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The Very Freaky Whalefall Confirms That Getting Swallowed by a Whale Is No Fun: Review
Austin Abrams stars in a squirm-inducing survival tale, in theaters October 16th. The Very Freaky Whalefall Confirms That Getting Swallowed by a Whale Is No Fun: Review Liz Shannon Miller
Ian Hill Explains Decision to Retire from Judas Priest: “I Had No Choice”
Hill discussed his tendon injury and arthritis that led him to make the momentous decision to step down. Ian Hill Explains Decision to Retire from Judas Priest: “I Had No Choice” Langdon Hickman
Madonna’s Evita Soundtrack to Receive First-Ever Vinyl Release
The vinyl edition arrives on November 13th in celebration of the film's 30th anniversary. Madonna’s Evita Soundtrack to Receive First-Ever Vinyl Release Paolo Ragusa
America’s Got Talent Winner Nene Royal Joins Avenged Sevenfold Onstage: Watch
The 16-year-old AGT winner performed an opening set of cover songs and joined A7X for two of their hits in Singapore. America’s Got Talent Winner Nene Royal Joins Avenged Sevenfold Onstage: Watch Spencer Kaufman
Gang of Four Announce 2027 South American Shows After Saying Goodbye to Extensive Touring
The post-punk pioneers will perform in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile next March, following their 2025 farewell to extensive touring. Gang of Four Announce 2027 South American Shows After Saying Goodbye to Extensive Touring Pedro Camacho
Fontaines D.C.’s Dopamine Chamber Is a New Wave Horror Show: Review
The Irish band's fifth album is a jagged, synth-heavy reinvention, featuring some of their boldest songs yet. Fontaines D.C.’s Dopamine Chamber Is a New Wave Horror Show: Review Paolo Ragusa
The Rolling Stones Announce Deluxe Album Foreign Tongues, Loose Lips Featuring Five New Songs
The leftovers include "Who You Callin' Crazy" featuring saxophonist Courtney Pine and "Bad Luck Hideaway," a vocal duet by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The Rolling Stones Announce Deluxe Album Foreign Tongues, Loose Lips Featuring Five New Songs Eddie Fu
Garth Brooks’ 2026 “Blame It All On My Roots” Tour: How to Get Tickets
The tour finds Brooks reviving his in-the-round Drum Pod stage and performing multi-night stands at arenas around the country. Garth Brooks’ 2026 “Blame It All On My Roots” Tour: How to Get Tickets Paolo Ragusa
Big Thief Launch Free Concert Archive
The Big Thief Live Archive includes 10 fully mixed shows, with plans to add new sets each month
Hailed by Robert Smith as “one of the most heartfelt and beautiful Cure covers I have heard,” American Football officially release their stripped-back take on ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
“The Cure has not only been fundamental to my growth as a songwriter, but also to my development as a man,” said frontman Mike Kinsella The post Hailed by Robert Smith as “one of the most heartfelt and beautiful Cure covers I have heard,” American Football officially release their stripped-back take on ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ appeared first on NME .
Big Thief Launch Grateful Dead-Inspired Live Archive
The free repository comes pre-loaded with 10 full concerts, with more shows added each month. Big Thief Launch Grateful Dead-Inspired Live Archive Karan Singh
Staind Unleash “Ghosts,” First New Song in Three Years: Stream
Aaron Lewis lets out a surprising guttural scream in the otherwise radio-friendly heavy rock track. Staind Unleash “Ghosts,” First New Song in Three Years: Stream Spencer Kaufman
Long Nights in the Sound Forest: Highlights from Skaņu Mežs 2026
Daryl Worthington returns to Latvia’s Skaņu Mežs, where sets from Cities Aviv, KMRU, Sophia Djebel Rose and more provide a much-needed sonic salve Sofi, photo by Artūrs Pavlovs It’s deep into the closing night of Skaņu Mežs 2026 and Cities Aviv, aka Wilbert Gavin Mays, is on the edge of the stage pointing insistently through the darkness at the speakers and urging the sound technicians to turn them up. They comply, lifting his beats even louder so that, from my point close to the stage in the cavernous main hall of Riga’s Hanzas Perons, his chopped and screwed tracks coagulate into an all-consuming ripple of sound, seeping through my ears, into my brain, and on to vibrating in overlapping waves through my... The post Long Nights in the Sound Forest: Highlights from Skaņu Mežs 2026 appeared first on The Quietus .
