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THEY. join forces with Wale on new track ‘Losing Focus’
THEY. have teamed up with DC rapper Wale on their new track ‘Losing Focus’ – you can listen to it below. READ MORE: 20 essential tracks from the golden age of ’90s hip-hop The song will appear on the LA-based duo’s upcoming second album ‘The Amanda Tape’, which will arrive on October 23 via Avant Garden/Island Records. Produced by Dante Jones, ‘Losing Focus’ follows on from ‘Count Me In’, ‘All Mine’ and ‘STCU’ in previewing the project, and arrives with a vintage cassette deck-inspired lyric video. Advertisement “Keep bringin’ up all the lies that I told ya/ Got me walkin’ round...
Avenged Sevenfold using lockdown to “meticulously work on music” for new album
Avenged Sevenfold have revealed they’ve been using the coronavirus-enforced lockdown period to “meticulously work on music” for their next album. The Californian band last released a full-length record in 2016 with ‘The Stage’, and yesterday (October 7) shed some light on its long-awaited follow-up in a newsletter to fans. Read More: Avenged Sevenfold’s Download 2018 headline set – reviewed Reflecting on the “unprecedented times” we’re currently living in, Avenged Sevenfold explained that the extra downtime had taught them “a lot about the fragility of being a human being and how quickly the world in which we took for granted...
Eminem’s ‘Curtain Call: The Hits’ rejoins Billboard chart 15 years after its release
Eminem‘s compilation album ‘Curtain Call: The Hits‘ has re-entered the Billboard 200 after previously falling just shy of a 10-year run on the chart. Read more: Eminem: ‘Curtain Call – The Hits’ (2005) review ‘Curtain Call: The Hits’ debuted at Number One in 2005 – selling approximately 441,000 copies in its first week – and remained on the chart for the next nine and a half years (496 weeks). According to Billboard, the rapper’s compilation has now re-entered this week’s chart at Number 59. Advertisement The album already holds the record for the longest-running rap album in Billboard’s history,...
Listen to Clairo cover The Strokes’ ‘I’ll Try Anything Once’
Clairo has shared her rendition of The Strokes‘ ‘I’ll Try Anything Once’ – listen below. The ‘Bags’ singer, whose real name is Claire Cottrill, has covered a demo version of the ‘First Impressions Of Earth’ (2005) opener ‘You Only Live Once’, which The Strokes released as a B-side on the ‘Heart In A Cage’ single. Read more: The Big Read – Clairo: “I don’t rely on anyone else” Cottrill’s version hears her play the song as an acoustic duet with Jake Passmore of the London band SCORS. Advertisement Clairo started the year off with a couple of demos, ‘february 15,...
Megan Thee Stallion launches scholarships for female students of colour
Megan Thee Stallion has announced the ‘Don’t Stop Scholarship Fund’, a bursary awarded to two female students of colour pursuing degrees in any field. For the second year running, Megan has partnered with Rap Rotation, Amazon Music’s flagship global hip-hop brand, to award two $10,000 (£7,820) funds to a pair of students wanting to attain an associate, bachelors or postgraduate degree. Read more: Megan Thee Stallion – “I’m really working on my dynasty right now” The ‘Don’t Stop’ title of the fund is taken from Megan’s latest single of the same name, featuring Young Thug. Applicants can find out...
St. Vincent to break down ‘Savior’ in new songwriting masterclass
St. Vincent is set to present a creativity and songwriting masterclass based on her ‘Masseduction’ song ‘Savior’ – watch the trailer below. More: The Big Read – St Vincent: The MASSEDUCATION of Annie Clark Taking to Instagram today (October 8), the musician – aka Annie Clark – announced her virtual collaboration with the education platform MasterClass, in which she’ll share tips on songwriting, performance and recording. “We’re gonna take my song ‘Savior’ and walk through every step of the songwriting process,” Clark explains in the clip. Advertisement Speaking of the track’s opening line (“You dress me up in a...
Tim Burgess writes to Rishi Sunak: Other countries have “found a way” to support arts workers
Tim Burgess has written an open letter to Rishi Sunak to argue for stronger support for arts workers in Britain. The Charlatans frontman and solo artist sent a note to the Chancellor of the Exchequer today (October 8) to counter implications made by Sunak to ITV News that people working in the arts and other industries will have to look for “fresh” employment opportunities to weather the storm of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more: Retrain for another job? Loads of us already have other jobs, Rishi! In an open letter published by The Guardian, Burgess accused the Chancellor of...
Eddie Van Halen, Guitar God And Hit Songwriter, Dead At 65
Eddie Van Halen, the guitar ace whose acrobatic playing and pop-minded composition anchored the hard rock band that bore his last name for over 40 years, has died of cancer, his son and bandmate Wolfgang announced on social media today (October 6). He was 65. “I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,” the message read. “He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I’ve shared with him on and off stage was a gift. My heart...
Blackpink To Light Up The Sky (And Our Screens) In New Netflix Documentary
Last Friday (October 2), the K-pop group Blackpink released their highly anticipated, debut Korean-language LP, The Album. Its eight tracks boasted a deft mixing of genres — EDM, hip-hop, pop rock — featuring high-profile collaborations with stateside superstars Cardi B (“Bet You Wanna”) and Selena Gomez (“Ice Cream”). The project marked a major career milestone for the four girls — Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa — catapulting them into the mainstream. But the road to success wasn’t always an easy one, and that hard-won journey is captured in a new documentary, hitting Netflix later this month. On Monday (October 5), the streaming giant surprise-dropped...Recent Posts
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