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Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Aussie rockstar wears thongs on her bust during wild performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
An Australian rocker has left little to the imagination after she took to the stage wearing a pair of thong sandals on her breasts. The frontwoman of Amyl and the Sniffers, Amy Taylor, appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday to perform her hit song Tiny Bikini. Amy, 29, could be seen wearing mismatching thongs on her chest, one pink and one purple, as she danced across the stage and sang her lungs out to the high-energy tune. She paired the adventurous choice of top with a pair of knee-high leather boots and tiny leather shorts that laced up on the sides, showing off her trim pins and toned abs as she rocked out on the stage. The popstar wore her blond locks in a nostalgic 80s do while donning bright blue eye makeup and red lipstick. The punk rock band, based in Melbourne, have won three Aria Awards, including Best Group in 2022. Amyl and the Sniffers made headlines last year after dropping an X-rated clip for their single Jerkin '. A censored version of the clip is available on YouTube, but the band have taken to their website to upload a no-holds-barred uncensored version which features a barrage of full frontal nudity. The video begins with a content warning, telling viewers that the purpose of the clip was not titillation but rather the promotion of body positivity. 'This video contains nudity and adult themes,' the warning began. 'The content is intended for artistic expression and body positivity, not for sexual gratification.' The video then shows firebrand frontwoman Amy Taylor belting out the tune which contains such lines as: 'You're a dumb c**t, you're an a**ehole, every time you talk you mumble, grumble.' She is flanked by bandmates Bryce Wilson, Declan Martens and Gus Romer, who are joined by an array of male and female models who gradually strip down as the song plays. In a statement on the band's website, director John Angus Stewart said he was perplexed by the offence some people take to nudity. 'The level of offence that a vagina or penis can generate is absolutely bizarre,' he said 'Once Amy said to me, "If the world wasn't so f**cked up, I'd never wear clothes."' He continued: 'It's the context we stamp onto our sex organs that makes them innately "offensive." This is why we wanted to strip away the artifice and examine the body in an open, conversational way.' The director added that the models were allowed to dictate the pace of the shoot. 'From concept to crewing to casting, we [the production] let the project evolve in the most natural way possible, allowing our subjects to dictate their level of input based on their comfort on the day,' he said. 'We were learning what it was as we were making it, which is basically the opposite approach I'm used to. 'But because this idea was driven by people's personalities, it felt wrong to do it any other way. ' He concluded by saying that the entire production walked away from the shoot with a need to be 'less prudish.' 'Just as one's perspective changes with an Amyl song, I want to change in the same way,' the statement read. 'I think we all walked away from the shoot with an innate need to be less prudish and give less of a s**t.' It's not the first time an Aussie band has used nudity to augment a tune, either. Aussie dance pop act Confidence Man's 'nuded up' for the video for their 2024 track I Can't Lose You.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Zevia Announces May Conference Participation
LOS ANGELES, April 30, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zevia PBC ("Zevia") (NYSE:ZVIA), the Company that provides naturally delicious, zero sugar better-for-you beverages, today announced that Amy Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Girish Satya, Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the following upcoming conferences: The Goldman Sachs Global Staples Forum on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. Zevia is scheduled to present at 1:10 p.m. E.T. and will participate in meetings with investors throughout the day. The BMO Global Farm to Market Conference on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Zevia is scheduled to present at 11:00 a.m. E.T. and will participate in meetings with investors throughout the day. Live webcasts of their presentations will be available on the Investor Relations section of Zevia's website at during the events. Shortly following both events, a replay will be available at for 30 days following each event. About Zevia Zevia PBC, a Delaware public benefit corporation designated as a "Certified B Corporation," is focused on addressing the global health challenges resulting from excess sugar consumption by offering a broad portfolio of zero sugar, zero calorie, naturally sweetened beverages. All Zevia® beverages are made with a handful of simple, plant-based ingredients, contain no artificial sweeteners, and are Non-GMO Project verified, gluten-free, Kosher, and vegan. Zevia is distributed in more than 37,000 retail locations in the U.S. and Canada through a diverse network of major retailers in the grocery, drug, warehouse club, mass, natural, convenience and ecommerce channels. (ZEVIA-F) View source version on Contacts Investor Contact Jean FontanaAddo Investor Relationszevia@ Sign in to access your portfolio
The Guardian
