"Everyone knows loss in one way or another. This song is about that. I’d never sat with anyone as they died before, and it had an effect on me... But there’s wildness and beauty in it as well, and a deep honouring, that became the beginnings of this song" - frontman Marcus Mumford said about […]
Four weeks ago, The Prodigy's Keith Flint played his final show with the band, in Auckland, New Zealand. It was on February 5 as The Prodigy performed at Auckland’s Trusts Arena, wrapping up the Oceania leg of their world tour. NME has a selection of videos from the show. The London music site picks out […]
British director Dexter Fletcher (who famously completed 'Bohemian Rhapsody' after Bryan Singer’s departure) made a new movie biography - 'Rocketman', about Elton John. Where the Queen biopic largely kept itself rooted in reality, the first full-length trailer of 'Rocketman' shows off a more fanciful side, which fits the birth of John’s evolution from a gifted […]
It's silver, its unbuttoned, and it actually makes sense with the cheezy song. And is it silver cowboy boots?
Last night Nine Inch Nails they played 'The Perfect Drug' for the first time ever. The song, which Reznor wrote for the soundtrack of David Lynch’s 1997 movie 'Lost Highway', was heavily influenced by jungle, and it’s really, really hard to play live. Stereogum reports. Still, the audience at Colorado’s historic Red Rocks Amphitheater had […]
Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a 15-minute solo set last week, alongside Patti Smith at the Pathway to Paris concert in Los Angeles, which focused on “the potential for cities to push for, achieve and go beyond the climate targets highlighted in the Paris agreement.” Meanwhile, Flea is set to publish his memoir this […]
The Aerosmith, 'The Tonight Show' host Jimmy Fallon and his house band The Roots played a version of Boston rockers' classic 'Walk This Way' using only - classroom instruments, Loudwire reports. Like previous editions of this 'Tonight Show' bit, the band, The Roots and Fallon all cram into a small room, making sure to all get into […]
The Flaming Lips have launched a new podcast that offers fans the chance to listen to a “song by song” history of the band. Episode one of the new series, titled ‘Socerer’s Orphan’, is available now. The podcast is presented by multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd and the first episode sees the musician talk about ‘Enthusiasm for […]
Father John Misty has a new video 'Mr Tillman'. Kind of strange, in a Truman Show-ish kinda way, only slightly creepier. Nice, anyhow...
One of the last year's great songs, that was sadly missed by some. Deserves to be Falseto's first post. Nice beards too...
