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The full list of nominees for the 2025 Mercury Prize has been announced, with the shortlist including Sam Fender, Fontaines D.C., PinkPantheress and more. Celebrating the work of both esteemed and emerging artists from U.K and Ireland, the Mercury Prize is awarded annually and recognizes artistic achievement in LPs across a range of genres. Recent winners include English Teacher (2024), Ezra Collective (2023), Little Simz (2022), Arlo Parks (2021) and Michael Kiwanuka (2020). The Prize was first awarded in 1992 to Primal Scream for Screamadelica, and winners include collections by Pulp (1996), PJ Harvey (2001, 2011) and Arctic Monkeys (2006). Explore See latest videos, charts and news Among those featured on the 12-strong shortlist are Fontaines D.C., who have enjoyed a banner year following the release of fourth LP Romance, in August 2024. The Irish band also received a Mercury Prize nomination for their debut album, 2019’s Dogrel, and have since gone on to headline London’s Finsbury Park as well as arenas across the U.K. and Ireland. Fontaines D.C. snagged best international group at the 2025 BRIT Awards, their second win in that category. Sam Fender, who boasts 2025’s biggest opening week sales in the U.K. so far, is nominated for People Watching. The North Shields-born musician was previously nominated for his second LP Seventeen Going Under and performed a number of large headline shows this summer, including the 80,000-capacity London Stadium and Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park. FKA twigs is also recognised for third LP EUSEXUA, her highest-charting record yet on the Billboard 200 (No. 24). CMAT’s Euro-Country, which recently peaked at No. 2 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart, gives the Irish country-pop star her second nomination for a Mercury Prize following Crazymad, For Me (2023).  Wolf Alice’s The Clearing picks up a nod, and follows their 2018 victory for Visions of a Life. Pulp’s comeback LP More, their first since 2001, and PinkPantheress’ mixtape Fancy That also feature on the nominations list. The list is rounded out by Jacob Alon’s In Limerance; Emma-Jean Thackray’s Weirdo; Joe Webb’s Hamstrings & Hurricanes; Martin Carthy’s Transform Me Then Into A Fish; and Pa Salieu’s Afrikan Alien. View the nominations in full below. The 2025 awards show will be presented Oct. 16, at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle – the first time the ceremony has been hosted outside of London in its 33 year history. The event will feature live performances from nominees and will culminate in the announcement of the overall winner. The shortlist was revealed at a launch event for the British press, held in central London. It was also announced live on BBC Radio 6 Music by host Lauren Laverne. As the Mercury Prize’s broadcast partner, BBC Music will provide coverage of the event across TV, radio, and online.  Albums released between Jul. 13, 2024 and Aug. 29, 2025 were eligible for consideration this year. The 12 shortlisted albums were chosen by an independent judging panel chaired by Jeff Smith, head of music, BBC 6 Music & Radio 2.  This year’s committee consisted of: Danielle Perry – broadcaster & writer; Jamie Cullum – musician & broadcaster; Jamz Supernova – broadcaster & DJ; Lea Stonhill – music programming consultant; Mistajam – songwriter, DJ & broadcaster; Phil Alexander – creative director, Kerrang!/contributing editor, Mojo; Sian Eleri – broadcaster & DJ; Will Hodgkinson – chief rock & pop critic, The Times; and Sophie Williams – writer & broadcaster. Mercury Prize 2025 shortlist: CMAT, EURO-COUNTRY Emma-Jean Thackray, Weirdo FKA twigs, EUSEXUA Fontaines D.C., Romance Jacob Alon, In Limerence Joe Webb, Hamstrings & Hurricanes Martin Carthy, Transform Me Then Into A Fish Pa Salieu, Afrikan Alien PinkPantheress, Fancy That Pulp, More Sam Fender, People Watching Wolf Alice, The Clearing Source link

After pulling their tunes from Spotify, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are flipping the script once again by inviting fans to download their catalog on Bandcamp at whatever price they choose. Explore See latest videos, charts and news The prolific Australian psych-rock outfit have tagged all their downloadable albums as “name your price,” a generous promotion that has the hallmarks of Radiohead’s groundbreaking In Rainbows experiment from 2007, when the British band invited fans to pay whatever they wanted to download the then-new album, their first outside of the EMI machine. King Gizz, as they’re known in their homeland, and with their loyal fans everywhere, has applied the pay-what-you-want offer to their considerable catalogue, and fans have got into the spirit of the exercise. At the time of writing the entire top 25 digital albums on Bandcamp are from King Gizz. The rockers are in a giving mood, after recently pulling their music from Spotify, a protest to CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek’s personal investment in military AI. “Hello friends… A PSA to those unaware,” read a message on the band’s later Instagram Story, posted in late July. “Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invests millions in AI military drone technology… We just removed our music from the platform… Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better?… Join us on another platform.” They’ve done just that. King Gizz are no ordinary recording artists. At the time of writing, their discography numbers 27 studio albums, three EPs, and six live albums, a figure that could change any day now. In 2017, the Melbourne act promised, and delivered, five studio albums in a calendar year. Five years later, they did it again, by releasing five albums in the calendar year 2022. If Radiohead’s honest box concept is anything to go by, consumers won’t dig deep for King Gizz downloads. According to a 2007 study by Internet research group ComScore, which examined how consumers reacted to that unusual digital release strategy, 38% paid an average of $6. The rest paid nothing. The subsequent physical release was a conventional one, and a global hit. Since it was founded in 2008, Bandcamp boasts more than $1.57 billion paid to artists using the platform. Bandcamp downloads are available in MP3, FLAC and more, and supporters get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app. Source link

