Author: Press Room
Musician Linda Perhacs has been “safely found” after being reported missing earlier this week “We are grateful to share that singer-songwriter Linda Perhacs has been located and is safe,” Perhacs' former manager Laurel Stearns shared in a statement. “After a period of concern during which friends, collaborators, and members of the music community were unable to establish contact with Linda and had filed police reports accordingly. Law enforcement has just confirmed that she has been found and is safe.” Stearns continued, “We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who helped amplify this effort by sharing information, reaching out with support,…
vote7.5 Streaming not yet available. Mark Solotroff is a cult figure in the experimental underworld of Chicago, with numerous predominantly noise and power electronics projects, as well as founder of the Bloodlust! label, which in the past produced historical names of the experimental scene such as Deathpile, Atrax Morgue, Slogun and Murder Corporation. Born in 2008, Anatomy Of Habit represents its closest side to the rock universe, while settling on coordinates that range from post punk to doom metal, passing through the many, many influences of American no wave, Swans in particular. After four self-produced works, with the sole exception…
Blues time back on the market. The only album that Laura Valente published under his own name, released early 1986, comes out again Friday 18 September For The Saifam Group in digipack CD and vinyl, with a circulation of 300 signed copies. Exactly forty years since the first printing. The announcement comes from the singer on social media, and the first thing she does is quote a verse she sang then. “How I will be in 20 years and one more day, I sang in 1986. 40 years have passed and a lot of things have happened!” In the post…
It's from albums like this that legends are born. Recorded in a studio in the basement of a building on Avenue A, in Manhattan, with the air thick with cigarette smoke and three photographs torn from a Victoria's Secret catalog hanging from a locker as an unlikely source of inspiration, the Strokes' debut is New York rock'n'roll in its pure state: aggressive as the gray asphalt of the city, but wrapped in an elegance of black leather. Less than a year ago they were handing out flyers at Weezer concerts, ignored by almost everyone. Today they end up on the…
George and Amal Clooney have evacuated their home in France amid the ongoing wildfires. The couple and their nine-year-old twins, Alexander and Ella, currently live in the town of Brignoles in southeastern France, one of multiple regions in Europe where fires are spreading. The Clooneys confirmed their evacuation in a letter to Brignoles mayor Didier Brémond. “At this point we have no idea whether our beautiful home makes it through this terrible moment,” they wrote, according to People. “As we evacuate Brignoles we want to emphasize two things, first we hope you and the people of our city are safe…
Anxiety, depression, mourning, complex family dynamics and the constant search for an identity balanced between what we think and what we feel. With “Mind//Soul”i What I Know Well make a courageous and visceral debut, capable of combining the sonic impact of alternative metal and post-hardcore with a disarming and accessible lyrical sensitivity. We talked to them about the birth of this concept album, the catharsis of writing and how this story is about to take shape live on summer stages and in upcoming clubs. Here's what they told us. “Mente//Anima” is a concept album, but also an emotional journey. At…
BTS have decided they won't release their latest album Arirang for the 2027 Grammys. The choice comes with a joint message from all the band members who published a message against the American awards on their respective social networks.“We have decided not to attend the Grammys this year,” BTS said in a statement translated from Korean. The seven members of the group expressed their “hope that music can be heard and loved for what it is, without being divided by region or language.”Three of BTS' five past nominations were in the “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group” category.…
The artist known simply as Leo is a conductor of shards. He favors blunt attacks and sharp edges, and his overwhelmingly percussive club tracks move like flying debris. The Manchester musician’s preference for the fragmentary extends to his approach to genre. Good luck pegging his music to any one style; an individual track might contain a combination of grime, dembow, techno, drum’n’bass, dubstep, ambient, or industrial, and, having begun in one of those zones, there’s no guarantee it will end up in the same one—whenever you think you’ve got a bead on his music, that’s when he feints in the…
The Oscar winner and Jeopardy! champion Jamie Ding took home the win for charity Ben Affleck and Jeopardy! champion Jamie Ding triumphed on Wednesday’s episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — winning $1 million for charity. The win arrives a year after his Good Will Hunting co-star and longtime collaborator Matt Damon also took the top prize. In a dramatic moment, Affleck and Ding were faced with the final question and challenged to correctly guess which turkeys were not pardoned a U.S. president (a Thanksgiving tradition by formalized by President George H.W. Bush in 1989). Choosing between Peanut Butter & Jelly, Tater & Tot, Mac &…
“Red, red apple/Pretty, pretty pear.” No, I am not transcribing a baby sensory video. I am quoting “There You Go Again,” a highlight from Sam and Louise Sullivan’s playful third album, Love and Devotion. Still, the Philadelphia brother-sister duo have more in common with those YouTube Kids-approved clips than most upstart folk bands you’ll catch at Philly venue Johnny Brenda’s or at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival: Their songs burst with bright colors and smiling fruit. I hear the bossa nova classic “Waters of March” in their windy stream of consciousness, but where that song, or more recent ones like Big…
