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Ty Dolla $ign declares Eminem “the greatest rapper of all time”
Ty Dolla $ign has hailed Eminem “the greatest rapper of all time”. Read more: Ty Dolla $ign – ‘Featuring Ty Dolla $ign’ review: a self-referential opus from a star with serious clout The LA musician declared Slim Shady the GOAT while making his bid for a collaboration. “I have not done a song with Eminem yet,” Ty Dolla told Hot Freestyle on Wednesday (December 2). “Which I would love to. He’s the GOAT for sure. Advertisement “I always said like the only rapper that I think is better than Eminem is Slim Shady. So yeah it will happen for...
Belle & Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch says the “door’s open” for Anitta collaboration
Belle & Sebastian‘s Stuart Murdoch has said the “door’s open” for a collaboration with Anitta. Read more: Meet Anitta, the Brazilian pop megastar: “the music world underestimates powerful women like me” Speaking in a new interview with NME, Murdoch talked about having famous fans as well as the Brazilian pop megastar’s interest in working with the band. “The door’s open,” Murdoch said of the potential collaboration with Anitta. “If we could do something with Anitta, we will. Now we’ve got our studio going, it’s nice to feel we can accommodate other singers and voices.” Advertisement He added: “People maybe wouldn’t think...
Slash names new Gibson “Victoria” guitar after person who stole his old ones
Slash has revealed that he’s named his new “Victoria” Les Paul Standard Goldtop after the thief who stole his guitars. Read more: Guns N’ Roses – Rank the albums The Guns N’ Roses guitarist unveiled the latest instrument in his ongoing collection with Gibson earlier this week (December 1) but omitted an interesting detail from the initial announcement. Slash explained to Consequence Of Sound that he was hoping to release a gold-top guitar following the launch of several colour-topped Les Paul Standards. Advertisement He then went on to explain why he was so keen for a gold version. “Back...
Listen to The Hu’s Mongolian cover of Metallica’s ‘Sad But True’
The Hu have shared a cover of Metallica‘s ‘Sad But True’ in Mongolian – listen below. READ MORE: Lars Ulrich talks creativity in lockdown and new Metallica material The Hu’s cover of ‘Sad But True’ hears them use traditional Mongolian instrumentation along with their signature style of throat singing. The same distorted guitar melody from the original song helps drive the song forward, but the folk rock band sing the lyrics in their native language of Mongolian. ‘Sad But True’ was originally released in February 1993 and appeared on Metallica’s eponymous fifth album. The track has 142 million streams...
Placebo are donating Brian Molko’s guitar to raise funds for struggling live crew
Placebo are helping stage crew charity Stagehand’s #ILoveLive initiative by donating one of frontman Brian Molko’s guitars to a prize draw. Read more: Musicians and road crew see rise in depression and anxiety – but help is at hand A single entry costs £5, and participants can enter the draw multiple times from today (December 4) until December 17. The lucky winner will get their hands on Molko’s signed 1972 Fender Disgustang guitar. Stagehand’s fundraising campaign comes as many freelance sound engineers, lighting technicians and tour managers continue to fall through the cracks in receive financial aid from the UK...
Listen to Iggy Pop’s French language cover of Elvis Costello’s ‘No Flag’
Iggy Pop has covered an Elvis Costello song taken from the musician’s latest album, ‘Hey Clockface’. Read more: The Big Read – Iggy Pop: “Punk has to have a sense of hopelessness about it” ‘No Flag’, which is the second track from Costello’s album that was released in October, has been re-versioned largely in French by the punk legend. Costello said in a recent Musician on Musicians interview with Iggy for Rolling Stone that the original ‘No Flag’ was a nod to Iggy And The Stooges’ 1969 classic ‘No Fun’. Advertisement The artist told Pop he was surprised no...
Bastille surprise fans with new ‘Goosebumps’ EP
Bastille have surprised their fans with a new EP called ‘Goosebumps’ – listen to it below. Read more: Inside ‘Still Avoiding Tomorrow’, Bastille’s captivating immersive theatrical experience and ‘Doom Days’ celebration Coming off the heels of recent tracks ‘Survivin” and ‘What You Gonna Do???’ featuring Graham Coxon, the band’s new project is accompanied by the release of its title track with Kenny Beats. “We wanted to make a throwback R&B song and something a bit more playful,” Bastille frontman Dan Smith said of the band’s new song. “We had a lot of fun writing and recording it, initially on...
Nadine Shah on “paltry” streaming revenue for musicians: “I temporarily had to move back in with my parents”
Nadine Shah has criticised streaming services for lining the pockets of “superstars and super record labels” while smaller acts are left to rely more on income from live shows. The musician has written an article in which she expressed dismay at music streaming business models, specifically how “market share” favours the world’s biggest acts. READ MORE: Mark, My Words: will bots ruin the new age of the streaming superfan? In a piece for The Guardian published earlier this week (December 2) the Mercury Music Prize-nominated singer stressed that the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused a near-total shutdown of the...
DW Drums unveil limited edition Dave Grohl snare drum
DW Drums has produced a new snare drum that is adorned with a silhouette of Dave Grohl. The design, made for the drum manufacturer’s ICON series, pays homage to the legendary Nirvana sticksman and subsequent Foo Fighters frontman. “I’d like to thank everybody at DW, as this is something that blows my mind,” Grohl said in a press statement. “I’ve never had my own snare drum before, and this is pretty beautiful.” Advertisement Grohl also posted a clip showing off the snare and thanking DW – watch below: Only 250 of the limited edition snare will be produced. The...Recent Posts
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