Author: Press Room
It’s hard to know what to expect every time Arca extends an invite to a new world. If Alejandra Ghersi’s ambitious 2021 pentalogy ‘Kick’ was a dip into mainstream avant-pop, then her new album ‘XXXXX’ is her retreat into introspection, where she thrives unrestrained and unbound amid chaos and distortion. Described as “everything all at once”, Arca dances between psychedelia and arrhythmia on the record, weaving an intoxicating web that lures listeners into her lone techno lair. Though ‘XXXXX’ seems most at home in distortion – offering different takes in ‘Heart’, ‘Raver’, ‘Futurality’ and ‘Grip’ – there are other elements…
Footage has emerged of Glen Hansard‘s final live performance, captured just hours before the Irish singer-songwriter’s death. Watch below. Hansard, known as the frontman of The Frames and one half of the duo The Swell Season, tragically died in a motorcycle crash on Wednesday (July 29). He was 56 years old. The incident occurred in the village of Lucan, west of his home city of Dublin. Tributes have since poured in from across the music world and beyond, with the likes of U2, Warren Ellis, Rachel Zegler and Bruce Springsteen paying their respects. Now, a video has surfaced showing Hansard singing and…
The past two years have been life-changing for country-fusion star Shaboozey. Waking up to two features on Beyoncé’s 2024 album ‘Cowboy Carter’, an unprecedented cosign of dreams, came first. Weeks later, his breakthrough hit ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ topped the Billboard Hot 100 and his third album, ‘Where I’ve Been, Isn’t Where I’m Going’, released to critical acclaim. There was no denying it – Shaboozey had arrived. Yet such a spotlight comes with heightened expectations. Shaboozey’s acceptance speech as the first Black male artist to win a Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance was met with scrutiny from Bernice King,…
We’re days away from the release of ‘A*Pop’ when NME meets a highly energetic Tyla at the chicly minimalist Pan Pacific hotel. “Should the Gucci be in frame?” she questions our videographers, the bounce in her cadence as audacious as her overall demeanour. Like her album title suggests, this is an African popstar – from the walk to the talk to the look, there’s no pretense here. It’s who she’s always wanted to be. “[Ever] since I was a little girl in South Africa, I was always like, ‘Nah, there has to be a way,’” the 24-year-old says of her…
Lorde brought out Charli XCX during her headline set at Lollapalooza last night (Thursday July 30) – watch them perform ‘Girl, So Confusing’ below. The Kiwi pop star topped the bill at the festival, which is taking place at Chicago’s Grant Park until Sunday (August 2). After treating the crowd to ‘Man Of The Year’ from her latest album ‘Virgin’, Lorde took the energy up with a live rendition of her huge collab with Charli – taken from 2024’s ‘Brat’ remix record. The latest on-stage team-up for the pair came ahead of Charli’s own bill-topping slot at Lollapalooza tonight (Friday…
The moment Project Pat starts rapping on “Still the Same,” the first song on his and Juicy J’s new album, Dem Goats, it feels like champagne flutes should be bubbling over in celebration. “It ain’t gon’ never be the same now,” the 53-year-old Pat says with his whole chest, his voice carrying the sincerity and heft of age. As Hitkidd’s beat fades up, Pat meshes with the unbreakable Memphis groove, dropping into a familiar pocket. His staccato enunciations mirror the hi-hats, occasionally adding a grace note here and there, and when he nails his signature move—adding “-ah” to the end…
There’s a slang term in Brazilian Portuguese that defines the dark, unkempt spaces where underground parties tend to happen: “inferninho,” or “little hell.” Whether they’re abandoned warehouses, as was so common for the UK’s acid house parties in the 1980s, or repurposed samba school rehearsal venues, these makeshift places are almost inescapable if you want to get to know São Paulo’s independent electronic scene. Producer Agazero’s new EP, Dissidente, is a sonic representation of the “inferninho”: a grimy and sometimes harsh experience that’s highly entertaining but could leave your head reeling.For the last decade, the São Gonçalo-born, São Paulo-based artist…
Massive Attack are currently under investigation for displaying a Palestinian flag at their recent live show in Singapore. The moment occurred during the trip-hop duo’s concert at The Star Theatre on Wednesday (July 29), per The Straits Times. According to the publication, the local authorities have since launched an ongoing probe. The Infocomm Media Development Authority also reportedly said it was investigating a possible breach of licence conditions. Lushington, the date’s promoter, confirmed that it had been made aware of the reports about the performance. “We will fully cooperate with the relevant authorities as required,” it explained, adding that the…
The song marks the rapper’s first new music since her 2025 album, Am I The Drama? Cardi B dropped a new single, “Ah Ha.” The track, her first new music since 2025 LP Am I The Drama?, was produced by DJ SwanQo, and sees the rapper taking aim at her haters and taking swipes at the president. “I’ll give a ho exactly what she want in this bitch/ Black trucks at the club, look like Trump in this bitch, fuck him,” she spits. “A ho never played with me once in this bitch, huh?” “AH HA is out RIGHT NOW!!”…
“You look hot from up here,” Lorde quipped as she surveyed the sea of people who packed her headlining set on Thursday at Lollapalooza in Chicago. The observation was seemingly about both the temperature (she asked security to check on folks in the audience who appeared to be struggling from the heat a few times) and the vibe, as the New Zealand musician peeled back layers, both metaphorically and literally, during her visceral set. It’s been more than a decade since Lorde last fully graced a stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago. Back in 2014, the then-17-year-old was riding high on…
