Mexican classical acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela covered Pink Floyd's epic, even grandiose song 'Echoes' with only two acoustic guitars, giving it humbleness for a marvelous contrast. It's 19 minutes long - "the idea is for people to get lost as they listen. Nowadays we need more music like that, music that can make […]
Calypso Rose is the oldest artist - 79 soon - and the first calypsonian to be booked for a full set at Coachella. Rose will perform on the Gobi Stage on both weekends (April 12 and 19) of the Indio, California festival, backed by an eight-piece band comprised of African, American, Caribbean and French musicians. […]
Bob Dylan’s first acting role, in a 1963 television play called 'Madhouse on Castle Street', is gone. Early Beatles performances on Top of the Pops too. Most of the BBC’s Apollo 11 moon landing coverage is gone - Guardian is questioning what emo band might we mourn after MySpace lost everything uploaded between 2003 and […]
"Talking about yourself is hard, but on 'Even in the Tremor', Lady Lamb succeeds and then some. The record’s highs validate Spaltro’s position as one of indie’s storytellers to watch..." - Consequence of Sound really likes third album by the American indie-rock singer-songwriter. Watch her new video 'Even in the Tremor' here.
Former 'NSync member Lance Bass, along with director Aaron Kunkel created the YouTube documentary 'The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story' about this extraordinary music manager became a pop kingmaker and eventually lost everything, cataloguing in unflinching detail the damage he caused, the people he ripped off and the lives he ruined. It is […]
Greenhouse gas emissions caused by music consumption have reached an unprecedented high, a new study from the University of Glasgow shows. Storing and processing music online uses a tremendous amount of resources and energy—which has a high impact on the environment. While 140 million kilograms of GHGs were generated in 1977, 136 million kilograms in […]
Madonna will perform at next month's (May 19) Eurovision Song Contest in Israel where she'll perform two songs. Tel Aviv businessman Sylvan Adams is reportedly covering the singer's expenses and $1 million fee. The musical spectacular isn't really exclusively Euro-vision - it sees European nations, some Asian nations and Australia compete for best song. Music […]
PJ Harvey has shared two new songs she composed for the soundtrack of the stage production 'All About Eve' in London’s West End with Gillian Anderson and Lily James in the lead roles. 'The Moth' features vocals from Lily James, 'Descending' is an instrumental track. Listen to the songs on Rolling Stone.
Consequence of Sound picked out Los Angeles indie punk Sego as their April's Artist of The Month (isn't "indie punk" supposed to be an oxymoron?), so they made an interview with the band about coming from Utah, living in California, making a band, listening to Primus, etc. "It’s ultimately when Sego are at their most […]
Prince's former sound engineer George Ian Boxill has been ordered to pay the late musician's estate nearly $4 million for releasing an unauthorized EP of songs by Prince. Boxill released the 'Deliverance' EP to streaming services in April 2017 in violation of a contract with the late singer. Boxill claimed the recordings on the EP […]
