Ezra Furman

A very good selection of best songs of the week by the Brooklyn Vegan (or maybe a good week in general). LA trio Automatic will publish their first album for Stones Throw in September and 'Too Much Money' presents them as pop kraut-rock band, Ezra Furman goes in modern punk direction with 'Evening Prayer', Working […]

"I feel like an elephant mama. An elephant gestation period is around 18 months—I feel like I’ve been carrying this baby for a long time" - rapper Olu from Atlanta duo EarthGang tells Pitchfork in an interview about their first major label album 'Mirrorland', out later this year. They have released several independent records and […]

Catalan pop star Rosalía used Catalan-Spanish words in 'Milionària', her first single in Catalan, upsetting language purists who say she dilutes the language, Guardian reports. In her new single she uses the word "cumpleanys", a corruption of the Spanish "cumpleaños", to mean birthday, instead of the Catalan "aniversari", she also uses "escoltada" (accompanied) when in Catalan the word is "escortada". She was […]

Austin Butler has won the coveted lead role in Baz Luhrmann's upcoming biopic of Elvis Presley, beating out Harry Styles, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who were also reportedly in the running. The film will be shot early next year in Queensland, Australia and it will trace Presley’s elevation to a level of […]

Glitchy folktronica and crunching beats by Bon Iver in 'Faith', total thumper in 'I Drive' by Lower Dens, hazy, summer evening by Boy Pablo & Jimi Somewhere in ‘Never Cared’, stonking chunk of psychedelic-flecked rock in 'Black Finch' by Goon, catchy R&B tune 'Simmer' by Mahalia, total sugar rush in 'Hey' by Oscar Lang, festival-ready […]

"Music should reflect the pain and happiness of your culture", the aim is to be “authentic and original" - Turkish psych-folk-rock singer and songwriter Gaye Su Akyol tells in the Guardian interview, as she takes London's journalist through the streets of Istanbul. Her music image may be pop, but the music veers from dark, brooding […]

Korean boy-band BTS has added a Saudi Arabia date to their world tour schedule - they will play at King Fahd International Stadium in the capital city of Riyadh on Oct. 11. BTS are poised to become the first foreign act to play a headline stadium show in the kingdom, but not all fans are happy, […]

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