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From poetry to sound art Luca Barachetti, born in Bergamo in 1983, is a poet, musician and performer who has made art a compendium of literature, music, avant-garde and experimentation whose ultimate aim is to communicate one's very personal vision of the world and to make the intimate dialogues of one's self perceivable. He made his debut with “White Out” (2016), created with Enrico Ruggeri Zambaiti, in which he recites, on post-rock bases, texts that describe a humanity enslaved by money and the market, powerless in the face of the ideology of infinite growth and annihilated by induced desires that…
Former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra has returned to the stage just months after suffering a stroke. The punk icon, real name Raymond Pepperell, made a surprise appearance at TentacleFest in San Francisco on June 27, joining Wheelchair Sports Camp onstage for a performance of their collaboration ‘Make It Make Sense’. Footage shared by Alternative Tentacles, the independent label Biafra founded in 1979, showed Biafra returning to the stage for the first time since suffering a stroke in March. “Not only was TentacleFest an amazing show, it also featured the return of Jello Biafra to the stage,” the label wrote alongside the clip. “Check out this clip of Jello coming…
She doesn't like the tough guysThey think that they can do anything they pleaseBut they're gonna get a surpriseWhen she brings them to their knees There are records that illuminate the career of a band almost without warning, arriving like meteorites to flood their musical planet with highly nourishing water, capable of instantly generating new life and bypassing even the fateful primordial soup. This is the case of “High Infidelity”, the ninth performance of the Americans REO Speedwagon, an album that brought the group led by Kevin Cronin (vocals, guitar and keyboard) suddenly towards a formula Adult oriented rock largely…
The designer behind Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ artwork has opened up about his design process and the cover’s evolution. Brent David Freaney worked with Charli and creative director Imogene Strauss on the distinctive artwork for the 2024 album, and they went on to win Best Recording Package at the 2025 Grammys. Speaking at a recent conference in San Francisco, Freaney shared some of the inspirations for ‘Brat’, as well as early drafts of the green cover in different typefaces and colour variations. He explained that the project was shaped by the idea of the “death of the finished state”, and the question of when a piece…
The 200th anniversary of the United States brought two years of celebrations before the actual bicentennial, on July 4, 1976. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip accompanied President Ford on a tour of the land her predecessors had lost, a spectacular parade of ships sailed from New York City to Boston, 50 wagons recreated the settlers journey on the Oregon trail (none ate each other after an unfortunate winter in the Sierras), our most prestigious LARPers reenacted Washington's crossing of the Delaware, and Johnny Cash served as grand marshall of the July 4 parade in Washington, D.C. The city inaugurated…
Having archived the 2026 stadium tour, which concluded at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Vasco Rossi is already looking to next year's big event: a historic residency of ten concerts at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, scheduled for 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, 24 and 25 June 2027. An unprecedented event that will celebrate the rocker's 50-year career Zocca and which will bring over 500,000 spectators to the capital. In the meantime, ticket prices for all types of seats have been made official, from lawn areas to VIP experiences. Ticket prices Prato Gold: 108.49 euros Golden Pack…
Music with explicit lyrics is on the decline in Spotify’s biggest charts, according to a new report. As reported in new analysis from pop culture data journalist Daniel Parris here, the share of explicit songs on Spotify’s Top 50 chart has fallen sharply in recent years. The data indicates that only 13 per cent of Spotify’s Top 50 songs in 2026 so far carry the ‘explicit’ tag, down from 74 per cent in 2018. Parris has argued that the trend appears to be driven by two major factors: listeners increasingly returning to older, more radio-friendly songs, and hip-hop no longer dominating Spotify’s biggest charts in the same way it did in the…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. We're on to the second day of the FIFA World Cup's Round of 16. The second match of the day is a big one, with co-host Mexico facing one of the tournament's best teams, England. The winner will move on to the Quarter-Finals and the loser will be eliminated If you're looking to watch the Mexico vs. England World Cup match, you can get a free livestream by using a trial to DirecTV, Fubo, YouTube TV, or Hulu…
Il periodo tra la fine degli Ottanta e l’inizio dei Novanta è stato probabilmente l’ultimo in cui si è avvertita la sensazione che la popular music potesse cambiare il mondo. Dopo anni prettamente edonistici e la caduta del muro di Berlino, si è tornati a un realismo tout-court in linea con la fenomenologia punk anni Settanta. Se negli States questa cosa ha prodotto realtà come il grunge e il rap-metal, da questo lato dell’oceano la visione alternativa si è radunata intorno a generi fuoriusciti dalla cultura rave (in UK) e da sacche di combat-folk, reggae e dub figlie degli squat…
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Brazil and Norway are about to go head-to-head in the Round of 16 tonight, as the two teams face off in the next stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Streaming on Fox at 4 p.m. ET and being played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, fans are waiting to see which team will advance to the quarterfinals, while the loser will be eliminated from the competition. If you don’t have access to a cable provider that includes…
