They’ve shared some footage from the sessions.
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She’s In Charge: Hortensia and the Roman Rebellion
In ancient Rome, the political arena was a strict, impenetrable fortress of male authority. The Roman Forum [the public square where all government and legal business took place] was heavily guarded and completely restricted from women. Women could not vote, hold public office, or have any official say in the laws that controlled their daily lives. They were expected to stay silent and hidden in the background. But when three powerful dictators decided to exploit the women of Rome to fund their massive civil war, a brilliant woman named Hortensia took charge of the narrative and marched right into the center of male power.
Back in 42 BC, the Roman Republic was tearing itself apart. The three men ruling Rome as the Second Triumvirate (Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus) were completely out of money to pay their armies to hunt down Julius Caesar’s assassins. Instead of taxing the wealthy men who might actually fund a rival army and fight back, they decided to target a group they thought was defenseless. They slapped a crushing, unfair tax on 1,400 of the wealthiest Roman women. At first, the women attempted behind the scenes negotiations. They went to the female relatives of the rulers, including Mark Antony’s notoriously ruthless wife Fulvia, seeking an alliance. Instead, Fulvia literally shut the doors in their faces. That is when Hortensia realized that quiet diplomacy was a dead end.
Hortensia had grown up observing the sharpest legal minds in Rome, but the fierce, unyielding courage she brought to the fight was entirely her own. She did something completely unheard of for a woman of her era. She gathered a massive crowd of the taxed women and led a protest straight down into the Roman Forum. She pushed past the armed guards and stood directly in front of Octavian and Mark Antony, the most feared men in the ancient world. Then, she delivered a legendary speech that completely destroyed their logic. She publicly demanded to know why women should pay for a civil war they did not start. She questioned exactly why they should fund a government that refused to give them any representation, voice, or power.
The dictators were absolutely furious and ordered their guards to physically drag the women away. But Hortensia’s words were so undeniable and her delivery was so fierce that the angry public crowd actually turned against the rulers. Octavian and Mark Antony were so publicly embarrassed that they had to back down, eventually reducing the number of taxed women from 1,400 to just 400. She did not stop at simply winning a local tax dispute. Her brilliant defense was recorded and studied by male historians for centuries, proving that her intellect could effortlessly rival the greatest politicians of the ancient world and essentially inventing the concept of no taxation without representation.
The stark truth we can pull from Hortensia’s rebellion is that you never have to accept the bill for a mess you did not create. Whether you are dealing with a workplace that expects you to do the heavy lifting without the title, a dynamic where you carry all the emotional weight, or a system built to keep you quiet, passive compliance is not always the answer. Sometimes, playing along only protects the people who wrote the rules. To fix an unfair situation, you have to stop waiting for an invitation, walk right into the room, and force them to hear your voice.
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No Cure’s “When The Spasms Cease” Music Video Launched
Their debut album arrives next week.
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Mastodon Release New Performance-Themed Video For “Your Ghost Again”
Filmed amid their summer European/UK touring.
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SPACED’s New In-Studio Performance For ‘Audiotree Live’ Released
An eight-song set that was captured this past May.
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I Promised The World & Rosasharin Set For Fall European/UK Tour
Running through the latter half of October.
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Shaun Glass (Repentance, Ex-SOIL/Broken Hope, Etc.) Has Passed Away
He was always cool to theprp as well and will be missed, R.I.P..
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Songs From The Film* – "She Don’t Mind"/"Waiting For the World to Explode"
I didn’t have much time to cry in my beer over the sudden split of The Cheap Cassettes. Charles Matthews has already launched his new solo project Songs From The Film* (who doesn’t love a good Tommy Keene reference every once in a while?). A debut single (and video!) have been unleashed on this very blessed day. Are you ready? Are you excited?The beauty of recording solo material is that it doesn’t necessarily have to fit in with any particular band or even any particular genre of music. You can just write the songs that are in your heart. Whatever comes out is whatever comes out! My history with writing about Charles’s music now dates back 30 years. We were both young men then. Now, we’re somehow still young men since 55 is the new 30. The first thing I’ll say about this single is that it sounds like Charles. This is him on a plate that you’ll absolutely want to eat up. This isn’t specifically a punk rock project or a power pop project, but you can hear elements of both — along with all that bubblegum glam rock and big hair new wave pop we all grew up on. Anyone who loved the Dimestore Haloes and Cheap Cassettes will recognize Charles’s signature style and voice. It’s not like this is his Metal Machine Music. He’s still in the familiar territory of hooky three-chord rock ‘n’ roll with punchy guitars. But at the same time, this is something a little different. You can hear Charles experimenting a little with his guitar tone, vocals, and the overall vibe. The guitar riffs on “She Don’t Mind” are by themselves worth the price of admission.
Upbeat and rockin,’ “She Don’t Mind” is a more conventional loud pop love song and certified smash. I literally laughed out loud at the entire first verse — not just because of the cleverness of it all but also because I recognized my own experience in those lines. If you can find your person who can put up with all your weirdness and return it with their own wonderful weirdness, that’s a priceless, beautiful thing. A line like “And the day we met, I knew I’d be your singin’, dancin’ clown” hits me so hard that it gives me chills. If that’s a little too much feelgood for your tastes, the mid-tempo rocker “Waiting For the World to Explode” ought to be very much to your liking. Who can’t relate to a song about being so disenchanted with living in this dystopian timeline that you start thinking that the complete obliteration of the world might be a best-case scenario? Tailgating the apocalypse with a six-pack of Corona would be half-hearted; a 12-pack, though, is a full commitment. I love social commentary, sarcasm, and dark humor. Put them all together, and you’ve got pure gold.
Recording by yourself has to be way harder than it seems. You are responsible for getting every detail right, and you’re likely to be far more critical of yourself than you’d be of bandmates. When it comes to all those hours spent rehearsing and recording in solitude, you better damn well hope you like the company. It takes a special temperament and skill set to excel as a solo artist. For every George Michael, there are ten Stings. Thankfully, Charles Matthews is the antithesis of Sting. When I first heard “She Don’t Mind,” I knew that he had freaking nailed it with this new project. It was an immediate “Holy shit! This is good!” reaction. And before I could consider that maybe I was just a weirdo with funny taste in music, bona fide movers and shakers like Malibu Lou and Ryan Meyers had joined the fan club too. I’ll gladly throw my lot in with those guys. Songs From The Film* has come out firing like a rocket. Digital is available now from the mighty Rum Bar Records. Vinyl is coming soon from Sioux Records. And how cool is that music video? Add the title of “filmmaker” to Charles’s resume!
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Sugar – "Keep Looping"
“Swipe and scroll.Drop and roll.Heads on fire.”It still blows my mind when I realize Sugar is really back — as if I merely daydreamed this reunion and will soon wake up to discover that I imagined the whole thing. If anything, it seems like people are not talking enough about Sugar being revived and sounding very much like, uh, Sugar! “Keep Looping” is the band’s third new track since last October, and the thing is blistering. On this song, Bob Mould is raging against AI and screen addiction, and that certainly could not be more topical in 2026. Sometimes I live in denial that we’re living in a nightmare dystopia, but good ole’ Bob is confronting the madness head-on. This is the punkiest and most ferocious the band has sounded since reuniting. Listen to those guitars! Listen to that rhythm section! The song would not have sounded out of place on Cooper Blue or Beaster. Man, this was no half-assed comeback. Sugar is ripping it like a band in its prime, and “Keep Looping” is truly a song for these times. Keep ’em coming, fellas!