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Amyl and the Sniffers win song of the year at 2025 Apra awards
Amyl and the Sniffers have won the top gong at the Australian Performing Rights Association (Apra) awards, winning song of the year on Wednesday night for their track U Should Not Be Doing That. The track – the first single from the Melbourne punk quartet's 2024 album Cartoon Darkness – is a brazen kiss-off to industry gatekeepers and naysayers. 'I think it's a comedic way of rubbing the dog's nose in its own dog piss after it weed on your favourite rug,' frontwoman Amy Taylor has said of the song. The Apra award is the latest honour in a mammoth few months for Amyl and the Sniffers, who were recently nominated for best international group at the Brit awards. A Guardian review of Cartoon Darkness said the band were 'on the brink of transforming critical acclaim and cult status into something much bigger'. True to form, they are now partway through a mostly sold-out US tour – which saw them play Coachella earlier in April – before heading to Glastonbury later this year. Song of the year is the only peer-voted category at the Apras, where most awards are determined by airplay and royalties. Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Also a big winner at the awards, which were held at Melbourne Town Hall, was Tame Impala's Kevin Parker – who won both most performed Australian work and most performed pop work for his contribution to Dua Lipa's single Houdini. The Apra board of directors does have discretion over a few categories including songwriter of the year – which went to Apra favourite Troye Sivan. It marks the Australian pop star's third win after taking home song of the year in 2024 for Rush and breakthrough songwriter in 2017. The board also selected emerging songwriter of the year, which was won this year by Royel Otis – the indie rock duo who had a breakthrough year in 2024 with a debut album and two viral covers of Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Murder on the Dancefloor and the Cranberries' Linger. A highlight of the night was the Ted Albert award – a lifetime achievement honour – which went to Kylie Minogue. 'Seventeen-year-old me would not be able to compute the life that music has given me,' she said in a video acceptance speech. 'We all know it's work. You work for it, but I feel like whatever we give and whatever it might take from us, we receive more.' Six-time Apra winner Sia won most performed Australian work overseas for her 2016 hit Unstoppable, which was released as a US radio single in 2022 after it resurfaced on TikTok that year. Grammy winner Keanu Torres took home the international recognition award – previously titled the overseas recognition award – in the first time the prize has been presented since 2019. The songwriter and producer, also known as Keanu Beats, has worked with Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and The Kid Laroi. Other genre awards on the night went to Paradise by Coterie, for most performed alternative work; New Love by Ziggy Alberts, for blues and roots; Take Forever (Hally's Song) by Cooper Alan, for country; Saving Up by Dom Dolla, for dance and electronic; Epitaph by Make Them Suffer, for hard rock and heavy metal; Fall Back by Lithe, for hip-hop and rap; Space by Kaiit, for R&B and soul; and Through the Trees by King Stingray, for rock.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Amyl and the Sniffers Bring Freaks to the Front at Coachella
One of the most invigorating live shows you'll see on any rock stage right now comes from Austrailia's Amyl and the Sniffers, who are primed to win new hearts (and banging heads) playing Coachella this weekend. Yes, their name references Amyl Nitrate aka 'poppers' and yes, it's appropo, especially where lead singer Amy Taylor is concerned. This band is a party with a spitfire performer that's intoxicating to watch and mates that are equally manic on stage. Their snarling yet undeniably catchy ditties capture rage and revelry on record and in the flesh. We spoke with Taylor, who calls L.A. home when she's not touring, just before she left town for touring and the desert festival. Here is our full conversation. (Q&A edited for clarity). LA mag: So can you tell me about your perspective on Taylor: Yeah, we've played it before… in 2021. It was the first one after COVID, so I think it was still getting its feet back as were a lot of other festivals. That first year back was a bit tricky for everyone, but it was really fun still. There was some great bands playing that year as well, like Viagra was your experience playing it? The funnest. Obviously it's such an important event especially for Americans. It's like a big part of American culture. So I think just like, getting a window into what that was like was cool. And just walking around... shit like that. Princess Nokia played that year too, and I'm a fan of hers so I was happy I got to see you notice growth in your fanbase after playing? I would think festival exposure is a big deal. I would say so, yeah. We played inside a tent. Everyone goes there to see a mix of bands, so I think we probably walked away with some you have any observations about playing festivals in general? You've played them all around the world… what do you like about them and what do you not like?I just think they're really fun. Behind the scenes, you get to hang out with so many different bands and shit like that. And there's usually catering and shit… I like the audiences because they're usually there to see a bunch