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Our band could be your life Real names'd be proof Me and Mike Watt played for years Punk rock changed our lives “Our band could be your life. Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991” (2002) – translated into Italy by Carlo Bordone for Arcana – is one of the bibles of Anglophone rock music. Michael Azerrad – journalist author of the Nirvana biography (“Come As You Are”, 1993), then editor of Bob Mould's autobiography (“See a Little Light”, 2011) – traces the parables of the seminal bands of the genre, reaching up to the fateful 1991, “the year punk…

The South Asian diaspora witnessed a wave of musical innovation in the early 1980s, producing a number of records that would go on to earn landmark status. In Calgary, recent college graduate Rupa Sen was visiting her brother when composer Aashish Khan heard her singing and asked her to provide vocals for what would become Disco Jazz, a frenzied disco-rock-funk record that would eventually gain a following via YouTube’s suggested videos feature in the mid-2010s. In Southhall, 22-year-old Kuljit Bhamra was using the first Roland synthesizer created and a CR-8000 drum machine to make disco and funk beats. His mother,…

The Bear paid tribute to legendary director and actor Rob Reiner during its final episode. In the last episode of the hit FX series, “The Original Beef of Chicagoland,” line cook Ebra (Edwin Lee Gibson) calls restaurant consultant Albert Schnurr (Reiner) to deliver good news about the eatery's future. “Albert, we are in business,” Ebra says into his phone. “It's perfect. I will have all the documents, email it to you immediately. Anything else I can do?” While viewers don't hear Albert on the other end of the call, Ebra pauses and then says, “As you wish,” quoting Cary Elwes'…

I Depeche Mode, in quarant’anni di onorata carriera, hanno dimostrato di essere una formidabile macchina da singoli, specie negli anni 80 e 90 in cui riuscivano a sfornare classici a ripetizione con una disinvoltura imbarazzante. Tuttavia, guai a limitarsi solo ed esclusivamente ai singoli. I Depeche Mode hanno sempre pubblicato album totalmente all’altezza dei loro brani più famosi e radiofonici. Siatene certi: quando i loro singoli erano dei capolavori, anche le restanti canzoni dell’album lo erano e questo elenco cercherà una volta per tutte di dimostrarlo. I venti brani non sono stati messi in ordine di preferenza, ma semplicemente in…

It's the end of 2007, a day like any other. In the CD player of Johnny Wilks, responsible sales&marketing of the London label Snapper Music, plays the demo of a new album: it is “Tightly Unwound”, the seventh by the British band Pineapple Thief. It was Steven Wilson, leader of Porcupine Tree and the label's workhorse, who recommended listening to it. The album is valid, very valid, and seems perfect for taking a step that has been taking shape in Wilks' mind for a while: creating a space that can act as a home for other projects at the border…

Melissa Auf der Maur has announced a new book, titled My ’90s Rock Photographs. Find all the details below. The former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist will publish the hardback, 240-page collection on September 8 via DelMonico Books and the Art Gallery Of Ontario. Pre-order here. Boasting a selection of 200 photos, the forthcoming book is described as “a photographic love letter to the last analogue decade”. Fans can expect an “intimate” look at the alt-rock scene and the independent spirit of the ’90s. The project includes candid shots of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain‘s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, as…

As predicted, the Toronto Maple Leafs selected Gavin McKenna with their first overall pick at the 2026 NHL Draft on Friday. To some surprise, however, longtime Leafs fan and famed Canadian singer Justin Bieber was on hand to make the official announcement. “Mr. McKenna, we would like to draft you to the Toronto Maple Leafs,” Bieber declared from the draft stage at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Naturally, McKenna, a native of Whitehorse, Yukon, walked up to the star's hit song “Yukon.” During his post-draft interview with Bieber, McKenna, who will join the team after a solid season…

Okay, I might have lied. The “Miami Vice” theme never goes out of style. And the combo vaporwave+synthwave it may have made the wildest synthetic pomposities of the 1980s less repulsive than they were some time ago. But better this way. In the late careers of rock bigs seventies and between them one-hit wonder never transmitted across the ocean, there are dazzling pearls that tell of an era in which stadium rock he had no problem taking possession of the most futuristic cars on the market, a flirt with dance, new wave and power pop and to push the pedal…

La Roux has shared her new single ‘Babyline’ from her upcoming album ‘Old Flames’ – listen to it below. Unlike her comeback single the R&B-tinged ‘Cabin Fever’, this anthemic synth driven track treads more familiar territory and wouldn’t sound out of place on her 2009 self-titled debut. “‘Babyline’ is about finding your way out of the woods and back to yourself. ‘Cabin Fever’ was very much the start of my story and ‘Babyline’ is where I ended up and where I continue to be. Happier, lighter, braver,” the singer said. A press released added: “It’s a sun-soaked masterclass in pop…

Summer in music. A classic, to be declined in many different emotional nuances. It's not just the sunny season of Californian surfing and sunshine popwalks on the shore and the saudade. Psychedelic estrangements, mystical ceremonies, poolside dances, but also widespread nostalgia and melancholy lurk under the hot sun. A theme that has fascinated musicians of disparate genres in every era. Here then, to wish you a happy August holiday, this is ours playlist-monsters of fifty songs that contain the term “summer” in the title. There is the endless summer of dreams sixtiesideally embodied by the golden California of the Beach…