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RTÉ News
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Behind the music - M'ADAM
Cork artist M'ADAM aka Adam O'Donovan has released his new single, It's You, and announced his second album. We asked him the BIG questions . . . It's You is his sixth single this year, keeping to his commitment of a monthly release schedule in 2025. He released his debut album, Horse Food Budget 1984, in 2023. His new album, Before We Die, is released later this year examines themes such as grief and environmental anxiety. Tell us three things about yourself . . . I am an indie folk artist from the north side of Cork City, during the day I research the energy performance of buildings, and I have a chocolate addiction. How would you describe your music? My music is very introspective, honest and direct I would say, mostly focusing on feelings that I feel compelled to write about. It's sad and melancholy, oftentimes when writing it feels like I'm in a movie trying to portray a scene that is in my head. Who are your musical inspirations? I think early in my writing I was interested in alternative and rock music. I love Radiohead. I listened to their albums on repeat when studying or playing video games. I really liked movie soundtracks and in particular the Garden State soundtrack, I remember listening to it in the car in Connemara as a cinnire on repeat for weeks. I was also influenced by my friends a lot - many of them are musicians and introduced me to acts like The Black Keys, I really liked the messy vibes in the earlier albums in particular. Also, the Cork band The Altered Hours were a big influence for me and Mac Demarco for a pick me up when I needed it. I had a brief obsession with Vulfpeck too. At the moment, I am listening to a lot of indie and alternative music like Big Thief, Slow Pulp, and Pinegrove etc. What was the first gig you ever went to? It was a gig in my secondary school. The band Fred played in our school and it was actually mad, they did all sorts of stuff on the stage. My other most memorable gig was going to see The Strokes at Oxygen in 2011. What was the first record you ever bought? I remember recording Britney Spears on the radio to tape and getting a B*witched CD at Christmas. My next door neighbour got me into 5ive, I loved pop and boybands when I was kid. But the first tape I bought was a rap single, Fight Music by D12. I also remember having CDs of Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out, Afroman, and Because I Got High (but I always thought the B-side, Bacc On The Bus, was better). Not long after that I bought a copy of St. Anger by Metallica, and my uncle then gave me a CD of Weathered by Creed. Looking back, I listened to a lot of different styles of music but from that point onwards it got rockier and more alternative. That's a very hard question to answer. I would say my most listened to song for me at the moment is either Dancing in the Club by This is Lorelei, MJ Lenderman or Born For Loving You by Big Thief. Favourite lyric of all time? "When I am king you will be first against the wall" Paranoid Android by Radiohead. Whenever I hear this lyric, whatever mood it catches me in, it always feels current no matter when I listen to it. If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be? Nessun Dorma - Luciano Pavarotti, performed live once a year and have a cry. Where can people find your music/more information? You can join my mailing list and you can find it in the usual places. I will be playing a headline show of the album Before We Die in the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh on 19 of July and a vinyl of my upcoming album is available to pre-order if you want to listen to it before it's released digitally in August. People on my mailing list will get early access and discounts on the record.
Perth Now
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Miles Kane is 'open' to a Last Shadow Puppets reunion with Alex Turner
Miles Kane is "open" to a Last Shadow Puppets reunion. The indie star formed the supergroup with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner in 2007, and their last album was 2016's Everything You've Come to Expect, which was accompanied with a tour. Although there are no current plans for the pair to get back onstage together or record new music, including at the final concert at Sheffield's The Leadmill in Alex's home city, which will be headlined by Miles, he isn't ruling out future projects with his pal. Speaking to NME, Miles said of a possible reunion: 'There are no plans for it at the minute, but my door is always open.' Quizzed on whether he'd like to hit the studio again with Alex, he replied: 'Well, I would, but we'll just see where it goes. I'm always up for anything, me.' Miles is also in the supergroup The Jaded Hearts Club - also comprising Matt Bellamy (Muse), Graham Coxon (Blur), Nic Cester (Jet), Sean Payne (The Zutons), and Jamie Davis - and is keen to work with them to. He said: 'Bring it all on, mate! Bring it all on." Miles has just announced his new album, Sunlight In The Shadows, which saw him work with studio wizard and The Black Keys star Dan Auerbach - who is known for his work with Lana Del Rey. He said of the record and working with Dan: 'All roads, over 20 years, have led here. 'Dan and I love mixing T. Rex, Motown and The Easybeats and the result is this record. When we were chatting and sharing references, we were so similar in taste it was frightening and you can hear that shared passion through the music. I can't wait to take it out on the road. It's an album that needs to be played live." The album features contributions from Pat McLaughlin, Daniel Tashian and The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney. Dan sings backing vocals and plays on every track, with further guitars by Tom Bukovac, guitarist Nick Bockrath of Cage The Elephant and Barrie Cadogan from British garage futurists Little Barrie. The producer commented: "This record was incredible to make from start to finish. I felt like I gained a life-long friend in Miles. And that doesn't always happen. When it does, it's amazing. This is an artist who could potentially make records forever." The lead single and opening track, Love Is Cruel, is out now. Miles said of the track: 'It's easy to reflect on life and to get caught up in what's happened before. "It's important not to let those thoughts control you. The track begins with 'she's a midnight scooter rider,' which is one of my favourite opening lines to a single. It sets the tone lyrically and musically for what's to come. Think Clint Eastwood and Judy Garland in the desert at dusk!' Sunlight In The Shadows is out on October 17. Sunlight In The Shadows tracklisting: 1. Love Is Cruel 2. Electric Flower 3. Sunlight In The Shadows 4. Coming Down The Road 5. Always In Over My Head 6. Blue Skies 7. My Love 8. Without You 9. Sing A Song To Love 10. Slow Death 11. I Pray 12. Walk On The Ocean
