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Perth Now
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Wet Leg were unprepared for the 'overwhelming' fame Chaise Longue brought the band
Wet Leg admit the huge fame they gained following the release of their hit single 'Chaise Longue' was "overwhelming". The British indie rock band - who come from the Isle of Wight - saw their 2021 song go viral achieving millions of streams and views and ultimately earning the group the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance in 2023. Lead singer Rhian Teasdale admits she and her bandmates - guitarist Hester Chambers, drummer Henry Holmes, rhythm guitarist Josh Mobaraki and bassist Ellis Durand - were completely unprepared for the post-punk's song success and were naïve to how the popularity of the song and their eponymous 2022 debut album would change their lives. In an interview with KROQ-FM radio, Rhian said: "It was pretty overwhelming. We were so new to it all and so naïve that you would kind of just take one step, and then take another step ... Yeah, it was mad.' Wet Leg unveiled the first single 'Catch These Fists' from their upcoming second album 'Moisturizer' - which is released on July 11 - and the track, which is about unwanted attention from guys, was the last song to be recorded for the LP and almost didn't make the cut. Rhian said: "It was funny actually because we had so many songs written and we were kind of ready to [say], 'Shall we record them now?' And ['Catch These Fists'] just kind of slipped on in there, at the end. I think it was the last song. Her bandmate Ellis added: 'I don't really know how it happened. It just kind of birthed.' The band wrote the tracks for 'Moisturizer' in a rented house in England and they were inspired by binge watching horror films and repeat viewings of Mel Gibson's historical epic 'Braveheart'. Ellis said: "We did a lot of jamming. We rented a house in England and spent a month just jamming ideas, which was fun, really fun.' 'We watched 'Braveheart' like eight times because people kept leaving the room and missing the end.' Rhian then added: "We watched a lot of horror films. We also watched all of 'Alien'." Wet Leg head out on their UK tour in May.
Perth Now
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Sam Fender rocks out with The War On Drugs' Adam Granduciel at Coachella
Sam Fender rocked out with special guest Adam Granduciel of The War On Drugs at Coachella. The Geordie rocker had a surprise in store for fans at his second set in the Californian desert on Saturday (19.04.25). Granduciel produced Fender's latest LP 'People Watching' and he joined him to perform the title track, plus 'Tyrants', 'Seventeen Going Under' and 'Hypersonic Missiles'. During weekend one, Fender spilled that he previously rejected the chance to perform with Joni Mitchell after he "completely bottled it". The BRIT Award-winning star recounted being asked to visit the folk rock legend's home to take part in one of her legendary 'Joni Jam' sessions - but he chickened out. Speaking to KROQ-FM at Coachella, he spilled: 'Can I tell you something mental? I got offered to go to a Joni Jam. You know how people were going to Joni's house, and I didn't go. 'Honestly, it was nerves. I was like, 'There's no way I can sit next to Joni Mitchell and be like do you want to listen to this?' 'I was like, 'Does she even want these people around?' Obviously, she did, but yeah, I got offered the chance to go, and I bottled it. I completely bottled it.' Fender admitted it's one of the biggest "regrets" of his life. He added: 'It's one of my great regrets, it really plays on my mind.' Mitchell first held the jams with musician pals Brandi Carlile and Marcus Mumford after she suffered a stroke in 2015, to ease herself back in to performing. In 2022, she revived the series for her performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 2022 and a concert in Washington. Last year, Mitchell played a one-off concert at the Hollywood Bowl on October 19, with special guests including Sir Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox and more. Meanwhile, Cameron Crowe is working on a biopic about the 'Big Yellow Taxi' hitmaker. Meryl Streep, 75, was allegedly being eyed to Mitchell later in life in the as-yet-untitled movie. Speaking about the flick to Ultimate Classic Rock last year, 'Almost Famous' director Crowe said: 'I'm super-excited. We're going to start it by the end of this year and hopefully have it done for Christmas next year. It's Joni's life, not through anybody else's prism. It's through her prism. It's the characters who impacted her life that you know and a lot that you don't know. And the music is so cinematic."
