Author: Amanda Collins
The 2025 Premios Juventud nominations were revealed on Tuesday (Aug. 19), with Bad Bunny and Danny Ocean leading the pack with six noms each. They are closely followed by the five-time nominees Anitta, Beéle, Carín León, Emilia, Myke Towers, Netón Vega and Peso Pluma. Additionally, eight new categories have been added, including best alternative Mexican music song, Afrobeat Latino song of the year and podcast of the year, to name a few. Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month and under the theme “evolving to the rhythm of music,” this year’s awards ceremony will take in Panama, marking the first time it…
Coldplay singer Chris Martin is an eternal optimist. The singer celebrated his band’s return to their native UK on Monday night (Aug 18) during a show at Craven Park in Kingston upon Hull by putting a positive spin on what he referred to as the Kiss Cam “debacle.” For those in need of a refresher: during a show at Gillette Stadium in Boston on July 16, a married tech CEO and his company’s lead HR staffer were caught on camera in a loving embrace during the nightly Kiss Cam bit, only to quickly duck out of frame once they realized…
Yukon Blonde. Back from Left to Right: Graham Jones, Brandon Wolfe Scott, James YoungerFront: Jeffrey Innes. – Photo by Zachary Vague Press release – Vancouver alt-rock band Yukon Blonde have been lighting up the festival stages all summer, giving fans a preview of their upcoming album, Friendship & Rock ‘n’ Roll (out September 19 with Dine Alone Records), including their latest single, “Keep On Breaking My Heart.” The song was the first track band member Jeffrey Innes (guitar, vocals, keys) wrote on his Rickenbacker 12-string, a guitar he’d dreamed of owning for years. “I was listening to a lot of bands like the Byrds and Tom Petty,” he explains, “so when a…
A fusing of classical elegance and avant-garde jazz intrigue, “Durer’s Dream” is a gorgeous new track from Ben Miller, a jazz pianist based in Rochester, NY. The release is the opener to Miller’s forthcoming full ensemble project, Dweller on the Threshold. “Durer’s Dream” takes inspiration from Albrecht Dürer’s 1514 engraving Melencolia I and Carl Jung’s journey of shadow integration, infusing philosophical insights of the personal unconscious and psyche within a flourishing production. “This is the threshold,” Miller says of the track. “Not just of the album, but of the self—the edge of the known psyche. Dürer’s Dream is the first…
Press release – Dark rock behemoths MONO INC. return with the luminous fury of ‘Darkness,’ their most complex album yet. The indomitable German collective emerges from sold-out symphonic spectacles to deliver an explosive battle against despair through crushing melodies and multilingual lyrical devastation. This remarkable 13th opus showcases why MONO INC. has forged an unbreakable bond with their Raven Community through decades of boundary-pushing excellence. The pull of darkness. Sometimes you seem to lose yourself in it, sometimes it offers you protection and security. Yet our inner light will always outshine the darkness and let you rise up again, like a raven rising from the ruins. MONO…
City Builders, the project of Toronto-based artist Grace Turner, shares her brand new single Vengeful Spirit, a powerful, spooky, and harmonically rich anthem that reclaims the narrative around heartbreak, ghosting, and female rage. This confident and gritty alt-pop/rock gem captures what happens when personal pain transforms into collective empowerment. Inspired by a conversation with another woman unknowingly dating the same emotionally unavailable man, Vengeful Spirit is a reminder of the power in women sharing their stories. I am loving how passionate and confident Grace Turner’s vocals are, soaring effortlessly over the punchy and gritty alt-pop production. I am particularly fond of…
Doechii has pulled out of a host of upcoming festivals this week, including All Points East 2025. The Grammy-winning rapper and singer was due to perform at the Victoria Park festival during RAYE‘s headline show alongside JADE and Tyla, this Saturday (August 23). But All Points East has now released a statement saying: “Unfortunately, Doechii will no longer be able to perform at All Points East on Saturday August 23. We’d like to apologise to any disappointed fans and hope to welcome Doechii to All Points East in the future.” No explanation was given for the rapper pulling out and…
Ben Stiller will not be returning as director of Severance season three, as he will be focusing on a film project. The comedy star moved behind the camera for the first two seasons of the beloved Apple TV+ drama, with the latest receiving 27 nominations at the forthcoming Emmys. As the primary director on the show, he has helmed 11 of its 19 episodes so far. However, in a new interview with The LA Times, he revealed he would be stepping away from that role to focus on a World War Two survival movie shooting in the spring, which according…
Microsoft has confirmed a handful of titles that are set to leave Xbox Game Pass at the end of the month including a beloved blockbuster. Games are regularly added and removed from the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, with the departures taking place in the middle and at the end of every month. August has already seen Persona 3 leave Xbox Game Pass alongside Anthem and Farming Simulator 22 but Microsoft has now announced five more games will be removed in the near future. The biggest departure is Borderlands 3, which will leave Xbox Game Pass on August 31. It…
The Mafia games have always stuck to the simple rule that bigger is better. The 2002 original was a gritty action-adventure game set in the slick open-world town of Lost Heaven before both the 2010 sequel and 2016’s Mafia 3 gave players even more freedom to explore the Italian-American criminal underworld. However, tense tales of honour, betrayal and revenge don’t hit quite as hard when you’re constantly doing favours for forgettable henchmen or getting caught up in racing side missions. Developers Hangar 13 have cut away all that dead weight in new entry Mafia: The Old Country, creating a refreshingly…