‘The male ego is even more fragile than it ever was’: Kim Gordon on shyness, AI and Zohran Mamdani’s cool
As she releases her new solo album, Play Me, the former Sonic Youth star answers your questions on acting for Kristen Stewart, doing Basquiat’s photocopying, and who really invented punk rock Did you plan to change rock music for ever? Were you envisaging a decades-long career, or was it all a bit more haphazard? NepthsolemWhen […]
more eaze – sentence structure in the country
On “sentence structure in the country,” more eaze leans into her love of song and embraces her upbringing as a folk-oriented fiddle player. Collaboration is key, with Wendy Eisenberg and others helping shape an album where trademark contrasts feel more subtle and fluid than ever. A bewildering array of influences leveraged into a sustained, emotionally […]
Príncipe Discos: how Black DJs from Lisbon’s suburbs made Europe’s most exciting record label
From near-empty dancefloors to sold-out nights at Lisbon’s biggest club, the imprint has spent 15 years championing Afro-Portuguese beats, reshaping the city’s musical identity in the process It’s just after 11.30pm on a Friday in early March, and the air at Lux Frágil is already thick with excitement. Groups of people are streaming in through […]
Underscores: U review – ultra-imaginative auteur has pop’s most brilliant brain
(Mom+Pop)Performing, writing and producing everything herself, April Grey pares back her hyperpop electronics for an LP in thrall to 90s pop-R&B, with songs that big stars would die for April Grey is a US bedroom producer beloved of an impressive range of other artists – experimental pop duo 100 Gecs are fans, so is rapper […]
Seoul raises terror alert as it prepares to host BTS comeback concert
Thousands of police prepare to deploy to South Korea’s capital ahead of K-pop’s most anticipated comeback Seoul has stepped up security ahead of BTS’s huge comeback concert on Saturday, which more than a quarter of a million fans are expected to attend, with authorities raising the terror alert in the area and preparing to deploy […]
50 Years Ago: Vince Gill Opens for KISS. It Doesn’t Go Well
The band had no idea who they were opening for. When they arrived at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City and saw the marquee lit up with KISS, they thought it might be a mistake. If it’s not one of the best stories in country music, it certainly one of the best in […]
Joshua Ray Walker Cheats Death to Record New Album “Ain’t Dead Yet”
“I’m really grateful to have a second chance, and I’m also grateful to have lived through thinking I was going to die. It gives you perspective in a way you really can’t fake until you’ve actually done it.” After receiving a serious Cancer diagnosis in 2023, it could have been the end of the road […]
‘I woke up and couldn’t move’: Scottish rockers the Twilight Sad on births, death and breakdown
In the seven years since their last album, the Scots have faced down dementia and cancer. Now they’re returning with a visceral new sound – and eager to get back to globetrotting with the Cure To say that James Graham has been through it in the seven years since the last Twilight Sad album would […]
Rua Rí Announces Debut Album ‘Tell Your Mother I Saved Your Life,’ & Shares “Johnny Workman”
Rua Rí has announced his debut album “Tell Your Mother I Saved Your Life,” out 1st May via Soft Boy Records, alongside new single and video “Johnny Workman.” Rooted in the streets, fields and familiar settings of Cobh and Cork, the album — produced by Kean Kavanagh — captures the fleeting moments of youth with […]
Marisa Anderson Shares Ecstatic Duet “Sarvi Simin” from New Album
Marisa Anderson shares ‘Sarvi Simin,’ the second single from “The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music, Vol. 1,” out May 22nd on Thrill Jockey. The track — an ecstatic duet between Anderson’s guitar and Gisela Rodríguez Fernández’s violin — interprets a piece from a 1977 Melodiya Records release, transcribed while Anderson travelled by bus through southern […]