Author: Press Room
In 2024, RaiNao’s CAPICÚ was a breath of fresh air. Plenty of excellent urbano records arrived the year prior, but Nao’s second had an unreplicable, homegrown Puerto Rican spirit, soundtracking the island from an audacious femme perspective. Each song reflected the album’s title with tongue-in-cheek trucos in the wordplay and production, grounded in queer Caribeña mischief. But its closer—a swaggering, synth-ragga epilogue marching in defense of la isla—sounded the trumpets: “Nació Borinquen/en medio del mar” (“Borinquen was born in the middle of the sea”). How ironic to be surrounded by water, and just two weeks ago, some of Puerto Rico’s…
Some might argue that God And Time, the newest album from Vybz Kartel, is technically the onetime dancehall king’s second album since he was released from prison in 2024. He spent more than a decade behind bars after receiving a murder conviction (now overturned) in what’s reckoned as Jamaica’s longest trial. 2024’s self-explanatory First Week Out, however, was more digital mixtape than full album, 33 minutes of material recorded—in fact, quite literally phoned in—while Kartel was still locked up. God and Time, by contrast, is Kartel’s official “allow me to re-introduce myself” moment. As its name suggests, it takes thematic…
Brooklyn producer Anysia Kym has spent the last decade establishing herself as a post-genre visionary, and her work on 2024’s Truest made her the secret weapon of MIKE’s 10k label. Two collaborative projects last year planted flags on opposite poles: Clandestine, with ambient polymath Loraine James, stretched R&B to its most disjointed and listless, while Purity, with fellow Brooklyn beatmaker Tony Seltzer, went for something breezier, more intoxicating. Now offering up those latter tracks for reinterpretation, Purity (Flips) does what a good remix album should: expands the possibilities of her sound while retaining the core of what makes her great.The…
The Blur guitarist also revealed the name of another band he really liked… Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
Blur’s Graham Coxon has said that there is a good chance that he “probably would have ended up in Oasis” if he were from Manchester. Both Oasis and Blur were involved in a legendary rivalry that ran throughout the height of Britpop in the 1990s, and it remained so infamous that in 2024 it was revealed that it had inspired a West End play. The feud came to a head with a 1995 chart battle, when Blur’s ‘Country House’ and Oasis’ ‘Roll With It’ came out on the same day and each raced to reach the top spot on the…
Now in its second edition, Musical contaminations – the event created by Eventi Verona Srl as part of the Veronese Summer Theater – highlights its international character in this summer of 2026, with almost half of the artists coming from Great Britain, Portugal and Argentina, as well as an Italian singer-songwriter who spent her childhood in Italy, Colombia, Canada and the Caribbean. Musical contaminations stands out for its ability to combine different languages, internationally renowned artists and young singer-songwriters, creating a continuous dialogue between tradition and innovation, from jazz to pop, from rap to songwriting, from fado to swing, from…
Stewart Copeland has said that he was left feeling “heartbroken” and with a sense of “sadness” after The Police were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The band were welcomed into the Rock Hall in 2003, and performed for what was then the first time in decades at the ceremony – taking to the stage to play hit tracks ‘Every Breath You Take’, ‘Roxanne’ and ‘Message In A Bottle’. Now, in a new documentary, drummer Stewart Copeland has looked back at the event. He admitted that he found it somewhat disappointing as it didn’t prove to be…
vote7.5 Bands: IF I DIE TODAY Duration: 00:33:47 Available from: 06/19/2026 Label: Shove Records Streaming not yet available. Among the most faithful disciples of Converge in the Italian hardcore scene, the Piedmontese If I Die Today arrive today at their fifth album, almost twenty years after the group's foundation. An important milestone, marking a continuity of action that cannot be taken for granted, in times as fragmented as the current ones. Having remained until now to fight strenuously in the international underground circuits, If I Die Today have gained authority year after year, between explosive live performances, incorruptible attitude and…
Pulp have announced a new film and live album, What Do You Do For An Encore?, directed by Garth Jennings. Read all about it exclusively on NME below. The “kinetic” 90-minute movie charts the Sheffield band’s “extraordinary journey from obscurity to cultural touchstone”, with narration coming from frontman Jarvis Cocker. It is set for release this autumn via global distributor MUBI’s streaming platform. What Do You Do For An Encore? is said to capture the spirit of the classic Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense (1984) and The Band‘s Martin Scorsese-directed performance movie The Last Waltz (1978). “It fuses…
“Hope has a home, and it's time to open its doors,” reads the center's welcome message for its grand opening in Chicago Bruce Springsteen, U2's Bono and the Edge, and Stevie Wonder, are among the stacked lineup for the opening of the Obama Presidential Center grand opening ceremony in Chicago on Thursday, June 18. “We are bringing together some of today's most prominent voices and global icons for the Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening Ceremony,” the Obama Foundation captioned an Instagram post on Tuesday, announcing the lineup. “The festivities will livestream globally at 11 am CT, Thursday, June 18 —…
