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NDG And I'm Alaska they publish Better than a starsingle out on July 17, 2026 For Too much Records. The song is a summer postcard about a sweet and light love: between pop sounds with a retro flavor and an immediate refrain, the two Roman singer-songwriters talk about the desire to fall in love and leave the anxieties of the world behind, at least for a while. NDG, Better than a star: what the song is about Better than a star tells of an encounter that turns the tables. The two protagonists come from disappointing experiences, made up of people…

The pop star imitated Hermione Granger, Dobby the elf, Ron Wesley, and Severus Snape in a new video Ariana Grande is a master of impressions, as evidenced by her appearances on Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show. Now the pop star has tackled a series of Harry Potter characters, including Dobby, Ron Weasley, and Severus Snape. Grande posted the clip to the TikTok page of her beauty brand R.E.M. Beauty to promote a new product, using the various characters voices to question the whereabouts of her blur butter. The Wicked actress began the video as Julie Walters’ Molly Weasley, swapping her…

«Sleeping in a park, living on begging, feeling like someone who didn't make it, an outcast in the world. “Paper Love”is a song that has a light-hearted pace, but a heart of desolation. A hug made of cardboard is the small consolation for the protagonist of the song. A small hymn to empathy towards those who have fallen outside the rhythm of society, as if to compensate for the injustices that happen. In the end the pace slows down and we perceive the hope for a possible harmony found in the journey of humanity.» Listen to “Paper Love” MoMa For…

Here’s something you’ve definitely heard before: Atlanta’s rap scene is currently delivering some of the genre’s most flamboyant, charismatic personalities. Here’s something you probably haven’t heard: anyone with the creaky, parrot-like cadence of Bby Kell. She lands somewhere between Glokk40Spaz’s strident gnarl and the old-timey Delta blues twang of a Ma Rainey; her face-scrunching, gut-busting bars get their charm from how gravelly and weathered they sound. That colorful flipbook of adlibs in her back pocket makes the experience even better. “Yeayo!” she repeatedly exclaims on “ILUVYALL,” one of my favorite songs of the year so far. The Beale Street-sampling trunk…

È il 2006, Frank Ferrer è al saggio di fine anno della figlia di 7 anni, il telefono squilla. All’altro capo c’è l’amico Tommy Stinson, bassista dei Replacements che in quel periodo suona coi Guns N’ Roses. «Sta per succedere qualcosa», gli dice. «Perché non impari un po’ di pezzi dei Guns? Poi ti dico di più».In pratica, il batterista Bryan “Brain” Mantia stava per diventare padre, ma i Guns avevano un tour programmato. L’idea era trovare un sostituto per un paio di settimane. Alla fine Ferrer è restato coi Guns N’ Roses per 19 anni, un record, più a…

The singer-songwriter formally released the acoustic version of her Lost Weekend single Phoebe Bridgers is back at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonthis time for a surprise performance of “Lost Boys (Acoustic).” The singer-songwriter returned to New York City's Rockefeller Center just 24 hours after her performance on Tuesday, when she performed “Lost Boys” alongside young musicians ranging from eight to 14 years old. For the acoustic rendition — which she formally released tonight — she performed with a band of veteran musicians. Bridgers released “Lost Boys” last month, with a Renaissance faire-themed video that featured actor Skyler Gisondo as…

Jason Newsted recalls only a handful of occasions when his Metallica crashed a concert. One of these happened in Canada, at a time when they were still building their gigantic fan base. During an appearance on the podcast Nashville Now Of Rolling Stonethe former Metallica bassist recalled a concert in a remote Canadian location where he and James Hetfield ended up under a dart throw.At the time the band didn't yet fill the arenas where hockey teams play in Canada, so the promoters divided the arena in half with a large rubber tent. In this way the audience was concentrated…

Loathe are in an enviable position. At first, the Liverpool four-piece followed a familiar trajectory for metalcore acts—coalescing from various corners of local scenes, gradually sleekening their sound, playing those broad “heavy music” festivals in Europe with names like Metaldays and Destruction Derby. Then they embraced shoegaze at the exact moment that the genre started gaining cultural cachet. Their second album, 2020’s I Let It In and It Took Everything, bridged the formidable gap between the mainstream and the more pigeonholed outskirts of modern heavy rock. Following a 35-minute ambient companion to ILIIAITE released a year later, Loathe have been…

At the beginning of Standing on the Corner II, a murky prayer arises through a break in the noise. Before the twisted funeral procession and organ crashes of “Will it ever be the same?” kick into gear, a distorted voice muses about being cast away from home and forsaken to roam the earth. The mangled vocals of founder and songwriter Gio Escobar take over, narrating from a theological crossroads: “And at the very time I thought I was lost/My dungeon shook/Burning/At the foot of a bright light that appeared as it all fell down around me,” he booms from the…

In a climate where plenty of artists prefer to cloak their reference material in secrecy, Kelela draws a refreshingly complete map. She’s so effective at communicating her musical ideas because she’s willing to share exactly what she’s studying for inspiration. For the past 13 years, she’s nurtured this curiosity alongside a deep sense of familiarity with her core audience, bringing them with her as she’s fused R&B vocals into multiple musical traditions: East Coast club, drum’n’bass, ambient, and her hometown D.C.’s go-go. When I interviewed the Maryland-raised singer about the remix version of 2023’s Raven, she was reading Amiri Baraka’s…