Author: Press Room

By and large, when my parents go to a protest, I don’t worry about them. Over the past few years, they’ve attended several of the large No Kings demonstrations in Fresno, California. They took me to my first protest there as well, in 2003, to demonstrate against the Iraq War. I remember chanting “No Blood for Oil” and getting honked at by chuds in lifted trucks. The cops, even back then, looked more bored than anything else. In most mid-size American cities, this is how the majority of protests go: They’re permitted, well-attended, and celebratory; comfortable spaces for mainstream liberals…

Fontaines D.C. have shared a cryptic new teaser that appears to reveal the title of their fifth album as ‘Dopamine Chamber’. The Dublin band have been giving fans tantalising glimpses into their new record in recent weeks and now they have given the strongest hint yet that the follow-up to their 2024 album ‘Romance‘ will be out before the end of the year. Earlier today (August 16), they posted a 26-second video to their X account that shows a spinning blue planet transform into a throbbing blue iris, before the words “Dopamine Chamber” appear, followed by “2026”. The video is soundtracked by the unreleased track ‘Six Shot…

Dave Marsh, a renowned rock critic and biographer, has died. An early editor of Creem who also wrote for the Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Newsday, and more, Marsh penned the first authorized biography of Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story, in 1979, among other books. He died on August 14 at his home in Connecticut; a cause of death has not been publicly disclosed. Marsh was 76.Marsh’s longtime co-host on the Springsteen-focused SiriusXM station E Street Radio, Jim Rotolo, confirmed the news on social media on August 15. “Some sad news today, E Street Nation,” Rotolo wrote.…

Nick Reiner‘s request for access to his more than $1.5 million trust fund has been blocked. A trustee for the fund argued in court documents that due to California’s “slayer statute,” Reiner is prevented from using the funds to defend himself against charges that he murdered his parents, director Rob Reiner and photographer-philanthropist Michele Reiner. Reiner was indicted for the murders of his parents and pleaded not guilty to the initial charges in February. On Wednesday, Aug. 12, he pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder with a new special circumstance allegation of murder by means of lying in wait,…

Phoebe Bridgers has explained why her new album ‘Lost Weekend‘ took “forever” to make. The singer-songwriter released her third solo record on Friday (August 14), ending fans’ six-year wait after her last LP ‘Punisher‘ in 2020. Bridgers spoke at a fan Q&A at a rollerskating listening party for the album at the Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale, California last week (August 11), where she was asked how she decided that it was the right time to make her return. “I mean, I didn’t love all parts of being away,” she replied (via Variety), explaining that while she knew she wanted to step back after ‘Punisher’, she did not initially intend for it to be…

Zimmer90 performed a brand-new, unreleased song at Sziget Festival last night (August 15). Check out the videos below. The German dream-pop band – comprised of singer and keyboard player Josch Becker, guitarist/bassist Finn Gronemeyer and drummer Michael Schoet – performed on the Revolut Stage during the closing night of the five-day Budapest festival. Early in the group’s first-ever show in Hungary, Becker exclaimed: “This is so crazy for us. There are so many people here. Enjoy the last day of your festival.” At the end of a feel-good set, Becker announced: “We’re gonna do a new song. It’s not out…

Ryan Roth didn’t necessarily mean to buy a diamond. He was scrolling on TikTok when one of the platform’s mysterious live-auctions sprung up on his feed. A seller in an empty room was hawking an impressive, lab-grown diamond, encouraging those lurking in the comments to place a bid.     “I clicked the button by accident, and it just went through,” Roth tells Rolling Stone. “Then all of a sudden, I see the Amex charge, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I own this now!’ I just spent $700 on TikTok Shop, which is a crazy amount of money to spend on…

Noah Kahan brought out surprise guest Chappell Roan last night at his Rose Bowl Stadium show in Pasadena, California. Our June cover star joined our October 2024 cover star to deliver “California” from Roan’s 2023 debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess. The song was a fitting choice for their L.A.-area appearance, as it poignantly addresses Roan leaving her Missouri home to pursue her career in Los Angeles. It was one of 27 songs Kahan performed on Saturday, according to setlist.fm, and came a few songs before the encore. In fan-filmed footage, the two fist bump before…

Four years ago, an announcement appeared on the Grateful Dead subreddit. “Casting Knowledgeable Deadheads for Pilot of Grateful Dead Game Show Podcast — Prize for Winner,” the message read. “It’s called Guess the Year.” That was followed up three months later with an Uncle Sam-style recruitment poster, featuring a skeleton pointing to the viewer. “We still need contestants!” These posts were written by host Mike McClure, who launched Guess the Year in October 2022. The podcast is as self-explanatory as it sounds: each episode, several Deadheads join a Zoom call, listen to the first part of a Dead live track,…

Tucker Pillsbury, a.k.a. Role Model, does not enjoy being pinned down. He knows he makes pop music, but don’t call him a pop star. He’s comfortable drawing on country music — even Toby Keith — but definitely don’t call him a country artist. He’s not even sure about his own stage name, despite his growing fame under it. As he tells it, he spends most of his strong new album, Chuck Timely & The Hourglass, dodging labels, blending vintage influences from Fleetwood Mac to Stephen Bishop in search of something new. Pillsbury recently sat down for an in-depth Rolling Stone…