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Acclaimed Finnish-Swedish rock drummer Henrik “Hempo” Hildén has died at the age of 69. Born in Tampere, Finland, Hildén, who has played with John Norum, Don Dokken and Glenn Hughes, among others, moved to the Swedish town Karlskrona in the 1990s, where he remained until his death. He was considered…

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Elvis Costello has resurrected his 1972 band Rusty with Allan Mayes, and the duo will release an EP titled The Resurrection of Rust, which Costello says is “the record we would have cut when we were 18, if anyone had let us.”>

Liverpool FC held an open top bus parade around the city yesterday to celebrate their trophy winning season, and it featured a performance from Calvin Harris. Despite losing the Champions League final 1-0 to Real Madrid on Saturday night (May 28) and missing out on the Premier League title to […]

In its heyday, there were few Ibiza experiences as subversive as Manumission, which set the template for White Isle hedonism around the turn of the Millennium. Now, Mike and Claire Manumission, the husband and wife team who helped run these notorious events, have returned with a new series of events […]

In this video, John shares his experience from being on the OTHER side of the DJ system with his son’s wedding. He shares his experience on how the time of events that we stress over so much, maybe are not as important as we (as DJs) think for the success […]

Independent • 2022 Beach Practice captures the listlessness of the soft apocalypse many of us are still trying to unpack. Beach Practice by Veda Hille Beach Practice surrounds fear and doubt with joyful sound. The latest album from Veda Hille’s elaborate catalogue is an amalgamation of experimental sounds and well-crafted […]

Warren “Waz” Costello, a kingpin of Australia’s independent label industry, died Sunday (May 29) after a battle with cancer. He was 64. Costello co-founded Liberation Records with the late Mushroom Group founder Michael Gudinski, and remained one of Gudinski’s closest and most trusted allies until his own passing in March […]

Understudy, Boo Hewerdine’s tenth solo album, finds him in a reflective mood. Despite the title, he consistently proves, as he does here, that he’s second to no one. Source

Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen released her second solo single, “Storm” on May 27th along with a video. Sge has fiollowed up with an official lyric video for the song, which can be viewed below. Floor: “The lyric video of ‘Storm’ created by Hannes Van Dahl! Really happy with how it…