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Roger Waters has taken a lot of outspoken stances about geopolitical issues over the years, including a strong critique of Israel (and support for the pro-Palestinean Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement) that predates the current war by many years. His opposition to Israel has drawn backlash from former bandmate David Gilmour among others,  » Read More

In the past two years, Joni Mitchell has played her first live shows in a couple of decades. First, she played a surprise set at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, and then she headlined the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington last summer. At both shows, she was surrounded by famous friends and well-wishers,  » Read More

Ace Stallings, a guy who I know a little bit, is a tireless advocate for hardcore, punk, and metal. He hosts the great Forum Of Passion podcast, promotes shows, and sings for a bunch of bands. Stallings’ various groups — Break Away, Mutually Assured Destruction, Sentinel — don’t really sound anything like each other,  » Read More

Every year, the country who won the last Eurovision Song Contest gets to host the big pan-European show. Last year, Sweden won the contest with the Loreen song “Tattoo,” which means this year’s Eurovision is set to happen in Malmö this spring. Yesterday, more than 1,000 members of the Swedish music community have signed an open letter demanding that the European Broadcasting Union,  » Read More

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Beloved Scottish indie-poppers Camera Obscura have been living up to the latter part of their name for the past decade. Their most recent album, Desire Lines, came out in 2013, and they went on hiatus in 2015 following the death of keyboardist Carey Lander. There have been side projects like singer Tracyanne Campbell’s band Tracyanne &  » Read More

Last year, Softcult — the band of Canadian twins Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn — were our Band To Watch following an infectious 2021 EP called Year Of The Rat and a string of alluring songs. Today, they’re back with a blissful blast of grunge called “Shortest Fuse.”  » Read More

Yaya Bey turned a lot of heads with 2022’s Remember Your North Star and its companion Exodus The North Star, which put a modern hip-hop spin on warm analog soul and silky R&B. Now the Queens singer is ready to roll out her next album. Ten Fold is dropping in May,  » Read More

The London alt-rapper and producer John Glacier made a name for herself with the 2021 mixtape SHILOH: Lost For Words. Since then, Glacier has walked in big-deal fashion shows, collaborated with New York drill crew Surf Gang, and signed with Young Recordings, the label formerly known as Young Turks.  » Read More