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New York Times
3 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
They Led the 2000s Indie-Rock Boom. Now They're Vying for Oscars.
When Daniel Blumberg ascended the stage at the Oscars this year to accept his best original score trophy for 'The Brutalist,' the bald, mild-mannered Englishman in the all-black suit read nervously from notes. 'I've been an artist for 20 years now, since I was a teenager,' he said, perhaps jogging some music fans' memories: This was the once curly-mopped singer and guitarist from the 2010s indie-rock band Yuck. His Academy Award put him in good company. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails have won the category twice, while Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood is a two-time nominee. And bubbling up beside Blumberg are a crop of artists from New York's early 2000s indie boom, when idiosyncratic and ambitious bands made their careers on blog love, critically acclaimed albums, relentless touring schedules and the occasional lucrative sync deal. Two decades later, entering their midlife years, an increasing number of their members are turning to film scoring as a new creative outlet — one they can pursue from home studios — rather than rely on the millennial nostalgia industry. David Longstreth, the central figure of Dirty Projectors, created the imaginative and sprawling score for the fantasy journey 'The Legend of Ochi,' which A24 released in theaters this year. Paul Banks, Interpol's frontman, recorded propulsive music for Magnolia Pictures' deadpan satire 'Sister Midnight,' which opened in New York in May and will soon expand nationally. Various permutations of Animal Collective have provided haunting sounds for small-budget projects, including the stripped-down sci-fi tale 'Obex,' which Oscilloscope Laboratories will distribute later this year. 'The creative conversations I find really interesting,' said Christopher Bear of Grizzly Bear, who is now a prolific film and TV composer. 'You're not necessarily talking about music references. Often it's more interesting if you're not, because then it's about story and picture and just more aesthetic questions. I find myself doing creative things that I probably wouldn't if I was just left to my own devices in my studio.' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Neil Young, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers Headline Bernie Sanders Los Angeles Rally
'Welcome to Berniechella,' Maggie Rogers told a crowd of an estimated 36,000 people as she took to the stage at Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon. Indeed, those in L.A. who didn't make the trek down to Coachella this weekend still had a chance at a star-studded show as Rogers, Neil Young and Joan Baez all performed at Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's L.A. stop on their Fighting Oligarchy tour, calling upon all in attendance to take on President Donald Trump and the billionaire class supporting his administration. More from The Hollywood Reporter Lady Gaga Is Queen of the Desert, Benson Boone Channels Freddie Mercury, Lisa Slays at Coachella 2025 Canadian Singer-Songwriter Bells Larsen Forced to Cancel U.S. Tour Dates Over Anti-Trans Visa Requirements 'The Bodyguard' Remake in the Works From Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour' Director Sam Wrench 'We are going to make our revolution with joy,' Sanders told the crowd as he thanked the musicians who played before his speech. 'We're going to sing and dance our way to victory against hatred and divisiveness.' Sanders' tour has also stopped in cities like Denver and Tempe, Arizona, and they'll hit several more markets, including Salt Lake City, Nampa, Idaho, Bakersfield, Folsom and Missoula, Montana, in the coming days. 'We are in a moment of extraordinary danger,' Sanders told the crowd, further stating that the Trump administration is 'moving us into an authoritarian form of society.' 'Mr. Trump, we are not going there,' Sanders said. Starting at 9:30 a.m., the rally also featured artists including Jeff Rosenstock, Indigo De Souza, Red Pears and David Longstreth of the Dirty Projectors. The performances were sandwiched between speeches from teachers, nurses, union heads, city council members and congress-members advocating for reforms both wide-ranging and more specific, from universal healthcare to tenant rights, to protecting immigrants to better pay for production assistants in Hollywood. The overarching theme though, as the 'fighting oligarchy' title would suggest, was tackling wealth disparity in the country. Baez took the stage just before 1 p.m., opening with the folk song 'Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,' with the crowd erupting into cheers as she sang updated lyrics saying, 'Ain't gonna let no white supremacists turn me around' and 'ain't gonna let those lousy billionaires turn me around.' She followed with 'There But For Fortune,' as well as a touching cover of John Lennon's 'Imagine.' Baez has voiced her disdain for the Trump administration as recently as last month, when she went on