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Sophie Is Gone But Left Behind A Whole New World
Sophie’s music oversaturated, overtook, and in my earliest listenings, it stirred something within my body that I didn’t know existed or, perhaps, didn’t yet have the courage to acknowledge. Even before the Glasgow-born producer introduced herself to the world, the sound she developed in anonymity, though entirely computer-generated, had a distinctly visceral quality: It snapped like a rubber band, oozed like melting plastic, fizzed like shaken soda. Each single was illustrated with an appropriately artificial graphic of monochromatic tubing, while high-pitched, high-speed vocal modulations suggested that the womanhood she synthesized could be bought, manufactured in a lab, or ripped...
Rivers Cuomo reflects on Weezer’s ‘Pinkerton’: “It was supposed to be our magnum opus and it just got destroyed”
Rivers Cuomo has reflected on the mixed response that greeted the release of Weezer‘s album ‘Pinkerton’ upon its release in 1996. The record, which was the band’s second studio album, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in September. Read more: Weezer: “This album is about feeling isolated, alienated and secluded – it’s perfect for now” Cuomo looked back on ‘Pinkerton’ during a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, with the frontman citing the album when asked by Lowe which of Weezer’s LPs he’d like to revisit with the orchestral approach that was applied to the band’s new album ‘OK...
Elton John hails ‘It’s A Sin’ as a “triumph of creativity and humanity”
Elton John has praised Russell T Davies’ Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin for providing “an incredibly moving account” of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. The drama, which stars Years & Years singer Olly Alexander, follows the lives of four friends living together as the HIV/AIDS crisis begins to emerge in the UK. READ MORE: Olly Alexander on It’s A Sin: “There’s not been a British Aids drama on this scale ever” Praising the series on Instagram, Elton wrote: “It’s A Sin is an incredibly moving account of the arrival of AIDS in the U.K. in the 1980’s. Advertisement “Watching...
Tony Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
Legendary crooner Tony Bennett has revealed that he has been privately battling Alzheimer’s Disease. The singer announced that he has been living with the neuro-generative disease via a new article published in AARP Magazine today (February 1). “Life is a gift – even with Alzheimer’s. Thank you to Susan and my family for their support, and AARP The Magazine for telling my story,” he wrote on Twitter. The 94-year-old, who has won 19 Grammy Awards in a career spanning more than 75 years, was first diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2016. Despite battling the condition, AARP reports that the singer has...
Big Latto Explains Hearing Gucci Mane’s Voice On Her Song: ‘It’s Done For These Bitches’
Big Latto will be the first to tell you her success was “far from overnight.” The 22-year-old MC — who grew up rhyming at block parties, eventually rising through the local scene in Atlanta and opening for bigger rappers when she was still a teenager — is finally bubbling up globally, though it’s not because of one particular moment. The way she explains, it’s the culmination of years of hard work. “I paid my dues to be where I’m at right now,” she tells MTV. As MTV’s Push artist for January recently described, 2021 is just a continuation of...
Josh Homme shares new poems ‘Glass Cars’ and ‘Where The Fog Begins’
Josh Homme has shared two new poems with fans and explained the inspiration behind his new efforts. Posting on Instagram, he shared 2015 recordings of ‘Glass Cars’ and ‘Where The Fog Begins’ – both of which are read out by Homme in a baritone voice. He said of ‘Where The Fog Begins’: “In an old piece of technology, I came across this recording. I was ill, stuck in bed & feeling restless; however, there was bright side. It had transformed my voice by lowering it. Advertisement “Making me sound like a radio performer for almost an entire day. I...
Arlo Parks announces biggest-ever headline show and two further UK gigs
Arlo Parks has announced three more UK gigs for later this year, including her biggest headline show to date. The south London artist released her debut album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’ last week, and had already plotted out a UK and European tour for the spring in support of the record. Read more: Arlo Parks: “I feel like I’m 10 and 100 at once” Parks has this morning (February 1) announced three more gigs for November. The trio of shows includes a date at SWX in Bristol on November 1, before Parks is then set to play her biggest headline...
Kanye West faces “$30 million in damages” from two Sunday Service lawsuits
Kanye West is facing two class-action lawsuits and up to $30 million in damages after allegations that he failed to pay up to 1,000 performers and backstage staff at his ambitious Sunday Service shows. The lawsuits, according to Page Six, relate to around 500 performers and 300 backstage workers who played a role in the rapper’s shows, which blend Christian worship with live performance. Read more: Sunday Service Choir – ‘Jesus Is Born’ review: Kanye West-produced album is a festive gateway into gospel According to the lawsuit, West broke employment laws at his Hollywood Bowl opera Nebuchadnezzar in November...
Tim Burgess calls for reform to streaming payment model: “We have time to sort it”
The Charlatans‘ Tim Burgess has become the latest artist to speak out against purported inequalities in streaming payments. The singer’s comments come after a select committee of MPs were told last month that emerging artists are facing “massive competition” from bigger and classic acts on streaming services. Writing in a first-person piece for The Guardian, Burgess said: “The basic point is that the UK music industry contributed an estimated £5.8billion to the economy in 2019, but artists are maybe not seeing as much of that as they should. Almost 5m vinyl albums were sold in 2020, the most since way back when we...Recent Posts
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