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Jaya, a rock musical based on The Mahabharata by Lillete Dubey comes to Chennai
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Jaya, a rock musical based on The Mahabharata by Lillete Dubey comes to Chennai

The Hindu  

This is the story of a musical that was born almost three decades ago. It is my blood, sweat, tears, money and love for music invested in this play,” says Lillete, adding, “This play had to come back.” After six months of gruelling work, with a completely fresh score, Jaya is back on stage. “It’s Jesus Christ Superstar meets The …

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End of the Road 2025 lineup confirmed including four headliners
2 weeks, 4 days ago

End of the Road 2025 lineup confirmed including four headliners

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The lineup has been announced …

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Why China’s Rock Music Scene Isn’t Bothered by a Troublesome Textbook
1 month ago

Why China’s Rock Music Scene Isn’t Bothered by a Troublesome Textbook

The Diplomat  

Crazier than you can imagine,” said Yang Haisong, one of China’s most revered indie rockers. Titled “National Security Education Readier for College Students,” it “will be used in the foundational course on national security education in universities.” Among the international outlets that jumped on the story: The Christian Science Monitor, which published an opinion column titled “Why China’s rock music …

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This one goes out to the band we loved: Author reclaims R.E.M.’s artistry throughout its lifespan
1 month, 2 weeks ago

This one goes out to the band we loved: Author reclaims R.E.M.’s artistry throughout its lifespan

LA Times  

On the Shelf 'The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.' Its fifth album, “Document,” sold more than a million copies and featured R.E.M.’s first mainstream hit, “The One I Love.” R.E.M. “I understand why someone who discovered the band early on saw them in little bars, and heard ‘Murmur,’ and internalized those early albums as the apex of their sound,” …

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Alex Van Halen doesn’t ‘sugar coat’ complex relationship he had with Eddie in new book ‘Brothers’
2 months ago

Alex Van Halen doesn’t ‘sugar coat’ complex relationship he had with Eddie in new book ‘Brothers’

LA Times  

If rock music history has taught musicians anything, it is this: Don’t start a band with your sibling. I tried not to sugar coat the story.” “Brothers” contains its share of “hey, look at us!” set pieces, but it’s surprisingly frank in regard to the fraught dynamics of Van Halen, particularly the push-and-pull between the two brothers and lead singer …

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Who knew she could sing? Abbie Chatfield teases music career with rock star boyfriend Adam Hyde as they delight fans with INXS cover: 'Need this on Spotify!'
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Who knew she could sing? Abbie Chatfield teases music career with rock star boyfriend Adam Hyde as they delight fans with INXS cover: 'Need this on Spotify!'

Daily Mail  

Abbie Chatfield has shown off her musical skills during a jam session with boyfriend Adam Hyde. Called Online Jesus, the clip features the social media star and her rock star beau in a series of steamy scenes that send up the world of internet dating. It's not the first time the lovebirds have collaborated on a musical project as they …

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New podcast explores a forgotten chapter in grunge music history
2 months, 2 weeks ago

New podcast explores a forgotten chapter in grunge music history

NPR  

New podcast explores a forgotten chapter in grunge music history KUOW's podcast 'Let the Kids Dance,' tells the story of grunge music and a forgotten chapter: the Teen Dance Ordinance. ZWICKEL: The Gorilla Gardens Riot was the opening skirmish in a war between Seattle's music community and establishment forces, a war that waged for 17 years and, in the process, …

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Tune in to a mini-concert with TEKE::TEKE : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast : NPR
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Tune in to a mini-concert with TEKE::TEKE : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast : NPR

NPR  

Tune in to a mini-concert with TEKE::TEKE YouTube Set List "Doppelganger" "Garakuta" "Kodomo No Kuni" "Hoppe" The Montreal band TEKE::TEKE began in a record store, when band member Serge Nakauchi Pelletier found an album from Japanese guitarist Takeshi Terauchi. In the 60s, Terauchi played "eleki" music, Japanese folk rock instrumentals inspired by American surf-rock music. TEKE::TEKE originally formed as a …

