Author: Press Room
Hailing from João Pessoa, the easternmost city in South America, Papangu are part of the latest wave of bands incorporating the sound of Brazil into heavy music. The tradition may have reached its greatest international visibility with Sepultura back in the 1990s, but it has continued to spark new iterations in the generations since. Compared to their contemporaries, Papangu have always been a bit more inclined toward MPB (Brazilian Popular Music), tending toward sweeter melodies and catchy choruses. Celestial complicates this formula. Compared to their debut, 2021’s Holoceno, and its 2024 follow-up, Lampião Rei, the new album is brighter and…
Nel lungo viaggio che li ha riportati a essere i Rush, Geddy Lee e Alex Lifeson si sono lasciati alle spalle morte, malattia, età, dubbi su se stessi e, nel caso di uno dei due, la marijuana che fumava dal 1966. Non avevano messo in conto la nebbia. Ai primi di giugno erano sul punto di tenere il loro primo concerto dopo 11 anni, il primo del Fifty Something Tour. Nel backstage del Kia Forum di Los Angeles, quella domenica sera, Lee era teso, Lifeson molto meno. «Stranamente non ero nervoso», ricorda il chitarrista. Quand’è arrivato il momento di salire…
Few songs have catapulted and consequently demolished an artist’s career as decisively as Icona Pop and “I Love It.” But few artists have also ridden a song till the wheels fell off quite like Icona Pop and “I Love It.” The 5x platinum 2012 single featuring an up-and-coming songwriter named Charli xcx established Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo as the young decade’s most relentless party starters, but it also confined them to a suffocating identity. The pair meandered through singles and features but never aimed for anything more ambitious. They became so single-focused, in fact, that they didn’t get another…
For BG, Zeimani, and Kucha Womack, the expectations that accompany their last name are impossible to escape. As descendants of one of soul music’s most celebrated families, they’re used to fielding questions about their lineage. (Their father, Cecil Womack, was one half of both the Womack Brothers, alongside his brother Bobby, and Womack & Womack, with his wife, Linda; their grandfather—Linda’s father—was Sam Cooke, aka the King of Soul.) “As a family, we try to stay together because that energy and that deep history that we have between us is what keeps us sane in the face of all the…
For years, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have been dipping their toes in electronic waters. It began in 2022, on the spaced-out, DJ Shadow-featuring remix album Butterfly 30001. Then came the twinkling downtempo two-piece Made in Timeland, followed by The Silver Cord, two hours of Moroder-inspired electro-disco odysseys, in 2023. Last year, the Australian group went further, leaving behind their vast arsenal of gear and setting their newest band member, Nathan—a Eurorack moulder synthesiser—to work across nine European raves. Now, we arrive at Alien Metal: King Gizzard’s first album of full-throated, big-tent EDM.Even for a band who regularly veer…
The official trailer for the new Oasis documentary film Don’t Look Back In Anger has been released. Watch below, and find details on how to book cinema screenings. READ MORE: Oasis live in Cardiff opening night review: a supersonic reunion for a new generation The “landmark” two-hour movie, produced by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, is due for release in cinemas worldwide, including IMAX, on September 11. It is directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, known for the LCD Soundsystem doc Shut Up And Play The Hits. “Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger charts Liam and Noel Gallagher’s triumphant reunion tour, Oasis Live…
Tributes from Hayden Panettiere’s co-stars across television and film have been pouring in following her death at 36 on Sunday. Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, who played Mohinder Suresh on the NBC sci-fi series Heroes, remembered the actress in a heartfelt post on Tuesday. Panettiere featured as the virtually invincible high school cheerleader Claire Bennet on the series across four seasons. “This is such a rough one,” Ramamurthy began. “The 1st time I met Hayden was at the final screen test for Heroes. I was so nervous I was sweating through my shirt b4 I even got there. I went straight to the bathroom…
A former gang member who says he worked “under the table” security for Suge Knight during Death Row Records‘ heyday testified Tuesday he knew “everybody that was there” the night Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Las Vegas — but he’s not naming names. Taking the witness stand on the second day of Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ murder trial in Clark County, Nevada, James “Mob James” McDonald told jurors he was working at Knight’s Vegas nightclub, Club 662, when he learned Shakur and Knight had been wounded in a drive-by shooting on Sept. 7, 1996. McDonald, a member of the…
Footage has been shared of Fontaines D.C. performing new single ‘Marianne‘ from the last ever BBC Maida Vale sessions. Check it out below, along with what the band had to say about how their late manager Trevor Dietz saved the song. The cinematic single was officially released this morning (Tuesday August 18), alongside the announcement of new album ‘Dopamine Chamber’. It comes following the Irish indie heroes teasing their return for a while now, introducing ‘Marianne’ and another new song called ‘Six Shot Morning’ at their recent run of summer live shows. Produced by James Ford, the album is set…
Paris Jackson has reflected on perforating her septum through snorting drugs, saying she could see “straight through” her nose. The singer and actor, who is the daughter of Michael Jackson, is preparing to release her second studio album ‘Happiest Day Of My Life’ on Friday (August 21), which she has made in collaboration with Linda Perry. Ahead of the release, she has given an interview on the On Purpose With Jay Shetty podcast, where she opened up about her addiction and recovery. “I blew a hole through my nose, which is public knowledge,” she said. “It’s not deviated, it’s perforated, so it whistles. You can see straight through my…
