All photo credits belong to Benoit Rousseau and Osheaga.
Photo Gallery: Luidji at Montreal’s Osheaga on August 1, 2025
All photo credits belong to Benoit Rousseau and Osheaga.
Photo Gallery: La Femme at Montreal’s Osheaga on August 1, 2025
All photo credits belong to Benoit Rousseau and Osheaga.
Photo Gallery: Jorja Smith at Montreal’s Osheaga on August 1, 2025
All photo credits belong to Benoit Rousseau and Osheaga.
Photo Gallery: Joey Valence & Brae at Montreal’s Osheaga on August 1, 2025
All photo credits belong to Benoit Rousseau and Osheaga
Photo Gallery: Group Project at Montreal’s Osheaga on August 1, 2025
All photo credits belong to Tim Snow and Osheaga.
Elton John Receives QVC’s First-Ever Icon Award for Home Fragrance Innovation
QVC announced that legendary musician, humanitarian, and retail innovator Elton John will be honored with QVC’s first-ever Icon Award. This award is to recognize his exceptional impact on the world of home fragrance and his innovative collaboration with Slatkin + Co.
The QVC Icon Award was established to celebrate individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the QVC community through innovation, creativity, and a commitment to excellence that aligns with QVC’s core values. Elton’s business partner and friend, Harry Slatkin of Slatkin + Co., nominated him for this award that recognizes trailblazers whose vision and talent have transformed product experiences.
“Elton John’s unique ability to connect with our customers and bring his creative vision to life through our platform has resulted in the kind of success that is as remarkable as he is,” said Mara Sirhal, Chief Merchandising Officer, QVC and HSN. “The QVC Icon Award celebrates not only his achievements in retail, but his ability to bridge the worlds of entertainment and commerce in a way that resonates with, and is appreciated by, our QVC customer.”
The award follows Elton’s remarkable success with QVC, which includes a high performance for his Today’s Special Value (TSV) offer and standout sales across his collection.. “You had an amazing launch,” noted Harry Slatkin, founder of Slatkin + Co., during a recent interview. “Over 5 billion views, and we sold 350,000 candles, it was a tremendous day.”
“This is a fantastic honor,” replied Elton. “I usually receive awards for my music; so, this is genuinely a first for me. It was such a pleasure putting this collection together and creating such sensational scents for everyone to enjoy.”
Elton John’s second collection with Slatkin + Co. is available exclusively on QVC here.
Foster The People Teams Up with MPH for ‘See You In the Afterlife’ Remix
RIAA Multi-Platinum and Diamond-certified group Foster The People have joined forces with fast-rising UKG/Bassline producer MPH for the exhilarating “See You In the Afterlife (MPH Remix).”
The new rendition of this standout track fuses the band’s genre-bending sound with MPH’s new wave of UK Garage & House. This remix collaboration is a bold statement on the band’s evolving identity. As they continue to fuse shimmering synths with introspective lyrics, Foster The People prove they’re at the forefront of the dance-alternative crossover. The remix was a staple element of their afterparty DJ sets after a select number of Paradise State of Mind tour dates this past spring, and continues to energize the dance floor as they approach a few different summer afterparties.
The original version of “See You In The Afterlife” is one of the many highlights found on Foster The People’s acclaimed new album, Paradise State of Mind. The track was recently joined by a hauntingly powerful official double-feature music video alongside a second standout track from the album, “Feed Me.” Directed by Weird Life Films’ Laura Gordon, Jackson James & Ryan Ohm and co-starring Foster The People lead singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Mark Foster alongside his 3x Emmy Award-winning wife, Julia Garner (Ozark, The Fantastic Four: First Steps) as themselves, “See You In The Afterlife / Feed Me” is streaming now.
“These videos are transmissions from somewhere between a fever dream and a digital afterlife,” says Mark Foster. “If ‘See You In The Afterlife’ is a satirical take on what life feels like now, ‘Feed Me’ is the hell that follows. It was interesting to tie these two songs together in a short to explore the two sides of consumption – the dopamine rush of intake, and the void that follows.
