Coachella released its lineup last night, and its depth and singularity are surprising. There is a reason that Coachella has stuck around for so long, and it lies with its ability to innovate, to take risks, and to understand and respond to the cultural zeitgeist that each year encapsulates. This year, against all odds, California […]
British artists, blockbuster film soundtracks, vibrant streaming growth & resilient demand for physical formats combine to fuel a near 6% rise in music consumption in 2018 – the fourth year of growth in a row. A total of 142.9 million albums or their equivalent were either streamed, purchased on physical format, and/or downloaded over the […]
Guardian made a list of 15 of the best finger-pointing, hip-wiggling hits, form Limp Bizkit's 'Rollin'' to Village People's 'YMCA'.
John Legend is the highest profile musician to participate in Lifetime’s new R. Kelly documentary series 'Surviving R. Kelly'. Filmmaker and executive producer Dream Hampton, she had reached out to many of Kelly’s other contemporaries, including Mary J. Blige, Lil’ Kim, Erykah Badu, Dave Chappelle, Lady Gaga, and JAY-Z, but all of them passed on […]
Pegi Young, a musician, an activist, and Neil Young's former wife, died on New Year's Day following a yearlong battle with cancer. After singing back-up on Neil Young’s tours, she started her career as a solo musician with her debut self-titled album in 2007. She released five albums and fronted a band called Pegi Young […]
1. Deafheaven: 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love' 2. Sons Of Kemet: 'Your Queen Is a Reptile' 3. Møl: 'Jord' 4. Mitski: 'Be The Cowboy' 5. Earl Sweatshirt: 'Some Rap Songs' 6. NoName: 'Room 25' 7. Rivers of Nihil: 'Where Owls Know My Name' 8. Pusha T: 'Daytona' 9. Kendrick Lamar: 'Bad Kid Chill City' 10. Kids […]
Using a ghostwriter is basically a sin in the rap world - but it's something Drake, Jay-Z and Kanye West have all been accused of. "So many rappers work with writers and it's such a blurred line now with people doing the melodic stuff as well", British rapper Ms Banks tells BBC. There's also high-level camps […]
Guardian writes about K-pop fans, desperate to get close to band members, who buy expensive airline tickets and then abruptly cancel their flight once they have taken photos of their idols. Korean Air has documented 35 such cases which has prompted them to increase refund penalties for late cancellations. But, isn't there some good marketing […]
“There was no way that I was going to get enough attention being a rock artist in 2018 unless I did something to get people to pay attention” - 29-year-old Jered Eames says in his first interview after he had duped venues across Europe by creating fake industry backing and buzz around his band Threatin. He […]
Over the past several months, dozens of rap shows have been canceled by authorities, and russian president Vladimir Putin, who has been known to breakdance, hosted a roundtable on the discussion where he recognized the power of the genre. "If it is impossible to stop, then we must lead it and direct it," Putin reportedly said […]
The new Queen biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is now the highest-grossing musician biopic of all time - the film surpassed $600 million at the global box office. It has outperformed previous music biopic record holder 'Straight Outta Compton', as well as breakout hit 'The Greatest Showman'. Deadline...
Peter Murphy of Bauhaus was ejected from his concert at Nalen in Stockholm, Sweden after expressing aggressive behavior, Slicing Up Eyeballs reports. One of the videos filmed at he venue shows Murphy kicking a stage light and throwing a bottle into the crowd. Another video below appears to show Murphy being pinned to the ground by security following […]
When Taylor Swift performed at the Los Angeles Rose Bowl venue on 18 May, fans could watch rehearsal clips at a special kiosk. What they didn’t know was that a facial recognition camera inside the structure was taking their photographs and cross-referencing the images with a database held in Nashville of hundreds of Swift’s known stalkers. While […]
“I do not support the current government in Israel, yet do not accept that my decision to play in the country is any kind of tacit support for that government’s policies. Nor do I condone the atrocities that you have described; nor am I ignorant of them.” Nick Cave wrote in his letter to Brian […]
Albums by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Courtney Barnett, Dead Can Dance, The Presets, Troye Sivan and 80 more are nominated for the Australian Music Prize. The prestigious annual honor is modeled on Britain's Mercury Music Prize and Canada's Polaris Prize and is decided by a music industry panel, whose chief goal is to identify […]
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have been told to pay $5m in the long-running copyright case over hit song 'Blurred Lines'. Legal battle began in 2013, when Marvin Gaye's family claimed 'Blurred Lines' copied Gaye's 1977 hit 'Got to Give It Up'.
