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Four days after Say Anything’s Max Bemis cancelled a series of acoustic performances amid allegations he sent inappropriate messages to underage fans, Wavves’ Nathan Williams has weighed in on the status of the duo’s upcoming collab album, Cherry Soda.“Going back into the studio on Monday and I will finish this as a proper wavves album,” Williams wrote on Instagram. “I’ll have more announcements soon.”Accusations of inappropriate behavior by Bemis were first raised last month, when alleged flirtatious messages with two teenaged fans were shared to the Say Anything subreddit. In response, Williams wrote on his Patreon, “I don’t want to…
Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten has revealed why he wore the shirt of Cwmbran Celtic football club during the band’s headline set at Reading Festival 2026 this weekend. The frontman donned the green and white jersey as he delivered an epic headline set at Reading – where they aired out new singles ‘Six Shot Morning’ and ‘Marianne’ from upcoming album ‘Dopamine Chamber’, and faced some technical issues that cut their set short. The shirt was the design made in collaboration with Mogwai, which launched last month as the Scottish post-rock icons – as well as Super Furry Animals, Panic Shack, and…
A federal judge has sided with Bad Bunny, Drake, and a host of other superstar artists and reversed an earlier ruling that had cleared the way for a trial with potentially broad implications for the reggaeton genre. In the new ruling obtained by Rolling Stone, the judge said lawyers for Bad Bunny persuaded him that he erred in a decision last July when he found that a jury should decide whether an estimated 1,800 reggaeton songs by more than 100 artists infringed the composition copyright held by Cleveland “Clevie” Browne and the heirs of Wycliffe “Steely” Johnson for the 1989…
By the time the 2026 installment of Appleton, Wisconsin’s four-day Mile of Music festival concluded earlier this month, more than 600 performances had been staged throughout the burgeoning music town. Everyone plays here: from roots-rockers and folk troubadours to alt-rock bands and blues singers. For this 13th edition, Will Hoge, Dave Hause and the Mermaid, Good Boy Daisy, the Saint Cecilia, Leon Timbo, Ruby James, Christopher Gold, and the Braymores, who just a day earlier wowed Lollapalooza, were some of the breakout acts, along with perennial Mile favorites like Cory Chisel, Bascom Hill, and Jamie Kent. “Mile of Music is…
Early last year, Blackpink rapper and singer Lisa stepped into the spotlight on her own with Alter Ego, her debut solo album. She had explored solo projects in smaller endeavors before, like the 2021 EP Lalisa, but a full-length was a much bigger undertaking. Lisa captured the pressure and lessons that came with the experience in the documentary film Always Lalisa, arriving in theaters internationally on Oct. 12. Directed by Sue Kim, Always Lalisa follows Lisa as she builds her solo career outside of Blackpink while balancing global stardom and personal developments in the public eye. Her journey includes not…
A flash flood that struck Nepal last week has left over 1,000 people dead, and thousands more are missing. A landslide that was first thought to be the result of an earthquake actually looks to have resulted from a confluence of events surrounding part of a glacier breaking free at a high altitude, along with the loose earth surrounding it. Researchers around the world are using satellite imagery to try to understand what happened. Video of the flood quickly spread online, though some had been fabricated by AI. Legitimate footage showed torrents of water sweeping through a valley. After the…
Djrum has barely taken a breath since returning in spectacular fashion with the EP Meaning’s Edge in late 2024. Within two years, the British producer has released the stellar Under Tangled Silence, various remixes, and, just last month, another EP, I Wander. Now, he is completing the cycle with a DJ-Kicks mix, set for release on October 16 via the series’ !K7 home. Among the 33 tracks are exclusives from Skee Mask and Clark (plus—curveball!—the Raincoats deep cut “Only Loved at Night”). There are also four new Djrum originals; listen to one of them, “Psychic Video,” below.Djrum recorded the album…
Aussie indie upstarts Radio Free Alice caught up with NME backstage at Reading 2026 to talk about Anglophile sound, playing with “genius” Cameron Winter and Geese, plans to move to London, and what to expect from their “coming of age” debut album ‘What’s In Between’. After smashing an early afternoon set in The Gallery set – one of our highlights of the weekend – frontman Noah Learmonth, drummer Lochie Dowd and guitarist Jules Paradiso came and sat on the NME couch where they they reflected on their set and the “hefty weight” that comes with playing a festival with the…
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift wanted their wedding to be “intimate and genuine,” Kelce said on the first episode of his New Heights podcast since the July 3 ceremony. Naturally, they went with the most famous arena in the world. Madison Square Garden perplexed some spectators as a venue choice, but it made perfect sense to Kelce and Swift. “We needed it to be a private feel and MSG went above and beyond to give us that,” Kelce said. The athlete didn’t spill too many details about what happened in the room, which was populated by guests including Brad Pitt,…
Film, which premieres this month at TIFF, also features the Police’s Stewart Copeland, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith The trailer for Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple, a new official documentary about the late Rush drummer premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 16, shows his bandmates, peers, and musicians who cite him as an influence coming together to discuss his legacy. The Police’s Stewart Copeland, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Tool’s Danny Carey, and Porcupine Tree’s Gavin Harrison jam with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson with breaks for reminiscences. “I remember thinking there’s no way this…