Watch Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall’s First Teaser Trailer
Paul Thomas Anderson’s concert film comes to theaters next month
Watch Peven Everett make emotional return to the stage with Gorillaz after reaching major milestone in stage 4 cancer treatment
“This was the hardest show I’ve ever had to do but I’d do anything for Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett and Gorillaz” The post Watch Peven Everett make emotional return to the stage with Gorillaz after reaching major milestone in stage 4 cancer treatment appeared first on NME .
Marika Hackman announces new album ‘False Dogs’ and tackles “the dull ache of nostalgia” on bittersweet single ’33′
She has also shared details of her biggest UK and European tour to date The post Marika Hackman announces new album ‘False Dogs’ and tackles “the dull ache of nostalgia” on bittersweet single ’33′ appeared first on NME .
Paul McCartney on the bugbear from upcoming Beatles biopics that made him text Sam Mendes “don’t do this!”
“I don’t know how Sam’s going to deal with it…” The post Paul McCartney on the bugbear from upcoming Beatles biopics that made him text Sam Mendes “don’t do this!” appeared first on NME .
Led Zeppelin classic soundtracks Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’ first trailer
The ‘Barbie’ director personally met with Robert Plant and Jimmy Page to get permission to use ‘Stairway To Heaven’ The post Led Zeppelin classic soundtracks Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’ first trailer appeared first on NME .
Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten on “career high” of working with Rosalía: “I’ve got a suspicion that her heart is similar to mine”
“She reminds me of Bowie and Björk. She has a terrifying level of talent” The post Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten on “career high” of working with Rosalía: “I’ve got a suspicion that her heart is similar to mine” appeared first on NME .
Check out these behind-the-scenes photos from Thom Yorke’s ‘Hamlet Hail To The Thief’ London rehearsals
The dramatic reimagining of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' with Radiohead's 'Hail To The Thief' hits the Barbican this month The post Check out these behind-the-scenes photos from Thom Yorke’s ‘Hamlet Hail To The Thief’ London rehearsals appeared first on NME .
Ex-gang boss Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sentenced to 40 years for orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s murder
Davis has said that he will appeal the verdict, and Tupac’s family have requested the “longest possible sentence” The post Ex-gang boss Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sentenced to 40 years for orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s murder appeared first on NME .
Heroína – Heroína
Heroína Heroína Someone has pissed these lads off, and we’re all the richer for it Heroína by Heroína ‘Corre’ means run. On this opener, Heroína do. No count-in, no settling, Vasco Galvão’s blast beats already at full pelt by the time you’ve registered it’s started and Martim Fernandes flying halfway up the neck. It lasts sixty-four seconds. The other twenty-two minutes are more of the same, which I mean as highest praise. ‘Escarro’ at least has a theme, a tumbling three-note figure that could’ve fallen off a Polvo record or a Don Caballero one (newly reunited, mercifully), before the whole show capsizes into bayou-thick Eyehategod sludge and Dillinger Escape Plan’s jackknifing chord shapes. Francisco Jarda rides the lot like David Yow three weeks into a... The post Heroína – Heroína appeared first on The Quietus .
Combined Worlds: Kali Malone’s Favourite Albums
From early modern Renaissance compositions, through 20th century minimalism, all the way to grunge, Kali Malone treats Claire Biddles to a centuries-spanning Baker's Dozen Photo by Kingsley Ifill Kali Malone has always kept a home in several musical worlds at once. When she was 18, studying at the Royal College Of Music in Stockholm, she would make regular visits to her hometown of Denver, Colorado, diving back into the metal scene in which she was embedded as a teenager. “I was basically living part-time in Sweden, part-time in a metal house in Denver,” she recalls from her present-day Paris apartment. “I was studying electroacoustic composition, but I also wanted to engage with the metal scene, so I was finding ways to combine... The post Combined Worlds: Kali Malone’s Favourite Albums appeared first on The Quietus .
Jon Hassell – Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three)
Jon Hassell Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) A final album from the Memphis-born trumpet player and composer Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) by Jon Hassell Jon Hassell departed this world on 26th June 2021. He’d lived an extraordinary life entwined in the musical landscape of the 20th century, studying under Stockhausen and Pandit Pran Nath, and collaborating with the likes of Terry Riley, La Monte Young, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Techno Animal, David Sylvian, Björk and Ry Cooder. He also developed the highly influential concept of Fourth World music, a blend of primitive and futuristic ideas and techniques encompassing modern electronic sounds and global traditional musics. His final concert was in 2015 at St John at Hackney with Rick Cox and John von... The post Jon Hassell – Music Is Invisible (Pentimento Volume Three) appeared first on The Quietus .