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Mike D is taking his Mike D 5D band on the road behind his forthcoming solo album Thank You. The Beastie Boys alum has added 10 new shows apiece in North America and Europe, expanding a five-show run announced last month. Check out the full itinerary below.Mike D is joined in the band by Will Graefe, Eddie and Milo Ruscha, and his sons Skyler and Davis Diamond. The album arrives August 28, via Capitol, two days before the tour kick-off in Boston.Mike D 5D Tour:08-30 Boston, MA – Royale09-01 Washington, DC – 930 Club09-03 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel09-05…
The Tedeschi Trucks Band have been forced to cancel two upcoming festival appearances after singer-guitarist Susan Tedeschi announced she “had an appendix scare.” The group will miss their scheduled performances at this weekend's FloydFest in Virginia and Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. Tedeschi shared news of the canceled gigs and of her health on social media on Monday. “Here with some unfortunate news. I had an appendix scare, and I've been told I need surgery to have it removed. It's a very common procedure, of course, and I'll be okay, but sadly it does mean we have to…
Giusy Ferreri And Frankie hi-nrg mc they were guests together of SPOT – The Podcastthe program that Michele Monina And Massimiliano Longo they record live at the Spot Music Fest in Bareggio, in front of the audience of the young artists of the festival. Two opposite and parallel paths, the singer-songwriter who has gone through summer and rock hits and the rapper who in thirty years has published seven records choosing to disappear between one project and another, who find themselves in agreement on several things. Starting from artificial intelligence. “Those who think well” was born from four seconds of…
A viral tweet claimed the pop icon watched the final from Donald Trump's suite. The woman in the footage was clearly someone else A social media post making the rounds after Sunday's FIFA World Cup final claims that Madonna was spotted sitting in President Donald Trump's luxury suite at MetLife Stadium. She wasn't. The confusion appears to stem from a brief shot of Trump's box during the match between Spain and Argentina. The camera caught several guests seated alongside Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino, prompting users on Confessions II. Of course, there are a few obvious problems with that…
It was the year of “Discovery”, “Is This It”, “Origin Of Symmetry” and “Amnesiac” and many other great albums that left their mark. The magazine Radio “Twelve extraordinary months that left a profound mark on alternative rock, indie and electronica, delivering a series of albums destined to become classics,” as the magazine recalls in the introduction.As usual, preferential treatment for British productions, as always happens in those parts. On OndaRock there is a ranking of the best albums of the zero decade. Here is the ranking of the 25 best indie-rock albums of 2001, according to Radio Daft Punk –…
Brad Paisley has defended Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, saying that it was “one of the least pretentious” ceremonies he has “ever seen or ever will see”. The pop star and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end announced their engagement last August and tied the knot at a star-studded ceremony at New York’s Madison Square Garden earlier this month. In the time since, a few details about the largely-private wedding have come to light, with New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani revealing that Swift and Kelce reportedly paid over $160,000 (£119,000) to get married at the iconic venue, and…
“As much as I would love to break America, I don’t want to have to feel like I’m compromising anything to break a new market,” Songer says. “If that happens, it happens. If not, I’m not gonna die swimming against the tide.” As he says this, the rapper sits at a table on the banks of the Grand Union canal, outside Paddington Station in north central London. He doesn’t live here, but it’s easy to get to on the train from his home near Reading, a broadly unremarkable town outside the British capital. He takes a sip of beer. Suddenly…
Melissa Auf der Maur is back with her first (sort of) new album in 16 years. On Bass Womb Room: My ’90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings, the former Hole bassist links a trove of unreleased, living-room demos she made in the 1990s with eight new interludes composed for a forthcoming photography exhibition. Those interstitials are partly built around old field recordings Auf der Maur made by placing a handycam on her amp during her time with Hole and as a touring member of the Smashing Pumpkins. The album is out digitally and on cassette on September 4, via Envision.…
Bass Womb Room will find the Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist pairing previously unreleased demos with new “interludes” composed for an upcoming photo exhibit Alt-rock stalwart Melissa Auf Der Maur, who played with Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins, is prepping a new project, Bass Womb Roomthat will feature her first new music in over 15 years. The album — titled Bass Womb Room: My '90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings — is set to feature a mix of old and new music. It will include several previously unreleased four-track demos, which Auf der Maur wrote and recorded during the Nineties,…
Jim Gilstrap, the soul and R&B vocalist known for his work with Stevie Wonder, his solo hit “Swing Your Daddy,” and singing the Good Times theme song, has died. He was 79. Gilstrap died on July 18 from natural causes, according to a statement from his family. “Beyond the recordings and performances, Jim was admired by his peers for his professionalism, humility, generosity, and genuine love for music,” the statement read. “While many of his greatest contributions happened behind the scenes, his voice became an essential part of the soundtrack of generations.” After spending the Sixties singing in groups like…
