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“Prelude in the Ash,” the first ballad off trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and guitarist Mary Halvorson’s Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings, starts nimble and intimate: Akinmusire’s sentimental phrases could soundtrack scenes of pouring rain in a film noir. Halvorson joins with a rocky arpeggio that occasionally summons her signature glassy pitch bends, balancing Akinmusire’s assuredness with a sense of timidity. The piece is fairly straightforward, but the artists’ different tonal approaches turn the jazz ballad away from obvious readings like “sad” or “romantic” and toward ambiguous, multilayered feelings. Unstable textures are the focus of their compositions here; the soundscapes they create are…
Two years ago, Truck Violence sounded motion sick, bile lurching up their throats with an acidic burn. Violence, their debut album, felt at odds with the world and all the usual ways of navigating it, knocking together post-hardcore, noise rock, and rustic folk into an avant-garde approach to punk. Under the stewardship of co-founders singer-poet Karsyn Henderson and guitarist-banjoist Paul Lecours, the Montreal-via-Alberta quartet returns with its second full-length LP, The weathervane is my body, where lacerating guitars, forthright emotion, and a newfound tolerance of extremes allows the band to play louder without bridging such wide gaps as before.The weathervane…
Plenty of people turn to punk seeking an escape; Nick Vicario needed distance from the thing itself. As a player in West Coast bands like Crisis Man, Cower, and Public Eye, the Oregon-born musician has spent most of his life abiding by hardcore ethos both onstage and off, for better or for worse. When he relocated to Los Angeles and launched his mostly-solo project Smirk with 2021’s scuzzy, lo-fi LP, he was indulging in the reckless, destructive behaviors that tend to be more alluring in song than in practice. In a breakthrough moment he says came to him as a…
Alabama Shakes have announced full details of their upcoming new album ‘I Must Be Dreaming’ – check them out below. The LP, which is their first in 11 years, is set to land on August 28 via Island Records. You can pre-order it here and view a trailer and the artwork below. They are also set to share the latest single from their third studio album, ‘I Feel Hope Coming’ this Friday (July 10). The band – comprised of Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, and Zac Cockrell – went on hiatus back in 2018, only to return last August with their first new music in 10 years, ‘Another Life’,…
The Youth Music Awards have announced that they will be moving to Liverpool for the 2026 edition. The annual event is the UK’s biggest grassroots music awards and celebrates the next generation of music talent, as well as working to shape a more diverse and inclusive future for British artists. For the past six years, the ceremony has been held in London, however the 2026 instalment will now be taking place in Liverpool for the first time. The move comes as recent statistics show that 86 per cent of Youth Music funding organisations are based outside of the capital, and…
vote7.5 Bands: STYGIAN STORM Duration: 00:31:36 Available from: 05/15/2026 Label: Medieval Prophecy Records Player not yet available. In a world now densely interconnected and dominated by social networks of all shapes and sizes, it is nice to know that there is still space for things done 'as they once were', especially in a field that owes much of its original charm to the 'unsaid' and the aura of mystery such as that of black metal.This is the case of the Belgian label Medieval Prophecy Records, whose roster is made up almost entirely of bands that are practically impossible to find…
Liam Gallagher has said that he is “ready” to play ‘Wonderwall’ live at the final of the FIFA World Cup if England reach the last two. The classic 1995 Oasis track has become the unofficial soundtrack for the England team at the World Cup this year, with Harry Kane and co. coming together at the end of their recent matches to sing it with fans in the crowd. Already, they have belted along to the hit after victories against Croatia, Panama and DR Congo, and recently made headlines after their 3-2 win over Mexico – where Kane sang so loudly…
Grammy-winning producer Jermaine Dupri has filed a blistering lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment (SME), accusing the company of underpaying and concealing royalties tied to his work with artists including Mariah Carey, Usher, Kris Kross, Xscape, Bow Wow, and Da Brat. The Atlanta-based producer and songwriter, known for shaping the sound of Nineties hip-hop and R&B, claims Sony Music “knew that it was violating” contracts with him and his influential label, So So Def, but “never attempted to disclose its contemptuous accounting practices.” Dupri's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, is seeking at least $18 million in damages. “Given the systemic…
Photo by Giorgia De Dato THE Litfiba they performed on the stage of Kozel Overhead crane the with the tour “40 years of 17 Kings”which celebrates the fortieth anniversary of one of the most representative albums in the band's history. For the occasion, the formation composed of Piero Pelù, Ghigo Renzulli, Antonio Aiazzi And Gianni Maroccolosupported by drums from Luca Martelli. The lineup was built around 17 Kingsrevived almost in its entirety to celebrate its forty years, before leaving room for some of the most representative songs from Litfiba's repertoire, many of which had not been played live since the…
When Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce tied the knot at Madison Square Garden on July 3, 2026, the guest list read like a who’s who of, well, everything in the world. From athletes to actors, dignitaries to divas, it was a celebrity-filled smorgasbord. Among the attendees were a handful of country music stars who made the trek from Nashville (and beyond) to celebrate their genre’s onetime princess — who may be making a return to her roots. Rumor has it her next album will follow in the footsteps of her Toy Story single, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” which has…
