Random music news for Saturday, September 12, 2026

This could be useful. Amazon Prime starting to use AI to better lip-sync dubbed films. Dialogue will seem more natural. I can get behind that. As for music news for September 12, 2026…

1. It’s time for the Toronto International Film Festival again. There will be plenty of music starts in attendance.
2. Meta continues to let child SA abuse material slip through in India.
3. Meanwhile, Live Nation is on board a with Meta’s new Muse AI program when it comes to discovering music and concerts.
4. Your Apple Watch might soon summarize your whole day using AI.
5. Apple Maps is getting ads–and you can’t turn them off. (Via Rick J)
6. This could be very interesting and useful: A company called MusiMap which employs an advanced analytical tool called “music intelligence.”
7. And within all the announcements from Apple this week. we learned that Shazam’s music identification magic has some new features.
8. This interesting: An official code of conduct for music festivals.
9. Here’s a look at Melissa Auf Der Maur’s photo exhibit currently running in Toronto. If you’re 90s kid, you’ll want to see this.
10. Can Calgary become “Nashville North?”
11. Is the thing that comes after K-pop K-rock? I just might be.
12. What are “smart media albums?” Whatever they are, Billboard is going to start keeping track of them for its charts.
13. Think radio is dead? Nope. Read this.
14. Congratulations to The Beaches! They’ve got their first gold single.
15. And Dolly Parton has her first top ten album in Canada.

BONUS: GOAT font. Here’s what that means.