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Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien has finally released his spectral song, “Abbeycwmhir,” which was previously only available on an exclusive seven-inch vinyl. The song arrives two months after the release of O’Brien’s sophomore solo record Blue Morpho. “Abbeycwmhir” takes its name from a village in Powys, Wales, the Welsh translating to “Abbey in the Long Valley” in English. The brooding, ambient track opens with a chorus of ghostly layered voices as O’Brien’s guitar breaks through a cloud ambient swirls and flourishes. The guitarist revealed he battled depression and a “mid-life crisis” spurred by the Covid pandemic while making Blue Morpho in…
On the opening night of their three-date, sold-out residency at Wembley Stadium, Gerard Way and his merry band of ghouls delivered a theatrical rock spectacle, blurring the lines between musical performance, political satire, and a full-scale stage production. With help from opera singers and lashings of pyro, the band had the crowd bending to their will before the famous G note of “Welcome to the Black Parade” was even played. My Chemical Romance's loyal fans are no strangers to the extreme, and marked the occasion by decking out the stadium in military jackets and black eyeliner across a 75,000-strong crowd.…
After covering songs by Ratt and Skid Row on last year's Space Brainthe gritty singer-songwriter embraces the twang on Discount Country Alex Williams turned heads back in 2017 with his outlaw country debut Better Than Myself. Since then, he's been grinding it out on the road, and last year indulged in a hair-metal side quest with Space Brainan album of country-fied covers of Ratt, Poison, and Skid Row songs. It was a fun listen, with Williams shining a light on the strong songwriting behind a genre once dismissed as vacuous. Now, however, the Indiana native is returning to the sounds…
Don't worry about Bill Ward, he's doing just fine. The Black Sabbath drummer, 78, issued an update via social media on Thursday informing fans that if they see him out and about in a wheelchair, well, that's just being 78. Nothing to worry about. “I've reached a place where publicly more and more I need to use a wheelchair, mostly in airports, or public events,” he wrote on Instagram. “I can still walk, let there be no doubt, but I can't walk very far without needing to rest, meaning I need to sit down.” The drummer started using a wheelchair,…
Getdown Services have shared the “saddest song we’ve ever written” – check it out below. The downbeat single ‘Cha Cha Slide’ from the Bristol disco-duo follows ‘I Can’t Die Like That’ from their upcoming second album ‘Massive Champion’. The record follows on from the recent NME cover stars‘ 2023 cult classic debut ‘Crisps’. It is set for release on August 14 via Breakfast Records and is available to pre-order here. “This song is about the feeling of everyone else somehow knowing what to do. It’s about a feeling I’d get as a child that has never quite left me; that…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. France is facing its most serious test of the World Cup so far as it takes on Morocco on Thursday. France had mostly made the World Cup look easy, handily beating all of its opponents by at least two goals. That was, until it faced a surprisingly strong Paraguay, which it beat thanks to a penalty kick from Kylian Mbappé. At a Glance: How to Watch France vs. Morocco Morocco has also yet to lose a game during…
Sony Music has announced plans to shutter a Minneapolis warehouse that processes merch for punk bands, prompting its staff to accuse the company of union-busting, See/Saw reports. Workers at Kings Road Merch—which acts as a supplier for punk luminaries including Rancid, Descendents, Dropkick Murphys, and Converge—had unanimously voted to unionize on May 11 this year, citing pay discrepancies and unfair contracts. Sony formally announced the warehouse’s closure on June 23, hours before the company’s first scheduled bargaining session with the union.A Sony representative told Pitchfork that, by the time unionization plans came to Sony’s attention, its decision to close the…
Late last summer, Nick Kivlen was at home in the Hollywood Hills, trying to figure out what to do with all the music he'd been making. The Sunflower Bean guitarist had spent the past two months writing and recording dozens of new songs, painstakingly tracking every instrument and vocal part on his own. The only thing missing was a set of drums, and a place to bang on them without bothering anyone. “Eventually, I was just like, 'I'm going to go to my neighbor's house, borrow his kit, and take it to Julia's,'” Kivlen, 31, recalls. “'Even if it sounds…
Photo by Giada Stanzian Click here to see the photos of SFERA EBBASTA in MILAN or browse the gallery below Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 July, Sfera Ebbasta return to San Siro for a double date in Milan, two years after the sold-out double that marked his debut in the stadiums. The rapper born in 1992 in Cinisello Balsamo returns live with these two dates in Milan and the zero date at the Allianz Stadium in Turin for his new project $€LEBRAT10N Tour Summer 2026created to celebrate his first ten years of career. Sfera Ebbasta in concert at the San…
They didn't specify where, they simply wrote “it just happened in London”. It probably happened at the presentation event for the new Rolling Stones album Foreign Tongues which was held yesterday at the St. Clement Hotel.The fact is that Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood unexpectedly appeared on the small stage with the Stones' language in the background. Accompanied by keyboardist Mike Clifford, they made an acoustic version of Ringing Hollowone of the pieces of Foreign Tongues (read the review here) still unreleased in which Jagger sings that “the Statue of Liberty doesn't make a great impression with a tear in…
