If there’s one thing you know about Palaye Royale, it’s that you know nothing until you’ve seen them live. You’ve listened to their music, you sing your favorite songs, and you know the three brothers’ favorite colors or their last Instagram post. While we tip our hats to you for having incredible music taste, a Palaye Royale show puts you on another level. Palaye Royale was the last band to perform on night one of The Gathering. We had just spent hours listening to amazing sets from various bands; everyone in the room had a common love of music and… Read more »
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the history of rock ‘n’ roll and Cinnamon Babe’s song “Rock ‘N’ Roll is Black”.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about how Independence Day feels empty when 50.5% of the US population just had their independence stripped away.
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about Ice-T and Body Count.
The first ever TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow was a thrilling, rain-soaked experience.
With a traditionally-rooted sound, varied instrumentals, and fired-up vocals amplifying the soul of this much-loved genre, the Dropkick Murphys have a sound all their own. But as inspiring and avant-garde as this variation of simple American punk is, it is safe to say that this band has played all of their cards.
As Broken Bells prepares for Tuesday’s North American tour kickoff, James Mercer and Danger Mouse are already plotting the group’s second album. At the same time, Mercer is also planning to rekindle his other band, The Shins.
The album that will put the new EMI under its greatest global scrutiny to date is also 2008’s most eagerly awaited release. That’s the official word from Coldplay’s new boss. The band’s “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends” will be released June 12 internationally on Parlophone/EMI and on June 17 in North America on Capitol. EMI Group chairman Guy Hands, who led the buyout of the music company last summer through his private-equity firm Terra Firma, says, “Right across the world, this is the most anticipated album of the year.” As the follow-up to the British melodic… Read more »
KT Tunstall’s apparently tireless capacity for work makes even her laugh. “I feel like a camel,” the Scottish singer-songwriter says with a giggle. “Because I had 10 years of nothing, it does give me an enormous capacity for embracing what’s going on and remembering all that time when I was really wishing things would happen.” That’s why, after two straight years of touring and promotion behind her multiplatinum debut, “Eye to the Telescope” — first released in the United Kingdom at the end of 2004, although its U.S. release was not until February 2006 — Tunstall is, eagerly, right back… Read more »
Iggy Pop has backed Elijah Wood’s credentials to play him in an upcoming biopic on the rock legend. Rumors about a movie following the life and times of the Stooges icon have been rife for some months, with the Lord Of The Rings star tipped to play the lead role. However, Iggy has revealed there are no concrete plans for the film, days after the Stooges played an acclaimed Saturday evening slot at Britain’s Glastonbury Festival. “We have no agreement yet to even do the film. The producers have got big mouths and keep jumping the gun,” Pop told XFM.… Read more »
