Author: Press Room
The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 opens today in Vienna in a climate that goes far beyond the usual televoting controversies. Casting a shadow over the edition is an investigation by New York Times built on internal EBU documents, voting data not publicly disclosed and more than fifty interviews. The picture that emerges is that of a multi-year government campaign led by Israel to transform the most popular music competition in the world into an instrument of public diplomacy and soft power.According to the American newspaper, in fact, the Israeli institutional commitment around Eurovision dates back to at least 2018 -…
Tricky is set for a short jaunt across North America. In support of his first album in six years, Different When It’s Silent, the trip-hop artist will make stops in the U.S. and Canada this fall. The trek kicks off in September in Detroit before concluding in Atlanta.The musician’s North American dates follow a run of European shows Tricky mapped out earlier in the year. His sprawling 2026 schedule marks the first Tricky tour since he celebrated the reissue of his debut album, Maxinquaye, in 2024 with a handful of European dates.Tricky: North American TourTricky:09-16 Detroit, MI – El Club09-20…
Rostam Batmanglij produced Clairo’s 2019 debut Immunity, and together they crafted the masterpiece (and third best song of that year) that is “Bags.” Seven years later, the pair has reunited for the latest single from Rostam’s forthcoming album American Stories. Titled after the late French chanteuse Françoise Hardy, “Hardy” is built around a sample of Georges Delerue’s score from Truffaut’s Day for Night. Below, watch an accompanying video directed by Antony Muse.In press materials, Rostam described “Hardy” as “a song about looking forward and looking back. Ultimately, I hope it leaves you with some feeling of hope for the future.” He…
The South Carolina rapper refreshes a throwback beat with a really sticky hook. Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
After the experience ad Friends of Maria De Filippi, Plasma he goes back to telling his story with Wanderersan EP that mixes rap, songwriting and introspection, transforming fragility, mistakes and generational anxieties into music. The Ligurian artist, who in recent years has also collaborated with Alpha And Ollydescribes this project as something more than just a snapshot of the present: “More than a single shot, Wanderers it is the story of many things that happened”. In fact, the album contains songs written in very different moments of his life, united by the desire to tell his story without filters. Plasma,…
It appeared out of nowhere, something strong and true in the nothingness of social media. Impossible to ignore that video shot in black and white. A rapper walks in the courtyard of Monopol, the former distillery in Berlin's Reinickendorf district transformed into a cultural center. He looks into the room and spits words that in the English girth are a punch in the stomach: “Uproot our roots, demolish our homes, criminalize our existence, falsify our origins, separate us from our loved ones and massacre our children.” He's angry with us. It's the strongest thing I've seen and heard in recent…
Photo by Giorgia De Dato THE Mad Caddies they returned to Italy on the evening of May 13th with a live show at Legend Clubthe only Italian date of the Californian band's spring tour. The Santa Barbara group brought its own mix of ska, punk rock and reggae to the stage, alternating historical songs from the repertoire with more recent pieces taken from Arrows Room 117album released in 2024 and also presented live to the Italian public. Throughout the concert, the evening maintained that festive and captivating atmosphere which over the years has made the band a point of reference…
Raia arrives on May 15, 2026 with his first album, Naked Heart. The singer-songwriter from Campania releases the album for Courage Live and with distribution ADA Musicafter anticipating the project with It could be usa power ballad released last May 8th on radio and digital platforms. In Naked Heart there are sixteen tracks that try to hold together memory, relationships, sense of loss and the need to start again. Raia he chooses a very direct writing, without too elaborate constructions, leaving the images and words to carry the emotional weight of the album. Raia: a record made of relationships, gaps…
Jack White has reacted to the new golden statue of Donald Trump that has been erected in Florida – touching on how it fits in with what he considers the “most frustrating part of modern American life”. The 22-foot statue depicts the US president thrusting his fist into the air, reminiscent of the gesture he did after the assassination attempt at a 2024 rally in Pennsylvania. It was unveiled at his golf course in Doral, Florida, at a ceremony presided over by Evangelical pastor Mark Burns – who previously described the president as divinely appointed (as per The Independent). At…
Have you ever slept through your alarm? Maybe you’re midway through a dream where you finally get that promotion, or one where you’re on the best date of your life. But throughout all the wish fulfillment, a faint siren keeps ringing. Your unconscious worked the alarm’s chime into your slumber. This is the feeling of listening to Croz Boyce’s “Abundant Zap River”: soothing yet disconcerting, Avey Tare’s plucked guitar and Geologist’s whirring electronics coming together like clangs invading your dreams. On their first album under the moniker, the two noisemakers from Animal Collective delight in this combination, foregrounding campfire acoustics…