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This Mahabharata adaptation is enlivened by rock music, Kathak and Kalari
3 months, 3 weeks ago

This Mahabharata adaptation is enlivened by rock music, Kathak and Kalari

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI ‘Jaya: The Victory’, a rock musical based on the Mahabharata has many parallels in contemporary global politics, marking the epic’s universal pull. This Mahabharata adaptation is enlivened by rock music, Kathak and Kalari “When Krishna asks Duryodhana to compromise with only five villages for the Pandavas, he says he won’t part with land enough to hold a needle tip. …

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Sanjoy Narayan on King Gizzard, a lizard wizard and the chameleons of rock
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Sanjoy Narayan on King Gizzard, a lizard wizard and the chameleons of rock

Hindustan Times  

By the time King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard released their latest album, the mysteriously titled Flight b741, earlier this month, I had lost count of how many studio albums the hyper-prolific Australian outfit had released, in their 14 years. King Gizz have garnered a significant popularity, especially within the psychedelic rock and indie music scenes, and their prolific output …

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Hall of fame for frontman of Bengaluru rock band 'Thermal and a Quarter'
4 months, 1 week ago

Hall of fame for frontman of Bengaluru rock band 'Thermal and a Quarter'

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Bruce Lee Mani, frontman of Bengaluru’s iconic rock band Thermal and a Quarter, recently received a prestigious invitation to join The Recording Academy, most widely known for its annual Grammy Awards, which recognises outstanding achievements in the music industry. “The process involved recommendations from industry peers like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, so it feels like a validation of everything I’ve done over …

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Green Day's anti-MAGA agenda makes a comeback at Washington DC concert with a ‘Register to Vote’ booth
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Green Day's anti-MAGA agenda makes a comeback at Washington DC concert with a ‘Register to Vote’ booth

Hindustan Times  

Green Day's punk rock agenda took things a bit far, once again stirring the pot in a controversial direction after branding former President Donald Trump an “idiot” during their Monday concert. The rock band has had quite a history of defiantly slamming Trump by tweaking the lyrics of their mega-hit song, “American Idiot.” Although they've been doing it for years …

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Slash is one of hard rock’s guitar heroes. He’s still got the blues
5 months, 1 week ago

Slash is one of hard rock’s guitar heroes. He’s still got the blues

LA Times  

When you’ve reached the pinnacle of rock ’n’ roll superstardom while remaining one of the most iconic and recognizable guitarists in the world for more than 35 years, what do you do for a fun little break? Featuring everyone from veteran rock legends like Billy Gibbons, Iggy Pop, Brian Johnson and Steven Tyler to current musical superstars such as Gary …

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Pasadena’s Ambassador Auditorium, ‘Carnegie Hall of the West,’ goes up for sale
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Pasadena’s Ambassador Auditorium, ‘Carnegie Hall of the West,’ goes up for sale

LA Times  

Harvest Rock Church is asking $45 million the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, which opened in 1974. The storied Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, which was long considered one of the region’s top classical music venues, is for sale after being owned by a local church for the last two decades. Harvest Rock Church is asking $45 million for the 1,200-seat auditorium …

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Punk Rock Bowling turns Las Vegas into a more inclusive (and still crazy) mosh pit destination
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Punk Rock Bowling turns Las Vegas into a more inclusive (and still crazy) mosh pit destination

LA Times  

The Negative Nancys performed Monday at the 24th annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and Music Festival in Las Vegas. Bad Cop / Bad Cop performs at Punk Rock Bowling, which founding member Linh Le says has become more inclusive over the years, noting: “It feels way more welcoming.” During Bad Cop / Bad Cop’s set at the Citrus rooftop pool …

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Review: ‘The Beach Boys’ is a sentimental documentary that downplays the band’s squabbles
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Review: ‘The Beach Boys’ is a sentimental documentary that downplays the band’s squabbles

LA Times  

I will always watch a film about the Beach Boys — the latest, titled simply “The Beach Boys,” premieres Friday on Disney+ — not just for the part they played in American musical and cultural history but for the part they played in my own. Not even counting the scores of online videos and the all-star tributes, there’s a wealth …

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Creed 2024 tour: I was on the “Summer of ’99” ship. I know why this band is huge again.
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Creed 2024 tour: I was on the “Summer of ’99” ship. I know why this band is huge again.

