! ""I make a lot of different kinds of music grounded in reflecting my inner experience and my relation to the world around me through sound," she says of her sound. 🎧️ 🤘 musicconnection.com/hit-the-decks-… #TomuDJ 📸 Nore Genesis

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Oh noes. Kid Rock is big mad. 🤣

MC's Staff Picks have officially dropped! This week we're listening to Courtney Love & Ginger, The Proclaimers, Meth Wax, and Jacob the Horse—tune in below. 🤘 musicconnection.com/staff-picks-wi… Photo by Tom Edwards, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Solo artist and Echosmith frontwoman Sydney Quiseng told us about her Gibson love in this week's Can't Do Without. "I can’t do without my Gibson L-00 acoustic. Almost every song I write starts with me and an acoustic," says the artist. 🎸🤘 musicconnection.com/sydney-quiseng… 📸 Connor Truax

Bryce Vine is finding out what happens when you flirt with folly on LET'S DO SOMETHING STUPID! "I hope fans get relief from the angst of being young and trying to find themselves in a crazy world," he tells us in this week's Release Radar. musicconnection.com/release-radar-… 📸 Micala Austin

Sparkling rapper Lakeyah has dropped new single "HERSKIII," with a killer video directed by Jaketheshooter. 🎥 🎶 See it and hear it in our Video of the Week 👇 musicconnection.com/video-of-the-w… #MusicConnection #musicnews #musicvideo #musicvisualizer #Lakeyah #HERSKIII 📸 Cameron Perry

After a forced pause in 2025 due to Steve Jones’ wrist injury, the Sex Pistols—Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock—are finally ready to hit the road again, with acclaimed frontman Frank Carter joining the chaos. 🎸 🎟️ 🤘 musicconnection.com/the-live-beat-… Photo by @luiscarbxnell

Hit the Decks! it's multidisciplinary electronic producer Reifier! "I prefer each track to find its own shape, without imposing predefined rules, allowing the creative process to be intuitive rather than strictly planned," she says. 🎧 💽 musicconnection.com/hit-the-decks-… #MusicConnection

This week’s Ear Candy playlist is a celebration of women—these are the kinds of songs that remind us how bold, brilliant, and unstoppable women have always been—across genres, generations, and dance floors. 🎧 Go On, Celebrate The Women In Your Life! 👸 open.spotify.com/playlist/1qmkN…

LA-based singer-songwriter Whitney Whitney told us about her love for a Twenty One Pilots gem in this week's My Favorite Album. "I’d go so far as to say that this album is the reason I’m making the music I’m releasing today," she says. musicconnection.com/my-favorite-al… 📸 Samantha Monendo

MC's Staff Picks have dropped! 🤘This week, we're listening to WILLOW, Essa Almarzouq, Truth Tribunal, Machine Girl, and Blaze Foley. 🎧 Tune in below to discover which tracks we're bopping to👇️ musicconnection.com/staff-picks-wi… #MusicConnection #music #StaffPicks #songrec 📸 Five Towers

Blake Christiana of Yarn told us about his Gibson love for Can't Do Without. "Every night I get at least one person who can't believe how good the guitar sounds, more often than not it's the sound engineer who says it," he says. musicconnection.com/yarn-cant-do-w… 📸 D. Anson Brody

Hit the Decks! it's producer and composer Daskal! "[It's] a blend of melancholic and electronic," he says of his sound. "It’s emotional but optimistic, meditative, and ethereal." 🎧 musicconnection.com/hit-the-decks-… #MusicConnection #music #HittheDecks #musicproducer #Daskal #optimism

MC's Staff Picks have dropped! This week, we're listening to Scarlet Fantastic, Metric, Emperor X, Kenny Rankin. 🤘 Tune in and find out which tracks we recommend 👇 musicconnection.com/staff-picks-wi… 📸 Shandra Stephenson, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

Justin Schaefers has spent a decade as a foundational piece of the indie ensemble puzzle. But in 2026, the musician—who admits he "most likely wanted to be Indiana Jones but couldn't quite crack into archaeology"—is finally unearthing his own artifacts. 🤘 musicconnection.com/release-radar-…

Tyler Lyle of The Midnight told about his CM15 love. "Teenage Engineering has always had this knack for cramming maximum capability into a minimal footprint...That design philosophy is exactly why the CM15 is the one piece of gear I can’t live without." musicconnection.com/the-midnight-c…

Rising R&B star Nali has joined forces with hip-hop force Coi Leray for a sweet soul tune called "Maybe." 💙 🎙️ See it and hear it in MC's Video of the Week 👇 musicconnection.com/video-of-the-w… #MusicConnection #musicmagazine #musicnews #music #musicvideo #Nali #CoiLeray #Maybe

The Boss is clocking back in This spring, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will hit the road for the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour. Springsteen, as usual, is stepping onto these stages with purpose. 🤘 🎟️ musicconnection.com/the-live-beat-… #MusicConnection #BruceSpringsteen