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Blondshell, the solo alt-pop project of Sabrina Teitelbaum, is teasing her follow-up to last year’s If You Asked for a Picture. While the album isn’t announced quite yet, she’s previewing it with the new song “Heart Has to Work So Hard,” which you can listen to below.“This song is really about friendship and betrayal, getting stuck in a dynamic and letting things fester,” Teitelbaum explained in a statement. “It’s about pain and confusion — no one trains you for the ups and downs of a friendship between two women — but it’s also about a love so enduring that you…
Taeyang is back with his first studio album in nine years. Quintessenceout now, follows a can't-miss Coachella set with his group Big Bang last month, starting off the group's 20th anniversary year strong. His last EP, 2023's Down to Earthhad themes of returning to roots and reflecting on his career beginnings; it also marked his return to the spotlight after six years that included his time completing his mandatory military service. Three years later, with QuintessenceTaeyang peels back one step further as he embarks on a new chapter. Twenty years into his career, he's still challenging himself creatively and exploring…
Shakira will receive a €60 million (about $64 million) refund after a Spanish court ruled in her favor in a long-running dispute over her taxes. On Monday, May 18, Spain's National High Court ruled that the Spanish Tax Agency failed to prove that Shakira spent 183 days in the country in 2011, the minimum required to pay personal income tax. The €60 million sum comprises a refund on taxes and fines, plus interest. In a statement shared with Rolling Stonethe Colombian pop star celebrated the ruling: “After more than eight years of enduring brutal public targeting, orchestrated campaigns to destroy…
Actor Russell Andrews has revealed he's been diagnosed with ALS, as he hopes to raise further awareness of the rare degenerative disease during ALS Awareness Month. The 64-year-old, who has had roles on Better Call Saul, Insecureand Straight Outta Comptonsaid he was diagnosed last fall after suffering a series of health problems, including experiencing “twitches” and “pinched nerves” in his neck. Due to losing his health insurance during the SAG-AFTRA strikes of 2023, Andrews said he went to the doctor as soon as he had his insurance back. The physician immediately recommended that Andrews see a neurologist. “One thing led…
46 years ago the frontman of Joy Division passed away, after eternalizing our fears Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
Haruomi Hosono has a new album on the way. The 78-year-old Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder will release his 23rd studio LP, Yours Sincerely, on September 11 via Ghostly International. In a statement, Hosono said he came up with the title for the follow-up to 2019’s Hochono House while trying to find a way to express the Japanese concept omoiyari (思い遣り in English. “Its original meaning is ‘to suffer together,’’ Hosono explained in a statement. “In Japanese, omoiyari also includes the feeling of ‘rejoicing together.’ In that sense, it may even seem like the opposite. The perspective, the emotional angle—subtly but…
Three years ago, Lowertown were in search of a reset. The New York-based indie rock duo were exhausted, reeling from a physically grueling tour in Europe which put a strain on their nearly decade-long friendship. So, in 2023, they traveled back to their hometown of Atlanta. While they were there, Olivia Osby and Avsha Weinberg found exactly what they needed to keep their band alive. The two 24-year-olds returned to the basics, holding sessions in their respective Atlanta basements to remind them why they started Lowertown eight years ago. It was there, in the same environment where they used to…
From New York rockers to anarchists in the U.K. from hardcore to riot grrrl to pop-punk, and more Punk rock started in 1976 in New York, when four cretins from Queens came up with a mutant strain of blitzkrieg bubblegum. The revolution they inspired split the history of rock & roll in half. But even if punk rock began as a kind of negation — a call to stark, brutal simplicity — its musical variety and transforming emotional power was immediate and remains staggering. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ramones’ toweringly influential self-titled debut, we’ve compiled a list of the 100 Greatest Punk…
Ella Langley Image Credit: Daniel Prakcopcyk Ella Langley was the night's top winner, taking home Female Artist of the Year, and a number of awards for her massive crossover hit, “Choosin' Texas,” including Song of the Year.
Photo by Giada StanzianThey performed in concert for the first time in Milan i Paleduskthe Fukuoka band that is rewriting the rules of contemporary heavy by mixing metalcore, industrial, nu-metal and EDM like no other. After conquering the Japanese scene and forming very strong bonds with the Australian giants Alpha Wolf, Polaris and The Amity Affliction, Paledusk arrive at the Legend Club for a very high intensity live show. With them Knosis, Greyhaven And Headwreck. Click here to see photos of Paledusk in Milan or browse the gallery below PALEDUSK: the setlist of the Milan concert PALEDUSK THEME SONG #1…
