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Simon Goddard “Bowie Odyssey 76! (Omnibus 2025)Published by Omnibus – out nowSimon Goddard’s books tracing Bowie’s life and music from 1970 onwards are essential reading for any serious Bowie fan. In addition, the books are characterised by some very sharply observed digressions into the history and feel of the times.I can genuinely say I’ve been looking forward to this latest Bowie Odyssey book since reviewing the last one here a year ago. So here we are, 50 years on from 1976 – the hottest summer for years (pre climate change anyway), only 3 tv channels, the first stirrings of punk,…
Towards the end of his time in Can, Irmin Schmidt purchased a plot of land near Roussillon in south-eastern France as a rural retreat. During the 1980s when he was pursuing a career making solo albums, composing film and television soundtracks, and his wife Hildegard Schmidt was running the Spoon label to continue the legacy of Can and its members’ post-breakup careers, the couple had a house built on the property. Strange, sprawling and nestling in the vineyard landscape of the Luberon like a brutalist Minoan palace, Les Rossignols has been their home ever since. Les Rossignols is ‘the Nightingales’,…
Action Bronson returns with some fresh music. The rapper teams up with Paul Wall and Lil Yachty on his new single “TRICERATOPS”. No word on what forthcoming project this track will appear on. Listen below: Share on Social Mediaxfacebooklinkedinemailwhatsapp View Original Article Here
Black Veil Brides have unveiled a new single, Revenger, featuring the mighty Machine Head. The brilliantly heavy collab is taken from BVB’s upcoming album Vindicate – which is due out on May 8 via Spinefarm – and frontman Andy Biersack reveals, perhaps unsurprisingly, that it’s one of his favourites from the LP. “I have always been interested in the sort of ethical dilemma that we have culturally of cheering for justice,” Andy begins. “I thought it would be an interesting exercise to write lyrics from the perspective of someone who is trying to seek out the ultimate form of justice.…
The second volume of Amy Rigby’s memoirs picks up the story where we left her in Girl To City. The earlier book was “set in a ramshackle twentieth century New York world of homemade clubs and bands, through love affairs, temp jobs and motherhood, Girl To City describes the screw-ups and charmed moments it took for a girl in the crowd at CBGB to pick up a guitar and sing her truth on stage, creating an identity as an artist back when female musician role models were still rare. For anyone who ever imagined trying to make a life out…
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon has today revealed details of his upcoming turn as Bon Dylan at his own Eaux Claires Festival, taking place at the city’s Carson Park on July 24-25. Backed by a band of friends and frequent collaborators – including JT Bates, Sean Carey and Phil Cook – for one night only, Vernon will perform as Bob Dylan circa 1994, doing songs from every era. “I haven’t felt much like being what I’ve been,” says Vernon. “So I thought it’d be cool to try to be Bob Dylan for a night. I’m trying to turn Bon into Bob.”…
Rotterdam based producerAfrohamreturns on Melting Pot Music with ‘Coconut Water,’ a sun soaked new single featuring singer songwriter and close friendGINGE.The track leans into a warm, easy going vibe, with GINGE delivering a laid back, sultry vocal that touches on connection, attraction, and the pleasure of being in the moment. Blending sensuality with a carefree feel, ‘Coconut Water’ is a love song that earns its ease. Refreshingly unforced, it is carried by the duo’s genuine chemistry and a shared instinct for keeping things simple yet deeply magnetic.The two first connected onQuantum Love(2023), Afroham’s debut EP on Melting Pot Music, a…
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FM PRO SPOTLIGHTIcarus Phoenix balances contrast and catharsis in Depresso Dragon Bop. Playful on the surface, wired with tension underneath. Based in Baltimore, MD, the band features Drew Danburry (gtr/vox), Eli Sims (drums), Leena Rhodes (gtr/vox/synth), Brendan Russell (bass), Peyton Rodeffer (gtr/vox/etc), alongside Andrew Young (drums, percussion).Operating deep in the DIY lane, Drew Danburry and Icarus Phoenix run a long-game model—400+ songs, 800+ shows, and a catalogue shaped outside algorithm pressure.New single Depresso Dragon Bop feeds into the upcoming Gallop EP (June 25), pushing a contrast-led approach where upbeat structures carry heavier themes: identity, control, belief systems, and self-preservation. Depresso…
DC is getting seriously strange… and in the best possible way. The studio behind some of cinema’s most iconic superheroes, including Superman and Batman, have released the first teaser trailer for Clayface. The first glimpse promises a a slick, unsettling pivot into full-blown horror territory for the studio. Directed by James Watkins (best known British horror-thriller likes for Eden Lake), the film reimagines the iconic Gotham villain as the centre of a dark, twisted story about psychological descent. Tom Rhys Harries leads the cast as a rising Hollywood star whose life begins to unravel in grotesque and irreversible ways after…
Brooklyn legends They Might Be Giants have officially released their highly anticipated new full-length album, The World Is to Dig. Available now on streaming services and via the band’s official shop, the 18-track collection marks their first studio release since 2021’s Grammy-nominated BOOK. To celebrate the launch, the duo has shared a visualizer for the focus track “Get Down,” directed by graphic designer Paul Sahre.The album, described by John Flansburgh as inhabiting its own naturally cohesive “musical universe,” finds the duo experimenting with everything from punk to Count Basie-inspired arrangements. John Linnell noted that the record stays true to their…
Doug Gillard: Parallel Stride(Dromedary Records)DL available hereApril 24 2026A fabulously catchy album of songs from the old GBV and Nada Surf guitarist, Doug Gillard.Ah, songs, what would we do without them? Songs – good ones, which stick around in your head – are what you get in spades with Doug Gillard. And Parallel Stride is packed with them. It seems, (well, it is) an age since he released his first solo record, the wonderful Salamander.Opener, Face of Smiles, is a rockin’ stroll avant la lettre with a couple of beautifully wistful turns in the melody line and an upbeat guitar…