The legendary Scottish indie pop group is releasing its first full-length studio album in almost a decade. Frontman Stuart Murdoch and covocalist Sarah Martin share Belle and Sebastian's journey to A Bit of Previous with The Jakarta Post while reflecting on growing older and learning to reconnect post-lockdown.

Three new releases helped fuel the North American box office this weekend, with animated action-comedy The Bad Guys on top with an estimated $24 million take.

Like Batman forming the Justice League of superheroes, or Iron Man helping assemble the Avengers, comic book editor Scott Dunbier needed to put together a team of stars.

Queen Elizabeth celebrated her 96th birthday at Sandringham House on Thursday as gun salutes rang out across London and Windsor and military bands played "Happy Birthday".

On the band's latest EP,  Abdi Lara Insani, .Feast tells the story of a modern-day messiah from a lionized Javanese prophecy. 

Labelled the "best band in the world" last month at Britain's NME Awards, the Irish five-piece have built up a daunting level of hype in a few short years. 

Queen Elizabeth II turned 96 on Thursday. Here are some of the key moments in her life.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth is being honored with a Barbie doll in her likeness to mark her Platinum Jubilee this year.

United States rapper A$AP Rocky was arrested on Wednesday over a shooting incident last year as he arrived at Los Angeles international airport, police said.

The Indonesian rapper's fourth studio album Cold Cuts sees the Jakarta native freestyling with a new sound as he comes to terms with his past.

Later repaired, the red Gibson's destruction at the French capital's Rock en Seine festival in 2009 was "a cult moment" in music history, said Jonathan Berg, a guitar expert and cofounder of the Artpeges gallery holding the auction.

The superstar cryptically tweeted a link to his announcement in response to another user's missive that "Kendrick Lamar is officially retired."

The American singer-songwriter scored her breakthrough the only way she knew how: by materializing her anger and vulnerability in a snappy pop-punk earworm.

Kim Jong-un oversaw a huge public procession to celebrate the birthday of North Korea's founding leader, state media images showed on Saturday, but the anniversary passed without an anticipated show of military strength.

Two years after the pandemic stymied their debut at the famed Coachella stage, French disco pop band L'Imperatrice is having their California moment.

After a Covid-induced hiatus, Coachella Valley businesses are flourishing with the return of one of music's most-touted events, a boon for the region that counts festivals as key to its economic engine.

Revelers in thong bodysuits, sporting glitter eyeshadow and sheathed in neon partied late into the night as the first Coachella since the pandemic's onset got underway in the California desert.

The mammoth event that takes place over two three-day weekends -- and this year features Billie Eilish, Harry Styles and the Weeknd with EDM stars Swedish House Mafia as headliners -- traditionally kicks off the year's summer concert circuit.

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, that will commence in November, is already much anticipated. However, some notable players whose countries did not make it past the qualifiers won’t be able to take part. Here are a few of them. 

After costly pandemic cancellations, British rock band The Who is back on the road again with The Who Hits Back! tour.

The Cannes Film Festival announced the line-up for its 75th edition with a mix of cult arthouse directors and Hollywood glamour.

A Ramadan TV series dealing with polygamy has sparked a heated debate in Tunisia, an Arab pioneer in women's rights that banned the practice decades ago.

"I got a pregnancy test... and uhhhhh well... I am having a baby," the 40-year-old said on Instagram.

The iconic blue guitar Kurt Cobain rocked out with in Nirvana’s seminal 90s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video is expected to fetch up to US$800,000 when it goes up for auction next month. 

China approved its first batch of new video game licenses in nine months, ending a lengthy freeze that sent jitters through the world's largest gaming market.

Ed Sheeran says he now films his songwriting sessions to try to avoid future copyright claims after winning a high-profile court case this week.

Whether it is veteran groups making a comeback, or younger artists taking risks and evolving their sound, the month of March is not short of Indonesian musical talent

A critically acclaimed revival of the musical Cabaret and a stage adaptation of the hit novel Life of Pi were the big winners at the Olivier Awards on Sunday, scooping the top prizes in Britain's biggest night for theater.

The case pitting the 58-year-old Depp against Heard, 35, will be broadcast live. Both are expected to testify, along with actors James Franco and Paul Bettany -- and billionaire Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk.

Richard Oh, who passed away on Thursday, was a giant in both literature and film. We asked some of the country’s top stars and literary figures to remember his towering legacy.