In September 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan, two young sisters, Parwana and Khorshid were killed by a suicide bomber meant for the American military. Their 8-year-old sister Mursal survived. There were seven Afghans killed including the two little girls. No Americans were harmed. A couple of years later California muso Lanny Cordola found himself just over…
Fifteen years ago, before becoming a multi-platinum selling pop star, Geoffrey Royce Rojas, known professionally as Prince Royce, launched his career with a unique cover. Reflecting his Dominican roots, the then 20-year-old New Yorker reimagined Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” with a bachata arrangement sung in Spanglish. Now, at 36, Prince Royce is returning…
Jack Kirby was a comic book superhero. As an artist and writer, he was the essential creator or co-creator behind entire worlds of heroes and villains, interstellar conflicts and what has become billion-dollar franchises. Without him, we would never have known the likes of Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther, the Hulk, Thor, Dr. Doom,…
Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will spotlight their fellow film and TV composers and also perform at the first Future Ruins festival, which will be held Nov. 8 at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center. “It’s about giving people who are, literally, the best in the world at taking audiences on an emotional…
Almost everyone has been in that post-breakup blues space where ice cream, tissues, and a blanket are the only acceptable companions while you sob over heartbreak ballads. Sure, it can feel like a sad, warm hug to embrace the gut-wrenching pain of a broken heart. Yet Stephen Thomas’ new single, “Breaking Hearts,” offers a refreshing…
Oasis fans got a reality check yesterday (May 13) when the band’s co-manager, Alec McKinlay, told Music Week that not only is there no new album to accompany the band’s upcoming first tour in 16 years, but that the highly anticipated, sold-out jaunt itself would be “the last time around.” Last year, Oasis singer Liam…
When I am introduced to Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds’ guitarist, the first thing he asks me is, “Where are you from?” It’s a complicated question for me to answer, but it doesn’t surprise me that he’s curious about it. In an early scene of the Simple Minds documentary, Simple Minds: Everything is Possible (viewable in…
If anything, Sister Midnight will destroy preconceived notions of arranged marriage on film. From The World of Apu (1959) to Monsoon Wedding (2001), American audiences have seen Indian brides exist without agency, floating in a strange demure stasis. But not Sister Midnight, an offbeat and often profane fantasia that looks to break both social and…
In July 2024, Queens of the Stone Age became the first band ever permitted to perform in the underground Catacombs of Paris, an experience soon to be chronicled on the aptly named film Alive in the Catacombs. The project is due for purchase or rental June 7 from Matador, and will be released in a…
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard soar heavenward with the smily, major-key jam “Grow Wings and Fly,” which is the final track on and the third pre-release single from the Australian group’s 27th album, Phantom Island. The 10-track set is due June 13 from (p)doom records. Filmed at Melbourne’s Flinders Beach, the Hayden Somerville-directed video…