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Halsey’s full-length debut album BADLANDS is back in the top 10 on multiple Billboard album charts following its 10th anniversary reissue. The 2015 set was reissued on Aug. 29 in multiple deluxe formats and reenters the top 10 on Top Album Sales (No. 5), Top Alternative Albums (No. 6), Vinyl Albums (No. 4), Catalog Albums (No. 9) and debuts in the top 10 on Top Rock & Alternative Albums (No. 7). Explore See latest videos, charts and news All versions of the album, old and new, are combined for tracking and charting purposes. In the tracking week ending Sept. 4, BADLANDS earned 17,000 equivalent album units in the United States, of which nearly 12,000 are in traditional album sales (about 9,000 in vinyl purchases). BADLANDS is one of three reentries in the top 10 on the Top Album Sales chart, joined by Sabrina Carpenter’s emails i can’t send (No. 6) and Charli xcx’s how i’m feeling now (No. 8). Meanwhile, the only debut in the region is Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend at No. 1. Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album (TEA) units and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units. At No. 1 on Top Album Sales, Man’s Best Friend arrives with 224,000 sold in its first week (the third-largest sales week of 2025 and Carpenter’s best sales week ever). Stray Kids’ KARMA falls to No. 2 (with 53,000, down 82%) after debuting atop the list a week ago. The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack climbs 5-3 (15,000, down 19%), Deftones’ private music dips 3-4 in its second week (13,000, down 80%) and emails i can’t send reenters at No. 6 (11,000, up 1,766% after a new vinyl variant was released). Laufey’s A Matter of Time falls 2-7 in its second week (11,000, down 84%), Charli xcx’s how i’m feeling now reenters at No. 8 (9,500, up 2,613% following the release of a fifth anniversary color vinyl variant), KATSEYE’s Beautiful Chaos surges 20-9 (9,000, up 81% following a restock of certain editions of the album at retail) and Carpenter’s chart-topping Short n’ Sweet jumps 30-10 (9,000, up 115% in the wake of Man’s Best Friend’s arrival).   Source link

Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year with a very special guest: The Who frontman Roger Daltrey. The camp, which will take place Jan. 29-Feb. 1, 2026, will also include The Who’s Simon Townshend. Daltrey has joined the camp six times previously, but not for the last 15 years. “I love it because it reminds you of where you came from,” Daltrey says. “It’s about having fun!” “It’s an honor to celebrate 30 years of Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp with Roger Daltrey,” says David Fishof, founder of the camp. “This camp is about inspiring musicians and giving fans an opportunity to share the stage with their heroes. To have members of The Who join us for this milestone makes it truly historic.” Since its founding in 1996, Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp has brought together aspiring musicians of all levels with rock legends for mentorship, jam sessions and live performances. Attendees will perform with Daltrey and Townshend, as well as perform two shows at local Miami venues, including The Funky Biscuit. The camp will also include an array of rock-star counselors who will host masterclasses, Q&As, jam sessions and mentoring. Joining Daltrey and Townshend are Tony Franklin (The Firm), Jimmy Vivino (Conan O’Brien), Gary Hoey, Eva Gardner (P!nk), Joel Hoekstra (White Snake), Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath), Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent), Joe Vitale (Joe Walsh) and Britt Lightning (Vixen). Building up to the 30th anniversary will be three camps later this year: Alice Cooper and Judas Priest’s Rob Halford will headline two camps in Phoenix in November, while a December camp also in Miami will feature The Rascals’ Felix Cavaliere, Grand Funk Railroad’s Mark Farner, Chicago’s Jason Scheff and Billy Joel’s Liberty DeVitto. The camps are open to musicians of all levels, who are evaluated beforehand to make sure they are placed in the appropriate band. The Who are currently on its The Song Is Over-North American Farewell Tour, which concludes Sept. 28 in Las Vegas. Source link