of bands and they're just there to party. A lot them are not really expecting anything. Whereas I feel like, at your headline show, you already know that most people there love your music and stuff. So it's fun to play to people that might seeing your show for the first time. There's not too much negative. You moved to L.A. from Australia recently. What made you come here?Australia is so fucking far from everything especially when you're traveling so much. Being in the southern hemispheres you're in different seasons, different climates. If its cold over here, then you go back, then you're hot. It's just all a shock to the system… L.A. is so central, like, basically everywhere is a short flight from here, like, 13 hours max. I'm only here for a couple of days and then we start touring. So you guys are majorly touring in addition to the Coachella dates? Yeah. So this year we have, I think, 90 shows. So we're just here for a bit, then in and out. So even though we live here, we don't really live anywhere. It's very love to hear some of your favorite things about L.A.I love the weather. Like, I love the consistency of the weather. I think that's really special. It makes everybody just like… there's really a friendliness to L.A. It's such a variety of people– like you got the craziest people in the fucking world, just free and psycho. Then you've got, like, you know, celebrities; and then you've just got, like, really down to earth people. You got rockers. There's so many different kinds of people and a lot of them are such big characters. And I think that's really fun. Also, I love Mexican food. Australia has the worst Mexican food. So I'm obsessed with it here. What's your favorite Mexican dish? Honestly I love that mole stuff. I love just like anything spicy. Tacos are delicious. They really are. Do you plan to keep L.A. as your base moving forward?Yeah, for now. We basically just take things as they come. Like I said, we kind of just live out of suitcases. So I just have a bag here, and I'll just keep it here for a while and then see where the next adventure takes us… until Trump revokes our visas. Well, I hope that doesn't happen. Leaving Australia and then coming to the U.S. during these crazy times must have been a bit daunting. Do you pay attention to the politics?I think for someone with a platform paying attention is important, because it affects so many people. You try and be aware of the things that affect the people that you're playing to. It's just fucking crazy. So it's hard not to pay Especially as a woman. That actually leads me to another topic. A lot of your songs deal with your experiences as a woman. Especially right now with our government, it feels like women are not supported as equals. Do you have any thoughts on that?I think it's really scary. It really feels like it's leaning more and more to a place where basically nobody will have a voice. And I think even just silencing people who talk against him is, like, basically just a telltale that it's moving into authoritarianism. But if everybody just keeps talking about it, especially with women's stuff and especially with like trans stuff, and the list could go on and on, right? It affects everybody. We have to call it out, that's powerful. . View the to see embedded media. Being in a band and promoting yourselves on social media. Have you noticed any crap from people who don't like the way you speak out as you do in songs like "Cartoon Darkness" and "U Should Not be Doing That." I'm sure we have, but I don't check. I don't read the always best, for journalists too, but sometimes we can't resist.I can't remember who said it. But I remember seeing a comedian once, and they were saying what a bad comment or criticism feels like. They're like, 'you have a beautiful sunny day, it's perfect– it's hot, there's an ice cold pool and like a margarita in your hand… But if there's one shit in the pool you don't want to go swimming."Let's talk a little bit about the music. Most bands tend to evolve and experiment with different sounds. I think listening to your records, the Sniffers have done that. For somebody who's reading this and maybe isn't real familiar with the band, can you tell us abut your musical evolution?So when we first started, we were all just housemates, like none of us could play our instruments at all. None of us had any kind of training in our instruments, or played in any bands playing the same instrument. The boys had played in other bands before, but all of them playing different instruments. So we're all super DIY and we recorded in my bedroom. We put it up on Bandcamp the next day. It's basically like, just rough DIY and not thought out at all. And we basically just started because we wanted to play punk shows. We wanted to play backyards, we wanted to play just anything, because we just really adored and had a lot of admiration for the bands that were playing in our local Melbourne music scene. It's such a strong scene. And then we just basically played and played and played, and kept growing and getting better at the instruments. We'd be playing a 15 minutes set and think, 'we better write more music, because we're going to have to play a half hour set.' So we wrote more music and then the story just kept going like that, basically. And it got us all the way to it was like a local thing that just sort of grew? What were your influences? Honestly, it was mainly just local stuff. Like, I just love seeing live music. I love seeing the bands that we were playing with, our