“Filming ‘Feed Me’ with Julia felt like stepping into a lucid hallucination – a secret world stitched together by static and memory. One where fear and desire intersect and the result is something beautiful and deeply unsettling. The line between the digital and the divine is thinner, and stranger, than we think.”
Lord Huron Releases ‘The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1’ Featuring Kristen Stewart and Kazu Makino
 Lord Huron – the project of Los Angeles-based songwriter, musician and visual artist Ben Schneider – announces The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1, their new album out now along with the new single, “Looking Back.” Known for creating “atmospheric music of exquisite craft” (Wall Street Journal), the band began teasing the new album over the last few months with singles/videos, “Who Laughs Last” and “Nothing I Need,” which is currently in the Top 10 at Adult Alternative radio.
The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1, Lord Huron’s fifth album, was written and co-produced by Schneider. Alongside Schneider are his band members Tom Renaud, Mark Barry and Miguel Brise-o, and a host of collaborators, including actress Kristen Stewart (on “Who Laughs Last”) and Blonde Redhead’s Kazu Makino (on “Fire Eternal”). The album title references the mysterious machine featured on the cover art. Schneider asks: “What if you could choose your fate like choosing a song on a jukebox? What if your finger slipped and you got the B-side instead? What if you misunderstood the meaning of the dang song to begin with?”
Lord Huron’s most recent release “Looking Back” also serves as the album’s magnetic opener. Schneider’s voice glows over misty instrumentation: shuffling guitar, ethereal harp, and luminous cello. There’s an eerie throughline in his lyrics: “Something changed the day you left and I’ll never know just what // I’ll spend my whole life looking up and wondering who I am // Something tells me you and I will never meet again // Gonna see if I can live outside the lines of my body and mind.”
Expanding on the song’s theme, Schneider notes, “The weight of your past can distort your present and future, the way massive celestial objects warp the fabric of the universe. Like a bowling ball on a trampoline. This song wonders if it’s possible to let go, or if looking back is a fundamental law of existence.”
Dierks Bentley Shares New Song ‘Standing in the Sun’ from Upcoming Album ‘Broken Branches’
Multi-Platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley’s newest offering “Standing in the Sun” burns with the simple, life-giving power of true love.
Written by Kyle Sturrock, the track opens with a sparse guitar while Bentley’s signature gravel grounds the lyrics building into a full blown effort laced with emotion and gratitude. Bentley recently captured a single video take of the track just as the sun rose over his farm just outside of Nashville.
“This is one of those songs that I never in a million years could have written on my own, but I’m so glad someone in this town did and gave me temporary custody of it for awhile,” said Bentley. “Love is such a classic theme in country music, but Kyle was able to write it in a way that is so personal to me… it’s the way I feel it. And, I love how sonically it builds to feel like a sunrise, tying back to the lyric of the song.”
BROKEN BRANCHES marks Bentley’s 11th studio album and fittingly features 11 new tracks, including the already Top 30 lead single “She Hates Me.” Hailed for linking “country’s roots to its present in the most seamless and timeless-feeling manner possible” (Tennessean), Bentley whittled down his essential sound to its rooted and most resolute. The album finds a proud broken branch celebrating the outliers of country life – and of country music – embracing unruly characters wherever they’re found, ultimately adding beauty to the whole. It includes collaborations with Miranda Lambert, John Anderson, Riley Green and Stephen Wilson Jr., with its early-released tracks already catching the attention of fans and critics. “Cold Beer Can” has been praised as “a song that celebrates fixing things – from busted alternators to broken hearts” (Rolling Stone) while the “refreshing, very bluegrass-driven” (Country Central) “Well Well Whiskey” finds Bentley doubling down on what makes his music stick: well crafted songs with dynamic musicianship and a commitment to doing things a little differently.
He counts eight Number One albums, 22 Number One songs, and over nine billion global streams to his credit – plus 15 Grammy nominations and membership in the historic Grand Ole Opry. Continuing the path built from the ground up, as an entrepreneur, Bentley has four locations of the gastropub and live music venue “Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row,” has a Flag & Anthem lifestyle collection “Desert Son” and recently released ROW 94 – a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey crafted with only “three ingredients and the truth” at Kentucky’s Green River Distilling Co.