Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or fewer and are subject to editing for grammar and clarity. Publication is at ...

Google AI music generator Lyria 3 is now available on the Gemini app. It works—mostly—but the competition has a big head start.

This is one of the most replayed Apollo moments for a reason: it sounds wrong. The astronauts reach the far side, lose contact with Earth, and suddenly there’s “weird music” on the line. Some say it ...

Getting signed to a major label with two albums full of “dick and fart” jokes doesn’t seem like something achievable for most ...

People of Note is as wonderfully artistic as it is fun to play with its synergy of music-focused turn-based combat and an ...

Words for a better world Sun Ra has a way with words – a strange celestial way. Like the rest of us, he uses them to communicate. But what he communicates ...

Sparks flew at Exhibition White City as London show was cut short by technical failure and evacuation ending the Valentine’s ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

The number of New Zealanders who speak te reo Māori grew 15% from 2018 to 2023 – and the nation’s artists are reflecting this ...

Year-end season is normally all about positivity—publications pick their favorite albums and songs from the previous 12 months, and then we all argue over placements and omissions. “Where’s __?” is an ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Merch inspired by the Alien franchise is often hugely popular, something we were reminded of ...