Radiohead, Roxy Music and Janet Jackson will join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, alongside Def Leppard, The Zombies, Stevie Nicks and The Cure. The seven inductees are the biggest intake since 2004, and bring the total number of acts in the hall to 330. Nicks was already a member as part […]
“It’s been about a year now,” Richards told Rolling Stone of his decision to cut back on drinking. “I pulled the plug on it. I got fed up with it”, although not completely - he still enjoys “a glass of wine occasionally, and a beer”. His fellow guitarist Ron Wood told that Richards in now “a pleasure to worth […]
Eight nominees in the category Album of the year: H.E.R. - 'H.E.R.', Brandi Carlile - 'By the Way, I Forgive You', Drake - 'Scorpion', Various Artists - 'Black Panther: The Album', Kacey Musgraves - 'Golden Hour', Post Malone - 'Beerbongs & Bentleys, Cardi B - 'Invasion of Privacy' and Janelle Monáe - 'Dirty Computer'. Grammy.com has full list of nominees.
“The word was used by the character because it fitted with the way she would speak and with her character... Her dialogue is as accurate as I could make it but she is not intended to offend! She is just supposed to be an authentic character and not all characters in songs and stories are […]
Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is free after serving seven years in federal prison on drug charges. At trial in Florida in 2011, federal prosecutors showed the jury audio and video recordings of Banton that they said proved he was involved in a deal to buy 11 pounds (nearly 5 kilograms) of cocaine for $135,000. He […]
It's mostly solo women and only one band in the top 10 artists nominated for BBC Sound of 2019. Names and description: Grace Carter Searingly personal, piano-led pop Silence Flohio Raw, punchy, poetic rap Wild Yout Dermot Kennedy Folk roots with a hip-hop influence Power Over Me King Princess Queer pop queen-in-waiting 1950 Mahalia Casual, […]
On Kanye West: Kojey Radical: I feel conflicted. I’ve got Yeezys on right now. The problem is, for all the contribution he’s made to music, he’s gotten to the point now where he just likes the conversation. Jenny Hollingworth: I don’t like it when people censor others’ opinions by saying they’re crazy – it’s a bad way of […]
Ireland is currently sparring over its holiday classic, The Pogues’ 'Fairytale of New York', namely its use of a word "faggot". It’s important to remember that the word itself is ensconced in the character and speech of a particularly volatile character within the song, and is not a declaration from singer Shane MacGowan. Consequence of […]
Sam Fender has been announced as the winner of the Brits critics’ choice award. Figures in the media and music industry are asked to nominate artists they believe will enjoy future success but who haven’t yet scored a UK Top 40 album. Fender specialises in energetic, glossy garage-rock topped with his soulful vocals, the lyrics tending towards […]
Billy Corgan, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Edgar Wright, Pearl Jam, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Neil Gaiman, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch, New Order’s Peter Hook, the Cure’s Lol Tolhurst, Meredith Graves, Superchunk, Thursday, the Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli, and more have paid tributes to Pete Shelley, Buzzcocks co-founder and vocalist. Pitchfork...
Ghostface Killah and Czarface (Inspectah Deck and 7L & Esoteric) have announced a new studio album 'Czarface Meets Ghostface'. It arrives on February 15, 2019. The record was produced by the Czar-Keys (7L & Jeremy Page). Listen to the new song 'Iron Claw' on Pitchfork.
A lot in between Deafheaven's 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love' and Sleep's 'The Sciences'. Loudwire...
The council of Chelsea and Westminster will next year introduce public space protection orders, which make predefined activities – in this case, busking – prosecutable in specific areas. Buskers say high street’s biggest problem is councils that don’t understand busking’s role in the community creating uncertainty for those who practise it. Guardian...
American radio station Star 102 banned christmas song 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' because it's seen as unsuitable in the #MeToo era. The band has reignited a debate about the song, and raised questions about other potentially questionable Christmas classics. A former English teacher wrote a feminist defence of the song in a viral Tumblr post, suggesting the […]
