Author: Press Room
Meshell Ndegeocello invites Bill Callahan and Chris Thile to join her on the latest cut from her new collaborative album, Synonym. The trio’s cover of Bob Dylan’s “With God on Our Side” comes with a Damani Baker-directed video shot on a park bench. Check it out below.“Bill Callahan’s voice to me is enchanting and just draws you in,” Ndegeocello says in a press release. “And then my other angel is Chris Thile. He’s a very grounded human being; I just love the earthiness of his voice.” This arrangement of the Dylan track gives the lyrics “a lot more aggression,” Ndegeocello…
Actress’s music is basically a genre within itself, the way the British electronic musician distorts drone, R&B, grime, dubstep, and techno into smoked-out synth trips. His bleary-eyed chords and pneumatic beats are pathways into rain-streaked streets in London, Berlin shows blanketed in thick layers of cigarette haze, and afters where eyes are drooping but no one wants to go home. The producer has always been Black avant-garde, but on Radical Frame he owns this title wholeheartedly. He sets the scene like an independent film auteur, opening with surreal vocals before slinking into a tunnel of static and dark ambient pads.…
In the latter half of 1976, two very different live music scenes were popping at the exact same time across England and America. On one hand, superstar acts like Peter Frampton, Yes, Fleetwood Mac, the Who, and the Rolling Stones were selling tickets on such an astronomical level that their shows were moving into football stadiums, outdoor fields, and racetracks. At the exact same time, young, upstart groups like the Ramones and the Clash were forming in response to the corporatization of rock, the bloated egos of its biggest stars, and the excesses of prog with the back-to-basics minimalism of…
The Democratic Party is very, very good at losing. They have made a habit of prying defeat from the jaws of victory, squandering generational chances to win the presidency and establish a trifecta in 2016 and 2024, and continually underperforming in chaotic midterm cycles. But in politics, there’s always the next cycle, and November’s midterm elections are the Democrats’ best chance in years to build real power. Donald Trump is deeply unpopular, and Democratic candidates are riding a wave of ire at the sitting president to shocking leads in places they often can’t even contest. Texas is on the board.…
Talking Heads will reunite at the end of this month to launch a new channel on SiriusXM, which will play their back catalogue and feature a special conversation between the members. The channel, titled Talking Heads Radio, which runs until from October 1 to October 22 on in-car satellite radios, and until October 31 on the SiriusXM app, promises “five decades of music from David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison and Tina Weymouth” (via Spin), as well as a special reflective conversation between the group, which airs at noon on launch day. The conversation will be recorded live in front…
Billy Joel’s publicist has confirmed that the singer is still alive, following a Google glitch that claimed the 77-year-old had passed away on Thursday. The search engine included an information box on the ‘Piano Man’ legend, which stated his date of death as yesterday (September 17). This sparked a flurry of concern online, with Joel’s publicist confirming to Newsday that he is still among us. “Billy’s not dead,” Claire Mercuri said. “I was just emailing with him.” Joel is yet to address the error himself on social media. Don’t worry, Billy Joel is alive. Search results for “Billy Joel” on…
Charli XCX has added an extra London date to her ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ tour in 2027. The ‘Brat’ singer will be playing an extra night at the capital’s O2 Arena on February 20, the day after the previously confirmed performance at the venue. This extends the UK and European tour to seven dates in total, with Dublin’s 3Arena, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, Manchester’s Co-op Live, Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome and Paris’ Accor Arena included in the run. She will be supported by singer-songwriter Audrey Hobert. Charli XCX, real name Charlotte Emma Aitchison, was the subject of criticism after fans noted the small…
Tom Cruise stopped by The Tonight Show to promote his new movie, Digger. But soon host Jimmy Fallon‘s hard-hitting journalism led to a conversation about Cruise joining Taylor Swift at the Chiefs opening game on Monday. “When the biggest movie star in the world is sitting next to the biggest artist in the world, what do you talk about?” Fallon asked. “She was schooling me on football,” Cruise replied. “For real. She was bringing the football. First of all, she’s a genius. I’ve been following her since she was a kid. Everybody there, all their friends—they’re a beautiful couple and…
The song comes off the pop star’s new album, Day and Night Carly Rae Jepsen is searching for the perfect party in the music video for her new single “Versailles.” The song, off the singer’s new double LP Day and Night, was inspired by Sofia Coppola’s film Marie Antoinette. Jepsen wrote the track with Elias Kapari, Noonie Bao, and Markus Krunegård, with production by Kapari. The music video for “Versailles” was filmed in Los Angeles and directed by Kanya Iwana. It sees Jepsen dancing at a party as she imagines herself at the famous French chateau. “I wanna party in Versailles/…
As Jawdropped tell it, Los Angeles isn’t such a bad home for aspiring musicians. Practice spaces are generally easy to come by. Transporting gear to the gig is no problem—you’re already used to sitting in your car all the time. For every DIY venue that shutters, there’s a new one ready to pop in another neighborhood just a touch less gentrified. And most importantly, cutting your teeth in such a sprawling creative hotbed means there’s a good chance of crossing paths with likeminded people who each have their own complicated feelings about what it means to “make it.”That creative hotbed…
