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Photo by Andrea Ripamonti The 2026 edition of the Magnolia Stone Festthe stoner, doom and heavy-psych marathon that populated the summer at the Circolo Magnolia in Segrate. The event, born from the collaboration between Hardstaff Booking And SoloMacellorecorded a solid response from the rock community, managing to attract many fans to the scene. Despite an uncertain weather, also characterized by two brief showers lasting less than ten minutes that dampened the afternoon, the public responded with attendance, confirming their attachment to one of the most sectoral open-air events of the Milanese summer. The story of the concerts The ladder slipped…
Newport Folk Festival 2026 kicked off its weekend-long run of folk musicians and figures across rock, hip-hop, and beyond doing stripped-down sets. Friday night’s headliner was billed as Hayley Williams & Friends; sure enough, the Paramore singer-songwriter bring out a star-studded list of pals to warrant that name, including Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman, Jenny Lewis, Jack Antonoff, Lucy Dacus, and many more. Watch videos from Williams’ set below.After opening with the title track from her new solo album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, Williams played a number of other tracks from the album with various guest: Hartzman came out for…
Michael Stipe has a new song out today, but you won’t be able to find it on major DSPs. The R.E.M. frontman just released the track “Hum Desiderata” exclusively through Joyfully Waiting, a website for sound exhibitions which gather multi-disciplinary works that “mutually enrich each other,” per an About page. Check the song out for yourself here.“Hum Desiderata” pairs an element from Stipe’s 2023 installation at ICA Milan—a recording of him reciting Max Ehrmann’s poem “Desiderata”—with an instrumental version of a still-unreleased track, “Hum,” from his forthcoming debut solo album. The song was written and produced with Andy Lemaster; additional…
Snayx have shared their huge new single ‘Nice Day 4 It’, described by the band as “a summer song, but lost in its own melancholy” – check it out below. The track marks the beginning of a new era for the Brighton alt-punk trio and is their first release through new label Nettwerk Music Group. Built around a euphoric, festival-ready chorus, ‘Nice Day 4 It’ finds the group pairing their typically abrasive riffs with a more melodic sound, while exploring burnout and the appeal of surrendering to chaos. “It’s a summer song, but lost in its own melancholy, in its own weird…
Barely three days after dropping Music, Fashion, Film, her highly anticipated follow-up to Brat, Charli XCX is cutting to the chase by releasing the B-sides for her new LP exclusively on iTunes. There are three new songs in total—“I Keep on Thinking Bout You Every Single Day and Night,” “Playboy Bunny,” and “If You Take Away the Music Then What Has She Got?”—and each one comes with a black-and-white music video, keeping in line with the album’s visual themes.On her private Instagram, Charli XCX explained why she chose to release these songs now, writing, “I made b sides for each…
Dhani Harrison and longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich have formed the new band Dragonflies and shared debut single ‘Slower’ – check it out below. The pair will release their self-titled debut album on September 18 via Dark Horse Records/BMG, the label originally founded by Harrison’s father, Beatles legend George Harrison, in 1974. Pre-order it here. ‘Slower’ serves as the record’s opening track and combines tape loops, layered percussion and Harrison’s vocals with a hazy, trip-hop-influenced sound. It arrives alongside a hand-drawn, psychedelic video directed by Bristol animator RUFFMERCY, whose previous credits include work with Nirvana, Earl Sweatshirt, The Chemical Brothers, Nas and Run The Jewels. Check it out here: Harrison and Godrich are longtime friends, but began working together after the former contacted…
The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 124,000 equivalent album sales It's official — Gracie Abrams' latest release Daughter From Hell has debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, marking her first-ever Number One album. The singer-songwriter earned 124,000 equivalent album sales. Earlier this week, Abrams was projected to take the top slots with an estimate of 120 to 130k units sold. While it's a major feat for the singer-songwriter, she's been well on her way to achieving the biggest debut of her career. Abrams earned her first Top 10 album with her second album, The Secret of Uswhich debuted…
Spiritbox frontwoman Courtney LaPlante stopped a recent show to have a violent fan removed from the crowd – check out footage below. The incident took place during the Canadian metal band’s set at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre in Phoenix, Arizona on July 15, where they were supporting Evanescence alongside Nova Twins. Before closing the performance with ‘Soft Spine’, LaPlante brought the show to a halt after drummer Zev Rose spotted someone apparently hurting other audience members. “Zev is taller than us and he’s up on the kit, and he sees some fucker right now,” she told the crowd. “We’re not gonna play another song…
Diplo, Logan Paul, the late singer's parents and more remember Tree's legacy at Santa Cruz memorial Oliver Tree was remembered by friends and family Saturday at a “Celebration of Life” in the late singer's native Santa Cruz, California The public memorial, held six weeks after Tree died in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro, featured guests like Diplo, Logan Paul, Aaron Mercury, Ethan Klein, and Tree's own parents, who addressed the crowd. “I think Oliver would say trust yourself, get off the couch, produce art, and it's really important to get in there and get your hands dirty,” Tree's…
The three albums that marked the history of Hole in the 90s are back on the market in new physical editions. The band led by Courtney Love has announced the reissue of “Pretty On The Inside”, “Live Through This” and “Celebrity Skin” for September 18, 2026, published by UMe in different formats, including 180 gram black vinyl, colored editions, zoetrope versions with animations inspired by the original video clips and CDs.The entire project was coordinated by guitarist and co-founder Eric Erlandson, who oversaw the audio remastering and restoration of the packaging originals. An operation that effectively retraces the entire parable…
