Author: Press Room

A Los Angeles County judge granted a trial date Wednesday to the woman who claims Marilyn Manson sexually assaulted her at his West Hollywood home studio in 2010 and later subjected her to physical and emotional abuse when she worked as his assistant. At a court hearing, Judge Steve Cochran noted the case had “traveled a windy road” after it was first filed in 2021 and then dismissed and revived twice. He said he was willing to grant an expedited date if plaintiff Ashley Walters wanted one. When Walters’ lawyer requested a date in November of next year, he quickly…

The American president has never been richer, while at the same time managing to burn through taxpayer cash at a faster rate than Donald Trump. Foreign wars are bleeding the Pentagon dry, expensive vanity projects from Trump’s Cabinet members are sending millions up in smoke, and — as it turns out — almost one billion dollars in White House renovations are available to throw on the pyre.  According to administration records and contracts obtained by The Washington Post, Trump plans to spend roughly $900 million on the various renovations he has ordered for the presidential residence. The list of projects…

Royal Blood have announced a new album ‘Dead Company’ along with comeback single ‘Ten Over Ten’. The duo’s fifth studio LP comes three years after their last album ‘Back To The Water Below‘ and is set to drop on November 13 via Warner Records. You can pre-order/pre-save it here. According to a press release frontman Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher “entered the studio in 2025 with no deadline, no distractions and a simple ambition: to see what was possible with two people, 12 notes and infinite outcomes”. ‘Dead Company’ “strips everything back to its core. Immediate and uncompromising, it…

Kathleen Hanna and her husband Ad-Rock have covered DJ Snake and Justin Bieber’s “Let Me Love You” for Contra-ICE Vol. 1: ICE Out. The benefit compilation, set for release digitally and on CD and vinyl on October 2, via SoundsGood, has also corraled Jello Biafra, Fred Armisen, Fishbone, and Ozomatli, among others. The Hanna and Ad-Rock song also features Money Mark, longtime touring Beastie Boy Fredo Ortiz, and Frank Figueroa; listen to “Let Me Love You” below.Hanna said in a press release, “It’s not often you get to play music with your favorite people while working with a grassroots organization…

Underscores has shared a music video for “The Peace,” an album cut off her new LP, U. The Ayodeji-directed clip takes place on a dramatically lit soundstage, where April Harper Grey is swarmed by a thrashing crowd. Fittingly for the cigarette-centric breakup song, the set gradually begins to fill with smoke as the video progresses. Watch it below.Grey will support Charli XCX on her North American Music, Fashion, Film Tour throughout September and most of October. Days after their last date together, she’ll head over to Europe for her own run of headlining shows.Revisit Kieran Press-Reynolds’ profile The Not-So-Secret History…

Ritchie Blackmore hasn’t made a single live appearance with Deep Purple since his tumultuous exit from the heavy metal group back in 1993, and he bailed on their 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony when the group refused to share the stage with him that night. But in a rather stunning turn of events, Blackmore informed fans Tuesday night via Instagram that he plans on joining the group Wednesday evening when they perform at Jones Beach Amphitheater in Wantagh, New York.  “I actually called up – I didn’t call him up, I sent my A.I. pigeon to…

Lucy Davis, who starred in The Office and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, shared the devastating news that she has been diagnosed with an “incurable” form of Stage 4 breast cancer. In the wake of her revealing the diagnosis on Tuesday, the actress has received an outpouring of support from fellow actors and others, including Sabrina co-stars Kiernan Shipka and Miranda Otta and Edgar Wright, who directed her in Shaun of the Dead. She revealed in an Instagram post that her stage 4 breast cancer diagnosed a year-and-a-half ago metastasized to her bones, specifically her spine, right hip, and ribs. She…

A s someone who has been in the music business for almost two decades, Becky G likes to joke that she’s like a cat with nine lives in this industry. “It’s been a long journey, right? I got signed when I was 14… and I feel I’m, like, on my sixth life now as an artist,” she says. Since her breakthrough “Shower” in 2014, Becky has built a rock-solid career of hits in both English and Spanish, experimenting with everything from pop to música Mexicana. But now, at 29, she’s coming into her own more than ever. That’s where her…

Haruomi Hosono has released a cover of the Moonglows’ “Sincerely.” The latest track from its near-namesake album, Yours Sincerely, sets the Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder’s translation to a minimally adorned acoustic-guitar arrangement. Take a listen below; the album arrives September 11 via Ghostly.Hosono said in a press release, “The original is a doo-wop hit from 1954 by the Moonglows, the group in which the song’s writer Harvey Fuqua was a member… Since the theme of this album itself is the spirit of sincerely—a closing salutation—I could hardly leave this song uncovered. The original lyrics, written by Alan Freed, are a…

Ndeya, the record label founded by the late Jon Hassell, will release the avant-garde composer’s first album of new music since his death in 2021. Due October 2, Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) will complete Hassell’s final trilogy, following 2020’s Seeing Through Sound and 2018’s Listening to Pictures. Listen to an excerpt of one of the tracks, “Blue Ya-Ya,” and watch its video of black-and-white live footage below.Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) features Hassell performing as part of a trio with Rick Cox and John von Seggern. They recorded the album at London’s St John at Hackney Church…