What would rap be without iced-out grills? New York City jeweler Eddie Plein is often credited with inventing the gold grill as we know it back in the ’80s. His early handiwork was most notably sported by Bronx rapper Just-Ice on the album cover of his sophomore project Kool & Deadly released in 1987. Plein then took his Eddie’s Famous Gold Teeth operation south to Virginia, then finally settling in Atlanta, where the gold grill has become a Southern staple. During the early 2000s, Paul Wall and his business partner Johnny Dang picked up where Famous Eddie left off and took the gold grill to another level, with the duo still being the go-to jewelers for custom grills nearly two decades later. Wall sat down with The Art of Dialogue recently and told a story about how he ended up on Nelly‘s hit record “Grillz” and revealed it all started with the St. Louis rapper getting tricked into purchasing a custom grill that he thought was made by Dang. The Houston rapper explained that he received a call from T.I. while the Atlanta rapper was on tour with Nelly and told Wall, “Yeah, man, I see my boy Nelly got a grill from you.” However, he recalled being “confused, ’cause I’m like, ‘Man, I never met Nelly a day in my life. I’d love to make him a grill,’” and asked Tip what he was talking about. He then explained that it was a jealous rapper that was trying to creep into his and Johnny’s grill business that sold one to Nelly. “‘You want a Paul Wall grill? Yeah I’ll get you a Paul Wall grill. A Johnny? I’ll get you a Johnny grill,’” he said of other rappers that were also trying to sell grills during that period. “What they mean is the Paul Wall-style grill or a Johnny-style grill. So that essentially is what happened. It was another person who was selling grills who basically went to Nelly and was like, ‘Hey, wanna get you some Paul Wall grills?’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, I want some Paul Wall grills,’ and they got him some grills but they weren’t Paul Wall grills. It was in the similar style, but they weren’t the same.” Eventually, Wall ran into the St. Lunatics at a hotel in New York, who then put him in touch with Nelly after learning that his grill wasn’t made by Johnny Dang. He then said they decided to gift him a custom grill so he could see the difference between their work and the competition. “It was a helluva investment, because, let me tell you, that was hands down the most expensive grill we made to that point and it was a walking billboard, and as soon as Nelly got his grill he was like, ‘Hey, I love my grill. I got this song I’m doing. You wanna get on it?’” And the rest, as they say, is history. “Grillz” hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100, was nominated for best rap performance as a duo or group at the 2007 Grammys and further popularized the dental jewelry, making a custom grill from Paul Wall and Johnny Dang a must-have status symbol. You can watch the full story below. Source link

Redacción Panamericana Kate Candela aseguró que su renuncia quedó registrada en una carta notarial firmada por Paula Arias y reclamó lo que le corresponde. La cantante Kate Candela rompió su silencio y aclaró que su salida de la agrupación no fue improvisada ni verbal, sino que quedó registrada de manera formal en una carta notarial firmada por la propia Arias. “Yo renuncié vía notarial y ella firmó mi carta. Entonces, sabe perfectamente lo que me corresponde”, expresó Candela en entrevista para América Hoy, dejando claro que aún espera el pago de su liquidación. Kate Candela defiende sus derechos laborales La artista reveló que otorgó un plazo de espera tras su salida, pero nunca obtuvo respuesta. “Yo esperé tres meses y después uno ya le echa tierra a la plata. A mí me dolió porque sacrifiqué incluso momentos importantes de mi vida”, comentó, mostrando su incomodidad por lo sucedido. Asimismo, recordó que siempre se mostró comprometida con la agrupación: “Fui la trabajadora número uno, puntual, optimista, con la camiseta siempre puesta. Nunca me quise ir de Son Tentación”. Te puede interesar Paula Arias rompe su silencio tras acusaciones de Kate Candela y Angie Chávez por falta de liquidación El esfuerzo que hizo Kate Candela Con evidente molestia, Candela lamentó que su entrega no haya tenido reconocimiento. “Eso fue el reflejo de que todo lo que hicimos en su momento no valió absolutamente nada”, sostuvo. Además, reveló un episodio personal que marcó su experiencia dentro de la orquesta: “Cuando mi papá regresó de Japón pedí permiso para verlo al menos un día y no me lo dieron”, relató, dejando entrever que su compromiso con la agrupación le costó momentos familiares irrepetibles. Mensaje final a Paula Arias Para cerrar su descargo, Kate Candela señaló que su caso puede servir como advertencia a otras colegas. “Quizás podamos encontrar a una Paula que cambie de parecer y se haga más responsable”, concluyó. Con estas declaraciones, Kate Candela exige una vez más la responsabilidad de Paula Arias con respecto a su trabajo. @showpeoficial_ 🔥 Se enciende la polémica en Son Tentación 🔥 Kate Candela le respondió a Paula Arias, aclarando que nunca quiso dejar la orquesta y que hasta hoy no ha recibido su liquidación. 😱 #KateCandela #PaulaArias #SonTentación #FarándulaPeruana #Polémica ♬ sonido original – Showpe Source link

#luma #LoÚltimo |.🔴HABRÍA CÁRCEL PARA MUJERES QUE PRESENTEN DENUNCIAS FALSAS POR VIOLENCIA FAMILIAR‼️‼️ El congresista Alejandro Muñante (Renovación Popular) presentó un proyecto de ley que propone penas de tres a seis años de prisión para quienes interpongan “denuncias falsas” por violencia familiar, incluyendo violencia contra la mujer. La iniciativa también sanciona a profesionales que colaboren en la presentación de pruebas adulteradas y plantea modificar la Ley 30364. Organizaciones feministas rechazaron la propuesta al advertir que podría desalentar las denuncias en un país que registra más de 168,000 casos de violencia familiar atendidos solo en 2025. El Movimiento Manuela Ramos recordó que muchas víctimas ya enfrentan miedo y desconfianza para acudir a la justicia y exigió que el Congreso legisle con base en la evidencia de la crisis de violencia de género. #radioalturatv Source