Bruce Springsteen has announced details of a huge new ‘Darkness On The Edge Of Town’-era box set. The 24-disc set will feature eight full shows from The E Street Band’s 1978 tour in support of the legendary album. READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Letter To You’ review: a powerful synthesis of past and present “Eight of the finest performances from Bruce Springsteen’s 1978 tour are now available in a limited, collectible box set,” an announcement said of the new release, which is due on February 1, 2021. Advertisement “This 24-CD set contains all five of the legendary radio broadcasts...
Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have shared their new score for upcoming Disney/Pixar film Soul – listen in full below. The film comes to cinemas on Christmas Day, but the soundtrack has been given a digital and vinyl release a week prior (December 18). READ MORE: The roots of… Nine Inch Nails Reznor and Ross have shared a handful of new soundtrack work across 2020. First, they scored the new Watchmen TV series, which they released the soundtrack for in three parts. Then last month, they reconnected with David Fincher to score Mank, after previously working...
The 1975‘s Matty Healy says a new album under the band’s Drive Like I Do moniker could be coming out next February. Healy has been teasing an album under the moniker for a number of years, and an EP called ‘Scary Monsters’ was released on streaming services back in October. Earlier this week, he continued to tease new material from the band, pointing fans to a newly set up Drive Like I Do Instagram account. READ MORE: Who and what are Drive Like I Do? Advertisement Yesterday (December 16), Healy shared a photo of the pre-1975 band performing live in...
The National’s Aaron Dessner has discussed the future of his collaborations with Taylor Swift. The producer and multi-instrumentalist co-wrote and produced Swift’s pair of 2020 lockdown albums, ‘Folklore’ and the recent follow-up ‘Evermore’. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Evermore’ review: the freewheeling younger sibling to ‘Folklore’ Speaking to Rolling Stone about the possibility of future projects between the pair, Dessner said: “It’s kind of the thing where I have so many musicians in my life that I’ve grown close to, and make things with, and are just part of my life. And I’ve rarely had this kind of chemistry...
Bob Dylan has announced a new box set of material recorded in 1970 to celebrate its 50 year anniversary. ‘1970 (50th Anniversary Collection)’ will arrive on February 26, 2021 via Columbia/Legacy. READ MORE: The 50 best albums of 2020 The three-disc set features outtakes from Dylan’s sessions for studio albums ‘New Morning’ and ‘Self Portrait’, as well as his infamous 1970 studio session with George Harrison. According to an announcement, the session, which will be released in its entirety, “capture the pair performing together on nine tracks”. Advertisement See the artwork and tracklisting for ‘1970 (50th Anniversary Collection)’ below....
Grimes has changed the cover of her album ‘Miss Anthropocene’ on streaming services – see the new artwork below. In April, Claire Boucher shared an Instagram photo of the cover now seen online, calling it the “original” album cover, and her favourite version. READ MORE: Grimes – ‘Miss Anthropocene’ review: an iconoclast continues to march to the beat of her own drum “I polled a bunch of ppl and everyone said not to use it (??),” she wrote at the time, “but I wish I trusted my gut. I fucking LOVE this painting. Advertisement “Maybe there’s a way to utilise...
Travis Scott has announced his latest entrepreneurial endeavour — a brand of seltzer, Cacti. Scott took to Instagram on Friday (December 18) to tease the first official shots of the product. The accompanying caption said, “ remember me and the gang use to sneak my pops drinks out the back of the crib. I Remember my first night pure rage with the squad!!” View this post on Instagram A post shared by flame (@travisscott) Advertisement The same post goes on to explain that the ‘Antidote’ rapper has been working on the range for some time, with the first...
Fiona Apple has revealed that she thought about boycotting the Grammys over Dr. Luke being nominated at next year’s ceremony. Read more: Fiona Apple – ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ review: an intoxicating and excoriating listen that will cut deep Speaking in a new interview with The Guardian, Apple discussed the Recording Academy’s decision to nominate the producer (under the pseudonym Tyson Trax) despite Kesha’s allegations that he sexually assaulted her. “I’m bringing up the Grammys and that’s really something that I shouldn’t be doing, but really, Dr. Luke is nominated?” Apple said. “They had up there singing ‘Praying’ and now they’re...
The Distillers are gearing up to release their fourth studio album sometime next year, and already they’re planning its follow-up. READ MORE: Fuck yeah, why it’s awesome that The Distillers are back The punk veterans reunited in 2018, before dropping two new songs ‘Man Vs Magnet’ and ‘Blood In Gutters‘ and embarking on a run of acclaimed festival shows – including a glorious set at Reading Festival 2019 (marking their first UK gig in 15 years). After teasing that a new album was due in 2019 – their first since 2003’s ‘Coral Fang – frontwoman Brody Dalle earlier this year suggested that...
Black Midi have shared two new Christmas covers to raise to raise funds for The Windmill in Brixton. Read more: How you can do your bit to help save the future of live music The band have reworked Bobby Helms’ 1957 classic ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ and ‘What Christmas Means To Me’, which has been released by a number of artists including Stevie Wonder. All proceeds from the songs will go to The Windmill’s crowdfunder to help keep the venue open. It has suffered financially during the coronavirus pandemic. Advertisement “We recorded a couple of covers of our favourite Christmas tunes...