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The Temper Trap Soar Back With Euphoric New Single “Into The Wild”

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The Temper Trap Soar Back With Euphoric New Single “Into The Wild”

The Temper Trap are back in full flight, and “Into The Wild” is the clearest signal yet that one of Australia’s most globally recognized acts has found their footing again. The new single and video arrive as the latest in a run of releases that has firmly re-established the band, following euphoric anthem “Giving Up Air” and its Solomun remix, bold indie-rock track “Lucky Dimes,” and a fresh take on “Sweet Disposition” from German dance act BUNT.

“Into The Wild” tackles the duality of body and mind, the existential yearning to push beyond physical limits and find something wilder on the other side. Produced by Styalz Fuego, whose credits include Troye Sivan, Charli XCX, and Khalid, with Catherine Marks, known for her mixing work with Wolf Alice, boygenius, and Manchester Orchestra, the track is freeing, pulsing, and soaring, Dougy’s hypnotic falsetto floating over undulating drums that pull the listener in and hold them there.

The band frames the song’s significance plainly. “After years of being apart and trying to find our groove again, ‘Into the Wild’ was the spark that lit the fire.”

The accompanying video, directed by emerging Melbourne creatives Joey Clough and Edvard Hakansson, leans fully into the surreal, a dreamlike car ride on wide open roads cut with chaos and strangeness, the mind proving wilder and more uncontrollable than the world outside. It’s a visual that matches the track’s spirit completely.

Of Monsters and Men Unveil a Stunning Animated Short Film for New Album

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Of Monsters and Men Unveil a Stunning Animated Short Film for New Album

Of Monsters and Men have always understood that their music exists in a world of its own, and the animated short film for “The Block” and “Mouse Parade” makes that world visible in the most beautiful way possible. Directed by Honor Price, the stop-motion film is a tender, surreal journey through miniature sets and hand-made puppets, where humor and vulnerability sit comfortably alongside each other, small characters navigating big feelings inside a playful and fragile world.

The film arrives as a companion piece to ‘All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade’, the band’s fourth studio album, a self-produced record with nuanced contributions from Josh Kaufman, known for his work with The National, Bob Weir, and Bonny Light Horseman, and longtime collaborator Bjarni Por Jensson. The album wraps listeners in hygge, that distinctly Icelandic sense of gentle, comforting warmth that lingers long after the music ends.

The short film captures that atmosphere completely. It feels less like a music video and more like a pocket-sized poem, intimate, offbeat, and deeply human, the perfect visual extension of a record steeped in quiet emotional depth and the effortless chemistry of old friends creating together.

Legendary Late Night Bassist Will Lee Opens Up About Playing With All Four Beatles and Three Decades on Letterman

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Legendary Late Night Bassist Will Lee Opens Up About Playing With All Four Beatles and Three Decades on Letterman

Will Lee spent more than 3 decades holding down the bass chair on the Late Show with David Letterman, played with all 4 Beatles, and has a story about Paul McCartney trying to buy his bass that alone is worth the price of admission. In this wide-ranging conversation with Rob Cass on dopeYEAH talk, Lee covers everything from switching from drums to bass as what he initially called his biggest mistake, to the massive influence of Jaco Pastorius, working on Donald Fagen’s ‘The Nightfly’, how John Lennon’s discomfort with his own voice inadvertently led to the invention of flanging, and the James Brown Late Show appearance nobody saw coming. Honest, funny, and deeply human, it’s a remarkable portrait of one of the most connected and undersung figures in modern music history.

Video: Ryan Gosling Takes on Final Jeopardy in a Clip You Need to See

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Video: Ryan Gosling Takes on Final Jeopardy in a Clip You Need to See

Ryan Gosling on Jeopardy is exactly as entertaining as it sounds. The clip, tied to his film Project Hail Mary, puts Gosling in the Final Jeopardy hot seat and the result is the kind of chaotic, genuinely funny television moment that reminds you why celebrity game show appearances exist in the first place.

