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Amazon Music announced the four artists chosen for Breakthrough 2026 in Italy: Jasley, Lion, Saint Paul And Lumiero. These are the names on which the platform is focusing for the new generation of Italian music, four profiles different in genre and origin, united by the fact that they still move on the fringes of the general public. Breakthroughs is the program with which Amazon Music supports emerging artists, offering them editorial visibility, dedicated playlists, special projects and campaigns throughout the year. After the past editions, which in Italy had already involved several names from the urban and pop scene, the…
Interpol are back. This Mirror Weighs a Ton is coming on August 28 via the band’s new label home of Partisan. The title track and “See Out Loud” accompany the announcement. Check those out below, and scroll down for the tracklist and Addie Wagenknecht’s artwork.“See Out Loud” features vocals from guitarist Daniel Kessler—his first turn on the mic since “PDA” from Turn on the Bright Lights. Andrew Wyatt produced the new album—the band’s first since 2022’s The Other Side of Make-Believe—at his Manhattan studio, with mixing by David Fridmann. The band heads out on a big North American tour at…
Soft Cell’s swan song, Danceteria, has been set for release on September 25, via Republic of Music. The album’s existence was revealed last October, when the duo’s co-founder Dave Ball died at the age of 66. The title track arrives today, with a video by the collage artist Vicki Bennett. Watch that below.Marc Almond said in a press release, “Danceteria is a love letter to New York in the early ’80s,” including the storied Manhattan nightclub of the same name. “The time we spent in New York—where we recorded our first three albums—shaped us both as artists and people. To…
vote6.5 Bands: TOMBAL Duration: 00:16:00 Available from: 12/06/2026 Label: Blood Harvest Unholy Domain Records Streaming not yet available. Swedish death metal is one of those languages that continues to generate new followers decades after its codification. Among these there are also the Sardinian Tombal, who with their debut “Grave of the Damned” choose to directly deal with a tradition that is as glorious as it is difficult to interpret without falling into mere imitation. Published on cassette by Unholy Domain and on CD by Blood Harvest, the mini collects just over a quarter of an hour of music divided between…
Cesare Cremonini announced a turning point: a new album arriving in autumn and a different artistic direction, away from stadiums and oriented towards rock. He did it surprisingly in the days of CREMONINI LIVE26the tour that started from the Circus Maximus in Rome, declaring that these great summer concerts mark a full stop in his career. The message, also entrusted to a long post on social media, is clear: “I close with sequins and open to rock'n'roll”. A counter-current choice, announced just as the numbers would push him in the opposite direction, with other sold out dates including the one…
Robert Smith has opened up about new music from The Cure, revealing the next two albums are “done”, while a third “poppy” record is also being worked on. The icons are working on their first new music since 2024’s ‘Songs Of A Lost World’, which was quietly announced on their official bio last October. The 13-track album is one of three releases on the way, something that was expanded on in an interview Smith gave to BBC 6 Music yesterday (June 8). “We did record three albums’ worth of songs, so the second one is done, so that’s about to…
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, with Anika Nilles and Loren Gold, opened the comeback tour Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
Text and meaning of Our beautiful yearsthe new single by Starout Friday for Atlantic Records Italy / Warner Music Italy. The song anticipates WARthe artist's second official album, available from Friday 12 June on all platforms and in different physical formats. After Ancelottireleased on May 29th, this is the second single to lead the way to the album. We told it in our article dedicated to the WAR album. According to what the artist declared, Our beautiful years it is the most open and vulnerable piece of his production, and must be read on two levels. Star – Our beautiful…
Influential Camden music venue Barfly is set to reopen, with Frank Turner headlining the opening night on June 22. Initially operating from 1996-2016, the venue saw iconic early performances from the likes of Coldplay, Muse, Amy Winehouse, The Libertines, and many more. Ed Sheeran famously played four shows in one night on their stage in 2011. The location was also featured in an episode of the cult Simon Pegg comedy series Spaced. Financial pressures saw the Camden flagship close down in 2016, but a comeback has been announced under new ownership. Dan Ickowitz-Seidler and Richard Buck, co-founders of company Propaganda…
Invisible Touch it's total rubbish. It's not only Genesis's lowest point, it's also one of the worst records ever released in the history of music. Garbage, obscenity, something that shouldn't exist.I could go on for a long time reporting the comments heard over the last four decades regarding the English band's thirteenth album. Comments that I too have often shared. It's no coincidence that I placed it in last place in the Genesis album charts. A position he richly deserves. However, when you find yourself thinking about a work that everyone judges to be terrible, it is inevitable to ask…