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Which artists launched their careers in the best way? Here are 50 of the best debut singles ever in the indie-rock field, according to the British magazine RadioIn compiling the list – in strict alphabetical order – Radio X respected some rules: EPs, songs taken from compilations and similar publications are excluded. Only singles specifically conceived and released as such were considered. Here then is the ranking of the best debut singles ever in the indie-rock field, according to Radio X magazine (full report here). Arctic Monkeys – I Bet That You Look Good On The DancefloorBjörk – Human BehaviorBloc…
Phoebe Green has announced her new album ‘Premature Nostalgia’ with the dizzying and beautiful single ‘There’s Always Someone Kicking The Seat’. The Manchester singer-songwriter will release the follow-up to her 2022 debut record ‘Lucky Me’ on October 2 via The Green Dream Machine/Absolute, and you can pre-order your copy here. The album has been written and produced alongside her sister Lucy Green, aka Elucyve, and ‘There’s Always Someone Kicking The Seat’ gives fans their first taste of it. Over a frantically busy bed of electronic rhythms and effects, Green’s disaffected, cool spoke-sung delivery gives way to spectral, delicate vocals. Listen to…
It comes out today”Better Believe”, the new single by Eddie Vedderone of the symbolic voices of the grunge and alternative rock scene, created in collaboration with the artists of the collective of Chicago Guitars Over Guns And available on all digital platforms. “Better Believe” is a song with a strong symbolic and social value, co-written and performed by Eddie Vedder together with the young artists of the collective of Chicago Guitars Over Guns. The song made its live debut on the occasion of the Obama Presidential Center Dedication, the celebratory event held on Thursday 18 June, giving the audience a…
BOYNEXTDOOR have announced details of their first ever world tour – see all the dates and ticket info below. The K-pop boyband and former NME Cover stars released their debut studio album ‘Home’ earlier this month via KOZ Entertainment, including the singles ‘Ddok Ddok Ddok’ and ‘Viral’. Now, they have announced the ‘Knock On Vol. 2 Tour’, a follow-up to ‘Knock On Vol. 1’, which saw them play all over Asia in 2024 and 2025. This time around, they will play 33 shows across 22 cities, branching out into North America as well. They kick off in Seoul on July 17, before dates in Busan, Kanagawa, Saga, Osaka, Miyagi, Nagano…
After the concert at the Olympic Stadium in Rome and the one at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Luciano Ligabue concludes his stadium tour tonight, May 20th with the scheduled date at the San Siro stadium in Milan. The show will begin at 9pm. Tens of thousands of spectators are expected for another evening of “Night of Certain Nights” which will retrace over thirty years of the career of the rocker from Correggio.While waiting for the Milanese concert, a setlist emerges that should represent the basis of the show, with a repertoire that alternates early classics, hits from the 1990s…
France have caught the attention of music fans at the FIFA World Cup by using Daft Punk’s ‘One More Time’ as their goal music. Each of the 48 competing nations have their own designated songs that play after their team scores at the tournament in the US, Mexico and Canada, but few have hit in quite the same way as France’s pick. The iconic 2000 single, released on Daft Punk’s second album ‘Discovery’, played over the big speakers three times as France kicked off their campaign with a 3-1 win over Senegal in New Jersey on Tuesday (June 16). Their remaining group games are…
Article by Umberto Scaramozzino The release of “Embers”, eleventh studio album released at the end of 2024, reported i God is an Astronaut to focus on the present and above all on the future. Having put aside the necessary celebrations for entering their third decade of activity, the Irish band had the opportunity to take back its creative strength and enjoy the contribution of Jo Quail (known for having already worked with groups such as Amenra and Mono) on cello and di Dara O'Brien on the sitar. “The End of the Beginning” and “All Is Violent, All Is Bright”, the…
Bobby Prince, the renowned video game composer who scored titles like Doom and Wolfenstein 3Dhe died at the age of 81. Prince's family confirmed the composer's death, adding that he “passed peacefully into Heaven's Musical Gates on June 16, 2026.” No cause of death was provided. “His innovative work helped define an era of gaming and influenced generations of players around the world,” Prince's family wrote in a Legacy.com obituary. “Through his compositions and sound design for landmark titles including Doom, Doom II, Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triadand Duke Nukem 3DBobby helped establish video game music as a respected…
Twenty-two years after the last concert hosted by Luigi Ferraris, that of Vasco Rossi in June 2004, the Genoa stadium returned to an evening of music thanks to Olly. The Genoese singer-songwriter inaugurated the series of three concert-events of the “Tutti a casa” project, scheduled for 18, 20 and 21 June, in front of a total of around 90,000 spectators. Announced eight months ago during the double “Grande Festa” at the Milan Hippodrome and sold out in record time, the dates represent an important step in the artist's career, in his first experience as a protagonist in a stadium. During…
The Connecticut band Goose have declared their love for Brooklyn’s Geese. Goose are the indie jam band from Wilton, Connecticut who formed in 2014 and just released their sixth studio record ‘Big Modern!’ on June 12, while Geese are the creators of NME’s choice for the best album of 2025, ‘Getting Killed’. The former band have the edge in terms of how long they have been around, but it is no surprise that they are now being asked about their near-namesakes, given the buzz around them over the past year. In a new interview with Consequence, Goose frontman Rick Mitarotonda has given his take on the rise…
