Author: Press Room
Without Bernie Taupin‘s lyrics, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, The Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water, Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy, and virtually the entire rest of the Elton John catalog would not exist. That’s why Elton literally handed him his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame statue when he was inducted in 1994, and personally welcomed him into the institution in 2023. But throughout much of this time, the lyricist has also maintained a solo career that’s flown so far under the radar that many Elton John fans are unaware that Taupin’s own work even exists. And it…
I would like my music to be like my voice: not necessarily beautiful, but true. A voice marked by time, full of wrinkles. All the languages I have touched are those wrinkles(Vincenzo Germano) It starts with an impossible encounter between a cyclist from times gone by and a contemporary director, or rather between a champion of vintage cycling, like the unforgettable Luis Ocaña, and a provocative filmmaker, like Gaspar Noé. Two apparently distant souls, who however end up idealizing a glaring tension, before dissolving in a cascade of sounds that bounce in an ending worthy of a track industrialenriched, mostly,…
The full Friday line-up for All Points East has been announced, with headliners Jorja Smith and Tems being joined by Katy B, Maverick Sabre, Bricknasty and more. Held on August 21 in Victoria Park East London, the line-up for the first day of the event has been curated by Jorja Smith herself, alongside her label FAMM. The final wave of additions include Maverick Sabre, Katy B, Bricknasty, Crazy Cousinz, Keyrah, Common Saints, Demae, Konyikeh, Mychelle, Olympia Vitalis, Shivani Day, Jael, Tyler Lewis, Kels, and XO. They join previously announced performers Nia Archives, Elmiene & The Sunday Service Choir, Destin Conrad,…
Sony Music Vision is proud to announce that “QUEEN BUDAPEST”the first rock show by a Western band in a stadium behind the Iron Curtain, as well as Queen's last full live performance captured on film, will be shown in cinemas and IMAX theaters around the world starting October 7 with distribution by Trafalgar Releasing. In Italy it will be in theaters from 7 to 11 October distributed exclusively by Nexo Studios. “Queen Budapest” arrives in theaters on the occasion of 40th anniversary of this fundamental moment in the band's history. The film was meticulously crafted restored in 4K from the…
Fat Dog have unveiled their new single ‘Shit Love’, the third release from the forthcoming album ‘Cancel Me (I’m Tired)’. The fast-paced, synth-led trackiss introduced by frontman Joe Love as being about “two fucking insane people who argue constantly and they are world-enders every time”. You can listen to the track here, and watch the visualiser for the song below. The follow-up to 2024 debut ‘WOOF’, ‘Cancel Me (I’m Tired)’ has been described in a press release as “an exhilarating, swaggering, panoramic, inventive, re-inventive, re-re-inventive electro-punk-art-pop-rock’n’roll-space-country triumph that deserves all the adjectives. Over ten mind-bending and melodic tracks, it blends…
Boy George ended up at the center of a violent controversy after publishing a new song entitled “We Will Dance Again” on his X and Instagram profiles, shared with the Hebrew title “עוד נרקוד” (“Od Nirkod”) and accompanied by the word “Shalom”. The song, which is currently not available on the main streaming platforms, openly takes a position in favor of Israel and contests the definition of “genocide” referring to the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip.The title recalls one of the slogans that became a symbol of Israeli resilience after the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 on…
Niji releases his first single. BADNESS comes out Friday 31 July for Honiro Labelthe label with which the artist debuts after winning the 2025 edition of One Shot Gamethe historic Roman contest that over the years has launched names such as Ultimo, Shiva, Vegas Jones and Il Tre. The piece deals without filters with wickedness in its different forms: the individual, the collective and that exercised by a society which, according to the artist's story, continues to especially affect the most vulnerable classes. Through direct writing and intense production, BADNESS it presents itself as an act of denunciation that refuses…
Jay-Z has announced extra shows in London and Los Angeles to his 30th anniversary tour. READ MORE: Made In America 2019: 10 top performances from Jay-Z’s Philly festival to revisit online The rapper is due to perform at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Friday September 4 and at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on October 23. Now, he has added a second date at the former on September 5 and the latter on October 24. Tickets will go on sale at 10am local time for the UK date on Thursday (July 30) here and the US here. A pre-sale will also…
In partnership with BandLab Though mal sounds was born and raised in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the neighborhood he still calls home today, the origins of his artist project lie in Valencia. In early 2020, he flew to Spain to visit his grandmother and cousins, then found himself grounded by COVID-19. “I basically always knew I wanted to be a musician,” says mal, whose government name is Amal Buford. “But what I found in Spain was a sense of clarity. Music had always been a social thing for me, so when that social aspect was taken away, I had to ask…
Raise your hand if, faced with a term like 'heavy gothic Western post-punk', you wouldn't be struck by even just a minimum of curiosity. This is precisely the term with which… Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
