Author: Press Room
Rico Nasty has reunited with producer Kenny Beats, who is now calling himself Kenneth Blume, for her new album, RX. It’s out July 24. Lead single “Cupcake” marks a return to Rico’s signature “sugar trap” sound following her 2025 rap-rock LP Lethal. Below, watch her joyride in an off-roader in the song’s Miggy-directed video.“I missed someone that was honest with me,” Rico said of working with Blume again in a press release. “And I missed someone who knew me back then, before I had any success. I felt like if I’m going to get back to doing me, I should…
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Madonna time travels back to the Eighties and dances the night away at a famous discotheque, R&B crooner Destin Conrad dives into reggae rhythms, and Rico Nasty teams back up with Kenneth Blume for a glittery new track. Plus, new tunes from Wolf Alice, Mary in the Junkyard, Sienna Spiro, Dinosaur Jr., and Ken Carson. Madonna, “Danceteria” (YouTube) Destin Conrad, “Nervous” (YouTube) Rico Nasty, “Cupcake” (YouTube) Wolf Alice, “Gospel Oak” (YouTube) Mary in the Junkyard, “Blood”…
Sienna Spiro called in a battalion of musicians to set the tone for “He's Not My Baby, I'm His,” which comes midway into her debut album, Visitor. There are trumpet players and a keyboardist and three different guitarists. Two people are on saxophone and another two on trombone, plus three more on bass, four on cello, and nearly a dozen violinists. There are more of them than there are years Spiro has been alive. But her voice is at the center of it all. The 20-year-old artist fills Visitor with influences from the all-time greats — like Frank and Nina…
Before Independence Day, Margo Price has surprise-released her Days of Unrest mixtape, featuring the singer's renditions of protest songs tackling the issues Price has championed. Along with the mixtape's arrival, Price also shared the video for her rendition of Woody Guthrie's “Deportee (Plane Crash at Los Gatos),” which she frequently performed live, including notably at the 2025 Newport Folk Festival. On this version, Price is joined by Memphis Mariachi and Joaz Baez, who famously performed “Deportee” alongside Bob Dylan on the Rolling Thunder Revue tour. “I've been singing 'Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)' for a couple decades now, so…
From 16 to 22 August Benicàssim (Spain) hosts the 31st edition of Rototom Sunsplashwhich this year, with the motto “The place to be”it is confirmed the most important European festival dedicated to reggae music since 1994.Seven intense days that go well beyond music: on an area of over 130,000 m2, the public will be able to enjoy a complete experience between areas themeswide offer food & beverage, beaches free, camping equipped, as well as debates, conferences, workshops, markets and activities artisticrecreational and dedicated to well being. The presence of Major Lazer Soundsystemwith its contaminations electronic Between moombahton And dancehalltestifies to…
Kiss Kiss Way 2026 continues with the stage of Pescarascheduled for 10 and 11 July, after the events of Turin, Domizia Bay And Viareggio. The summer tour of Radio Kiss Kiss combines the Village, activities for the public, live broadcasts, digital content and free concerts. Each stage develops over two days: the first dedicated to Kiss Kiss Villagethe second with the evening live. The live of Pescara will be held on Saturday 11 July at Stadium of the Seain Piazza I Maggiowith free entry. Among the first artists announced are Nuclear Tactical Penguins, Rocco Hunt, Sarah Toscano, Mr Rain, Michele…
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have shared the full stage times for their huge gig in Brighton this month. Check them out below. READ MORE: Nick Cave interview: “There’s no metric that says virtuousness makes good art” Cave and co. are set to play a big homecoming show at the seaside city’s Preston Park on Friday July 31, as part of the band’s current UK and European headline tour. Opening for the Bad Seeds on the day will be The Flaming Lips, English Teacher, Cate Le Bon and Warmduscher. “I am thrilled beyond words to return to my beloved Brighton with The Bad Seeds to play…
Smirk, the power-pop-meets-punk-rock brainchild of Portland musician Nick Vicario, has a knack for turning tropes inside out. On his latest effort, Speculative Fiction, he reinvents suburban anhedonia with an unexpectedly meticulous, pop-forward sensibility. With help from friends like Ceremony’s Ross Farrar, Advertisement’s Ryan Mangione-Smith, and members of the Hotline TNT crew (who play in Smirk’s live band), Vicario recasts an archetypal narrator—the disaffected high schooler—as a grown-up trying to veer out of the fast lane and back to the familiarity of their constricting youth. Smirk’s first official album since 2022, Speculative Fiction is one hell of a reintroduction.Listen on Apple…
Adam Weiner knows you’re angry. So, when the Philadelphia singer-songwriter began writing a new album for Low Cut Connie — both the band he leads and the stage name under which he performs — he looked to a specific great American hero for inspiration: Fred Rogers. “Mr. Rogers said, ‘What do you do with the mad that you feel?’ Remember that speech while he’s putting his sweater on?” Weiner tells Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast. “We all get angry; we’ve got to use it. We’ve got to use it to motivate us: get in the streets, use your voice, vote,…
More than 50 years since Gerald Casale co-founded Devo with the belief that mankind is devolving at a rapid peace, he's commemorating America's 250th anniversary this July 4 with a video for his new solo song “Just Do It!” that takes on the ultimate symbol of our decay: Donald Trump. The animated video presents Trump as a dictator who leads an army of MAGA zombies, sucks money out of the country with a giant hose, smashes the Liberty Bell with a sledgehammer, watches the Statue of Liberty crumble, and runs over hordes of peaceful protestors in an ambulance. Things grow…
