Author: James Evenden
Drummer Anika Nilles, who has been tasked with filling the shoes of the legendary Neil Peart on RUSH’s recently announced 2026 North American comeback tour, has issued a statement thanking the band and its fans for a warm welcome. As previously reported, RUSH’s classic members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are reuniting the band for its first shows in 11 years, and first concerts since the passing of Peart in January 2020. The prog-rock icons will play 23 shows in seven North American cities, including stops in Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, and Toronto, among other markets. Get RUSH…
Australia is home to some of the most forward-thinking artists in the alt electronic space, with Oliver Henry certainly being one of the names that should be mentioned in that list. We’ve been keeping an eye on the Sydney-based producer since the release of his track “Whispering” back in 2023. The classically trained musician creates music that transcending genres of breakbeat, house and brooding electronica. Today we celebrate his return to lush and immersive electronica thanks to “Glimmer”, a brand new song released via Gallery Recordings. Beautifully minimal, repetitive and sprinkled with reverb-drenched vocals drift above a soft kick and…
Image Image Credit Frazer Harrison / Staff via Getty Images and Jamie McCarthy / Staff via Getty Images Image Alt G Herbo attends the 2024 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California and Nicki Minaj performs onstage during her Pink Friday 2 World Tour – New York at Madison Square Garden on September 07, 2024 in New York City Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: G Herbo says he earned around half a million dollars after collaborating with Nicki Minaj on “Chi-Raq” in 2014. The Chicago rapper initially thought the offer was fake and nearly…
Radio City Music Hall will debut a state-of-the-art concert audio system this fall, just in time for the Rockettes’ 2025 Christmas Spectacular. MSG Entertainment has announced it is launching Sphere Immersive Sound at the nearly 100-year-old New York City institution in early November. Already in use at the Las Vegas Sphere and New York’s Beacon Theatre, Sphere Immersive Sound uses 3D audio “beamforming” and wave field synthesis technology to deliver consistent audio levels to wherever an audience member is seated. Consisting of more than 7,000 individually amplified loudspeaker drivers, the system gives artists and engineers the ability to “spatialize” audio,…
Pluribus, the mysterious new Apple TV+ series from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan, just got a little less mysterious. At the very least, we now know that Rhea Seehorn’s character is named Carol, and that she’s at the center of something massive that’s happening to the world. The official description says that Pluribus “is a genre-bending original in which the most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.” There are more than a few clues in the new trailer to examine here: A news chyron on a TV warning people about “landlines only,”…
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a new prequel to Game of Thrones premiering on HBO on January 18th, 2026, has revealed its first official trailer. The story follows Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffery), a lowly hedge knight who happens to be — surprise — very, very tall. He sets out for the town of Ashford and is eventually accompanied by a young boy, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), who becomes his squire. While there, Duncan is put to the test in a tournament, with Prince Aerion Targaryen (Finn bennett) rivaling the hedge knight. The series takes place nearly 100 years before…
There are some creators we celebrate for being able to adapt to a wide variety of genres: Steven Spielberg, Ryan Murphy, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Comedian Tim Robinson, though, seems like he takes the opposite approach — rather than figure out a way to conform his original voice to different genres, he adapts genres to fit the stories he wants to tell. It’s as if Robinson himself is the genre, to which everything else is secondary, leading us to 2025’s Tim Robinson vehicle/bro comedy Friendship, and now Tim Robinson vehicle/conspiracy thriller The Chair Company, prennmiering October 12th on…
Astronoid have announced a new album, Stargod, arriving November 7th. The post-metal group also dropped the lead single “Third Shot.” The track combines the band’s signature spaced-out textures and atmospherics with driving AOR-esque rhythms, prog flourishes, and a decidedly pop element via the melodic, high-register vocals of Brett Boland. “We knew as soon as ‘Third Shot’ was written it would be the first single on the record,” Boland shared in a press relase. “It was the song that solidified the direction of the album. The song is about how much we love what we do, and the lives we have…
Black Label Society have dropped a new song, “Broken and Blind,” a preview of their forthcoming new album scheduled for an early 2026 release. The track is a three-plus-minute stoner rock groover with fiery guitar licks from axeman/singer Zakk Wylde. He commands a strong vocal performance here, as well, hitting some extended notes in the chorus that callback to early Soundgarden, when the grungers dabbled in this type of heavy stoner rock. The rest of BLS provide an airtight pocket for Wylde’s playing, with the lineup rounded out by bassist John DeServio, drummer Jeff Fabb, and rhythm axeman Dario Lorina.…
Considering their intertwined paths and shared prominence in the deep house scene, it was only a matter of time before beatsbyhand and Sio teamed up – and “Trick Me” delivers on that promise. Johannesburg-based producer beatsbyhand has developed a reputation for crafting bass-heavy house music that blends deep house, afro house, and soulful elements. His latest release “Trick Me” serves as a marvelous example of this description as Sio’s rendition of Kelis’ hit is drenched in warmth and emotion. This is complemented by lush synths hovering across the sonic spectrum while the bright bass line in the second half of…