Anyone who hears the Crystal Method’s new single “Post Punk” may recognize a familiar voice laced throughout it: “I don’t want to be a punk. I don’t want to belong to any of it. I just want to be.” It sounds just like Iggy Pop talking about the Stooges in …
Read More »'There is No One Else Quite Like Him': Iggy Pop to Receive 2022 Polar Music Prize
Iggy Pop, frontman of groundbreaking rock outfit the Stooges and long considered a forefather of punk, has been named a recipient of the 2022 Polar Music Prize. “I was aware of the very fine range of people that have gotten the Polar Music Prize,” Pop said in a video statement. …
Read More »Hear Iggy Pop's Synth-Laden New Song 'Sonali'
Iggy Pop has shared his synth-laden new single “Sonali” from his upcoming album Free, due out September 6th. “Are you tuning in to our listening party?,” Pop asked on Facebook Thursday. Like Free’s previous singles “James Bond” and the title track, the Stooges frontman croons over a backing that’s more …
Read More »Bill Murray, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, RZA to Star in Jim Jarmusch Zombie Film
Jim Jarmusch‘s zombie film, The Dead Don’t Die, which stars Bill Murray, will premiere in theaters on June 14th. Directed and written by Jarmusch, it has an all-star cast that film distributor Focus Features describes as “the greatest zombie cast ever disassembled.” Details regarding the plot have not yet been …
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