The smaller festivals that have sprung up across the UK have become a crucial part of the musical ecosystem in recent years. Festivals in provincial towns, often supported by local councils, rarely attract the buzziest young artists. But the biggest secondary festivals – such as Victorious in Portsmouth, the Neighbourhood Weekender in Warrington, Hit the North in Newcastle, offer current bands […]
The band says they blend alternative rock, shoegaze and trip-hop to create a sound that's both heavy and smooth, and PopMatters hears "the Cure at their heaviest" with "brilliant, cathartic drive of My Bloody Valentine". Palm Haze's album 'Rêve Bleu' comes out August 30.
Former Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has a new movie, and a trailer for it, starring John Travolta as a fan-turned-stalker, has been released (watch below). Travolta called working with Durst on 'The Fanatic' “maybe my favourite experience I’ve had... He allowed me to create a character that no one else would allow”, NME reports. The film […]
Cassette sales continued to rise in the UK in the first half of 2019 - 35,000 cassette sales were recorded between January and June, which is almost double the numbers sold in the same six-month period last year. However, cassette sales account for only 0.2% of album sales, against the 12% recorded with vinyl. The […]
“When you would see them onstage, it was like seeing Bugs Bunny in person," famous fan Billy Bob Thornton says in the trailer of new documentary titled 'That Little Ol’ Band From Texas' about ZZ Top (watch below). The film includes interviews with all three members of the band - Billy Gibbons, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill, […]
The O'Keefe Music Foundation united a group of kid musicians, including an 8-year-old singer, to play a version of Slipknot's 'The Devil in I'. The rest of the group is comprised of teenagers who execute a stunningly accurate take on the song, laying down a heavy foundation for youngster Taylor Campbell, who expresses angst with […]
Apple Music announced DJ Khaled as the streaming service's first artist in residence. Every month, Khaled will create and executive produce special editions of some of the platform's most successful playlists, and for starters he has unveiled the Office DJ Khaled playlist which is a fresh version of Apple Music's Office DJ. The collection features […]
US rapper has been granted a new trial on drugs and weapons charges that date back to his teenage years after a long legal battle. Three judges in Pennsylvania ruled there were credibility issues with his original trial in 2008. Meek Mill, who was jailed in 2017 for a minor probation violation, now campaigns for […]
ASAP Rocky has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm in Sweden and will remain in custody until a trial takes place. The rapper, real name Rakim Mayers, was arrested in Stockholm in early July. His arrest followed a fight that was captured on video, with ASAP claiming he had acted in self-defence against […]
Brooklyn Vegan presents the newest songs published this week, and there's a few that stand out - Beyonce's 'Mood 4 Eva' with Jay-z and Childish Gambino, the most upbeat song from 'The Lion King: The Gift'; Adam Green's 'Cheating on a Stranger' with Florence Welch, "a gorgeous, lush track"; and King Princess' soulful and groovy […]
The five-piece from Glasgow play tech-metal, and their vocalist Jamie McLees lists five reasons why we should like his band: the first British heavy band to be signed to Hopeless Records (home to Avenged Sevenfold and All Time Low) in their 25-year history; they’re fearless, "gloom is our home... It’s a space that’s the worst […]
Tape conversation between Live Nation president of U.S. concerts, Bob Roux, and longtime Metallica associate Tony DiCioccio revealed that they conspired to place up to 88,000 concert tickets directly on the resale market. Billboard reports the recording was made in February 2017, shortly before Metallica launched their WorldWired tour in North America. Metallica wasn't the only […]
"It's completely changed me as a person. I'm not this angry little kid anymore" - a former prisoner Aaron, who was in prison last year, tells BBC, and this last weekend he was one of a group of ex-inmates to perform at Latitude Festival. The noble project was started by InHouse Records, UK's first record […]
New York Mayor Bill De Blasio has declared a heat emergency, consequently music fest in the city were canceled. OZY Fest is canceled, as is Saturday of PInknic, as well as Coney Island Music Festival, Brooklyn Vegan reports.
Beyonce sang, 'The Lion King' is coming, so - a perfect reason for Guardian to make a list of Disney's 30 greatest songs. It goes from 'Little April Shower' ('Bambi', 1942) to 'When You Wish Upon a Star' ('Pinocchio', 1940), with newer music in between...
