Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Alphaville’s Marian Gold joins Kyle Meredith to chat about the band’s new symphonic album, Eternally Yours. Advertisement Related Video The frontman discusses how the classical radio of his youth led him to synthesizers in the ’80s, and reveals the process of turning their pop songs into dreamy, orchestrated
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News Taylor Swift Scores 11th No. 1 Album With Midnights, Achieving Highest Sales in Almost 7 Years Swift is now the sixth artist with more than 10 LPs to top the Billboard 200 chart, after Midnights sold well over a million copies By Jazz Monroe October 30, 2022 Facebook Twitter Taylor Swift, September 2022 (VALERIE
It’s day three of Elon Musk’s reign over Twitter, and beyond seeing an influx of racists tweeting, one big development is Musk’s plan for verification. According to The Verge, Twitter will soon start charging users as much as $19.99 per month for that little blue check mark. Under the proposed plan, Twitter will make verification
News Patti Smith’s “Rock n Roll N****r” Disappears From Streaming Services Smith, who has not commented, for decades defended her clumsy attempt to reclaim the racist slur By Jazz Monroe October 28, 2022 Facebook Twitter Patti Smith, June 1978 (Tom Hill/WireImage) Facebook Twitter Patti Smith Group’s song “Rock n Roll N****r,” which has drawn condemnation
King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and singer wife Toyah Willcox tackle the Black Sabbath classic “Children of the Grave” for the Halloween edition of their “Sunday Lunch” series. To enhance the Halloween vibe, Fripp dresses up as what we think is Lawrence of Arabia with large spiders on his head and shoulder, while Toyah sports
News D. H. Peligro, Dead Kennedys Drummer, Dies at 63 The longtime punk icon died from trauma to the head caused by an accidental fall By Nina Corcoran October 29, 2022 Facebook Twitter D. H. Peligro, photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images Facebook Twitter D.H. Peligro, Dead Kennedys longtime drummer, has died. The band confirmed the
Britpop legends Pulp are reuniting in 2023 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their album This Is Hardcore. Dubbed the “This Is What We Do for an Encore Tour,” Jarvis Cocker and company have laid out a run of concerts in their native UK between the months of May and July. Read on to learn how to
Major of Roses’ latest single “But Not Now” is Magnus Rosell’s latest offering under the aforementioned band name. The Stockholm based singer/songwriter first caught my ear with his debut 2018 set Cornerstone and this new track, while far from illustrative of his stylistic reach, nevertheless reveals a muted yet elegant side to his songwriting character. There is
News Jerry Lee Lewis Dies at 87 The rock’n’roll musician soared to popularity with the hits “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” but fell from grace after marrying his 13-year-old cousin when he was 22 years old By Evan Minsker October 28, 2022 Facebook Twitter Jerry Lee Lewis, 1962 (Harry Hammond/V&A
Shelley Duvall is returning for her first on-screen role in 20 years. As Deadline reports, The Shining actress is set to appear in the upcoming indie horror thriller The Forest Hills. She’ll play the mother of a man named Rico (played by Chiko Mendez), who is tormented by nightmarish visions after enduring head trauma while
News Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon Announces Wisconsin Get-Out-the-Vote Events “No one is more powerful than a citizenry that is empowered and together”—Justin Vernon By Matthew Strauss October 28, 2022 Facebook Twitter Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, photo by Eric Timothy Carlson & Graham Tolbert Facebook Twitter Back in 2020, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon launched the nonpartisan
Warning against the dangers of having “temptation in hand,” Pope Francis has urged nuns and priests to stop watching porn. According to the BBC, Francis was answering a question about digital and social media when he turned to the subject of explicit pornography. His Holiness called it “a vice that so many people have… even priests and
Most artists choose to settle down and slow the creative process when they start a family, often going years between projects to prioritize the time they have and take stock of what’s important. It’s pretty rare for a new artist to arrive on the scene with a family already established, and in David Raybuck’s case,
Folk sometimes feels like one of the more elite and discriminating American genres to both understand and fully appreciate, but in the case of Webster’s Wheel and their new album Yum Yum Pie, the traditional music of Americana and those who made the aesthetic everything it is today couldn’t be much more accessible and easy for
News Soccer Mommy Shares New “Sophie’s Version” of “Darkness Forever”: Listen An early draft of Sophie Allison’s Sometimes, Forever cut By Madison Bloom October 28, 2022 Facebook Twitter Soccer Mommy, September 2022 (Gus Stewart/Redferns) Facebook Twitter Soccer Mommy has shared a demo from her Sometimes, Forever sessions. “Darkness Forever (Sophie’s Version)” is an early draft
Still relishing the success of her runaway TikTok hit “Boyfriend,” Dove Cameron returns today with a sleek new single called “Bad Idea.” It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but it’s even harder to break old habits. On “Bad Idea,” Cameron weighs the cons of an ill-advised decision against the pros of short-term
News Chino Moreno’s ††† (Crosses) Announce EP, Share Video for New Song “Vivien”: Watch Permanent.Radiant, Moreno and Shaun Lopez’s first collection of new music since 2014, is out in December By Matthew Strauss October 28, 2022 Facebook Twitter †††’s Chino Moreno and Shaun Lopez, photo by Lorenzo Diego Carrera Facebook Twitter ††† (Crosses) have announced
Our long national nightmare has finally come to an end: Rihanna has returned with her first new single in six years. Entitled “Lift Me Up,” the song appears on the soundtrack to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as a tribute to late actor Chadwick Boseman. Stream it below. Rihanna wrote “Lift Me Up” with Tems, Ludwig Göransson, and
Jean Morrison’s single release “Cardboard Skies” is a radio edit of a cut originally released in single form seven years ago. He’s resurrected the song for the Halloween holiday in honor of his father, dead just before the pandemic hit in 2020, and as an exorcism of sorts in line with the season. It’s an
A strutting electric guitar comes into focus and is quickly met with a bouncy but threatening bass that will usher in a stampede of percussive grooves capable of eviscerating anything that comes in their path. URL: https://www.messerband.com/ The beats are swinging with a poppy effervescence, but they’re filtered through a scooped EQ that quakes the