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Music Culture

Why Does an Old Album Have a New Release Date?

You know an album is older than the date beside it. Perhaps you owned it at school, yet a listing now gives it a year from the last decade. Check the edition before changing that year. The date beside a particular CD can describe that CD's issue, even if the album had reached listeners years earlier. Suppose the newer listing is for a CD reissue. Its issue year can be useful even though the alb...

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◷ Nov 2, 2026

Music News

My Chemical Romance’s Prelude to The End: Start With the Film, Then Choose the Record

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Björk’s Orkestral: The 2021 Choir Concert Reaches Discs in November

Streaming & Apps

Audacious 4.6.2: Check Your Platform Before Chasing the Radio Fix

Is Strawberry Music Player Right for Your Local Library?

Album Artwork Missing After Picard? Embedded Images vs Folder Covers

Gear

Sennheiser HD 650: Check Your Room and Output Before Buying

Sony MDR-7506: A Source-Based Review for Desk Listening

Koss Porta Pro Buying Guide: Check the Fit, Plug and Listening Space

Audio Guides

Audio Buffer Size: Calculate the Delay Before You Change It

When Should You Use Dither? Follow the Bit-Depth Change

Why Does a Stereo Track Lose Sound in Mono?

Music Culture

Game Score, Soundtrack Album or Radio? Find the Music You Heard

How to Read Vinyl Runout Codes Without Guessing the Pressing

ISRC vs ISWC: Why One Song Can Have Several Recording Codes

Our Concert Radar

Upcoming concerts across the US

  1. Y

    Yebba

    Brooklyn Paramount · New York
  2. Steve Lacy

    Steve Lacy

    Nashville Municipal Auditorium · Nashville
  3. B

    Blake Whiten

    Bowery Ballroom · New York
  4. K

    Khantrast

    Vinyl · Atlanta
  5. Fuerza Regida

    Fuerza Regida

    Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre · Denver
  6. S

    STELLA LEFTY

    The Fonda Theatre · Los Angeles
  7. SIENNA SPIRO

    SIENNA SPIRO

    Showbox SoDo · Seattle
  8. B

    BigXthaPlug

    Rough Trade · New York
  9. A

    A.R. Rahman

    New Jersey Performing Arts Center · New York
  10. S

    Sugarland

    F&M Bank Arena · Nashville

Times are local to each venue. Apple Music concerts ↗

Photo credits
  • Steve Lacy: C Elliott · CC0. Cropped/resized.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Lacy_@_Rialto_Theatre.jpghttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
  • Fuerza Regida: Floppykart · CC BY 2.0. Cropped/resized.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fuerza_Regida_-_Capital_One_Arena_(2024-10-19)_(4).jpeghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
  • SIENNA SPIRO: Danielle Ernst · CC BY 4.0. Cropped/resized.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sienna_Spiro_2025.jpghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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