Dave Grohl, Run The Jewels‘ Killer Mike and Quincy Jones have been named on a new advisory board in the US to help support artists hit by the coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE: The Big Read – Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music” The National Independent Venue Association’s body will “share their diverse knowledge and professional expertise in streaming, ticketing, management, and more to help NIVA and its members navigate through the remainder of this pandemic and rebuild the live entertainment ecosystem in a transparent, diverse, and inclusive way.” NIVA formed in March 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak,...
Weezer‘s Rivers Cuomo has revealed that he’s working on a film musical called Buddha Superstar, as well as providing an update on the group’s upcoming “four-album” project. The Los Angeles band, whose latest record ‘OK Human’ arrived last month, recently said that their “next idea is a four-album set, where each LP corresponds to one of the four seasons”. READ MORE: Weezer: “This album is about feeling isolated, alienated and secluded – it’s perfect for now” In a new interview with The Forty-Five, frontman Cuomo revealed that the overall project will carry the title ‘Weezer Seasons’, with each of its...
Halsey has criticised Instagram filters and said she finds them “exhausting”. READ MORE: Halsey – ‘Manic’ review: stream-of-consciousness musings on family, love, and fame The singer recently launched her debut beauty line, About-Face, with the aim of making people “love” themselves as they are. Speaking to Byrdie, Halsey admitted she had to “make peace with her face”, because she couldn’t “control” the angle or edit of paparazzi shots of herself. Advertisement She compared it to when people use a filter on selfies and then feel “disappointed” with what they look like in real life. “I’m exhausted with this industry...
Cherry Glazerr have shared a new song called ‘Big Bang’ – you can listen to it below. The Los Angeles trio returned last December with the single ‘Rabbit Hole’, which was said to be “the first hint” of the group’s fourth studio album – the follow-up to 2019’s ‘Stuffed & Ready’. READ MORE: Cherry Glazerr – ‘Stuffed & Ready’ review Fusing acoustic guitar with droning synth bass notes, ‘Big Bang’ begins with the lyrics: “You don’t have to tell me/ The end was just beginning/ What did you think I didn’t notice?/ Made up a story for us“. Advertisement...
Elon Musk has said that he and Kanye West are going to make an appearance on the Clubhouse app together soon. Clubhouse is an invite-only social media platform that allows up to 5000 users to listen in – the iOS-exclusive app is audio-only – live to conversations, interviews and discussions between two or a group of select people. Read more: Kanye West on The Joe Rogan Experience: the big talking points, from coronavirus to running for President in 2024 Tesla, SpaceX and The Boring Company CEO Musk announced the upcoming Clubhouse meeting between himself and West on Twitter yesterday...
Scarlxrd has announced details of a UK and European live tour that he’ll embark on later this year. The Wolverhampton artist will tour in support of new album ‘Dxxm II’, which was released last Friday (February 5). READ MORE: The strange tale of Scarlxrd, the perky vlogger turned rap-metal overlord Scarlxrd confirmed the tour, which is set to kick off in Frankfurt in Germany on October 25, earlier this week. Advertisement The run includes four UK dates, beginning in Birmingham at the O2 Institute on November 16 and concluding with a gig at the Academy 2 in Manchester on...
Jared Leto has revealed that he has as many as 100 songs in the bank for Thirty Seconds To Mars. The band’s frontman, who has been busy shooting new scenes as the Joker in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, said he’s had a productive time during the various coronavirus lockdowns of the past year. “I had an opportunity to be really productive with music and wrote maybe 100 songs”, he told TODAY on Sunday (February 8). Advertisement When quizzed if that meant a new Thirty Seconds To Mars album would land “pretty soon”, Leto replied: ”Oh yeah, yeah. Absolutely. And...
It’s been nearly three months since Taylor Swift gave fans an essential update: She’d “recently begun re-recording my older music,” an experience that, at the time, had “already proven to be both exciting and creatively fulfilling.” We got to hear a little bit of what, say, “Love Story” might sound like if Swift were to record it now when a snippet of it appeared in a commercial for the dating site Match at the end of 2020. Now, the long wait to hear the rest of that song — as well as the first of Swift entirely re-recorded albums...
UNKLE have announced their new mixtape ‘Rōnin I’ – you can hear the first track from the release, ‘Do Yourself Some Good’, below. The James Lavelle-led project are set to release the first ‘Rōnin’ mixtape on March 26 via Studio:UNKLE, with a second part due at a later unconfirmed date. Read more: Why I’d be terrified to visit immersive, walk-in versions of my favourite albums The two full-length releases, which both feature new tracks and reimagined UNKLE songs from ‘The Road’ albums, were written and recorded following Lavelle’s return to the studio last year as a result of the...
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has revealed that he’s considering the possibility of writing a musical in the near future. Appearing on the Talkulture Twitch channel, Taylor said: “ like a real musical; not Spamalot or anything like that. “‘Cause I’ve kind of gotten in the habit of doing concept albums, obviously, so I know how to tie a story together. And I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a musical based around the people who I spent a large amount of my 20s with in Des Moines — like my crew, and how...