Will Hermes
Contributing Editor at Rolling Stone
Writer at Freelance
Writer at Will Hermes: New Music + Old Music
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2 weeks ago |
newmusicoldmusic.substack.com | Will Hermes
Spiral Stairs flips off the mud-slinging crowd at Lollapalooza in West Virginia, 1995, after Pavement’s aborted set. After 20 numbingly portentous seasons of Behind the Music, the idea of a conventional band documentary seems exhausted if not dead.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Will Hermes
3 hours agoLorde klebt sich für „Man Of The Year“ die Brüste abDie Single stammt aus ihrem neuen Album „Virgin“. Das bekommt ebenfalls ein sehr intimes Cover-Artwork. Spätestens seit dem schillernden Cover-Artwork …1 hour agoRobbie Williams kündigt neues Album BRITPOP anRelease der neuen Platte ist für Herbst 2025 geplant – die erste Single „Rocket“ ist bereits erschienen.
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3 weeks ago |
newmusicoldmusic.substack.com | Will Hermes
Back in my more active clubbing days — those wacky fin de siécle years when Fatboy Slim (see below) was landing radio singles — there were few DJ acts I loved as much as Basement Jaxx. Their great jam “Romeo” followed a string of bangers, and it dropped in the summer of 2001, months before the World Trade Towers came down and everything in New York City, and the world it seemed, changed.
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4 weeks ago |
newmusicoldmusic.substack.com | Will Hermes
I’ve been a bit slow on New Song of the Day posts lately, but I need to ramp back up. There’s no shortage of worthy tracks, as my latest new music playlist documents. Among those tracks was Fiona Apple’s hauntingly world-weary cover of Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold.” She’s been slowly emerging from years of relative silence since her 2020 pandemic cri de cœur Fetch The Bolt Cutters.
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4 weeks ago |
rollingstone.com | Will Hermes
May 8, 2025 PinkPantheress Warner Records UK As Charli XCX takes a U.S. victory lap and Afrobeats continue to reinvigorate r&b, it’s worth noting how pop music — traditionally, one of America’s mightiest exports — has been sounding a lot more interesting overseas. More proof is Fancy That, the new mixtape by PinkPantheress, a.k.a. Victoria Beverley Walker. Like Charli, Walker is another powerful British artist of mixed heritage making music rooted in multicultural UK club styles. She...
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RT @WilliamHermes: This evening (Wednesday) 8p ET / 5p PT I'll be teaching a zoom-style writing class online — focus: music. I've taught wr…
This evening (Wednesday) 8p ET / 5p PT I'll be teaching a zoom-style writing class online — focus: music. I've taught writing for decades, always in person, but decided to take the leap. It'll be fun. Registration link: https://t.co/OR0bHDqB1o
RT @WilliamHermes: Tomorrow (Wednesday) 8p ET / 5p PT I'll be teaching a zoom-style writing class online — focus: music. I've taught writin…