Author: Press Room
On the morning of Saturday, March 9, 2024, John “Swampy” Barnett was late. A one-time quality engineer for airplane designer and manufacturer Boeing, Barnett was a whistleblower and had filed a lawsuit accusing his former company of retaliation and a hostile work environment. The Louisiana native was staying in Charleston, South Carolina, where he and his attorneys were in the midst of a deposition with Boeing lawyers. The day before, Barnett had answered questions for a full seven hours and had asked for a break. He agreed to return the next morning. But when his attorneys Rob Turkewitz and Brian…
On the North Carolina-based band Wednesday’s excellent 2025 album Bleeds, one of the highlights was a song called “Townies.” Based in frontperson and songwriter Karly Hartzman’s vivid lyricism, it cast a stilted but darkly sympathetic look into the assholes of our past. (You’ll likely hear it live if you’re in Nashville for the band’s Nov. 2 stop on the Rolling Stone Rock Tour.) “You were 16 and bored and drunk, and they’re just townies,” Hartzman sings. She wasn’t talking about the band called Townies — yes, there is one — but the Boston-based trio paid attention anyway. On Aug. 12…
Joe Pearlman, filmmaker behind recent Robbie Williams doc, will helm the “dive deep into the pop star’s life and career” The director of the recent Robbie Williams documentary will next set his cameras on Jessica Simpson, Netflix announced Thursday. BAFTA-nominated director Joe Pearlman — who also helmed Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now, Mourinho, and Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts — will guide the Simpson doc, which arrives on Netflix in 2027. “It’s been over 20 years since Jessica Simpson invited cameras into her life with the reality show Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica,” Netflix’s Tudum said of the…
Bleech 9:3 have shared their brooding new single ‘Figure 8’ – check it out below. The London-based Irish band released their self-titled five-song EP in May and now they have followed it up with this new track, released yesterday (August 19) via Polydor Records. ‘Figure 8’ was produced by the acclaimed producer Dan Carey (Fontaines D.C., Kae Tempest, Wet Leg) and mixed by Rich Costey, whose credits include Arctic Monkeys and Bruce Springsteen. The song sees frontman Barry ‘Baz’ Quinlan’s moody vocals jostling for supremacy with squalling, urgent guitars and a tight, propulsive rhythm. Listen to ‘Figure 8’ here: Describing the song’s origins, Quinlan has said: “‘Figure 8’…
Ten years ago, during the same week that Frank Ocean released his mixed-media tableau — the short film/album Endless, the rarefied Boys Don’t Cry zine, and his seminal album Blonde — Werner Herzog’s film Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World arrived. In the film, the German documentary filmmaker considers the heady question of what the internet might be doing to us humans. He makes contact with a community whose members swear they’re allergic to Wi-Fi. The film ominously warns of an inevitable solar flare on the scale of the 1859 Carrington Event, one that, once unleashed, would reduce…
Former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s electronic devices were seized this week in dual operations at a California airport, and his home in Washington, D.C. The Democrat, who resigned from Congress in April amid allegations of sexual misconduct and assault by multiple women, is being investigated on grounds of sexual assault. According to The Daily Mail, Swalwell was first confronted on Saturday at the San Francisco airport by FBI agents, who seized his cell phone and electronic devices. They also raided the Swalwell family home in D.C. on Sunday, removing additional property from the residence as evidence. Swalwell has not yet been…
I n a backyard in the valleys of Los Angeles, a crowd of 60 people gathered to celebrate the life of Katherine Early McCollough. Family members, longtime friends, colleagues, and even an ex-boyfriend, who hosted the gathering at his home, spent the evening drying tears and laughing as they exchanged memories of McCollough: how she always forgot her keys, her silly made-up language that they somehow all became fluent in, and the sheer magic that was Kat. But the obvious hung in the air, unsaid. In recent months, McCollough had become gaunt. The sparkle in her eyes had dulled and…
In Nashville circles, Maggie Rose has been long regarded as one of the city’s best-kept secrets. While it sounds like a compliment, it’s a back-handed one at best, and the two-time Grammy nominee has been actively working to change that over her past few albums. Last week, Rose dropped Half Moon, her latest and most bold step yet in joining the ranks of music’s mainstream stars — of any genre. The vocalist, who has toured, recorded, or performed with artists like Dave Matthews Band, Melissa Etheridge, Vince Gill, and My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, tells Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now how…
Bibio and Dorian Concept are releasing a collaborative album. Out through Warp on October 16, Answers interweaves IDM, folk, and field recordings. The duo have already released the first single, “Shame,” and have followed that up with a music video for a second electronic-folk song, “Lichen Trip.” Watch the clip for that below.The album was prompted when Bibio watched Dorian Concept’s visuals for the 2022 track “Let It All Go,” leading to a conversation about creating an audio-visual project together. Five music videos accompany Answers, made with a mix of digital and analogue video equipment. It’s not the first time…
“Good way to break my leg …,” singer quips weeks after injuring himself before Sturgis Motorcycle Rally gig Yungblud didn’t let a broken leg prevent him from engaging in a little crowdsurfing as the singer — wheelchair in tow — took a spin atop the audience Tuesday at his Portugal show. Earlier this month, Yungblud revealed that he broke his leg in a dirt bike accident just hours before his August 9 concert at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota. “I’m not gonna be able to hop around and fucking shake my ass like I normally do,” the injured…
