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Just over a month ago Roger Waters performed with the singer of Palestinian origin Mona Miari at an event at the SVA Theater in New York. The two performed with the accompaniment of a piano a piece called Sumudwith the typical flow of Waters' solo repertoire. The occasion was the presentation of Comfortably Numb Re-Imagineda review of the Pink Floyd classic transformed, reads a statement, «into a powerful battle cry to draw global attention to the genocide underway in Gaza. The new interpretation amplifies the original message of the song, which invites us to reject alienation and apathy.”Now the video…
Bathing Suits have been confirmed as the winners of The Steve Strange Award, as most exciting act from The Great Escape 2026. The award is in memory of the late music agent, live music champion and longstanding supporter of emerging talent, and looks to celebrate one artist each year who is making a standout impact at The Great Escape festival. With the victory, winners are given £5,000 cash to provide support as they take the next steps in their career. Previous winners have included Zetra, AGGRASOPPAR, Audio Books and more, and the 2026 winners are now confirmed as emerging Leeds…
Paul McCartney’s stock hasn’t been this high since about 1966. Strange though it may seem, there was a time – not very long ago – when the world was not crying out for a nostalgic album about his pre-fame days. This was before everyone rediscovered their older relatives’ Beatles records in lockdown and gratefully devoured all eight hours of Get Back, which restored Macca’s reputation to its rudest health in decades. Put it this way: there wasn’t quite the same appetite for his 2012 jazz and trad-pop covers album ‘Kisses On The Bottom’. Even Wings have been reassessed and come…
With “Wapakoneta”i MaveriX present a cowpunk ballad with folk nuances that transforms the story of growth, distance and desire to escape into music. The song moves on an essential but incisive balance: a dry groove, a sharp banjo and a direct voice, more interested in emotional truth than technical perfection. “Wapakoneta”tells the condition of those who grow up in a reality that is too narrow to contain their dreams, but at the same time too rooted to be simply abandoned. It is a song that talks about belonging and distance, about what is left behind and what inevitably remains. The…
Paul Heaton has announced a new Ian Broudie-produced solo album, ‘Jenius’, as well as a UK arena tour with The Lightning Seeds. Find all the details below. READ MORE: Paul Heaton on buying everyone a pint and why “the Royal Family is the one thing worth privatising” The former Housemartins and Beautiful South member will release the 15-track record on August 21, following up on 2024’s ‘The Mighty Several’ – which was also helmed by Broudie. Pre-order/pre-save here. Heaton has previewed the forthcoming LP with an infectious, romantic single called ‘Favourite Kind Of Idiot’, featuring his regular live vocalist Rianne Downey.…
Static Dress are easily one of the most ambitious rock bands around today. They introduced fans to second album ‘Injury Episode’ via an interactive art exhibit at a vintage London cinema and have put on a series of pop-up, phone free gigs that go against almost every rule in creating hype. Last week, they shared a terrifying survival horror game that ties the lore of the new record to 2022’s ‘Rogue Carpet Disaster’. “You can be bigger than my band, but you’re never going to do the things that my band’s capable of doing,” vocalist Olli Appleyard told NME recently…
This return of the Venetian Membrance is noteworthy, three years after “Undead Island” which showed a band whose proposal was still unfinished in the studio version, despite the writer having them… Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
The Durutti Column are set to release their first album in 16 years, ‘Renascent’, following a special tribute show at Harry Styles‘ Meltdown Festival. Find all the details below. The Manchester post-punk band will drop the follow-up to 2010’s ‘A Paean To Wilson’ on Friday July 31. Pre-order/pre-save here. Per a press release, the LP “signals a symbolic return to origins, carrying a Factory Too catalogue number in collaboration with Oliver Wilson, continuing the legacy of Factory Records”. “Musically, Renascent exists in a dialogue between past and present,” it adds, with songs like ‘Time Present And Time Past’ evoking “a…
“I can't be responsible for a man sexualizing me.” After days of controversy and online indignation for the babydolls she wears and which even promote pedophilia, Olivia Rodrigo has had her say.In the weeks leading up to the release of the third album You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So In Lovethe pop star was seen dressed in her typical style that combines the preppy toedgy. On the album cover, for example, she wears a pink dress while fluttering on a swing, in the video Drop Dead she has a blue one with ruffled fabrics, in the performance she…
Joan Baez said she wishes modern-day pop musicians would use their platforms to speak up about political and social issues. During an interview on the podcast Wiser Than Me With Julia Louis-Dreyfushost Julia Louis-Dreyfus asked Baez about her feelings on younger artists who haven't voiced concerns about the abuses of the Trump administration. “There's a whole generation of really talented artists who are quite silent about the current assault on democracy,” Louis-Dreyfus said. “Do you find that unbelievably frustrating or do you understand, perhaps, where those artists are coming from?” “I think I understand where they're coming from,” Baez replied.…