Slate  

It’s high noon on a blazing April day, which is the ideal time to be sitting in an Irish pub aboard a cruise ship the size of a small asteroid. Entertainment Weekly, reviewing Human Clay, the band’s bestselling album and one of the highest-selling albums of all time, bemoaned the record’s “lunkheaded kegger rock” and “quasi-spiritual lyrics that have all …

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How Steve Albini changed rock music, in 12 essential songs
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How Steve Albini changed rock music, in 12 essential songs

LA Times  

Steve Albini stood for a sound. As a producer, he took a “documentary approach to recording music,” he told The Times in 1993, not long after he oversaw the making of Nirvana’s final studio album, “In Utero.” Music Steve Albini, influential record producer and musician, dies at 61 Known as a giant of punk and experimental rock music from the …

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Steve Albini, an alternative rock pioneer and legendary producer for Nirvana and the Pixies, dies at 61
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Steve Albini, an alternative rock pioneer and legendary producer for Nirvana and the Pixies, dies at 61

ABC  

In short: Steve Albini, a producer who was known for recording Nirvana's In Utero album, has died aged 61. Steve Albini, a producer who was known for recording Nirvana's In Utero album, has died aged 61. Steve Albini, an alternative rock pioneer and legendary producer who shaped the musical landscape through his work with Nirvana, the Pixies, PJ Harvey and …

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His mother worked for Playboy, his dad is a rocker and one of his stepfathers dated Paris Hilton. Who is he? (Hint: his dad is NOT Johnny Depp)
7 months, 3 weeks ago

His mother worked for Playboy, his dad is a rocker and one of his stepfathers dated Paris Hilton. Who is he? (Hint: his dad is NOT Johnny Depp)

Daily Mail  

This kid sure has an interesting background. One of this boy's stepfathers was also a rock star and another was a gambler who used to date Paris Hilton. And his brother is Brandon Lee, seen on Tuesday Dylan, far right, with Brandon and his mom Pamela in Hollywood in 2023 Dylan walked the runway at the Dolce & Gabbana show …

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18 acts we can’t wait to see at Coachella 2024
8 months, 1 week ago

18 acts we can’t wait to see at Coachella 2024

LA Times  

With Coachella 2024 almost upon us, massive crowds are preparing themselves to catch headliners Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat and Lana Del Rey and special guests No Doubt at the polo fields. Now, Roan is moving on to what she calls “the next chapter” of her career with her brand-new single, the vaguely Eurythmics-ish “Good Luck, Babe!” — Mikael Wood …

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Designer transforms lowly pattern into high fashion
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Designer transforms lowly pattern into high fashion

China Daily  

A model dressed in Hu Sheguang’s dongbei dahua garment poses for a photo. Experts say that dongbei dahua designs have found increasing resonance with modern urbanites because they could easily evoke collective memories in which the print was popular in large swaths of China. The popularity of dongbei dahua has also coincided with the rise of guochao, a consumption trend …

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The 50 Best Albums of 2023
1 year ago

The 50 Best Albums of 2023

NPR  

The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Illustration by Jed Chisholm for NPR In certain Decembers, a list of the year's best albums feels like a fireworks display. —Sheldon Pearce Dog Show/Atlantic 100 gecs 10,000 gecs Release Date: March 17 The shopworn take on 100 gecs — that the hyperpop duo "sounds like the internet" — has always felt a little …

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Tamil Composers Rock Tollywood
1 year, 3 months ago

Tamil Composers Rock Tollywood

Deccan Chronicle  

Move over DSP and Thaman, it seems to be the season of Tamil composers in Tollywood. With maestro, A R Rahman set to score music for a much-hyped straight Telugu film featuring Ram Charan and directed by Buchi Babu, while Anirudh Ravichandar, who is basking in the glory of ‘Jailer’, is composing music for another big ticket Telugu film 'Devara' …

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