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John Glacier Thrills On Slick New Single ‘Bond Girl’
Hackney-born artist John Glacier has released her first single of 2026, ‘Bond Girl’, marking a new chapter following her acclaimed 2025 debut album. The track sees her adopt the persona of a renegade, “license to kill” figure, paired with a video in which she plays a secret agent outwitting adversaries in explosive fashion. Produced by…
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Olivia Wilde recalls confusing meeting with Elon Musk “before he turned into this creature”
Actress Olivia Wilde has spoken about an unusual encounter she had with Elon Musk some years ago, describing it as confusing and recalling the tech billionaire as he was before what she characterises as a marked change in his public persona. The remarks add to a growing chorus of celebrities and public figures who have…
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“The most impressive Motionless In White album so far”: Pennsylvania’s metalcore stars finally find their identity on Decades
Motionless In White have released their seventh studio album, Decades, which reviewer Louder describes as the Pennsylvania metalcore band’s most accomplished work to date, finally forging a distinct sonic identity after two decades of drawing heavily on influences such as Korn, Slipknot and Rob Zombie. Since forming in 2004, the band’s gothic, nu-metal and industrial…
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Grace Cummings Plays With Understated Intensity On ‘Fake’
Grace Cummings has released “Fake,” the final single previewing her forthcoming album “Bloodhorse!”, due out via ATO Records on 14th August. Produced by Jonathan Wilson, the track continues the singer-songwriter’s exploration of understated intensity, pairing outwardly beautiful, soft analogue production with darker, more unsettling themes beneath the surface. Cummings has described the song as tackling…
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‘His chords are like sheets of diamond ice’: the beguiling psych-folk of late cult songwriter Ed Askew
The cult US songwriter, poet and artist Ed Askew has died aged 84, a year before the posthumous release of his final album, The Final Painting, out this month. Over roughly six decades on the fringes of folk music, Askew built a devoted following among fellow musicians for his singular, baroque style, blending gay love…
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Two House races take center stage as conservative PAC launches multimillion-dollar Big Tech push
A conservative political action committee focused on artificial intelligence policy, Defending Our Values PAC, has made its first campaign investments by backing two Republican House candidates in races it considers pivotal to the GOP retaining control of the chamber. According to Fox News Digital, the PAC is supporting Rhett Marques, who is running in Alabama’s…
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Remembering When an EP Brought Four New Beatles Recordings to the Brits in 1964
The article looks back at The Beatles’ Long Tall Sally EP, released in Britain in June 1964, which stood out from the group’s earlier EPs by featuring genuinely new recordings rather than repackaged tracks. Most previous Beatles EPs had simply recycled songs already released as singles or on albums, so this release marked a departure…
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Anurag Kashyap, MIFFest Jury President, Searches for ‘a New Cinematic Language’
Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is serving as jury president at the Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest), where he is also leading a masterclass titled “Unfiltered Realism.” Rather than presenting himself as an authority with fixed answers, Kashyap says he is using the role to seek out what he calls “a new cinematic language,” expressing particular…
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Bub – living an artist’s dreams and dreads in New York
A new video game called Bub tells the autobiographical story of artist and stop-motion animator Case Jernigan, exploring the impact of his multiple sclerosis diagnosis on his ability to make art. Developed with coder and gameplay designer Todd Anderson, the game blends a present-day New York City setting with stop-motion-rendered childhood memories and dreamlike visions,…
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Hole and Smashing Pumpkins icon Melissa Auf der Maur digs into archive to unveil first new music in 16 years
Melissa Auf der Maur, bassist for Hole and former touring member of The Smashing Pumpkins, is releasing her first new music in 16 years. The album, ‘Bass Womb Room: My ’90s 4-Track Demos x Field Recordings’, collects previously unreleased living-room demos she recorded in the 1990s using a handycam propped on her amp, alongside eight…