Author: Press Room

When the Format‘s Nate Ruess and Sam Means took to the stage at Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, over the weekend, they brought the thrill of nostalgia and something else, too. Alongside ‘00s hits like “Dog Problems” and “The Compromise,” the duo performed new tracks that confronted the social and political landscape of today. Earlier this year, the band released their first album in 20 years, Boycott Heaven, a stark contrast to their past work. Their audience and the world around them had changed in those two decades since the Format released their LP Dog Problems, a brilliant power-pop…

Bristol’s Tara Clerkin Trio shared their new LP Somewhere Good in June. Next month, Tara Clerkin, Sunny Joe Paradisos, and Patrick Benjamin kick off their UK tour behind the album, and now they’ve lined up a run of North American shows as well. You can catch them across the U.S. and Canada throughout January and into early February. Check out Tara Clerkin Trio’s full upcoming itinerary below.Read about Somewhere Good in The Best Music of 2026 So Far, and revisit Jeremy D. Larson’s Best New Track review of the album’s title track.Tara Clerkin Trio: USA/Canada 2027Tara Clerkin Trio:10-20 London, England…

Kings Of Leon have dropped the serene new single, and a powerful new music video made in collaboration with the Weather Channel. The song is the latest to be shared from the group’s nostalgic new album ‘O My Beloved’, which was announced earlier this month with the tender single ‘My Whole World’. Set for release on November 6 via Love Tap Records, the record marks the 10th album from the Tennessee rock giants, and their first since 2024’s ‘Can We Please Have Fun’. Visit here to pre-order. Now, they have dropped a second preview of the album with the heartfelt…

Fontaines D.C. have shared “Tongue,” a second single from the Irish rock behemoth’s new album Dopamine Chamber. The band members filmed themselves on a visit to New York for the John Angus Stewart-directed video, which you can watch below.Guitarist Conor Curley said in a press release that the song “continued where Romance left off, leaving the live-band elements until they were really needed.” In practice, that sounds like a tape-manipulated bassline from Conor Deegan and a Grian Chatten vocal line distorted in a sampler, thanks to handiwork from guitarist Carlos O’Connell.The James Ford-produced Dopamine Chamber arrives October 16 via XL,…

“Hannah’s the kind of person that I feel like I could invite over for a plain old bologna sandwich, and she wouldn’t bat an eye,” Folsom says Next month, Robert Lester Folsom will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his album Music and Dreams with a special reissue. That collection includes Hannah Cohen‘s rendition of the title track, out now. Cohen lends her signature touch to the cult classic, providing whimsical, feathery vocals alongside a serene horn section. “I’m just dreaming in the summer sun,” she sings. Her version of “Music and Dreams” follows Beach House’s rendition of “April Suzanne,” released…

For the thousands of ticketholders stepping into Paris’ Expo Porte de Versailles for this year’s Esports World Cup, a cacophonous sensory experience awaits. As a sea of fans, many donning Team Vitality jerseys in support of the French hometown club, make their way through the sprawling venue, it’s clear that the third iteration of the annual international tournament is gaming at its most maximalist. Wall-to-wall virtual and physical activations, demo kiosks, and shopping pop-ups fill the cavernous space, with roaring crowds and abrupt surges of gameplay audio coming from all directions.  The different scenes on the showroom floor feel endlessly…

Nearly three decades ago, Mogwai sampled parts of an interview Iggy Pop gave to the CBC in 1977 for their Come On Die Young album opener “Punk Rock.” “Punk rock is a word used by dilettantes and … it’s a term that’s based on contempt,” he said seriously then, set to the group’s slow-building moody post-rock. Now the Iguana has collaborated with Mogwai on “Underground,” a funny new song with a video directed by Scott McPherson that features on their upcoming compilation, Happy Tears, out Jan. 8. “I am a robot and I am unhappy,” he says, sounding as serious…

Donald Trump and his administration are all in on AI — despite the abundance of concern over the adverse effects the technology could have on society … such as the extinction of the human race. Americans shouldn’t worry, though, the president says, because he and a collection of luminaries signed a “morally binding” agreement on Tuesday to behave responsibly. The White House shared the agreement on Wednesday. It spells “United States” wrong. The White House also this week unveiled “America.gov,” a government AI chatbot that promises answers about “whatever you need from the government.” Users immediately started prompting the bot…

David Sylvian’s new album The Distance Between the Killer and the Killing has been a long time coming. The erstwhile Japan singer‘s new LP, due February 27 on his new label NANOQ, compiles improvisational sessions recorded between 2012 and 2025 into a single, 46-minute instrumental. The original sessions saw Sylvian collaborate with an array of artists including Otomo Yoshihide, Jamie Drouin, Biliana Voutchkova, and one of his most consistent collaborators, the late Ryuichi Sakamoto.Although NANOQ bills The Distance Between the Killer and the Killing as the official follow-up to Sylvian’s 2009 solo LP Manafon, he has shared a few reissues…

Peaches has shared the first-ever official remix of “Fuck the Pain Away,” her immortal banger that we recently named the greatest electroclash song of all time. The reworked version was created for Saber Interactive’s forthcoming video game Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival; it’s produced by Saber’s music director, Steve Molitz, and features a spoken-word voiceover by Doug Bradley, who played Pinhead in the original cult horror film series. Below, watch a very NSFW video that gives Barker’s movies a run for their money.“With this rework of the track, it frames my song in a darker, more twisted world,” Peaches said in…