Outkast's André 3000 will star in a new 10-part series 'Dispatches From Elsewhere', with the drama series following “a group of people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding behind everyday life and discover an ever-deepening mystery”, Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. In other music/TV related news, All Hip Hop reports Alicia Keys has partnered with the production […]
55.000 people attended Metallica's concert at Kantolan Tapahtumapuisto on Tuesday night, and that number made it the biggest concert ever in the country of Finland, Loudwire reports. Finland's entire population is 5.503 million, which means that one percept of the population, or every hundredth Finn, was watching Metallica play that evening. Continuing their tradition of […]
Melbourne’s DJ has been receiving growing international acclaim for his genre-busting club experiments, and his latest mix is a deep, rhythmic blend of bass-heavy sounds that spans the global dance continuum and explores its darkest corners. His melting of Middle Eastern percussion into contemporary club structures is mind-altering, Fact Magazine says. Listen to it on […]
Listening to the "world's most relaxing song" before an operation is as good at calming patients' nerves as medication, University of Pennsylvania researchers wrote in BMJ journal. The song 'Weightless' by UK band Marconi Union for three minutes (below), written to reduce anxiety, blood pressure and heart rate, performed as well as a sedative in […]
'Ode To Joy' is Wilco's 11th studio album, it will see release October 4, and it is said to encourage the act of finding joy in a dark political climate, featuring tracks that frontman Jeff Tweedy characterizes as "really big, big folk songs, these monolithic, brutal structures that these delicate feelings are hung on", Exclaim reports. The […]
Electronic producer Alessio Natalizia, aka Not Waving has teamed with American alt-rock veteran Mark Lanegan on collaborative album, 'Downwelling', due August 2, Fact Magazine reports. Not Waving provides ambient backdrop, and Dark Mark (great alias, right?!?) shares his grizzled wisdom. Check out the video for single 'The Broken Man' below.
Unknown T, one of the most celebrated rappers from the UK drill scene, has been charged with murder and remanded in custody after appearing in court. The 19-year-old, whose real name is Daniel Lena, is accused of killing Steven Narvaez-Jara, 20, of Belvedere, Kent, on New Year’s Day 2018 at a flat in Islington, north […]
The Quietus made a selection of best psychedelic rock for the month of July. It's quite a rich month: there's Sicilian outfit Uzeda's new album recorded by Steve Albini; Some Became Hollow Tubes - with members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and thisquietarmy - is something of a masterclass in drums/guitar/FX/synth improvisation; Nebula are back […]
Grimes shared her workout regimen with Adidas, and, well, it's so crazy it might actually be true. Here it is in it's full and bizarre beauty (Instagram original): "My training is a 360 approach. I first maintain a healthy cellular routine where I maximize the function of my mitochondria with supplements such as NAD+, Acetyl […]
The Polaris Music Prize honors the best album out of Canada and this year hip-hop is most heavily represented with Shad, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, and Haviah Mighty all getting a nod. The list also includes Toronto punk favorites PUP, electronic producer Marie Davidson, and funk-punk ensemble FET.NAT. Full shortlist of 10 albums looks like […]
Chris Kläfford is a regular guy, a no-nonsense musician who plays in his own lane, Billboard says, and on his latest appearance at 'America's Got Talent' he left quite an impression. He performed his original song 'Something Like Me', with Brad Paisley saying enthusiastically "You’re something else", and Simon Cowell admitting he had revisited the […]
The lovestruck ballad never reached number one in the UK, but remained on the charts for more than three years, and it took up a similar residency on the airwaves. Gary Lightbody told the BBC how they wrote the song "in the shed of his [producer's] garden" where they "went down with a couple of bottles […]
New court documents show Nipsey Hussle, real name Ermias Joseph Asghedom, left an $8 million estate, and his 2-year old son Kross Asghedom will inherit $1 million from the sum, The Blast reports. The news comes out as Hussle's long-time partner Lauren London has filed new court papers to protect their toddler son’s inheritance - […]
One of South Africa's most celebrated musicians, known as the "white Zulu", was a vocal critic of the apartheid government which ruled until 1994. The British-born musician uniquely blended western and Zulu music, and his best known hit 'Asimbonanga', released in 1987, was dedicated to Nelson Mandela. Independent...
BBC has a nice article about LA band the Wallows, whose lead singer Dylan Minnette is in one of the most popular shows on Netflix, '13 Reasons Why', and the guitarist Braeden Lemasters played comedian Ray Romano's son in a comedy-drama 'Men of a Certain Age' for two series. They've been playing together since they […]
