27-year-old Alabama rapper Jake Hill canceled his show at Houston’s White Oak Music Hall on Monday because of the venue-wide ban on the sale and consumption of meat in place that day because Morrissey was playing the same venue that night, NME reports. "I’m not gonna be told what I can and can’t eat at a […]
“The specter of dispossession is haunting us all. Everywhere the imperial world represses the ghoulish histories that sustain our pasts, presents and futures", Algiers' bassist and keyboardist Ryan Mahan says about band's new single 'Dispossession' (watch below). Lyrics on this song and their new record ‘There is No Year’, Mahan says, are "like a neo-Southern […]
In a more than pathetic move, Morrissey was selling albums by Lou Reed, David Bowie, Patti Smith and Iggy Pop at his October 26 show in Los Angeles, all signed - by himself. He was selling David Bowie’s 'Aladdin Sane', Patti Smith’s 'Horses', Lou Reed’s 'Transformer' and Iggy and the Stooges’ 'Raw Power' for - $300, and somebody even bought some. He was […]
Bruce Springsteen documentary 'Western Stars' earned $560,000 from 537 theaters over the weekend in the US, and combined with grosses from preview sneaks, his directorial debut has earned $1 million. 'Western Stars' shows Springsteen performing all 13 songs on his first studio album in five years, archival footage, personal narration, and guest appearances, and is […]
Jessica Mauboy debuts at No. 1 on the Australian albums chart with 'HILDA', and Tones And I extends her streak atop the singles tally with 'Dance Monkey', which makes it the first time in 15 years and just the third time in history that the Australian female solo artists top both charts, Billboard reports.
Post Malone’s 'Hollywood’s Bleeding' earned 93,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. last week, and becomes the first album released in 2019 to score four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. 'Hollywood’s Bleeding' spent its first three No. 1 weeks at the end of September, and beginning of October. The last album […]
'Jesus is King' did come out today, it is, as expected, gospel-heavy, not that much big-sounding as his previous albums, a lot of Christian themes, quite a few mentions of "Jesus". No reviews yet, just announcements (Rolling Stone, NPR, Pitchfork, Independent does a track-by-track, not really a review), critics are trying to get to the […]
Experimental hip-hop duo TNGHT announced a new EP, 'II', coming out November 12 through Warp Records, which will be their first album in seven years. Their label says Hudson Mohawke and Lunice have, in the meantime, "collected more equipment, made a couple hits, own bigger speakers, loaded a thousand flutes into FL Studio”, as Fact Magazine reports. Lunice […]
Slowthai's favourite album of the 2010s is 'Die Lit' by Playboi Carti because it is "our generation’s hardcore music". To Weyes Blood it's Connan Mockasin’s 'Caramel', "a progressive concept album with some beautiful sadness sprinkled in between". "A whopper and hella refined" - Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs said about her choice, 'Silence Yourself' […]
"This EP has always been like my little doll, my little buddy. It's on such a sincere level for me. I need these songs" - Renée LoBue of the New York dream-pop band Elk City says about band's latest EP, 'Souls in Space'. A stand-out song from it is 'Pity of a Rose', an elegant […]
"As soon as we started playing together, we created some kind of mad and beautiful storm“ - Ed Harcourt tells the NME about a new super-group Loup GarouX he started with Gorillaz and Senseless Things‘ drummer Cass Browne and The Feeling bassist Richard Jones. Harcourt himself is a past Mercury nominee, producer, and Libertines collaborator. The band […]
The critics say that HBO's series adaption of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ classic comic 'Watchmen' is better than the movie, and it seems the same goes for the soundtrack. Brooklyn Vegan says Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross‘ score for the series is "terrific, splitting the difference between the more ambient work they’ve done for films like 'The Social […]
The David Crosby documentary 'Remember My Name' is out this week, and in honor of its release, SPIN is premiering a clip with the rock icon describing his most intense music experience. Crosby was at a John Coltrane concert, really stoned, "and on the verge of a freak out" so he decided to hide out […]
Japanese pop-metal band Babymetal debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Rock Albums chart with their latest full-length, 'Metal Galaxy', which makes them the first Asian act to top that particular tally. They sold 28,000 units during its first week of release in the United States, which was also good enough for No. 13 on […]
The world's biggest nice-guy band are moving forward with their innovative marketing strategy for their latest album - Coldplay's third step was revealing the tracks for 'Everyday Life' in North Wales local newspaper Daily Post. An advert for the album sat alongside ones for a fridge-freezer, bales of hay and a divan bed, BBC reports. […]
Madonna kicked off her Madame X Tour with 16 sold-out shows at Brooklyn’s Howard Gilman Opera House, selling 31,401 tickets, which made her $9.6 million, Billboard reports. Averaging 1.963 tickets and $601,985 per show over a month, tickets for the new tour ranged from $757 on the high end to $50. The average ticket sold […]
BBC reports about Algerian pop singer Raja Meziane who made music in her homeland criticizing the regime, but had to emigrate in 2015 when she settled in the Czech Republic, where she continues to make music about the Algerian political system. Her video 'Allo le Système!' has over 36 million views on YouTube, and this […]
Public Enemy's frontman Chuck D will receive the 2019 Woody Guthrie Prize for his career-long dedication to shining light on social issues, specifically Black issues, through his music and writing. Named for American folk singer Woody Guthrie, the prize honors artists who utilize their various talents to advocate for people without a platform. All Hip […]
Some delightfully bizarre, punk-inflected jams - Fact Magazine says about the new OOIOO. 'Nijimusi' will be Japanese experimental rockers' first album in six years, and it features a conventional rock set up of two guitars, bass, and drums. It's coming out on January 17. First the song from it below.
