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Jack White, The Rolling Stones, And That Old Time Rock And Roll
In an opinion column for Stereogum, critic Chris DeVille reflects on the coincidental release of new albums by both Jack White and The Rolling Stones on the same Friday, using the convergence to explore what audiences should expect from ageing rock institutions. He traces his personal history with The White Stripes, who exploded from a…
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Say Anything and Wavves unite for collaborative mall-emo album Cherry Soda
Say Anything and Wavves, two acts that emerged in the 2000s with contrasting approaches to pop-punk, have announced a collaborative album titled Cherry Soda. The record unites their respective frontmen, Max Bemis and Nathan Williams, who wrote the songs together with the aim of crafting an “early 2000s Wavves emo record” — described in the…
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TAGABOW/Hooky Side Project God Of War Announce New Album Molly Picture: Hear Two Tracks
God Of War — the side project uniting They Are Gutting A Body Of Water’s Doug Dulgarian with Hooky members Scott Turner and Sam Silbert — have announced their second album, Molly Picture. The record follows their 2023 debut Serotonin and arrives in a month, with two tracks, “Mickey Don’t Pose” and “New Deal”, already…
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Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ enters rare Billboard territory after 12 weeks ruling the Hot 100
Ella Langley has reached a significant milestone in her country music career, with her single “Choosin’ Texas” spending 12 consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The achievement places her among a small group of artists to have held the top spot for such a sustained period, underlining her rapid rise to…
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Ashley Cooke Flashes Her ‘Baby Blues’ as Couples Song Provides Her Latest Single: ‘It Became This Flirty Anthem’
The article explains how Ashley Cooke’s latest single, “Baby Blues”, was written during a January 2025 songwriting retreat in Alabama, when Cooke and her co-writers turned a hungover final-day session into a new song. A line suggested by Seth Ennis quickly became the hook and title, and the group developed it into a playful, flirtatious…
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NewJeans face copyright lawsuit from US music publisher over ‘ETA’
NewJeans, their label ADOR and parent company HYBE are facing a copyright infringement lawsuit in the United States over their 2023 single ETA, the second such suit against them in two months. New York publisher All Surface Publishing, filing in the US District Court for the Central District of California on 7 July, alleges that…
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Before ‘Band of Brothers,’ This Epic 5-Season WWII Series Changed the Entire Genre
This Collider feature argues that the 1960s American series Combat! was the true trailblazer of the modern war drama, predating acclaimed shows such as Band of Brothers. Running from 1962 to 1967, the programme is credited with breaking from the polished, propaganda-tinged war stories that dominated earlier Hollywood, instead portraying combat as grim, serious and…
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Xbox’s Bethesda layoffs include the artist responsible for designing Skyrim’s khajiit and argonians, who had been at the company for 27 years
PC Gamer reports that Microsoft’s latest round of layoffs at Bethesda has claimed a long-serving veteran artist who was responsible for designing the khajiit and argonian races seen in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The employee had reportedly spent 27 years at the studio, making them one of Bethesda’s most experienced staff members, and their…
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“We miss when genre wasn’t a thing,” say The Blood of Dawnwalker devs making their dream RPG: “We want to have our own identity”
The developers behind The Blood of Dawnwalker, a vampire-themed action RPG, have spoken about their desire to build a game with a distinct identity rather than one that conforms neatly to an established genre. In interviews they expressed nostalgia for an era when games were not so rigidly categorised, arguing that this freedom allows them…
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Radie Peat of Lankum releases first solo single, a traditional Irish ballad
Radie Peat, the singer of Dublin experimental folk group Lankum, has released her first-ever solo single, a rendition of the traditional Irish ballad “Still I Love Him”. The release extends Lankum’s signature blend of stark, doom-laden and experimental takes on traditional Irish folk music, showcasing Peat’s distinctive, clear voice on a slow and sparse arrangement…