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Defining “Ulrika!”, the previous effort by the Swedish band Sternpost, as a manifesto of “unpopular pop” was not an intellectual whim, but rather the clear photograph of a radical and courageous declaration of intent. Today, with “unworld.afterpop”, the creature of Petter Herbertsson – former sound architect in Testbild – chooses to dialogue more openly with the song form. Yet, these sober baroque-pop miniatures categorically reject the logic of mass consumption, remaining anchored to an idea of aesthetic resistance. Sternpost's is an aristocratic narrative that evokes the geometric grace of High Llamas and the noble harmonies of Louis Philippe, without giving…
One year on from Ozzy Osbourne’s death, his wife Sharon has revealed the advice he gave her to remember him, and his Black Sabbath bandmates have paid tribute. The heavy metal pioneer passed away on July 22 last year, aged 76. To mark one year on, there was the first ever “Ozzy Day” held in his Birmingham hometown yesterday, with fans showing up to pay their respects, a brass band performing Black Sabbath classics, the mechanical “Ozzy The Bull” statue in New Street station being decorated with the singer’s iconic glasses and more. Ahead of the inaugural event, his son…
For more than a decade, Charli XCX was a secret weapon, a brazen experimentalist, a raw diarist, and (apologies to Chappell Roan) your favorite artist’s favorite artist. But she was not, exactly, a pop star — the kind that fills arenas,covers magazines,performs at the Grammys, and has the masses hanging on her every word. The British musician’s culture-shifting 2024 electro-pop confessionalBrat changed all that, lifting her name from “also starring” to above the title. Who better to churn out a 30-minute treatise on the art of image-making? Charli is well on her way to mastering all three mediums spelled out…
The singer was charged with assault last year after allegedly striking an employee in the face at Drama Night Club in Times Square Trey Songz has avoided jail time following his arrest last year over allegedly punching an employee at a nightclub in New York City. The R&B singer, whose real name is Tremaine Aldon Neverson, was sentenced on Wednesday to one year of conditional discharge for a non-criminal violation of second-degree harassment, Billboard reported. If he remains in complaint with the sentence's terms for the next 365 days, Neverson won't be subject to incarceration or probation. Last December, Neverson…
2026 marks a fundamental double anniversary in the career of Vinicio Capossela. The singer-songwriter is in fact celebrating thirty years of “Il Ballo di San Vito”, published on 10 October 1996, and twenty years of “Ovunque Proteggi”, released on 20 January 2006, two albums that represent key moments in his artistic journey. For the occasion, two celebratory limited edition vinyl reissues and four special concerts dedicated to the two albums arrive. The reprints will be available in just 1,000 numbered copies each and will faithfully reproduce the original graphics. “Il Ballo di San Vito” will return in an edition on…
Chad Hugo has teamed up with Tierra Whack and Leikeli47 rfor his rowdy new single ‘JUMPUPW!NYA’ – complete with an epic video. The track marks the debut solo single from the former Neptunes and N.E.R.D. musician, and features classic Chad Hugo grooves and spacey, swirling synths. The video is equally as high-energy. Featuring a motley crew of men in hazmat suits concocting the tune, it also depicts Chad Hugo as a cowboy in the desert and Whack manning an intergalactic space craft. The video ends with multiple explosions across the surreal locations shown in the video. According to Chad Hugo’s…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Sony unveiled its latest pair of headphones earlier this year with the introduction of the 1000X The Collexion, a new premium addition to the company’s 1000X headphone line. Touted as “a new reference point” for sound, comfort, and design, the headphones up the ante on all fronts for Sony, which has been a leader in the audio space for more than seven decades. I first demoed the headphones during a brief session at the Sony offices in Tokyo…
“Her voice, her songwriting, her honesty and her unique spirit remain as powerful today as ever,” estate wrote in tribute Thursday Amy Winehouse's estate and family remembered the singer Thursday on the 15th anniversary of her death. “Fifteen years on, Amy's music continues to connect with people around the world,” Winehouse's official Instagram wrote in a tribute post Thursday. “Her voice, her songwriting, her honesty and her unique spirit remain as powerful today as ever. Thank you for keeping her memory alive through the music she loved so much.” Winehouse died July 23, 2011 at the age of 27, with…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Michelle Branch isn't shying away from nostalgia with her upcoming Everywhere and Back Again tours. The EP of the same name, out in November, will feature reimagined versions of some of her biggest hits recorded by other artists. We got a taste of it with “The Game of Love” featuring fellow Y2K survivor Gregg Alexander of New Radicals (who co-wrote the original). The 18-date tour kicks off on the West Coast in September, and runs through November. Branch…
Ipswich's Basement had accustomed us to a completely different pace, when between 2011 and 2018 they released four albums, practically one every two years. So much so that we thought they had retreated; after all, this is what happens to many independent cults that never really explode.And yet here they are, returning after eight years, with what will most likely be remembered as their best album. Because, in this “Wired”, the most American band in the United Kingdom has managed to convey its mix of grunge guitars, post-hardcore explosions and emo outbursts worthy of Sunny Day Real Estate in the…