Axios
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Live Nation offering $30 all-in tickets at Blossom Music Center
Live Nation 's new summer concert promotion kicks off Wednesday with the live music behemoth offering $30 tickets to roughly 1,000 concerts around the country. Zoom in: The " $30 Ticket to Summer" begins at 10am and applies to over 15 of the nearly 30 upcoming shows at Blossom Music Center. The list includes Halsey, James Taylor, Nelly, Cyndi Lauper, The Black Keys and the Doobie Brothers. Flashback: The promotion replaces Live Nation's annual "Concert Week," which lasted a decade and featured $25 tickets over a week. This new promotion will add more tickets throughout the summer, giving fans more flexibility. The fine print: Tickets purchased through the offer include all fees in the $30 cost, according to Live Nation.
Forbes
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Sunday Conversation: The Black Keys Gear Up For A Big Year
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: (L-R) Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach at THE BLACK KEYS launch ... More of their new single 'Beautiful People' at Chateau Marmont's Bar Marmont on January 13, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by) Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, also known as The Black Keys, are getting ready for a huge rest of 2025. The beloved alternative rock band hit the road for a major tour next Sunday (May 23) and they just announced their superb new album No Rain No Flowers, out August 8. Buoyed by the spirit of collaboration, the duo tell me that 20 years into their career they feel like they're making their best music. After collaborating with the likes of Beck and Oasis' Noel Gallagher on last year's underrated Ohio Players album, this time around they brought in industry heavyweights such as Rick Knowles, Desmond Child and Scott Storch. I spoke with Auerbach and Carney about their now iconic record hangs, the new album, collaboration and more. Steve Baltin: Congratulations on the new record. We really gravitated to the last song 'Neon Moon.' It's so different. Dan Auerbach: Thank you. We wrote that one with our buddy Daniel Tashian who lives in town and is one of the first people that Pat met here in town. But that one happened so quickly, we almost overlooked it. We've got our buddy Leon Michaels and Tommy Brennick playing on that track. We cut it live, and it was one take Baltin: Did you work with a lot of different people on this record again? Because when we talked last year you brought in a lot of new energy? Auerbach: Yeah, we continued that to a certain degree. I don't think we over did it, I think each song relied on maybe a couple key people. We find it really fun to do the collaborating. Like you said, there's an energy there and we really feed off of that. Baltin: You guys have both produced and worked with other people so much. You understand the spirit of collaboration. Auerbach: Absolutely, it's more fun for us. We really like it. Patrick Carney: What really was effective on this record was that we were really proud of the work we had just done on Ohio Players. And then we're aware, even though we felt this is one of our strongest albums what can happen if things aren't all completely lined up appropriately. We can only do so much on our side; the writing, the recording, the performing live, overseeing artwork, picking the band, rehearsing the band. And on top of that there are other pursuits that we have. We have families, Dan has a label, so when it comes to like the rollout of a record to see something fall flat for various reasons it adds a little bit of fire to us to just want to make more music. In this instance, for No Rain No Flowers, it started with the idea that the last album we'd worked with some heroes of ours like Noel Gallagher and Beck and we did a lot of material with those guys. I think for this one we wanted to do something similar, but we went right to the source. We're trying to look for some songwriters that have stuck around and been putting out good work for a long time. The guy that came to mind first was Dan suggested we check out Rick Knowles, who when Dan produced the Lana Del Rey record Ultraviolence, he had noticed that Rick was involved in quite a few of Lana's tracks and we reached out to Rick and like a week later he happened to be coming to Nashville for the first time in his 50-year career. He had never been here before and we happened to be like, 'Do you want to work?' He said 'Of course.' He came to the studio and within two days we had written four songs. It became a really fruitful collaboration and component of the album. One of the first songs we wrote was the title track 'No Rain No Flowers.' It was great to get in a room with this heavy-hitter songwriter, who was just there. The way that song started was Rick asked Dan, 'Do you have any song titles? I like to start with a song title.' Dan threw out the title, "No Rain No Flowers." Then from there, Rick's like, 'Well, how would you sing that?' So, in the space of nothing, Dan now has the title and the melody happening. And Rick then just helps us compose it. Auerbach: With chords that we never would have come up with on