Iggy Pop News

 Midem, the home of the global music community, today announces two additional, inspiring keynote speakers, Rebeca León (manager of Juanes, Rosalía, J. Balvin) and Marsha Vlasic (agent to Neil Young, Elvis Costello, PJ Harvey) for the 53rd conference, June 4-7 in Cannes.

The theaters in Sweden are closing one by one for the season and will not open again until mid september. But instead the open air theaters starts to open. Theater lovers will bring their picnic baskets and sometimes even their own chairs. The theaters/concerts arenas are sometimes very spectacular as the Dalhalla https://www.dalhalla.se/evenemang/ arena or very small and local as Sund Nergarden. Both capture the Swedish spirit very well. You can find open air theaters and concert arenas in several places in Sweden. Dalhalla is an old limestone quarry which now is an amazing open air arena in stunning setting and the summer program has artist like Iggy Pop, Peter Joback, The Hives, Pink Floyd and New Order.

Children's Theatre Company announced today they are entering the development phase on a new punk rock musical based on the award-winning book, The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez. This premiere production will feature select songs from the BMG catalog. BMG proudly represents the music publishing of such iconic artists as Blondie, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Devo, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Billy Idol, Simple Minds, The Cramps, Television, The Slits, The Germs, Chrissie Hynde & The Pretenders, and more.

Headed by singer/guitarist Freddy J IV, Left Lane Cruiser is a bona fide blues rock band from the American Midwest. Far from pretending to be rambling hobos for the sake of a manufactured image, Left Lane Cruiser has been genuinely living the blues for over a decade, bringing its freestyle jams to crowds all over the world.

'JENN VIX is making the kind of Electro music you need to hear,' proclaims indie music tome Rock and Roll Fables... and for good reason.  YOU need to hear Rhode-Island based electronic-rock singer Jenn Vix's new EP 6 which was released on Friday, May 3, 2019 via Umbrella Music Co. 

Ardent Sons is a rock and roll band from Oakland, California, fronted by Flamin' Groovies drummer Tony T. Sales. Their songs explore classic themes of love and loss, travels between broken homes and shaky relationships, and redemption in life's near-forgotten moments. Sales' musical career started with a lot of listening. By the time his dad and uncle gave him drums for his 10th birthday, he had already internalized their musical legacy, the elder Tony and brother Hunt having made legendary recordings with Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren and David Bowie, among others. Years later, the jazz, R&B, and rock-and-roll that was drilled into his head would lay the foundation for his own music. After spending years working with several Bay Area groups including Oakland's art-rockers Everyone is Dirty, and late '70s SF punk band Negative Trend, Sales finally picked up a guitar and began writing in earnest. Following a few years of demo recordings, live shows, and line-up changes, Ardent Sons, whose principle members are Sales and Bay Area multi-instrumentalist Dave Flores, is ready to release their debut record, No More Than This. It is a sincere reflection on life unfolding, always looking up, but grounded in the impermanence of the human condition.

After the wild success of its previous sold-out tours, Morrison Hotel Gallery is announcing the return of its popular Behind the Lens series, this time featuring celebrated music photographers Henry Diltz  and Mick Rock, at the Concert Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture on Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 7:30PM.

REQUIEM POP's deconstruction of many things-Iggy's music, the conventions of dance and storytelling, the boundaries between performer and audience, the use of the space -are the right kinds of envelope-pushing to tick off all the highbrow boxes, while managing the nearly impossible task of not also being boring.

Plague Vendor have released “All Of The Above,” the second taste from their upcoming new album By Night. The brooding track is an internal monologue (“Am I just losing my mind? Am I just passing the time? Am I just falling in love? Or am I all of the above?”) disintegrating over a sci-fi punk drumbeat, and follows the recently released raw, vital track “New Comedown.” Listen to “All Of The Above” HERE.

Broadway hit and four-time Tony Award winner Hedwig and the Angry Inch is coming to The Court Theatre this May, with leading lady Hedwig bringing her incredible band and collection of wigs with her.

Headed by singer/guitarist Freddy J IV, Left Lane Cruiser is a bona fide blues rock band from the American Midwest. Far from pretending to be rambling hobos for the sake of a manufactured image, Left Lane Cruiser has been genuinely living the blues for over a decade, bringing its freestyle jams to crowds all over the world.

Nashville rockers The Saboteurs – Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler (known outside of Australia as The Raconteurs) – hit our shores in less two week's time. This will be the band's very first shows in Australia, and comes off the back of their news of their first album in a decade: Help Us Stranger, out June 21st.

Bill Murray, Adam Driver, and Chloe Sevigny star in the first trailer for Jim Jarmusch's “The Dead Don't Die.”

Producer/Executive Producer, Elynn Diamond, is proud to present a DOUBLE HEADER with two of the music industry's most acclaimed R & B, Blues, Soul, Funk, Pop and Jazz Artists, DANNY KEAN / VALERIE GHENT In Concert, the second concert in her year-long '2019 In Concert Series' being held at the Iconic WOODSTOCK PLAYHOUSE.

Ardent Sons is a rock and roll band from Oakland, California, fronted by Flamin' Groovies drummer Tony T. Sales. Their songs explore classic themes of love and loss, travels between broken homes and shaky relationships, and redemption in life's near-forgotten moments. Sales' musical career started with a lot of listening. By the time his dad and uncle gave him drums for his 10th birthday, he had already internalized their musical legacy, the elder Tony and brother Hunt having made legendary recordings with Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren and David Bowie, among others. Years later, the jazz, R&B, and rock-and-roll that was drilled into his head would lay the foundation for his own music. After spending years working with several Bay Area groups including Oakland's art-rockers Everyone is Dirty, and late '70s SF punk band Negative Trend, Sales finally picked up a guitar and began writing in earnest. Following a few years of demo recordings, live shows, and line-up changes, Ardent Sons, whose principle members are Sales and Bay Area multi-instrumentalist Dave Flores, is ready to release their debut record, No More Than This. It is a sincere reflection on life unfolding, always looking up, but grounded in the impermanence of the human condition.

KOLARS have shared their new single, 'Touch The Lightning', premiering exclusively with Billboard. Fans can listen here!

Alt-rock godfather and Chainsaw Kittens frontman Tyson Meade has released his new record Robbing The Nuclear Family via Shaking Shanghai. The creative zeal that established Meade as an iconic leader of the alternative rock movement is inescapable throughout the album, and the 10 tracks that make up Robbing The Nuclear Family draw widely from his signature mix of punk energy, vivid arrangements, and politically charged lyrics. 

The latest single from the Sunshine Coast's biggest export since The Crocodile Hunter (RIP) is an is an ode to spending the arvo at your sticky carpet local after a long day on the tools, nursing a coldie while waiting for the bistro to open because you're hanging for a chicken schnitty with chips. Y'know. Relatable stuff. Perfect for your weekend.

Headed by singer/guitarist Freddy J IV, Left Lane Cruiser is a bona fide blues rock band from the American Midwest. Far from pretending to be rambling hobos for the sake of a manufactured image (wink to Seasick Steve), Left Lane Cruiser has been genuinely living the blues for over a decade, bringing its freestyle jams to crowds all over the world.

NYC-based seven-piece art rock ensemble Ecce Shnak (pronounced Eh-kay Sh-knock) will release their new EP, Joke Oso, on April 5. Today, the band gives us a taste of the new music, sharing the Weezer-oid EP opener, “Larry, Sleepover Friend” - listen via Billboard, enjoy/share via YouTube.