Author: Press Room
Project by Computer Metal of the producer and performer Vittorio D'Amore, Master Boot Records is one of the most recognizable realities in the meeting between MIDI programmed metal, chiptune, demoscene and classical music. The live dimension of the project translates this imagery into a high-impact show, in which a complete band works alongside Commodore 64, Amiga 500 and a visual apparatus inspired by retro computer culture, video game classics and the demoscene. Active since 2016, MBR has built an increasingly solid international profile over the years, bringing its live performances to Europe and North America and establishing itself as one…
Dungeon synth has undergone a startling metamorphosis since it emerged from the deepest catacombs of the internet sometime in the early 2010s. The term was coined to refer to a sound that was, for all intents and purposes, already post-mortem: an obscure genus of dark ambient music with roots in the atmospheric synth intros and outros of vintage black metal. And that might have been the end of it—except the genre’s rising profile inspired a new generation of musicians to pick up and carry the torch, and in their hands, dungeon synth has grown into something if not entirely new,…
They are a proper rock band, with sharp riffs, adequate guitar solos, and harmonies so close they indeed betray old friendships and biological bonds. But every member of Mildred is a songwriter, and the focus of Fenceline is decidedly its words, so much so that every syllable falls squarely beneath Temple’s spotlight. They write with a novelist’s eye for descriptive detail—the sound an empty streetside garbage bin makes, the one sailor among a rowdy dozen holding a shiny popsicle, the morning moon in an old photo.These minutiae are the bones and joints shaping the skeleton, leaving plenty of room for…
The rapper was a no-show at his at his 20 Years of Carter Classics stop in Bangor Mr. Carter, tell us, where have you been? Lil Wayne has apologized to fans after he was a no-show at his own concert on Tuesday in Bangor, Maine. The stop was the first date on his 20 Years of Carter Classics tour extension following a successful 2025 run. “My Maine fans I’m so sorry… The show is being rescheduled to July 28. Please hold on to your tickets, they will be honored for the rescheduled date,” wrote Wayne in an Instagram Stories post the…
Born in Frankfurt and now based in Berlin, René Pawlowitz is one of the most renowned names in contemporary German techno. Over time he has published under around twenty different pseudonyms, but Shed has always remained his reference name. Now on my seventh album with this one moniker“Rave Echoes” marks his debut on Dekmantel: a work that tells not the peak of the evening, but what remains once the lights go out. The intention is not to create a nostalgic work but, to paraphrase the artist's words, to restore that sensation that remains for days, weeks or years after experiencing…
Thirty-three years into her career, Beth Orton is making some of the best music of her life. The one-time UK “comedown queen” followed her run of big-name rave collabs and beat-heavy folk-pop records in the ’90s and early ’00s with a restless decade or so, but it was on 2022’s Weather Alive that she really figured out how she should sound: expansive live arrangements instead of beats, crack session players instead of big-name producers. The precedent was David Bowie’s Blackstar and Kate Bush’s 50 Words for Snow—artists in high-priest middle age getting back in touch with their musicianship while remaining…
Every song Hammok write—whether it takes the form of clanking noise-rock, hurtling post-hardcore, or punk ripped straight from the chest and then dismantled in its own distortion—is made to be heard in a mosh pit. The Norwegian trio’s debut EP, however, was forced to act out those motions in absentia; singer-guitarist Tobias Osland, bassist Ole Benjamin Thomassen, and drummer Ferdinand Aasheim formed the band during the era of COVID lockdowns. Four years later and now settled into their second album, When Does This Place Become Our Scene, the Norwegian musicians should feel euphoric tearing through their music in live settings.…
A journey through real places marked by the great tragedies of rock history: murders, suicides and premature deaths that transformed everyday spaces into places of worship and collective memory. From homes to hotels, from streets to iconic buildings, an alternative geography of music emerges, where the myth of rock stars is inextricably intertwined with their end. From Jimi Hendrix to Janis Joplin, passing through Marvin Gaye and Ian Curtis. In These Must Be The Places – Dark Atlas of Rock by Camilla Sernagiotto (Arcana Edizioni), we cross an alternative map of the history of rock made not only of music,…
There is a perfect correspondence, both aesthetic and content, in the cover of the debut of the young Radhika Meera Dade. “Cine-Pop” is not just a title, but a real declaration of intent that marks the debut of the Scottish singer-songwriter. Published in May 2026 by the London label Glass Modern, the album is a little jewel of 33 minutes and 20 seconds: a duration that symbolically pays homage to the speed of traditional 33 rpm vinyl records. The album sublimely fuses traditional Glasgow dream-pop with the warm sounds and vintage textures of the artist's Indian heritage. The backbone of…
The rapper said the blogger violated a previous deal stemming from Cardi’s $4 million defamation victory in 2022 Gossip blogger Tasha K has agreed to pay Cardi B $60,000 after the Grammy-winning rapper went after the blogger for violating a previous legal ruling and disparaging her online. The agreement, filed Tuesday and obtained by Rolling Stone, states that Cardi and Tasha K reached the resolution “to avoid the expense, delay and uncertainty of further litigation” over the total amount awarded. Their latest legal dispute stems from Cardi’s $4 million defamation victory in 2022 against the blogger, whose legal name is Latasha…