peers. There definitely were some big Australian bands that we loved like The Cosmic Psychos. They're a big influence on us and Aussie rock. When we first started, we honestly wanted to sound like the B 52's, but we just couldn't play well enough. We couldn't play, so it sounded more punk. But that's what's good about punk, it can just the world where everything has to be so perfect and polished and everything's so criticized, I think I love that we play a genre which is so scrappy and so imperfect, and there's mistakes all the time. There were mistakes when we started, and it was messy, and we were all crap at what we did, but we were also good at it because we had the spirit of it. And I think that's a good thing to remind people that stuff can be messy. I think a lot of people hold back because they're waiting for something to be perfect, the right time or the right sound or the right thought, but sometimes it's good to just be like, 'Eh, fuck it. This is awesome.'The Go-Go's, also playing Coachella this year, started the same way. And they evolved and found their sound. Would you say at this point in your career, you've all honed your skills vocally and instrumentally?We started this band almost 10 years ago, so when I was 20, and just grew up together. Seeing everybody mature and, you know, change over the years and get better but still remain, like, who they are, it's awesome. And its definitely the same for me. I've been through so much with my voice… I've had vocal surgery from overuse, and, so I've done like, a couple of vocal lessons. Even just learning how to sing– because I just go so hard... I learned how to do go hard but that's what us fans love. How is the natural evolution of the band reflected in the latest record?[For] a lot of bands, audiences really want them to stay exactly the same as when they started. But I think people have really come along on the journey with us, and just supported the fact that we've put in time and we want to make different kinds of music and more polished music. Producer Nick Launay really brought that out with the new one, right? Yeah. He's awesome. I think having his mind in there, and just like pushing the boys especially, and getting the right sounds and, and especially the studio that we're in... I think all of that stuff really made it special. And it might be more accessible to new fans too. You're a punk band but I think you have pop appeal. What are your thoughts on pop music? I love pop music. I think, especially at the moment, there's some really interesting stuff, like, even with Chappell Roan and Charli XCX. They're big pop stars, but they're also breaking so many boundaries for pop— Charli XCX is lyrically super strange and unusual. And Chapell is just like a queer drag icon. At the moment, pop is in a really interesting space. Like we were talking about, the world is so crazy and it is a weird state of affairs, to say the least. And I think sometimes, tuning out with some pop music is kind of relieving. It's like watching TV that isn't like a documentary, but more like watching The Simpsons.I think Charli, who's playing Coachella, would think Amyl and the Sniffers are very BRAT. I bet her fans will love you guys. And Lady Gaga's And she's a freak, like, she's a certified freaking up space in the mainstream, in pop. I think they are both like rockers and punkers in some ways. And I'm like, 'Yeah, girls, you get it.'I remember seeing Chappell Roan on the Coachella YouTube live stream last year and thinking, who is that? She going to be huge. And that set was breakthrough for her. I know you played it before but I think this year, Coachella is going to be huge for you. I see similar breakthrough and I feel like the genres are just kind of opening up and the barriers between different types of music are being broken down. The festival is reflecting and I feel like women are super open minded with genres. We're not ashamed to like different genres a lot of the time, whereas all of that purist 'you like pop so you're not a real punk' stuff tends to come from super masculine types. I'm not shooting down the boys, because, obviously I love boys, but I'm just like, 'Come on, guys, enjoy some pop music too.'Thinking about Chapell and her outfits... you're known for having amazing stage wear too. And lately you've even been getting more flamboyant and creative on yeah. I'm trying to push it because it's so fun for me. When I first started, I didn't think about outfits much, but now I see it as an extension of a way to be creative and to have fun and to just have some autonomy over my body. What I wear can create a fantasy for myself to be like– this is not the real world. And I love just expressing myself. It's so fun. And I like supporting local designers and just pushing myself.I love that. Have you given thought to what you're going to wear for Coachella?I've been trying to think about it… that's what I gotta do today. I'm like, gotta get organized girl. Most of the stuff is vintage, secondhand, upcycled, or just from small Green Day headlining, and other alternative acts on the bill, I hope it signals a return for more style rock genres on the pop I think for the most part, rock is the minority. But I still feel like there's such a good support of rock music in local venues and by listeners all over the world who just love it. So even though it's not like the biggest thing or the most like prominent, there's still such a sick network. So it'll never disappear, because there's always people who love it, even if it is just more of an underground thing.I think for a lot of bands who are starting as well, it is such a hard slog, especially at the moment, with lots of venues shutting down and the cost of living going up, and visas are expensive. It's so hard to tour. It's hard to get yourself out there. Hopefully, being on Coachella is a glimmer of hope that, like, 'okay, there's people want to see rock music too! '
