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Tensions between President Trump and Fed. Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are intensifying ahead of a key leadership deadline at the Federal Reserve, with the president warning he could remove Powell if he does not step aside when his term as chair ends May 15. Speaking to Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business, Trump said, “Then I’ll have to fire him,” adding, “If he’s not leaving on time — I’ve held back firing him. I’ve wanted to fire him. But I hate to be controversial. I want to be uncontroversial.” While Powell’s chairmanship expires in mid-May, his role as a Fed governor…
Progressive metal stalwarts Daniel Tompkins (TesseracT) and Paul Ortiz (Chimp Spanner) have officially unveiled their long-term creative partnership, Prince of Failure. The duo will release their self-titled debut album on June 19th via Kscope.Written over several years, Prince of Failure represents a deep departure from the pair’s previous work, focusing on themes of neurodivergence, social masking, and the internal struggle for self-alignment. Musically, the record blends Ortiz’s spacious electronic textures and powerful guitar work with Tompkins’ intimate, close-mic vocal delivery.The duo has also shared the album’s lead single, “Horizon,” featuring guest vocals from Kristyn Hope (Daedric). Tompkins describes the track…
Photo credit: Isaac WatsonAfter releasing a surprise album last year, the Midlands genre defying fast rising duo Big Special treat us to a ten track EP before they hit the festival circuit this year and it’s another collection of rousing tunes full of ideas reimagined from old cuts from both albums. Read on…Following the release of recent singles“SLUGLIFE”,“PLAINTIVE NATIVE”and“DRAGGED UP A HILL (and thrown down the other side)”,BIGSPECIALtoday announce their new EP,O’JOY!, out5 June 2026viaSORecordings. Presave the EPHERE.Today the duo also share a new track from the project,“ONLY FREE WHEN SLEEPING”, available to streamHERE.Comprised of vocalistJoeHicklinand drummerCallumMoloney,BIGSPECIALdescribeO’JOY!as a companion piece…
Ooh La la! The deluxe, remastered edition The 1970s was legendarily a time for rock ‘n’ roll excess, and as you’ll discover in this new magazine, we’re as vulnerable to that as any musician of that decade. We’re firm believers in giving an audience what they want, so we’ve brought you more. More pages! More archive interviews! More insights into the greatest music! Inside you’ll find 500 albums reviewed and ranked. An interview with Ken Scott about his time in the studio with Bowie and other legends of the 1970s. There’s a revealing insight into the making of Sticky Fingers…
Originally started in 2015 with Mssingno, the track evolved over time with contributions from Lunakái and Ben Bashi, giving it a layered, fully realised feel.Beyond her own releases, TĀLĀ has also shaped work behind the scenes, including executive producing BANKS’ ‘Serpentina’ and collaborating with Enny.With ‘I Need It’, she delivers an introspective but energising track that feels built for moments of self belief, hinting at a strong new chapter ahead. View Original Article Here
Danish artist Emma Lindquist introduces Hello Tiger, Be My Friend. An introspective debut shaped around emotional pattern recognition, self-confrontation, and slow-building sonic space. The project maps early adulthood, balancing love, self-doubt, and shifting expectations. Moving through alternative pop, folk, and americana, it favours atmosphere over immediacy, with arrangements unfolding gradually.Emma Lindquist by Silja Balthazar EriksenAt the centre sits the album’s defining metaphor; the “tiger” as an internal force rather than an external threat. Emma Lindquist explains:If you dare to look at the things that have shaped you, you can actually start becoming friends with them instead of suppressing them. For…
The funny thing is that, although this is not a Neil Young cover it really could be – there’s a lot of acoustic Neil hanging around this superb new song from Feeding Leroy, and not just the slightest echo of Dylan’s Changing Of The Guard.Starting out as a duo, when Lee Martin and Sonja Bjordal began performing together in Park City, Utah and after having a weekly gig throughout one fateful summer they decided that they had found what they were meant to do. The two took their show back home to Duluth, on the shores of Lake Superior, where…
To celebrate her 28th birthday, Sexyy Red drops off her new album Yo Favorite Trappa Favorite Rappa. It contains 18 songs and features from Key Glock, Metro Boomin and more. Listen to the full project below: Share on Social Mediaxfacebooklinkedinemailwhatsapp View Original Article Here
Milton Keynes, England-based artist MANNY continues to impress with his acoustic folk and soul-infused style…. asoulful, stripped-back acoustic gem.The new single, “My Love”, is a collaboration with Nancy Okai. On this track, his voice is especially striking – soulful, emotive, and utterly captivating – carried beautifully over a simple acoustic guitar arrangement.With subtle cinematic undertones woven throughout, the song gradually elevates into something that can genuinely tug at the heartstrings and, at times, bring you close to tears. The introduction of dual vocals after the midway point marks a clear turning point, the moment where you’ll likely find yourself diving…
Sotto James’ “Cold Fingers” is a beautifully restrained indie-folk track emerging from London, England. From the outset, it captivates with crisp acoustic guitar work, delicately layered with folky horn textures and whimsical vocals….cinematic and emotionally rich.There’s an alternative, cinematic quality to the production, and as his second release of the year, it feels like a real turning point. It has the kind of emotional pull that could easily capture thousands of listeners. If you’re drawn to moody folk music, this one will sit comfortably in your world. It features emotive male vocals, sweeping, immersive passages, and subtle experimental undertones that…
Fresh from this weekend’s incredible Coachella set, Trent Reznor has shared a statement about the forthcoming Nine Inch Noize album – as well as what he’s planning next. Teaming up with Alex Ridha aka Boys Noize, the pair’s new 12-track collab LP will arrive this Friday, April 17 via Interscope Records, before their second (and final) Coachella performance on Saturday. Now, Trent has revealed of how it all came about in the first place: “The creative fulfilment of working on the Challengers and TRON scores with Boys Noize led me to think that including him in the Peel It Back…
Credit: Luigi Montebello and Davide RinaldiAt the remove of two hundred years, it is very hard, if not impossible, to fully comprehend the impact that the expansion of railroads throughout the world had in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. The impact was equivalent to the rise of the internet in our own time, and had an impact not only on economies but also on the views and make-up of society, and consequently it influenced politics as well. The United States benefited immensely from the coming of the railroad as it helped the expansion that led to the United States…