Author: Press Room
Angine De Poitrine‘s Khn has argued for the importance of music theory, saying musicians should embrace the terminology behind their work. The anonymous Quebec duo – completed by percussionist Klek De Poitrine – are known for performing complex microtonal rock music from inside giant papier-mâché masks and black-and-white polka dot costumes. Speaking in a new interview with Guitar World, Khn was asked whether he thinks in terms of scales when he is playing on stage. “I think in terms of scales all the time,” he said. “Or rather, intervals in a context. But it’s just a harmless piece of information that sits there in the consciousness.…
Jay Weinberg has opened up about a challenging time in his life when he said he was prevented from collaborating with other artists because he didn’t have the “legal ability” to do so. He added that part of his creative self “was dying” as a result. Weinberg has been working with a variety of bands and projects since his departure from Slipknot in 2023. He toured with Suicidal Tendencies, recorded with Fuming Mouth, launched the new band Portraits of an Apparition, recorded his first solo music, and recently collaborated with Canadian duo Softcult on a song called “Drown Fountain.” However,…
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have been photographed watching and enjoying The Cure play their headline set at Way Out West. Both bands were on the bill at the festival in Gothenburg on Friday (August 14), with Cave and co. delivering a two-hour set on the Azalea stage not long before The Cure topped the bill on the Flamingo stage to round out the night with a huge, career-spanning show. Bad Seeds multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis later shared a carousel of photos and videos from the night, including one of the Bad Seeds watching The Cure together with their crew. “Watching The Cure last night,” Ellis wrote. “Band…
Wembley Stadium has been criticised after The Weeknd‘s fireworks display went ahead despite a government emergency alert. The Canadian pop superstar began his five-night run at the London venue on Friday night (August 14), and a large fireworks display accompanied the set’s closing track ‘Moth To A Flame’. It came just hours after the UK government sent out an emergency alert to phones across England and Wales to give a “severe” warning about the risk of wildfires across the country. “Residents, landowners and visitors should not undertake any activity that could start a fire, including disposable barbecues, firepits, garden incinerators or fireworks,” the message read. “Even a small…
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…