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Legendary Radio Host Died Monday at 69 Years Old
The Los Angeles community lost an iconic DJ this Monday. "Jed The Fish" Gould has passed away at the age of 69. Gould joined KROQ-FM in 1978. In just a few years, he helped the staton enter its "ROQ of the '80s" movement. He briefly left KROQ-FM in 1985 to join KQAK-FM in San Francisco. After a three-month absence, he returned to KROQ-FM and took over the afternoon-drive slot. He ultimately worked at the station for 34 years. According to Variety, the L.A.-based DJ was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. His death was confirmed on his Instagram account this Monday morning. "At 6 a.m. on April 14, 2025, the world lost one of its most unique and brilliant personalities," the post read. "Jed the Fish passed peacefully away in his beloved home, and the world will never be the same. RIP Jed, go be with Alice." As you'd expect, Los Angeles residents who listened to Gould throughout the years were heartbroken by this news. "You were an integral figure in my teenage years," one person commented. "May his memory be a blessing." "One of the most talented and funniest man in radio. His penchant for picking hit music was impeccable," another person wrote. "To hear you do commercials in the early 80's was entertaining and BTW, tell them a flounder sent ya. RIP my friend and go join the other talents we've lost that put KROQ on the map of legends. You will be missed." The current DJ for KROQ-FM, Megan Holiday, released a classy statement on Gould's legacy. "He is one of the kindest, funniest and the most unique people that I've ever met," Holiday said. "He was so inspiring and endlessly creative, and he had an infectious energy. He could light up an arena. I just loved him very much and was grateful for the time we got to spend together." Our thoughts are with Gould's loves ones.
Express Tribune
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Jed the Fish, legendary KROQ DJ who shaped alt-rock radio, dies at 69
Jed 'The Fish' Gould, the influential DJ who helped shape the sound of alternative rock radio in Los Angeles, has died at age 69 following a recent lung cancer diagnosis. Gould passed away early Monday morning, leaving behind a legacy that defined nearly four decades of KROQ-FM. Gould joined KROQ in 1978 when the station was still an upstart in Pasadena. Known for breaking punk, new wave, and alternative bands long before they hit the mainstream, he served as a key on-air personality for 34 years. He left KROQ in 2012 after becoming a fixture as its afternoon host. 'Jed the Fish was one of the kindest, funniest, and most unique people I've ever met,' said current KROQ DJ Megan Holiday. 'He was endlessly creative and could light up an arena with his energy.' In addition to his time at KROQ, Gould also hosted shifts at KCSN and briefly returned to KROQ via its HD-2 station Roq of the '80s. He received multiple industry accolades, including Billboard's Modern Rock Personality of the Year and Radio & Records' Local Modern Rock Personality of the Year. Known for his distinctive, layered laugh and offbeat humor, Gould once reflected, 'It took me years of imitation before I learned the simplicity of being myself on air.' Born Edwin Jed Fish Gould III in 1955, he also explored visual art in recent years, working in sculpture and mixed media. His passing marks the loss of a true pioneer in alternative radio, whose voice helped define a generation of Southern California music fans.
Los Angeles Times
02-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
No joke: Kevin Ryder is back on KROQ, hosting on 106.7 FM during afternoon drive time
That was no April Fools prank that people heard Tuesday afternoon — Kevin Ryder is really back on the air at KROQ-FM (106.7), covering afternoon drive time. 'I spent half of my life with my fellow favorite weirdos, helping to make KROQ an iconic radio station and a global destination to foster and nurture musical groups,' Ryder said in a news release. 'It was also a home for many L.A. listeners, and with my old boss back programming KROQ, I'm excited to be speaking my own version of the English language again at the station I love.' Ryder was referring to Kevin Weatherly, the senior vice president of programming who left KROQ in 2019 for a gig at streamer Spotify then returned to the station in May 2022. 'Kevin's return to KROQ in afternoons is a full circle moment in the best way possible,' Weatherly said in the release. It was an odd homecoming, Ryder told Variety, which sat in with the DJ during his debut shift with the station that had employed him for 30 years before summarily dismissing him and his crew just weeks into the pandemic. '[I]t feels like home and it also feels like the craziest, weirdest outer space thing in my life,' he told the outlet Tuesday. 'What a strange situation, pulling up to the building and looking at it in the parking lot and remembering where the ticket thing is and where I need to get it punched and all of that.' The veteran radio personality was fired by KROQ in March 2020 after covering the morning drive shift for three decades, first with longtime work partner Gene 'Bean' Baxter and then, after Baxter's 1999 retirement, with a crew of co-hosts. He was hired by rival station KLOS-FM (95.5) in February 2021 to co-host the afternoon drive with Doug 'Sluggo' Roberts, but was fired from that job last September. At one point during the new show, which runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. local time, Ryder accidentally identified the station as KLOS instead of KROQ, Variety reported. In 2020, Ryder had to tell his listeners that his firing wasn't a joke. 'It actually happened,' he said at the time. And he didn't hold in his feelings about the people who were then running the radio station. 'The new people in charge now, they weren't here for the building of the World Famous KROQ,' Ryder said during his 2020 farewell broadcast. 'I don't think it means anything to them. It's a numbers business, and there's no family aspect to it anymore. It's only numbers.' Megan Holiday, who previously covered the afternoon drive shift, will now host the evening show, station owner Audacy said in the Tuesday release. And according to Variety, Ryder is almost done with a book about his first 30 years with KROQ. Almost. 'It's just 10 million stories and timelines,' he told the trade, 'so I'm trying to narrow stuff down.'
