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Forbes
24-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Stone Temple Pilots Have Been Racking Up Wins On One Chart For Three Decades Now
It's been more than five years since Stone Temple Pilots last shared a brand new studio album, but the band hasn't stayed silent during that time. As part of this year's Record Store Day, the rock group issued a live set that fans rushed to buy in locations all around the world, and, based on the charts, especially in the United Kingdom. The newly-shared set, titled Live in New Haven 1994, only manages to find a home on one genre-specific list as it arrives. The set opens at No. 25 on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. That particular roster is reserved for the top-performing rock-related releases of the week in the country, with that label including general rock, hard rock, and metal. With Live in New Haven 1994, Stone Temple Pilots collects an eighth placement on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. This latest appearance is the band's first in just over five years. The last time the group launched a set onto the list was back in February 2020, when Perdida debuted at No. 8 before vanishing just one week later. Stone Temple Pilots have now been sending projects to the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart for more than 30 years. The first time the band broke onto the ranking was in the fall of 1994 with Purple — the color-themed project that remains one of the outfit's defining releases. That effort climbed to No. 10 and lingered on the tally for 10 weeks. Since then, nearly every major effort from the group has found its way to the list. Two standouts — Tiny Music… and the band's 2010 self-titled collection — both peaked at No. 2, which is the closest the group has come to ruling the ranking. Live in New Haven 1994 was issued exclusively as a double LP for Record Store Day, and it was only available in brick-and-mortar locations. The concert that was recorded took place at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in August 1994, just weeks after Purple was released. In a nod to that full-length and the era it represents, the new live set was pressed on purple wax.
The Guardian
21-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Biig Piig review – charismatic alt-popper struggles to find her rhythm
Satin bomber jacket slipping from her shoulders, Biig Piig is going all out – she's shimmying left, shimmying right, flipping her hair, pogoing at the mic stand. Opening track 4AM, with its muted, just-left-the-club vibe, doesn't really call for such a full-throttle show, but the Irish alt-pop musician – AKA Jessica Smyth – is selling it as a floor-filler. 'I know you don't want to be alone,' she croons, her voice featherlight, pumping a fist in the air. It is a night of mixed messages. Biig Piig's headline tour is in celebration of her long-awaited debut album 11:11, but only a handful of those songs are scattered through a setlist that spans three EPs, a mixtape, and assorted other singles, and it severs the narrative thread connecting them. Across that prolific, seven-year discography, Biig Piig has two modes: chilled-out, atmospheric songs influenced by trip-hop, R&B and jazz, and club-ready dance tracks with strobing synth and drum'n'bass drops. This evening, despite Smyth's committed performance, she doesn't find a balance between the two. Producer Mac Wetha's warm-up set was high BPM bangers only, but Smyth takes the stage to thrumming, ambient sounds and spends the first 30 minutes of her own show trying to add unnecessary muscle to her quieter material. Her band – a bassist/saxophonist and drummer – add interesting detail to some of those songs; moody Roses and Gold gets a great sax solo, and early track Perdida's introspective chorus – 'I just wanna lay here, smoke my cig and drink my wine' – wins a gentle singalong. But the nuances of album track One Way Ticket gets lost in the mix, leaving an up-for-it crowd fidgeting. Smyth's high-energy antics fall into place on a closing run of dance tracks. A wind machine is put to perfect use for new singles Favourite Girl, with its kitschy handclaps, and the heated, swaggering Decimal. She belts the chorus to 2020 hit Switch, and it comes from the gut. 'This record is about change, how we transform,' she told the crowd earlier; from this charismatic yet somewhat cautious show, it seems Biig Piig is still finding her final form. Biig Piig is touring the UK until 27 February
