Taylor Swift has addressed her songwriting pseudonym in a new artist-on-artist interview with Paul McCartney. Read more: Taylor Swift – ‘Folklore’ review: pop superstar undergoes an extraordinary indie-folk makeover The pop star, who this week chatted to The Beatles legend for Rolling Stone, said “nobody knew for a while” about her co-write on Calvin Harris‘ (feat. Rihanna) 2016 song ‘This Is What You Came For’. She disguised herself under the name Nils Sjöberg. “I wrote under the name Nils Sjöberg because those are two of the most popular names of Swedish males,” Swift told McCartney. “I wrote this song...
Kesha is set to launch a new podcast about “supernatural experiences”, titled Kesha And The Creepies. The pop star will release the first episode of the new series next Friday (November 20) via iHeartMedia’s podcast network. Read more: The Big Read – Kesha: “I made this record because it made my heart happy” Kesha will be joined on the first installment by special guest Alice Cooper, while the whole season will see her talk to a variety of guests about “their supernatural experiences, the occult, unexplained mysteries, urban legends, psychedelic art, spirituality, astrology, and much more”. Advertisement Trippie Redd,...
Marina has announced the release of a new song, ‘Man’s World’, on Wednesday (November 18). Read more: Marina – ‘Love + Fear’ review The Welsh-Greek singer, whose last album ‘Love + Fear’ was released in two parts last year, is expected to return in the coming months with her fifth album (her second since she shed the ‘And The Diamonds’ part of her moniker). ‘Man’s World’ is the first taste of what’s to come from the musician’s next work. Marina posted what appears to be the ‘Man’s World’ single artwork on her social channels earlier today (November 13). She...
The sons of members from Stone Temple Pilots, Guns N’ Roses and Metallica have formed a new psychedelic hard rock band. Suspect208 features the sons of late Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland, Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, and Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo. Today (November 13) the group group released their debut single ‘Long Awaited’. Advertisement Noah Weiland takes up lead vocals, Tye Trujillo plays bass, and London Hudson (son of Slash) plays drums. The band is completed by guitarist Niko Tsangaris, who is also in the band Classless Act with Hudson. As Consequence Of Sound notes, Noah and...
The Notwist have announced’ Vertigo Days’, their first album since 2014, and with the news have shared lead single ‘Where You Find Me’. The German band’s new record is released by Morr Music on January 29, 2021, which fans can pre-order now. Lead single ‘Where You Find Me’ is the fourth track to be shared following ‘Ship’, ‘Oh Sweet Fire’ (with Ben LaMar Gay), and ‘Loose Ends’. "VERTIGO DAYS", our new album will be released Jan. 29th, 2021 via @morrmusic feat. @angeltheoracle , @majikickn , @soyjuanamolina , Ben Lamar Gay, Zayaendo. Photos by #LiekoShigaPre Order CD LP & Ltd....
Smashing Pumpkins have shared an eerie new video for the recently shared song ‘Wyttch’ – scroll down the page to watch it now. Read more: From Paul McCartney to Smashing Pumpkins, 2020 is crying out for sequel albums The track was released alongside fellow single ‘Ramona’ last month (October 30) and is set to feature on the band’s forthcoming double album ‘Cyr’. Directed by Charlotte Kemp-Muhl, the clip features occultist imagery, skulls, horned women and frontman Billy Corgan bearing a staff. Advertisement ‘Cyr’ is released on November 27 and was produced by Corgan. It features three quarters of the band’s...
Miley Cyrus has revealed the tracklist for her seventh album, ‘Plastic Hearts‘, which features collaborations with Dua Lipa, Billy Idol and Joan Jett. Read more: Miley Cyrus – her best rock cover songs, from Blondie to Nine Inch Nails The singer posted a promotional image of herself for the new album – out November 27 via RCA – with the tracklist scrawled in pink ink. Absent from the listing are her recent rock covers including Blondie’s ‘Heart Of Glass’ and The Cranberries’ ‘Zombie’, which were originally reported to be part of the new record. View this post on Instagram...
The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel has given a fresh update on the progress of his band’s next album in a new interview. Granduciel is currently working on the follow-up to 2017’s ‘A Deeper Understanding’ in LA, where he has been writing and recording the LP in a studio in Van Nuys. Speaking to Stereogum, The War On Drugs bandleader said that the coronavirus pandemic had reset his thinking about the album’s progress, explaining: “In March I would’ve told you it was 80% done, and now looking back it was actually 40% done. Advertisement “Some songs have been reimagined...
System Of A Down say they have received death threats over their public support of Armenia and the disputed region of Artsakh. The four-piece announced their return earlier this month with ‘Protect The Land’ and ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’, their first new material in 15 years, to raise money for the Armenia Fund following the recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Artsakh. READ MORE: System Of A Down’s new anthems of rebellion are arena-ready calls for justice After revealing that they have raised over $600,000 (£454,000) for the Armenia Fund through streams and downloads of the two new songs, the band shared...
Machine Gun Kelly has shared a new collaboration with Tommy Lee, 24kGoldn and more. The track originated on the horror musical podcast Halloween In Hell. READ MORE: Machine Gun Kelly: “I’ve been jumping up and down on the table, believing in myself, for-fucking-ever” The song, called ‘Climb’, featured in the final episode of the podcast, and also features Dana Dentata, Iann Dior and Phem. Advertisement “Jared Gutstadt (CEO of Audio Up Media) came to me with the whole vision and script,” Kelly said of how the project came together. “I just lent my voice. It’s sick to hear a...