New York Post — Bono said Coldplay's music "has a different source" than typical rock bands. more info

Stereogum — Travis, the longstanding softspoken Scottish pop-rockers who emerged in the late ’90s wave of bands that held Radiohead’s “High And Dry” as a foundational text, have a new album on the way. L.A. Times, which they’re billing as their most... more info

Stereogum — A couple of weeks ago, the mysterious London electronic pranksters Two Shell posted a track called “✧ Ɉ​ᵾ​ng​Ҟ​ooҟ – Talk To Me” on Bandcamp, and the took it down soon afterward. It was a shivery electronic ballad, and more ve... more info

Stereogum — The new IDLES album TANGK arrives in just a couple days. So far, the Bristol miscreants have shared “Dancer,” “Grace,” and “Gift Horse,” the latter of which they performed on Fallon. Today, they unleashed the video for “Grace,” whi... more info

Consequence Of Sound — Chris Martin gave IDLES his blessing to use the "Yellow" video, and even helped train the AI to make it look more realistic. IDLES Recreate Coldplay’s “Yellow” Music Video Using Deepfake AI for “Grace” Visual: Watch Paolo Ragusa more info

Stereogum — Over the weekend, Coldplay played two shows in the Philippines at a stadium outside of Manila, and on both nights Chris Martin addressed the traffic in the country’s capital. “We’ve seen some traffic, but I think you have the number one in t... more info

Consequence of Sound — The Pharrell-produced album includes guest appearances from Coldplay's Chris Martin along with Sky Ferreira. Beck shares new dreamy album Hyperspace: Stream Robin Bacior more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — On Chris Martin and band's eighth album, they follow in footsteps of Bono and Sting and go globetrotting in search of musical and spiritual inspiration. more info

Dlisted — Damn Chris Martin! He’s (temporarily) neutralized my Gwyneth Paltrow incest jokes with a single blow. Chris’ band Coldplay is doing a nice thing, and even though I’d rather have a grubby toddler who just ate a tuna fish sandwich whisper jokes i... more info

Kings of A&R — Coldplay will stop touring until they can offer ‘environmentally beneficial’ concerts. Frontman Chris Martin told BBC News that they won’t resume touring until they can ensure the tour is carbon neutral. Billie Eilish will make her world world ... more info