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The period that separates the dazzling debut of Cranberries with Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993) from the global affirmation dthe No Need to Argue (1994) was decisive for the consecration of the band. Riding the wave of the success of their first chart-topping album, which gave rise to the hits “Linger” and “Dreams”, the young Irish band played in an intimate and intimate atmosphere inside the legendary London Astoria II venue. A recording of that performance that was thought lost has recently been found and will be published next August 28th, with the title Live…

“My job is to make sure people have as much fun as possible and forget their problems and those of the world for a couple of hours.” Mick Jagger says so in an interview published over the weekend by New York Times. Unlike other performers and despite the last album Foreign Tongues there are a couple of songs with topical ideas, the Rolling Stones singer doesn't think that a performer's job consists in making the audience reflect on the state of the world.The topic comes out of a question from journalist David Marchese on how Jagger interprets his relationship with…

Sam Neill, best known for starring in the Jurassic Park franchise, died on July 13 at 78. The actor's family shared the news on his official Instagram page early Monday morning. “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia,” the family wrote in a statement. “Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterized his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free. They would like to express their deepest…

Previewed on Rockonil video clips Of “Blockbusters”new single from the Salento singer-songwriter Courteous from the July 3 on all digital platforms and on the radio distributed by Believe. In the video, directed by Francesco Luperto For Zima FilmCortese decides to go and visit the old dusty warehouse of his brother, a great cinema and Blockbuster enthusiast, and a VHS collector since childhood. He chooses a video cassette that has no cover, no label, no title, and out of curiosity he inserts it into the old video recorder. It starts like this road movie that between unexpected events, enchanting landscapes, arguments,…

Speaking from beyond the grave, Andy Warhol talks with Jasper Dean about the latter’s love for Beat poets and Cameron Winter. True biographical statements emerge from the charming fictional exchange, part of the 22-year-old model-musician’s self-published Communist Party Animal zine, as do heartwarming sentiments. That same blurring of artifice and sincerity informs their debut full-length, TOY COLLAGES. It marks a sharp departure from Dean’s run of bedroom-pop singles and last year’s subdued indie-pop EP, pivoting towards rowdy, absurd post-punk and electro-pop.The Detroit-based musician’s frenetic mishmash of sounds recalls Le Tigre’s most vibrant, out-there sensibilities. Their music shares the overpowering fuzz…

In the lush opening moments of Terra Incognita, composer Pascal Bideau’s new album as Akusmi, it’s as though he were swinging a giant magnet, drawing in every sound that fascinates him. Low piano notes gather tentatively; sostenuto woodwinds hover just above ground level; a rainstick adds contour and shading. As the piano arches into a sparkling glissando, a harp follows suit, carving out space for a light, airy synthesizer drone to materialize. The elements all curl around each other into a blissful tangle; listening feels like tracing a stream widening as it cuts into a mountainside. As the nearly 11-minute…

When Twisted Teens broke through with their second album, Blame the Clown, only five months ago, the New Orleans duo’s southern-fried mix of garage rock, early punk, rockabilly, and country screamed both “First thought is absolutely best thought” and “Wait until I show you what else I can do.” But if their last album presented the band at their most gleeful and cocky, ready to call the world as they saw it, then Florida Water Blues takes place the morning after: a touch more vulnerable now that the liquid courage has subsided and the hangover is setting in. Blame the…

I’ll leave it to others to provide Foreign Tongues with the traditional blessing that greets every new Rolling Stones album—“it’s their best since Some Girls!”—but I will say it features their best cover art since Some Girls. Created by Chicago painter Nathaniel Mary Quinn, the image mashes up caricatures of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ron Wood into a glorious grotesquerie that channels the colorful glam-trash aesthetics of the band’s late-’70s phase. In the process, it also takes every ageist insult that’s been lobbed at the Stones over the years—they’re too old, too wrinkly, too decrepit—and rubs it in our…

AVAILABLE FOR 12 TEAMS Buffalo Bills Americana Gnome Just in time for America's 250th birthday, this Uncle Sam-inspired design features a bearded gnome in a patriotic red, white, and blue suit. Of course, these just happen to be the Buffalo Bills team colors, but FOCO makes this Americana gnome for 10 other NFL teams, with the stars and stripes suit rendered in each team's color palette. As with the Knicks gnome, every unit in this collection is hand-crafted and hand-painted. This is officially-licensed merch from the NFL. These NBA and NFL garden gnomes make a great gift for sports fans…

Pulp played an epic closing set at Mad Cool 2026 last night (Saturday July 11), with their performance also doubling up as a celebration for England fans. The escalations of the World Cup have been a focal feature of the Madrid festival, particularly the day before when Spain beat Belgium. Not only was the home country’s match shown on a big screen in the middle of the Iberdrola Music arena site, but their 2-1 victory was celebrated by Kings Of Leon and Interpol from the stage. Then on the closing Saturday, the England match clashed with the latter part of…