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Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo shares 2,655 unheard demos for his “web programming class final project”
Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has shared a whopping 2655 previously unheard demos via a new web market page. Cuomo took to Twitter to announce the material as his final project of his “web programming class”, which he’s currently completing via online non-profit learning platform edX. For my Web Programming class final project, I made a web market stocked with 2655 previously unreleased demos. https://t.co/wFNb1drPRs — Rivers Cuomo (@RiversCuomo) December 8, 2020 Advertisement The demos are taken from both Cuomo’s and Weezer’s lengthy discography, and are separated into bundles spanning years of Cuomo’s musical career. A short preview and explanation...
Taylor Swift wrote early ‘My Tears Ricochet’ lyrics after watching ‘Marriage Story’
Taylor Swift has revealed she wrote some of the first lyrics to ‘Folklore’ song ‘My Tears Ricochet’ after watching Noah Baumbach’s 2019 film Marriage Story. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Folklore’ review: pop superstar undergoes an extraordinary indie-folk makeover In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Swift was asked about how the song, along with ‘Mad Woman’, related to her feelings towards Scott Borchetta, the head of Swift’s old label Big Machine Records, and Scooter Braun, who purchased and then recently sold the masters to Swift’s first six records. Braun’s media company Ithaca Holdings acquired the Big Machine Label Group...
Muse respond to Nandi Bushell’s cover of ‘Hysteria’
10-year-old rock prodigy Nandi Bushell has performed another rock cover – this time of Muse‘s 2003 single, ‘Hysteria’, from their album ‘Absolution’. Bushell originally shared a drum cover of the song back in July, but this time around the multi-instrumentalist added the song’s frenetic bass line into the mix. “Ever since I jammed Hysteria by on drums I wanted to learn the bass line too as it’s so so #awesome!” Bushell tweeted. Advertisement “It is the HARDEST bass line I have ever learned. I had to concentrate A LOT!” Ever since I jammed Hysteria by @muse on drums...
Courtney Barnett documentary ‘Anonymous Club’ announced
Anonymous Club, a documentary about singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett, has received funding from Screen Australia as part of the organisation’s $2.5million documentary production funding round. Taking its title from Barnett’s 2013 ‘How to Carve a Carrot into a Rose’ track of the same name, a brief synopsis of Anonymous Club says the film “ the inner life of the notoriously shy artist amidst her significant rise to fame”. The documentary is written and directed by filmmaker Danny Cohen, who has previously collaborated with Barnett on music videos such as ‘Need A Little Time’ and ‘Everybody Here Hates You’. Advertisement The film...
Angus Young on the AC/DC album that “defines” the band: “It’s pure magic”
Angus Young has revealed the AC/DC album that he belives “defines” the band. READ MORE: AC/DC on their explosive comeback record ‘Power Up’: “This album is for Malcolm” The musician was taking part in a recent interview with Switzerland’s Radio SRF 3 when he was asked which of his band’s past record’s he would “put on to impress someone who has never heard of AC/DC”. “‘Let There Be Rock’,” he responded. “‘Let There Be Rock’, for me, is the album.” Advertisement Elaborating on why he chose the band’s fourth studio record (released in 1977), Young explained: “And the reason why I...
Jessy Lanza announces ’24/7′ mixtape and shares Foodman remix of ‘Alexander’
Jessy Lanza has announced a new mixtape called ’24/7′ and has shared a new track – listen to ‘Alexander (Foodman Remix)’ below. Read more: Jessy Lanza – ‘Oh No’ review Due out this Friday (December 11), the tape features remixes of songs from the Canadian electronic musician’s recent album ‘All The Time’, which arrived back in July. In addition to collaborations with the likes of Kate NV, Visible Cloaks, Proc Fiskal, Loraine James, the ‘Lick In Heaven’ singer also teams up with Foodman on the ‘Alexander’ remix. Advertisement Lanza shared a video for the new remix, which you can watch here: Back...
Music photographers donate prints to raise money for live crews affected by coronavirus pandemic
A number of music’s top photographers have come together to raise money for live crews who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more: How you can do your bit to help save the future of live music Prints of classic artists by celebrated snappers such as Rankin, Tony McGee and Jill Furmanovsky are being sold £95.00 each, with 100% of the proceeds going to Stagehand, the UK charity dedicated to helping live music crews who have fallen on tough times. “The livelihoods of people working in live music productions has been decimated by the effects of COVID-19,”...
Watch the wintery new video for Liam Gallagher’s ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’
Liam Gallagher has shared the official video for his recent single ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’ – you can watch it below. Read more: Liam Gallagher’s new song ‘All You’re Dreaming Of’ is a touching festive ballad The former Oasis frontman released the festive track late last month, and has since performed it live on The Jonathan Ross Show and as part of his Down By The River Thames live-stream. Today (December 8), Gallagher has shared the single’s wintery, black-and-white video, which was helmed by Peaky Blinders director Anthony Byrne. Advertisement The video starts with a piano playing itself as Gallagher...
Aerosmith add new UK date to European tour for 2021
Aerosmith have added a new UK date to their European tour for 2021 – check out the full schedule below. Read More: Aerosmith: The best war stories The Steven Tyler-fronted band had been due to hit the road this summer, before they were forced to postpone the shows due to the coronavirus crisis. With the previously-announced appearances in London and Machester now set to take place next June, Aerosmith have today (December 8) confirmed an additional concert for Sheffield Arena on July 2, 2021. Advertisement Tickets will go on general sale here this coming Friday (December 11) at 9am...Recent Posts
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