Guardian discovered São Paulo's underground music scene, bands playing in the shadow of reactionary politics by the new president Jair Bolsonaro. Electro-punx Deafkids say they are "not interested in cultivating nihilism… We are more interested in trying to think of other ways to say yes, of other things and other practices to embrace and other […]
On 1 March next year 10km of Perth’s Canning Highway will be closed for eight hours to host the world’s longest music festival stage - 10 semi-trailers, eight topped with live bands playing AC/DC songs, will be taking over the highway’s southern portion, between Canning Bridge and Fremantle, marking the 40th anniversary of Bon Scott's […]
More than 350 people, predominantly women, have contacted the UK Musician's Union, detailing cases of harassment, discrimination and abuse of power. The complaints included rape and sexual abuse - but more than four in five (85%) of the victims did not report the incidents "because they think they won't be listened to or they won't […]
'Old Town Road' has been certified 10-times platinum after selling 10 million units, which makes it the fastest in history to reach diamond status. Earlier this year, Lil Nas X broke the record with the country/hip-hop crossover hit for the longest streak of No. 1 placements on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, sitting at No. 1 […]
'Sonic Futures: How Technology is Guiding Electronic Music' is an original mini-documentary that explores British technological innovation in electronic music, done by Fact Magazine in association with the British Council. Vicky Clarke, Lee Gamble, Venus Ex Machina, and queer club collective Tremors talk about working with machines, creating new utopias and whether we should be afraid […]
American metal-gaze come-backers Chrome Waves made a cover of Nick Cave's 'Push the Sky Away', very atmospheric and intense (listen below). The song is coming on their new EP featuring three new original songs and three covers, others being Slowdive’s 'When the Sun Hits' and Nirvana’s 'Something In The Way', both done in the similar […]
Spotify Family Mix “is simultaneously bringing my family together and tearing it apart”, one Twitter user wrote about a new plan for a shared Spotify account where family members can see everybody else's most played tracks. One other said “I have never felt so exposed", and then there are some people saying it is the […]
Rolling Stone has a lovely nostalgic article about an "acrylic, mohair and Lycra blend cardigan" that Curt Kobain wore during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged performance and several times on tour with Nirvana before his death in April. It's originally from the 1960s, worth 16 dollars, but since this particular one has a history, it was sold at […]
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame bosses have added Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee and guitarist Phil Campbell to the list of eligible Motörhead stars on the ballot for the class of 2020 nominations following an outcry by fans. The rockers were not included in the band’s original nomination, with Hall of Fame officials only recognising […]
Bob Dylan wrote 'Wanted Man' for Johnny Cash to sing, in 1969 the two sang it together, and later it became a hit for the country star. The 1969 unreleased demo version is coming out November 1 on the 15th installment of Dylan's 'Bootleg Series', Stereogum reports. Listen to that demo below; June Carter Cash […]
London drill rapper Rico Racks has been jailed for three years for drug offences and issued with an order that forbids him from rapping words such as bandoe, trapping, Booj, connect, shotting, whipping and Kitty - all colloquial terms associated with dealing drugs. It also bans him from possessing articles linked to drug dealing and […]
