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👇️ musicconnection.com/hatebree… #hatebreed #blkiiblk #musicconnection #metalcore

Shining a DIY Spotlight on Andrea Magee🎵 Read her full spotlight here👇️ musicconnection.com/shining-… #musicconnecton #andreamagee #diy #irish #diyartist

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👇️ musicconnection.com/nicole-a… #nicolealexis #altacoustic #signed

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: musicconnection.com/an-out-t… #yangzhang

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👇️ musicconnection.com/four-of-… Story by Andy Kaufmann

Art meets sound in Donna and Mark Isham's Alchemical romance.🎨 🎶 Read the full story on our website here👇️ musicconnection.com/a-look-a…

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: musicconnection.com/slayyyte…...

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👇️ musicconnection.com/99999999…

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👇️ musicconnection.com/my-favor…

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👇️ musicconnection.com/karlee-g… #karleegirl #newmusic

🔥 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👇️ musicconnection.com/release-… Photos by Sophia Bianco

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👇️ musicconnection.com/eli-derb…

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: musicconnection.com/my-favor…

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👇️ musicconnection.com/grace-po…

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👇️ musicconnection.com/magnolia…

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? 👇 musicconnection.com/staff-pi… Beatles photo courtesy of EMI/Wikicommons

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. 🤘 musicconnection.com/release-… 📸Silken Weinberg

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. 🤘 🎧️ musicconnection.com/drag-tal… #musicgear #MattyBennett #Dragtalk Photo by Yiyi Wan

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. 🤘 musicconnection.com/the-best… 📸Andrew Payne

Louisiana rapper H3adband has released new EP 'BANDBOY,' and he's simultaneously dropped new video "EXOTIC." 🎥 🎶 🤘 See it and hear is in MC's Video of the Week 👇 musicconnection.com/video-of… #MusicConnection #musicvideo #H3adband #BANDBOY #EXOTIC Photo credit One Nine Singleton