CBS News
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Kinetic Australian punks Amyl and the Sniffers headline the Fox in Oakland
Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers bring their high-energy stage show and songs from their latest album Cartoon Darkness to the Fox Theater in Oakland Saturday night with support from punk/metal power-pop crew Sheer Mag. Since first coming together in 2016, the Australian quartet has risen to become one of the most celebrated new acts to emerge from Down Under in the past decade. Formed by pint-sized, bleach-blonde singer Amy Taylor (aka the band's namesake Amyl) and her housemates in suburban Melbourne, the group named itself after the party drug amyl nitrate or "poppers." Taking cues from classic '70s proto-punk (particularly Iggy and the Stooges), glam, pub rock and modern punk, the band's recorded and released their debut EP Giddy Up that same year, reportedly tracking the four songs in just 12 hours. While the raw early recordings featured on that recording and the follow-up Big Attraction EP showed the band's knack for writing short -- often only 90 seconds long -- catchy blasts of punk, it was their feral live show that established the band in Australia. Shows often found the diminutive vocalist spending as much time crowd surfing or on the floor dancing with the audience as onstage during performances. The group would enter the studio to record their debut full-length with producer Ross Orton (the former drummer for UK synth-punk band Add N to X), releasing their eponymous album in 2019 on Flightless, the label affiliated with popular Australian psych band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (ATO and Rough Trade would issue the record in other parts of the world). The album would receive uniformly high praise from critics, earning the ARIA Award -- Australia's version of the Grammy -- for Best Rock Album and getting nominated for the Australian Music Prize. King Gizzard had already provided Amyl and company with their first significant exposure in the U.S., taking them out on a North American tour the year prior. The quartet would become a regular attraction at festivals its native Australia, Europe and the States, appearing at Coachella and Oakland's own garage-punk celebration the Mosswood Meltdown. While the pandemic put a pause on the band's momentum and busy touring plans, Amyl and the Sniffers issued their sophomore effort Comfort to Me to another round of ecstatic notices last year. While maintaining the group's aggressive musical attack, some of the new songs found Taylor ruminating on self-empowerment, sexual politics and emotional vulnerability that elevated the visceral impact of the album. In 2022, the band returned to the Bay Area for a pair of sold-out shows at the Great American Music Hall in in the spring and paid the region another visit to headline the first night of the Halloween Meltdown in Oakland's Mosswood Park. The band has issued an expanded edition of Comfort to Me that featured a full live performance recording made on an empty dock in Melbourne during the pandemic. The band embarked on another national tour last summer that included several festival stops, including a raging set at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. Last fall, the quartet released its latest effort, Cartoon Darkness . While still retaining their unbridled punk fury and Taylor's trademark snarl and biting humor at its center, the band's third album shows them stretching into more melodic territory. Still as blunt and profane as their earlier songs (see album opener "Jerkin'" and its video packed with blurred, full-frontal nudity for proof), this round of tunes focuses some of Taylor's bile at the punk rock gatekeepers who question her legitimacy ("U Should Not Be Doing That"). At the same time, the singer questions her own onstage image on "Tiny Bikini" and turns more introspective on a couple of uncharacteristically quieter songs ("Bailing On Me," "Big Dreams"). Amyl and company bring their latest tour to Oakland's Fox Theater on Saturday night , returning to the biggest Bay Area venue the band has headlined. For this show, they are joined by acclaimed Philadelphia-based punk band Sheer Mag. Contemporaries who also feature a distinctive powerhouse female singer in Tina Halladay -- the two groups appeared together at two editions of the Mosswood Meltdown in 2019 and 2022 -- the band's roots stretch back to when the vocalist and fellow core members Matt Palmer and siblings Kyle and Hart Seely while attending Purchase College in New York. Relocating to Philadelphia, the band formed in 2014 and soon started churning out 7-inch singles equally informed by punk, '70s hard rock (especially the harmonized twin-guitar sound of Thin Lizzy) and power pop. Sheer Mag has released three albums while touring with such diverse bands as PUP, Coheed and Cambria and Power Trip. The group put out its latest Playing Favorites a year ago on Jack White's Third Man Records. Amyl and the Sniffers with Sheer Mag Saturday, April 12, 7 p.m. $39.50-$59.50 (sold out) Fox Theater
