"Breakthrough acts like Idles or Fontaines D.C. are the result of actual human DJs, writers and tastemakers coming to a rare consensus around a particular band, but their impact is limited now, their chances of cracking the increasingly irrelevant singles chart virtually nil. All thanks to The Algorithm... The result is a musical culture practically […]
Pivot Gang is a hip hop collective of independent rappers from Chicago, and their debut album 'You Can't Sit With Us' is coming out this week. Consequence of Sound gave it a high score of B+: "It is built up of well-thought-out features and lyrics that are at times witty and others necessarily gruesome. It […]
Game of Thrones returned for the eight and final season, and Billboard celebrates it with an article about music and musicians in the show. The Hold Steady did a rousing punk “cover” of song 'The Bear and The Maiden Fair' from the show, The National and Sigur Rós have contributed haunting soundtrack versions of song […]
Michiel Eikenaar, vocalist for Dutch black metal bands Dodecahedron and Nihil, died last Friday (April 12) following a battle with cancer. Nihill were known for their relentless intensity and nightmarish atmosphere. Since forming in the early 2010s, Dodecahedron have released three records, distinguished by a more progressive and avant-garde sound. Nihill will cease to continue […]
American r&b singer Khalid's 'Free Spirit' is at the #1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 202,000 equivalent album sold in America in its first week of release. 'Free Spirit' is Khalid's first chart topper on the Billboard 200 - his 2017 LP, 'American Teen', debuted at #9 with 37,000 album-equivalent units. All Hip Hop...
"The pastoral folk sound of much of the album finds Bibio using the guitar to add subtle shades of color to the songs, giving them real emotional depth and breadth. There is an overarching reliance on melody as he adds another sophisticated layer to his songwriting as he incorporates elements of psychedelia, soul, funk, and […]
What may be the most comprehensive exhibition ever assembled about the history of electronic music is taking place in France’s capital in the Philharmonie de Paris. Guardian's Alexis Petridis visited the Electro: From Kraftwerk to Daft Punk, and liked it a lot: "Two years in the making, Electro is a pretty overwhelming audiovisual experience". So […]
Singer Ceili O'Connor, from the West End musical 'Cats' joined 91-year-old Denis Robinson, the "piano man" from London subway's St Pancras station, and soon the footage of the pair playing and singing went viral. Mr Robinson, of Sutton, south London, said: "It's an absolute joy. Especially in a world like we've got today, where they're […]
R. Kelly’s account at Wintrust Bank isn’t just completely drained, but in the red with negative balance of $13, on top of that, over $150,000 in holdings were also sucked out of Bank of America, leaving just $625 in Kelly’s pair of accounts there, court documents have revealed. The landlord of his Chicago studio is […]
“It sounds like us making music in 2019. And yes, we’re influenced by everything from Prince and Joni Mitchell to Biggie Smalls and 2Pac" producer Nico Segal says in interview with Stereogum, speaking about Intellexual, his project with Nate Fox. Segal, signed as Donnie Trumpet, has produced and played for the likes of Kanye West, […]