The Trainspotting Cast Reunite on Graham Norton to Celebrate 30 Years of a Generation-Defining Film

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The Trainspotting Cast Reunite on Graham Norton to Celebrate 30 Years of a Generation-Defining Film

30 years on, Trainspotting still feels like it landed yesterday, and the cast reunion on The Graham Norton Show is a genuinely warm and hilarious celebration of a film that changed British cinema forever. The iconic cast gather on the sofa to share behind-the-scenes secrets, wild stories from the shoot, and reflections on the friendships and careers that grew out of one of the most culturally significant films of the 1990s, capped off with a reenactment of the legendary movie poster that is exactly as good as it sounds.

Watch The Rolling Stones Tear Through a Surprise Club Show at Chicago’s Double Door in 1997

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Watch The Rolling Stones Tear Through a Surprise Club Show at Chicago’s Double Door in 1997

Before kicking off the Bridges to Babylon Tour in 1997, The Rolling Stones did what only The Rolling Stones can do: showed up unannounced at a club and played a 13-song set for a handful of lucky people at Chicago’s Double Door. This newly upgraded 4K, 60fps version of the full show captures one of those rare, intimate moments where one of the biggest bands in the world strips everything back and just plays, running through classics like “Honky Tonk Women,” “Start Me Up,” “Jumping Jack Flash,” and “Brown Sugar” alongside deeper cuts that no arena crowd would ever get.

Seth Rogen and Kermit the Frog Go Head-to-Head on Complex’s GOAT Talk

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Seth Rogen and Kermit the Frog Go Head-to-Head on Complex’s GOAT Talk

Seth Rogen and Kermit the Frog sitting across from each other debating the greatest rapper, the best Muppet, the worst movie pitch, and the most compelling conspiracy theory is exactly as chaotic and entertaining as it sounds. The Muppet Show co-stars face off in Complex’s GOAT Talk, trading opinions, anecdotes, and the occasional Miss Piggy clapback in one of the more genuinely funny installments of the series in recent memory.

Rare Behind-the-Scenes Footage of Nirvana’s Legendary 1993 MTV Unplugged Performance Surfaces

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Rare Behind-the-Scenes Footage of Nirvana’s Legendary 1993 MTV Unplugged Performance Surfaces

MTV UK has pulled this one from the vault, and it’s exactly as compelling as you’d expect. This behind-the-scenes look at Nirvana’s November 1993 MTV Unplugged in New York performance offers a rare glimpse into what was happening offstage around one of the most celebrated and emotionally loaded concert recordings in rock history, a show that has only grown in significance in the three decades since it was filmed.

The Police Headline the Rock on the Tyne Festival in This Legendary 1982 Ghost in the Machine Tour Performance

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The Police Headline the Rock on the Tyne Festival in This Legendary 1982 Ghost in the Machine Tour Performance

On July 31, 1982, The Police headlined the Rock on the Tyne music festival at Gateshead International Stadium, during the Ghost in the Machine World Tour. Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland tore through an 18-song set drawing from all 4 studio albums released to that point, augmented by a horn section that added a distinctive texture to the already electrifying show. The performance carried extra significance for Sting, who noted at one point “I was born over there, just across the river,” making it as close to a hometown show as The Police ever played. It’s one of the great captured performances of a band at the absolute peak of their powers.

Drumeo Breaks Down How Bill Ward’s Jazz Background Made “War Pigs” One of Metal’s Heaviest Tracks

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Drumeo Breaks Down How Bill Ward’s Jazz Background Made “War Pigs” One of Metal’s Heaviest Tracks

“War Pigs” has been rattling speakers since 1970, and this Drumeo breakdown hosted by Brandon Toews finally explains exactly why Bill Ward’s drumming on the track feels so crushing, tracing the jazz techniques, Buddy Rich hi-hat tricks, and unlikely funk beats that Ward borrowed from his background to create a drum part unlike anything else happening in heavy music at the time. It’s a compelling argument for Ward as Black Sabbath’s secret weapon, and essential viewing for anyone who’s ever wondered why that band sounds like no one else.

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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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