Author: Press Room
Albert Hammond Jr has revealed that The Strokes‘ ‘Angles’ originally sounded “more Stones-y”, but said it ultimately ended up “flat” and “all over the place”. The guitarist looked back on the New York band’s 2011 fourth album – the follow-up to 2006’s ‘First Impressions Of Earth’ – during a new interview on Rick Rubin‘s podcast, Tetragrammaton. Rubin produced The Strokes’ latest two records, 2020’s ‘The New Abnormal’ and this year’s ‘Reality Awaits’ – the latter of which was released last week. Looking back on the fractured process of making ‘Angles’, Hammond Jr remembered: “Well, it was like two parts; we…
When Shearwater singer Jonathan Meiburg isn’t making music with his Texas band, you can find him researching the life forms of the ocean floor in Antarctica. It may sound like quite the balancing act, but Meiburg’s scientific work fits neatly into their expansive, meditative new album. Laden with Meiburg’s field recordings, The New World traverses new sonic and administrative territory—this is their first self-released album, the result of four years of exploration. “I think most of us, me included, don’t understand where we really are. Not viscerally,” he said in a press statement. “And when I feel hopeless or useless,…
The next frontier of experimental rap is being built on sentient sound collages—at least that’s what it sounds like. Somewhere between Uzi’s narcotized emo R&B and Injury Reserve’s most haywire balladry is where SoundCloud’s coolest dopamine junkies reside right now: My go-tos are onesaiah and gunk for their campy, glitch-ridden melodics, and zatru for the panic-button gadgetry he produces for himself, MikeBrokeasf, and yuke. But my favorite is Philly-based crooner awfultop, whose Paris mixtape, from last October, is one of my most-played this year; the sound reminds me of the slyly unsettling euphoria that comes from hitting a fresh weed…
The Maccabees have teased that they’re working on new music, with “the aim” of making a full studio album. The London band are currently out on a run of outdoor UK headline shows, which concludes at Leeds’ Kirkstall Abbey tonight (Friday July 31). They returned to the stage in 2025 for their first gigs together in eight years, including an emotional return to Glastonbury and a huge homecoming performance at All Points East. Orlando Weeks and co’s summer 2026 tour has seen them debut a new song, ‘Ballad Of So Long’. The title had appeared among a list of tracks they’d been…
A crucial question — maybe the crucial question — for America is just how successful Donald Trump has been in poisoning our collective brains. Are we past the point of no return, or is there a chance of meandering back to something even remotely normal? One place that will provide a clue, come November, is New York’s 21st Congressional District. It’s the biggest district in New York state, sprawling across the Adirondacks and the St. Lawrence Valley, and stretching down the Hudson as far as Saratoga Springs. It’s not prominent on the list of possible seats Democrats might flip in…
Buffalo Traffic Jam are adapting to overnight success on the fly. The Montana duo are country music’s most recent — and arguably most striking — example of the power of streaming and social media’s ability to create a career. Barely two years ago, the group’s core members were set to graduate college and enter fields that had nothing to do with music. Since then, their stripped-down folk sound, not as country as Zach Bryan and not as pop as Noah Kahan, has gained mass appeal, and they’ve been selling out shows at every turn. Now they just have to figure…
Barack Obama has paid tribute to Glen Hansard while sharing his annual summer playlist for 2026. The former US President posted a rundown of “some of the songs I’ve been listening to this summer” on social media yesterday (Thursday July 30). “It starts with a song [wife] Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week,” he continued, referring to ‘Song Of Good Hope’ from the late Irish musician’s 2012 debut solo album, ‘Rhythm And Repose’. Obama added: “Our hearts go out to his family.” The nod comes after Hansard – known as the…
L eslie Buck had just arrived home from a meeting with her teacher’s sorority, warm from conversations with old friends. There’d been a celebration for one member’s 90th birthday, and she’d snagged a piece of cake for her mother; it would be a nice treat when she went to check on her the next day. As Leslie closed the door of her white Buick, she heard someone familiar utter her name from the corner of her three-car garage: Russell Kirby, her husband Charlie’s friend and handyman, who had no reason to be lurking on their property at that hour. She’d…
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds surprised fans in Brighton today (Friday July 31) by performing a surprise pop-up gig on the roof of Resident Records ahead of their huge homecoming show tonight. See photos, footage and what went down below. The band will be headlining Preston Park tonight with special guests The Flaming Lips, English Teacher, Cate Le Bon and Warmduscher, and have been celebrating their return to the town Cave has often called home with treasure hunts and selling exclusive merch and records at Resident via a takeover. Then, word got out that the Bad Seeds would be performing a Beatles-style rooftop…
North West and Molly Santana have cancelled their joint ‘Kimokawaii Tour’. The two rapper and singers had been scheduled to head out on a 14-date North American trek together next month. They had announced the run, dubbed ‘Molly x North Kimokawaii Tour’, on June 16. However, the opening show at the House Of Blues Dallas on August 5 was recently marked as “cancelled” on Ticketmaster. The planned gig was taken down from the venue’s official website, too. Ticketmaster also stated that the Toronto concert on August 17 had been axed. Elsewhere, ticketing website AXS listed the pair’s show at The…
