Author: Press Room
Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 16, Rolling Stone is breaking down 11 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night. Record of the Year — not to be mistaken for Song of the Year — honors a song’s recorded version, and is given to all the people involved in its music making. This year’s crop will likely see established artists up against relative newcomers across a mix of genres, including Ella Langley, Raye, Noah Kahan, and the protean Rosalía. “Grammys, there’s the biz of it…
W hen Fontaines D.C. first came out of Dublin with their 2019 debut, Dogrel, they were a fun new twist on old-school post-punk. The spelunking bass lines recalled Joy Division and New Order, the jagged guitars evoked the Fall. But these guys had their own uniquely Irish sense of lyricism, absurdist humor, and underdog spirit. You’d have to be a real spoil sport not to fall for a band whose frontman, Grian Chatten, told Rolling Stone U.K. that he likes to relax before shows by listening to the audiobook of James Joyce’s Dubliners. Each subsequent Fontaines record has been different…
Giunge alla diciassettesima edizione il Robot Festival, con il titolo “?Syntax Error”. Il tema affronta il momento in cui si smette di capire il sistema, sommersi come siamo da informazioni, verità e falsificazioni. Al DumBO ho seguito le due notti della rassegna. La prima cosa che colpisce è la varietà del cartellone e la presenza di esibizioni dal vivo. Era già successo in passato, ma quest’anno l’elemento si fa ancora più forte, soprattutto grazie a Marina Herlop, Upsammy e Valentina Magaletti. Curiosa anche la durata degli interventi: tutti tra un’ora e un’ora e mezza, che si trattasse di dj set…
Phoebe Bridgers has reunited with her Boygenius bandmates for a short, ethereal acoustic performance, directed by Lance Oppenheim. Check it out below. The performance came as part of A24’s Sound Check At Cherry Lane Theatre series, which sees musicians host brief, intimate performances in collaboration with a renowned director. For Bridgers, the set came as she is currently embarking on her ‘Lost Tour’ across North America in celebration of her new solo record ‘Lost Weekend’, and it also comes following her making her first major feature film debut alongside Robert Pattinson in Primetime. For her appearance at the Sound Check…
Grimes has announced a new album ‘Psyopera’ with the dark new single ‘Accelerando’, and said that the record will not feature any songs about her ex Elon Musk. The record will be the first from the experimental artist since 2020’s ‘Miss Anthropocene’ and was announced on social media with a cryptic video. In the clip, Grimes starts with the message “Please wait patiently for the failure of the system” before speaking over the top, saying: “Welcome to the game” and talking about themes including God, Eden and artificial intelligence. Check the video out below, which also showcases the surreal visuals…
C’è una tenda mongola nel Salone dei Giganti di Palazzo Bentivoglio, a Gualtieri, sotto gli affreschi della Gerusalemme liberata. È lì che Giovanni Lindo Ferretti e Massimo Zamboni hanno presentato i loro dischi usciti lo scorso 9 ottobre: il live Percuotendo, in cadenza e la nuova edizione de La macchia mongolica. E quella tenda non è lì per caso, ma racconta di una sinergia «al limite del ridicolo». Ferretti l’aveva appena comprata per tutt’altri motivi, poi il giorno dopo è andato da Zamboni per dirglielo. Ma prima che aprisse bocca si è sentito chiedere: «Oh Ferretti, sto cercando di affittare…
Johnny Marr has recalled how he found out from Noel Gallagher that Gary “Mani” Mounfield had died, and explained how the news helped shape some of the lyrics on his new album ‘The Age of Everything’. Mani originally found fame as bassist for the Stone Roses, joining in 1987 and playing on both their iconic albums, until they first disbanded in 1996. He then went on to join Primal Scream and stayed with them until 2011, when the Stone Roses reformed. He passed away on November 20, aged 63, due to respiratory issues linked to long-standing emphysema. News of his…
NME’s latest stars of The Cover, Piss, have created an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below. The Vancouver punk band are on this week’s (October 12) edition of The Cover, a manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read Piss’ profile here, written by Lisa Wright and featuring photography by Maya Fuhr. To accompany their appearance on The Cover, Piss have curated an exclusive playlist collating some of the music that inspired their…
2026 has unleashed a wave of popstars working it out on the dancefloor. Arlo Parks, Jorja Smith – hell, even Madonna’s gone back to the club for her new record. Now, Rachel Chinouriri’s getting in on the action with her second album ‘I Think I Spoke Too Soon’. If tragedy struck the Croydon singer-songwriter out of the blue on her debut album, 2024’s ‘What A Devastating Turn Of Events’, then ‘I Think I Spoke Too Soon’ repeatedly pits Chinouriri’s external “party girl” against her growing discontent with her lifestyle. On opener ‘One Song Away From Crying’, she sighs: “I’ve never…
The Wombats have announced a new UK and European tour, celebrating the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough debut album ‘A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation’. The tour will kick off next spring with an opening night in Paris on April 1, followed by further stops in Cologne, Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam and Antwerp over the following week. From there, four UK shows are lined-up, taking place in Manchester, Glasgow, London and Liverpool through the rest of the month. At each show, frontman Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy and co. will perform their iconic debut album from start to finish during the first…
