Author: Press Room

Admit it, you miss me. María Isabel Severino is certain of that on her new post-relationship glow-up EP, Miss Me Much? As an aspiring star at a performing arts high school, she taped Alicia Keys posters in her locker and studied the sepia-toned R&B you might’ve once owned on CD. In 2021, she released two tender and subdued EPs, Stuck in the Sky and i hope you’re very unhappy without me. Now, she’s linked up with El Guincho, known for his career-making work with Rosalía, to produce her third. On a 20-minute tessellation of Latin pop flecked with dembow, reggaeton,…

Stone Gossard aveva 24 anni e nessuna voglia di mollare. Nel marzo del 1990, poche settimane prima del debutto su major, era morto per overdose Andrew Wood, il cantante dei Mother Love Bone, la band in cui suonava. Gossard e gli altri, tra cui il bassista Jeff Ament, erano rimasti a fare i conti con il lutto e non sapevano che fare. I Mother Love Bone avevano firmato un contratto discografico dopo aver fatto meno di dieci concerti, un successo quasi istantaneo che aveva fatto infuriare altre band locali. Quali erano le probabilità di vincere alla lotteria per la seconda…

When Manchester indie rockers Westside Cowboy emerged last year, fresh out of university, they were a semi-blank slate. They kept their songwriting uncomplicated and stripped back their live shows to a four-piece kit. But they used their simplicity to their advantage; knowing only half of what they wanted to sound like, they could toy with the rest until they found their magic.With their debut EP, 2025’s This Better Be Something Great, Westside Cowboy claimed the mantle of what they called “Britainicana,” adapting country inspirations to a “stock”—their word—indie-rock sound. The rootsy influence was clearest in the closers on their EPs,…

A dinky piano motif opened “Playing Yoself,” a brief tune that came out last year. It was the slightest song on Liim Lasalle Loves You, the debut album from the titular 22 year old, who then made an observation—“I be singing like I’m the nigga playing the piano”—that doubled as a declaration of intent. Liim is precocious and charming, an A+ pupil in the school of lovesick prodigies: pained brothers swooning—or seething—on pianos grand and small, from Stevie Wonder striking organs to Odd Future mashing MIDI controllers. But Liim is not always a pianist, not always a singer: He perceives…

If they could’ve, Mastodon would’ve played with Brent Hinds forever. When the sludge metal giants fired their troubled but brilliant guitarist in March 2025, it was the culmination of a long, doomed effort to pull him back from the edge—to get him sober, to reengage him with his love of music, to help him move past his petty, self-sabotaging resentments. Even after the split, his bandmates hoped it would just be a temporary break. “We were certain that two months later, two years later, we were going to have the high five—I’m sorry, dude. I’m sorry, too, man. I love…

Courteeners spread the love at a huge homecoming show at Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park last night – check out footage and the full setlist below. The sold-out show took place in front of 30,000 fans yesterday (August 29), one day after Courteeners released their first ‘best of’ compilation, ‘God Bless The Band’. They were joined at the South Manchester park by The Vaccines, who performed their 2011 debut album ‘What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?’ in full, as well as The Coral, Getdown Services and Girl In The Year Above. After walking out to Oasis’ ‘Round Are Way’, Courteeners opened with ‘Sweet Surrender’ before tearing through a career-spanning set that…

Loyle Carner criticised J.K. Rowling, “toxic masculinity bullshit” and the far right during his performance at Reading Festival today. The British-Guyanese rapper appeared on the festival’s main stage – now known as The Grid – this afternoon (August 30), ahead of sets from Role Model, Florence + The Machine and Chase & Status. Before playing ‘Horcrux’, Carner explained the song’s connection to the Harry Potter series while distancing himself from its author. “This song is called ‘Horcrux’ ’cause I love Harry Potter,” he told the crowd. “But I don’t really like J.K. Rowling, do you know what I mean?” The remark was greeted by loud cheers from festivalgoers. Later…

Lola Young told Reading 2026 to “try not to give a fuck” as she made a “surprise” appearance on The Grid today (Sunday August 30). The south London singer-songwriter took to the stage at 3.15pm, after announcing the performance just a few hours earlier today. “I’m so happy to be here, thank you for coming,” she told the main stage crowd. “I dropped the surprise yesterday at Electric Picnic, so I’m terrible at keeping secrets.” Young’s set drew from her 2024 second album ‘This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway’ and last year’s follow-up, ‘I’m Only F**king Myself’. Early in the…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O has revealed that a “family emergency” prevented her from performing at Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival. The one-day event took place at Great Park in Irvine, California yesterday (August 29), with O billed as one of three special guests alongside Stevie Nicks and Sarah McLachlan. In a statement shared on Instagram today (August 30), O explained her absence and confirmed that she had remained with her family on the East Coast. “I was unable to perform at Daisy Chain due to a family emergency,” she wrote. “Very sad to miss such a herstoric music event, but I’m where I’m most needed, with family back east. “So…

Florence + The Machine headlined Reading Festival for the first time tonight (August 30) – see the full setlist and footage below. The band appeared on the festival’s main stage – now known as The Grid – at Little John’s Farm just before 8pm, ahead of fellow Sunday headliners Chase & Status. It marked Florence Welch and co.’s first performance at Reading since 2012, and followed their headline set on Welch’s birthday at Leeds Festival on Friday (August 28). The show also brought their ‘Everybody Scream’ tour to an end, having begun with a run of UK and European arena dates in February before travelling across North America and returning…