John Mulaney's Everybody's Live With John Mulaney and said that 'our democracy is going up in flames.' Rogers performed after, keeping on the rally's theme of change as she opened with 'Different Kind of World' before playing 'Light On,' her hit single off her 2019 album Heard It in a Past Life. She also played breakthrough single 'Alaska,' then brought Baez back out as the duo performed Bob Dylan's folk classic 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right.' In vintage folk protest fashion, they finished with a duet of 'America The Beautiful,' with Baez adding one final verse for 'sisterhood from sea to shining sea.' Young got the final slot before Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders took the stage, coming out with his electric guitar and harmonica, chanting a 'take America back' call and response with the crowd and punctuating the chant with power chords. Young, who's played Sanders rallies in the past, also voiced his frustration with the Trump administration last week, writing on his website that he was worried Trump would bar him from returning to the U.S. after his upcoming European tour over his criticism of the president. Young started with 'Rainbow of Colors,' his 2019 song with Crazy Horse, where Young sings of the diversity in the U.S. and that 'no one is going to whitewash those colors away.' He went back to the 'take America back chant' as he played the opening chords to his protest anthem, 'Rockin' In the Free World.' Baez and Rogers came back out by the song's second verse, singing 'power to the people' in the background. 'Thank you, folks,' Young told the crowd as he introduced AOC. 'Thank you for being here this weekend, next weekend and the week after that until we get things straight. Keep coming back.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2024: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo and More
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bernie Sanders' L.A. ‘Fighting Oligarchy' Rally to Feature Neil Young, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers & More
Sen. Bernie Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here' tour will fire up again this weekend when he brings a roster of heavy hitters with him to Los Angeles's Gloria Molina Grand Park. In addition to the firebrand Vermont independent, the event will also feature his tour mate, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as Neil Young, Joan Baez and Maggie Rogers. Others slated to perform at the rally include: Jeff Rosenstock, Dirty Projectors, Indigo De Souza, The Red Pears and the Raise Gospel Choir. More from Billboard Shaboozey & Myles Smith Eye New Heights With New 'Blink Twice' Single: Stream It Now Adam Levine Recalls Paul McCartney's Reaction to Beatles Cover: ' We Did It Better' NIKI Takes on Chappell Roan's 'Casual' for 'Like a Version' Sanders has been very vocal in his disdain for the Trump administration's ruinous tariff policies this week in the midst of a stock market meltdown that has spurred fears of a global recession, or possible depression, as a result of the President's unpredictable threats and retreats on international trade policy. During a CNN town hall with Anderson Cooper on Wednesday, Sanders lambasted Trump's pugilistic approach to foreign policy, saying, 'We don't have to hate China. We don't have to hate other people. Let's figure out a way to work together.' With Trump threatening greatly increased tariffs on most countries in the world, then doing a sudden about-face just hours before they were slated to go into effect this week — while boosting tariffs on China to 125% — Sanders, 83, added, 'The goal has got to be to break down these barriers that separate us as human beings — come together as Americans and come together globally as human beings.' The whipsawing of the markets has touched nearly every aspect of the economy, including music stocks, which saw large declines last week after the President's so-called 'Liberation Day' imposition of tariffs on all U.S. trading partners. The ensuing Wall Street bloodbath kicked off a massive decline across a number of stock indices, with a wide range of music stocks suffering major declines ranging from 6.8% for MSG Entertainment to 13.9% for Sphere Entertainment Co. last Thursday. Sanders and AOC have been barnstorming across the country on their tour, drawing thousands, and in some cases tens of thousands, at rallies in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. At a March 7 event in Kenosha, WI, Sanders invited Laura Jane Grace on stage to perform a new song called 'Your God (God's D–k),' which caused some outrage online about its profane lyrics and religious themes. in the song, Grace notes that some while religious conservatives are struggling to use the proper pronouns for trans people, they have no problem when it comes to gendering a deity. 'Does your god have a big fat d–k?/ 'Cause it feels like he's f—ing me,' Grace sings on the track. 'Are his b–ls filled with lightning?/ Do they dangle like heaven's keys?' Check out the poster for the event below. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
