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Listen to the first songs from Clairo’s new band Shelly
Clairo has shared the first two songs from her new band Shelly – scroll down the page listen to them below now. The new project features the solo artist, Phoebe Bridgers’ new signing Claud, and their friends Josh Mehling and Noa Frances Getzug. Read more: The Big Read – Clairo: “I don’t rely on anyone else” “My best friends and I made a band and put out an A/B side – ‘Steeeam’ and ‘Natural’,” Clairo wrote on Instagram. “We created everything during quarantine in LA, Chicago, Houston and Atlanta. Hope you check it & enjoy.” View this post on...
AC/DC amp up excitement for new album ‘Power Up’ with devilish ‘Demon Fire’ trailer
AC/DC have shared a new trailer ahead of the release of their new album ‘Power Up’ next month. The band’s 17th studio album sees them reunite with frontman Brian Johnson, who temporarily left the line-up in 2016 due to hearing loss, and is their first release since the death of co-founder Malcolm Young. Read more: AC/DC on their explosive comeback record ‘Power Up’: “This album is for Malcolm” ‘Power Up’ will be released on November 13 and the legendary group have teased its arrival with a trailer featuring a clip of the song ‘Demon Fire’, which will appear on...
Bakar unveils lovestruck new single, ‘1st Time’
Bakar has shared his first new song of the year – listen to ‘1st Time’ below. The London singer-songwriter’s new single is a peppy indie cut that celebrates finding the one. “You are, you are / What I’ve been waiting my whole life for“, he sings in one verse. Advertisement ‘1st Time’ is produced by Bakar and Zach Nahome. It’s accompanied by a video directed by Hector Dockrill, who’s worked with Jorja Smith, Ray BLK, Ghetts, Skepta and Jordan Max. A press release states that Bakar has been experimenting with living his life detached from social media. “He hasn’t...
Taylor Swift lets her music be used in political advert for first time
Taylor Swift has given permission for her music to be used in a political advert for the first time. Californian Congressman Eric Swalwell has soundtracked a new commercial with one of Swift’s songs, urging people to vote for the Democratic Party. Read more: Every Taylor Swift song ranked in order of greatness ‘Only The Young’ plays over footage of protests, police brutality, wildfires and Donald Trump swearing in new Supreme Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett. The ad also shows Democratic candidate Joe Biden comforting a young boy and old footage of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Advertisement “Up there’s the...
Tegan And Sara share euphoric new song ‘Make You Mine This Season’
Tegan And Sara have posted their first song of 2020, ‘Make You Mine This Season’, which features on the Happiest Season original soundtrack Read more: “We’re more traditional siblings than people imagine” – Tegan and Sara on their revealing new memoir High School The film by Clea DuVall has music by Sia, Bebe Rexha, Anne-Marie, Brandy Clark, Carlie Hanson, Shea Diamond, and Jake Wesley Rogers and more. Listen to Tegan And Sara’s contribution below. Advertisement Happiest Season arrives on Hulu in the US on November 25, with the soundtrack (executive produced by Justin Tranter) preceding it on November 6....
Maya Hawke to star in ‘Revolver’ with Ethan Hawke as a teen on mission to bed George Harrison
Ethan and Maya Hawke will both star in a film in which Maya will portray a teen who’s determined to lose her virginity to George Harrison. Revolver, which is being helmed by Finding Nemo co-director Andrew Stanton, will see Ethan and Maya portray father and daughter in the ’60s-set romantic comedy. Read more: Stranger Things star Maya Hawke – “I’m a showboat and a ridiculous clown” Variety reports that Maya will play Jane, a teenager resident of Anchorage, Alaska. The film is set in 1966 when a flight to Japan carrying The Beatles is forced to make an unexpected...
James Broad of Silver Sun has died
James Broad, the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of British band Silver Sun, has died. The news was posted on Broad’s Twitter account today (October 30). He was undergoing chemotherapy for terminal cancer. “We’re sad to announce that James died peacefully earlier this week with Lu by his side,” the tweet read. “He’ll be missed by us all.” We’re sad to announce that James died peacefully earlier this week with Lu by his side. He’ll be missed by us all. — James Broad (@lordmelbury2) October 30, 2020 Advertisement Broad formed the powerpop band with Richard Buckton, Paul Smith and...
Tom Morello pays tribute to Eddie Van Halen on new song ‘Secretariat’
Tom Morello has dedicated ‘Secretariat’, a new song of his EP ‘Comandante’ to Eddie Van Halen. The instrumental song, which is the centrepiece of the Rage Against The Machine guitarist’s new record, features a typically complex and accomplished guitar playing style in the vein of the late axeman who died earlier this month from cancer. Morello said after his passing that he was “our generation’s Mozart”. Advertisement Also on the five-song EP, Morello faces Slash in a guitar battle called ‘Interstate 80’. Morello also offers up his take on Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Voodoo Child’. Read more: The roots of… Rage...
Kanye West looks to a “better America” in open letter to the future
Kanye West has shared an open letter looking to the future of a “better America” as he continues his bid for US President. The star’s only chance of taking office in the White House in 2020 is if he is voted in by a substantial write-in campaign after he was removed from the ballot in several states. Read more: Kanye West on The Joe Rogan Experience: the big talking points, from coronavirus to running for President in 2024 West’s latest ad appeared across two pages in the New York Times today (October 30) and has now been posted on the...Recent Posts
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