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MARTIN CID MAGAZINE This week 7 releases worth your time — swipe →

Spider-Man’s Japanese soundtrack CD is all Giacchino and no

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 01 · MUSIC The domestic Japanese CD of Spider-Man: Brand New Day collects Michael Giacchino’s full 77-minute score, his fourth for Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, but… Read our review →

‘Where Is Gone?’ makes ROSALÍA the first guest voice

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 02 · MUSIC Fontaines D.C. have never shared a song with another singer until now. Their duet with ROSALÍA, the third single from the Dublin… Read our review →

Madrid producer Albert Feiler trades Celtic introspection for drum

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 03 · MUSIC Months after the inward Flower Of Rain, his self-produced single sets a question about modern unhappiness to breakbeats and dream pop Read our review →

YouTube Labels AI-Generated Songs, but the Label Doesn’t Touch

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 04 · MUSIC YouTube Music now flags songs made primarily with generative AI, and the labels are heading to the main YouTube app. What the… Read our review →

YOASOBI’s Blossom theme ‘Sakihokore’ began as a story by

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 05 · MUSIC YOASOBI’s theme for NHK’s morning drama Blossom stacks three writers: Risa Wataya wrote a story for it, Ayase turned it into a… Read our review →

Singer Raye’s Royal Albert Hall Tickets Expose the Hole

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 06 · MUSIC Raye's team checked a bot-flooded sign-up for her Royal Albert Hall show by hand. Britain made bot ticket-buying a crime in 2018… Read our review →

A radio quota written to protect chanson ended up

MARTIN CID MAGAZINE 07 · MUSIC From a weekly TV show and a Pompidou Centre compilation to Skyrock, PNL's self-run label and drill: how French rap built one… Read our review →