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The Olivia Tremor Control Announce The Same Place, First New Album in 27 Years
The Olivia Tremor Control, the influential Elephant 6 collective act, have announced The Same Place, their first new album in 27 years, due out on 23rd October via The Elephant 6 Recording Co. The 27-track record is a tribute to two former members who have died, Bill Doss and Will Hart, and marks only the…
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International Insider: WarnerMount Uncertainty; Danny Boyle @ Venice; BBC Streamer Ask
Deadline’s International Insider newsletter reports that Paramount’s $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery faces weeks of further delay in the UK, as Parliament’s summer recess means Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy will not decide whether to intervene on media plurality grounds until at least September, by which point Britain is expected to have a new…
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“I would fight it tooth and nail”: The Sims artist would challenge any mandate to reduce diversity after EA Saudi buyout
Answering concerns that The Sims team may face pressure to reduce support for diversity following the Saudi Arabian-backed buyout of EA, senior character artist Jess Hyland says she’s not “heard anything” about such a mandate and, if one were introduced, she “would fight it tooth and nail.” Read more
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Twenty One Pilots Hosting Live IMAX Film Online Watch Party, Dropping ‘More Than We Ever Imagined (Live in Mexico City)’ Album
The film and album were both recorded during the Ohio duo’s biggest-show ever in Mexico City on their 2025 Clancy world tour.
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Madison Square Garden sues WIRED for defamation over article on keeping records of gay celebrities
WIRED says it “stands by this reporting, and plans to vigorously defend it against this baseless and ridiculous lawsuit” The post Madison Square Garden sues WIRED for defamation over article on keeping records of gay celebrities appeared first on NME.
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id Software Creative Director Says Claims the Doom Developer Was ‘Nerfed Into the Ground’ by Xbox Layoffs Are Untrue
id Software creative director Hugo Martin has pushed back on reports that the Doom developer has been devastated by recent Xbox layoffs, insisting the studio remains fully capable of making “great games.” Speaking during a livestream, Martin rejected claims the studio had been “nerfed into the ground” or reduced to around 50 staff, and said…
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4 of the Best 80s Bands That Hardly Anyone Remembers Anymore
American Songwriter has put together a list of four bands from the 1980s that produced notable hits but have since faded from public memory. The piece highlights acts that achieved significant chart success and enduring songs during the decade, despite not maintaining the lasting recognition of their contemporaries. Each band is remembered for a handful…
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Amadigi di Gaula review – inflatables and appoggiaturas as Handel takes a trip to Love Island
Buxton festival’s new staging of Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula reimagines the baroque opera as a Love Island-style reality show, replacing the original’s magic and sorcery with television trickery and swapping a sorceress for an all-powerful producer. Director Olivia Fuchs turns the composer’s slight four-character plot into a knowing send-up of dating-show conventions, using props such…