our own in a million years. But it was also very easy and quick. Baltin: At what point did you realize that these pairings you were doing for this album were really coming together? Auerbach: Instantly with Rick, I think we knew. It was very strong because it just started on such a high. And being in the studio with Scott and Desmond, we mentioned that we need some strings for this song because it has a Philly soul type of feel to it or something like that. And he gets us on FaceTime with Larry Gold, who did all the strings for the Philly Soul Records (laughs). It was incredible. It was multiple generations of music makers in the room FaceTiming, it was incredible. And the whole experience with the collaboration, what you end up hearing is us reacting to the person in the room. Carney: Yeah, I think when you're assembling these guys, like a guy like Scott, we didn't we didn't know him. So, we invited him to Nashville, and we spent five days with him just trying to feel him out and getting to understand what his real strengths were. So, by the time he came back we knew to pair him up with Desmond and pair him up with Daniel and jump off on this stuff. But I think that the cool thing that Dan and I realized is that if the core of the song is Dan and I then people can come in and we can work with them and it ends up still feeling like The Black Keys, cause we're only playing the stuff that we want to play and stuff we like cause we're editing the whole thing and pushing ideas through. So, it's like getting to filter your idea through someone else's brain and then getting someone else to sit there and show you like how they would approach it. Auerbach: It's such a thrill, honestly. And it makes it so exciting. Just knowing that every day when you walk into the studio, anything is possible. When I know that I'm about to walk into the studio with somebody like Scott, I'm excited, like it's Christmas. Carney: I feel like that just happens a lot for us. There's an interesting thing though, too, a lot of times bands, throughout history, would go work with a new producer and a new studio and all of a sudden the band would have a whole new sound, like every sonic element is now different. Whether it's like Nirvana, Nevermind to In Utero or something like that. Sometimes it's really fascinating and works and sometimes it doesn't work. I think what's fascinating about Dan and I is that we've recorded our stuff ourselves the entire time. So, there's this aesthetic change that happened over time as we've gotten different abilities or tastes, but it's all rooted in this kind of sonic template. So, as we bring in influences to songwriting and stuff, it's always going to sound like us. Baltin: Talk about your record hangs. Carney: We have definitely been heavily influenced also by spinning records collecting 45s and DJing playing records out and how crowds react to different records. I think it definitely opens our minds to sonic possibilities. Auerbach: That's been a huge thing, doing our record hangs, spinning our 45s, realizing what works. If you're playing something to somebody that they don't know then you're at a disadvantage. It's got to have all these components. And the records that work in that context are records that have an economy of space where it just hits in. There's this great intro. There's a verse. There's maybe a solo section. There are these things. Well, no matter it's a real formula, but what it is is that it never drags. And when it does drag, the whole room drags down and you see it. And so that was like a nightmare when that happens. And you're spinning records, but you can't make every song like that. That doesn't apply to 'Neon Moon.' 'Neon Moon' is not one of those songs. That's a go for a nighttime drive type of song or something. But 'Baby Girl' for sure, 'No Rain No Flowers, you know. So, it's just exciting to be doing something for over 20 years and feeling like at least personally, we feel like we're doing our greatest s**t. I think that's all that matters. Baltin: Talk about the upcoming tour. Carney: We have made some lists of songs you want to learn and songs of ours we want to play, and I think it is important to us on this tour to get in there and mix it up a bunch. That's the plan, have fun. That's the real key, if you're having fun on the road and you're enjoying what you're doing on stage I think it translates pretty heavily to the fans. And I think part of that is picking the right venues, making sure that it's an enjoyable experience. If you're going to go out of your way to leave your house and go see a band let's make it memorable.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Black Keys to perform at MassMutual Center as part of 2025 tour
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Grammy Award-winning rock duo The Black Keys are bringing their highly anticipated No Rain, No Flowers 2025 North American Tour to the MassMutual Center in Springfield on Sunday, August 17. The concert, presented by MGM Springfield, is expected to draw a full house for what promises to be an unforgettable night of live music. Known for their gritty blues-infused rock and energetic live performances, The Black Keys–Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney–will headline the Springfield show as part of a national tour that showcases their continued evolution as one of modern rock's most dynamic acts. A variety of exclusive presales are available ahead of the general public sale: Artist Presale begins Tuesday, May 13 at noon EST using the password NORAIN Venue Presales begin Thursday, May 15, at 10 a.m. EST VIP Package Presales also begin Tuesday, May 13 Fans are urged to act quickly, as this show is expected to sell out, according to organizers. Formed in Akron, Ohio, The Black Keys have earned multiple Grammy Awards and released critically acclaimed albums featuring hits such as 'Lonely Boy,' 'Gold on the Ceiling,' and 'Tighten Up.' Their signature sound has cemented their reputation as one of the most influential rock acts of the 21st century. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
