Author: Press Room
“Dance has become a vital part of my live performances over the last few years,” Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas said in 2019 while announcing The Sun Still Burns Here, a collaborative show with choreographer Kate Wallich. That quote certainly didn’t come as a surprise to longtime fans of Hadreas, nor will his next project, The Lesson, which sees him reunite with Wallich for “a live music and dance performance” inspired by The Piano Teacher (both the Elfriede Jelinek novel and its Michael Haneke adaptation). The work features a score from Hadreas and is led by single “Natural High,” the first…
Action star Dolph Lundgren said he considered “legal suicide” while deep in a cancer battle that he ultimately overcame after his doctors realized he’d been misdiagnosed. Lundgren, best known for films like Rocky IV, Universal Soldier, and The Expendables, detailed the experience in his new memoir, Fights Worth Fighting: Finding Strength in Struggle (via Entertainment Weekly). The actor and martial artist was diagnosed with cancer after doctors extracted a tumor from his kidney in 2015. Over the next several years, he underwent regular scans and seemed fine, but then, in 2020, doctors found additional tumors, including his liver. At the…
Krill, the Boston-formed indie rockers who recently reunited in Chicago, have lined up their first LP in a decade. Returning to longtime label Exploding in Sound, the band will release Secret Language on November 13. Watch the Heavenly Tedious-directed video for new song “Dominate”—which follows their July comeback single “Commemorative Plaque”—below.Singer-bassist Jonah Furman says in a press release, “‘Dominate’ is a song about growing up in the 90s and 00s in the heart of empire, the violence of wanting to win, how we teach our children to want to dominate others, a US TV culture of watching gladiator-like scenes of…
Hayden Panettiere died from the toxic effects of fentanyl and other drugs, with the Greenville County Coroner’s Office also ruling the actress’ death an accident. Along with fentanyl, the coroner found traces of Alprazolam (more commonly known as Xanax), the muscle relaxant Methocarbamol, and Quetiapine, which is mainly used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but can be used to treat depression. The statement from the coroner’s office — released over a month after Panettiere died unexpectedly at the age of 36 — reiterated that an autopsy found no signs of trauma that would have contributed to her death. At…
Mike D reunited with Beastie Boys collaborators Money Mark and Mix Master Mike at a gig in LA last night (September 21). The trio reunited for a rendition of 1992 single ‘So What’cha Want’ at The Belasco at the end of Mike D’s set. Opening with Mark on keyboard, they launched into the track before leaping in the air throughout. You can view foootage below. Mark was best known for working with the Beastie Boys on their albums from 1992-2011 while Mike also worked on a number of their albums and is currently the band’s resident DJ. During his set,…
B ill Burr would like to make one thing crystal clear: He never wanted to be “the angry guy.” Oh, the legendary stand-up knows that he has a reputation as someone who can rage with the best of them. His unparalleled ability to vent his spleen onstage and on his twice-weekly Monday Morning Podcast, which Burr started way back in 2007, has long fueled his popularity. “Believe me, dude,” the 58-year-old comedian says, “I can blow my top like anybody. I can still lose my shit. I’ve got 50-something years of practice of that.” But Burr has been working on…
Charlotte Church has hit out at Ed Sheeran over the Macklemore row saying the former “chose consumerism and capitalism over doing the right thing”. Ahead of a cover of ‘California Über Alles’ by Dead Kennedys during her End Times Pop Dungeon concert at the Depot in Cardiff on Sunday (September 22), Church heavily criticised Sheeran after Macklemore was dropped from the singer’s ‘Loop’ tour over his pro-Palestine comments, a controversy which was inflamed by Sheeran’s subsequent speech about trying “not be a political commentator of any kind” throughout his career. Church has been vocal in her support for Gaza, leading…
Blue Bendy will return early next year with One Day This Will All Be Lore, the follow-up to their 2024 debut of absurdist indie-pop confessionals, So Medieval. Completed after a brief hiatus and the exit of two founding members, the album arrives on January 29, 2027. With the announcement comes a video directed by the London-based band’s own synthesist Olivia Morgan. Watch it below.The departure of Blue Bendy co-founders Harrison Charles and Oscar Tebbutt is attributed, in a press release, to the struggles with alcoholism of frontperson Arthur Nolan (pictured crouching in the foreground). Charles and Tebbutt are replaced by…
Apple has announced the opening of Apple Music Hall, a new state-of-the-art live music venue in London’s Battersea Power Station. Said in a press release to be designed to “connect artists and fans” with intimate performances, Oliver Schusser, vice president of Apple Music and International Content, said the move to open the space marked a further step in the company’s “commitment to artists and fans, by supporting live music in ways only Apple can do”. The 600-capacity venue has been designed to close the gap between “intimacy and production value”, boasting a 38-foot-wide stage that can be rearranged for traditional…
Sony has unveiled a new collaboration with BLACKPINK’s Lisa that includes a custom-designed PS5 controller: “I had a lot of fun adding in little details that I knew my fans would notice.” Last year, Lisa starred in an advert for PlayStation that saw the K-pop giant having a great time playing various PS5 games including Astro Bot, soundtracked by her solo smash hit ‘Lifestyle’. Now, PlayStation has revealed a new collaboration with Lisa that includes a custom-designed DualSense PS5 controller. The limited-edition controller will be available for £74.99 and pre-orders go live October 2 via the official PlayStation store and…
