Author: Press Room
It’s amazing to see a musician shoot outta the gate fully-formed, at full strength. But there’s something more edifying, in light of the lives most of us live, to watch an artist hit stride steadily, building a greatness over years. Long-game players. Kevin Morby is one of those.Precocious? Sure—drops out of a Midwest high school, hits Brooklyn as indie crests, joins a rangy band with DIY ambitions (Woods) before he’s of legal drinking age, forms his own band with a talented co-conspirator (the Babies, with Vivian Girls’ Cassie Ramone), then goes solo, accruing catalog and keepers over a decade-plus, averaging…
Erano all’apice del successo. Poi sono arrivati i dischi solisti, la leva, i dubbi sull’identità del gruppo. Ora V, Suga, Jin, Jung Kook, RM, Jimin e J-Hope sono tornati per dimostrare di essere ancora i numeri uno del K-popQuando RM deve affrontare una crisi esistenziale, cosa che accade piuttosto spesso, pensa alle parole di Rainer Maria Rilke o ai testi di Tyler, the Creator. Il leader dei BTS ama quell’altro RM, lo scrittore e poeta, e continua a tornare su una poesia del 1905 intitolata Vai ai limiti del tuo desiderio: “Lascia che tutto ti accada: bellezza e terrore. Si…
Born from a commission from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (for an exhibition built around prestigious works from the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam), Seism it could have taken the most obvious path: becoming a composed, atmospheric, illustrative work. Instead it does the opposite, energetically reactivating the border dialogue in which a certain research electronics meets art. The first album co-authored by Upsammy and Valentina Magaletti, released (not by chance) for the Berlin-based Pan, does not accompany a space, it undermines it. He does not seek a pacified synthesis between electronics and percussion, between digital and physical, control and instinct:…
Paris Jackson has won her bid to force three lawyers to return $625,000 in bonuses paid by John Branca, the executor of her father's estate. In a 23-page ruling, unsealed Tuesday and obtained by Rolling Stonethe retired judge, who long presided over Michael Jackson's probate case and is now serving as a private referee on the complex case, granted Paris' motion to claw back the 2018 payments. They include $250,000 to Jay Cooper of Greenberg Traurig, $125,000 to Jeryll Cohen of Saul Ewing, and $250,000 to the late, lead estate lawyer Howard Weitzman of Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir. “The…
Texas and death metal have a bond that has burned for decades, and San Antonio's Horrific Visions seem to have stepped straight out of this flame with their debut album “Remnants of Atrophy”, in… Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
The Red Hot Chili Peppers sold their catalog to Warner Music Group, which acquired the rights to the music recorded by the group for $300 million. The catalog is estimated to bring in around $26 million annually.Warner is the label that publishes the albums of Anthony Kiedis and Flea da's band BloodSugarSexMagik from 1991 onwards. The operation is part of a larger deal involving Warner Music Group and Bain Capital, a joint venture that has so far purchased music and publishing rights for $650 million.Five years ago the band sold the publishing rights, not the recordings therefore, as in the…
The Strokes have dropped the latest preview of their new album, releasing the tender, slow-burning single ‘Falling Out Of Love’. The New York indie icons started teasing new music earlier this year, hinting to fans that they would “be in touch” about a new release, before later confirming new album ‘Reality Awaits’. Last month they announced that the highly anticipated follow-up to 2020’s ‘The New Abnormal’ would be arriving on June 26 (pre-order here) and dropped the chic lead single ‘Going Shopping’. Today (Wednesday May 13), Julian Casablancas and co. have shared another track from the record, the tender ‘Falling…
FKA twigs will star as Josephine Baker—the Franco-American dancer, singer, actress, and activist—in a forthcoming biopic helmed by French director Maïmouna Doucouré, Deadline reports. The film, originally announced in 2022, will reportedly begin shooting this fall.“Josephine Baker’s extraordinary legacy is such an inspiration to me and to so many people around the world,” twigs said in a statement. “She lives on in our hearts as a visionary, ground-breaking woman whose story is as powerful as it is relevant today.”A television series about Baker from A24, starring Janelle Monaé, was announced in 2022 but never materialized. twigs recently penned the original…
Tosca he chose the Cascina Cuccagna of Milan to tell Feminaean album born after seven years of work and maturation. Not a classic press conference, but a small meeting, with nearby tables and space for dialogue. “I wanted it to be a moment as if we were in a house”he explained, opening up to a real discussion with those listening. tosca feminae meaning – A record that arrives when it is ready Feminae it does not arise from an urgency of publication. Tosca says it clearly: the songs had already existed since 2019, but something was missing. “They were a…
It's official: never before have so many people worked hard to… make it last. The world is in the grip of a sort of fever for the Cranberries and in particular for the 1993 piece Linger. The dream pop ballad, an ode to obsessive desire, is everywhere. He benefited from a notable needle drop when in Love Story accompanies the scene where JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette wake up together the next morning for the first time. How come this 90s ballad is back after years of Zombie And Dreams Were they much more famous? Why does Dolores O'Riordan's romance…
