Author: Press Room
If there’s a common principle to folk music, it’s in its sense of community. It draws on shared language—histories and myths, mountains and the people who climbed them. Folk music has taken on many faces, but a key feature is its ability to be repeated, sung again and again throughout time by any number of different performers with only the barest of instruments. For Australian singer/sound-collagist Hana Stretton, however, her songs aren’t organized around melodies or lyrics as much as moments: the tune a floorboard makes when it creaks, or how a harmonica’s whinny wilts as it travels through the…
FLO are at the center of a contemporary girl-group resurgence alongside peers such as Katseye and XO. It’s a position the trio takes seriously: Their debut album, 2024’s All Access Areas, opened by declaring their spiritual forebears as Destiny’s Child, Sugababes, and SWV. Their choreo is crisp and their vocal harmonies are layered to the heavens. And, pivotally, they sing about love and heartache with the experience and aplomb of a cool older sister doling out advice.All Access Areas was an astute record about good sex, foolish exes, and new love to heal old heartbreak. The songs on their follow-up,…
Ever the Optimist, the name of the seventh album from Scottish indie-pop institution the Trashcan Sinatras, appears to be the kind of title that should be delivered with a wink or a smirk. That’s an interpretation that suits these days of endless doomscrolling, a vantage point that belongs to the resigned and paranoid days of the 21st century. But the Trashcan Sinatras belong to the waning years of the 20th century, and they don’t do irony, nor do they chase trends. Forty years after their formation, they remain resolutely dedicated to the basic elements that distinguished pop music in the…
James Ellis Ford has shared a new solo single, ‘The Ever After’ – you can listen to it below. The song is the latest preview of the renowned producer and former Simian Mobile Disco member’s second solo album, ‘Lost In Another World’, which is released on August 14 via Domino. “It might seem a little odd to be trying to write dance music from a hospital bed but I was trying to lift my mood and focus on the positive things in my life,” Ford explained of the pulsating electronic tune. “In that moment, my mind went to my little eight-year-old boy…
On Tuesday, social media feeds were flooded with users shocked after allegedly witnessing celebrity blogger Perez Hilton live-streaming acts of self-harm on TikTok. The video on the social media platform appears to have since been taken down. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office confirmed to Rolling Stone that it received multiple calls regarding an individual who was live-streaming acts of self-harm on social media and that deputies located the individual’s residence, who was alone inside. The Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Hilton was involved in the incident and said officers spoke with family members on scene. “In many incidents involving a person experiencing…
Lil Tecca is the headliner of Fortnite Festival season 15 which is a “full-circle” moment for the rapper, who got his start trading bars with friends over Xbox Live and was inspired by Grand Theft Auto soundtracks for last year’s ‘Dopamine’ album. Earlier this week, it was announced that the New York rapper would follow in the footsteps of Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter and Laufey by topping the bill of the rhythm game, which is a spin-off from the popular original Battle Royale format that was developed by the team behind Rock Band. As part of the collab, a number…
HEALTH and members of Ice Nine Kills and Periphery have contributed to the soundtrack for new role-playing game Crimson Moon. Set to launch September 1, Crimson Moon is a “a gothic high renaissance action-adventure RPG built around intense, replayable missions” from indie studio ProbablyMonsters. The game will be available on PC, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 with players taking on the role of Nephilim, ruthless human-angel hybrids forged to defend humanity, before being immersed in “a blood-soaked power fantasy.” “Battle your way through the besieged city of Gildenarch using combat that blends brutal precision with deep character progression,” reads…
“I truly never felt closer to him than when we’d watch games together,” said Jake Reiner Seven months after legendary director Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer Michele Singer, were killed, their children Jake and Romy Reiner stepped up to the plate at Dodgers Stadium to honor them. Jake, 35, and Romy, 28, both wore jerseys of their father’s favorite baseball team with “Reiner” proudly featured on the back and threw out the first pitch during Sunday’s Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox game. (The Red Sox beat the Dodgers 8-4.) In a tribute to his parents on Tuesday, Jake looked…
Figures from across the music world – among them U2‘s Bono, Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder, Markéta Irglová, and more – attended the funeral of Glen Hansard today (August 4), performing a selection of songs in his memory. Hansard, the Oscar-winning Once star also known as the frontman of The Frames and one half of The Swell Season, died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin last Wednesday (July 29). He was 56 years old. His funeral was held in St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, and featured musical performances from the late musician and activists’ friends and family. Hozier, The Edge, Steve Coogan, Imelda May, Paddy Casey, Declan O’Rourke,…
A documentary tracing Linkin Park‘s return to the stage is set to hit cinemas worldwide this September – check out all the details below. READ MORE: “This is not the end, this is not the beginning”: Linkin Park look to the future with new faces The documentary, directed by the band’s own Joe Hahn, offers fans a behind-the-scenes look at their emotional comeback following the passing of singer Chester Bennington, exploring the surviving members’ enduring friendship while introducing the next chapter of Linkin Park with new vocalist Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain. A co-production between the band, CJ 4DPlex, and…
