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Sun Kil Moon’s Mark Kozelek “unconditionally denies” sexual assault allegations
Sun Kil Moon frontman Mark Kozelek has spoken out to “unconditionally” deny a series of sexual assault allegations made against him. Three women made claims of sexual incidents in an article published by Pitchfork last week. The publication said Kozelek had failed to respond after he was contacted for comment over a space of several months. Advertisement Discussing the allegations for the first time, Kozelek said in a statement: “It is important that I publicly and unconditionally deny that I engaged in the inappropriate and disturbing incidents falsely depicted in the media. “While I support the important work of...
TikTok user mashes up M83’s ‘Midnight City’ with Nelson Muntz’s laugh from ‘The Simpsons’
A TikTok user has mashed up M83‘s hit ‘Midnight City’ with the trademark laugh of The Simpsons character Nelson Muntz — check out the end product below. The band’s 2011 single — which gained prominence in the UK as the theme music for Made In The Chelsea — was given an unusual upgrade by Canadian TikTok user Teo Domani, who describes themselves as the “CEO of mash-ups”, earlier this week. Domani’s original creation, subtitled “I don’t know why I made this”, took audio of Nelson laughing at Bart in The Simpsons Movie, pitched it up and then applied it...
‘Tiger King”s Carole Baskin hits back at Cardi B for claiming she killed her own husband
Tiger King‘s Carole Baskin has responded to Cardi B again after she initially criticised the use of big cats in latter’s video for ‘WAP’. Baskin, who rose to fame on the Netflix show, criticised the rapper for using the animals in her recent video alongside Megan Thee Stallion. While it is unclear if the animals were real or the result of CGI, Baskin speculated the video had made use of “one of the big cat pimps, who makes a living from beating, shocking and starving cats to make them stand on cue in front of a green screen in...
The Cribs thank fans for support after revealing they were “seriously questioning our future as a band”
The Cribs have thanked their fans for their continued support in a message which also reveals that they were “seriously questioning our future as a band” late last year. The Wakefield three-piece announced their return last week by sharing their new single ‘Running Into You’, taken from their forthcoming new album ‘Night Network’. The LP, which is out on November 13, is the Cribs’ first new album since August 2017’s ’24-7 Rock Star Shit’. Writing to fans on their social media this morning (August 18) about their return, The Cribs said they “wanted to send a message to try...
Pom Poko announce second album ‘Cheater’ and share first single ‘Andrew’
Pom Poko have debuted their new single ‘Andrew’, the first track to arrive from their anticipated second album ‘Cheater’. Check out the track out first on NME. The new record from the Norwegian group follows 2019’s ‘Birthday’, with the first single providing a glimpse of the band’s spikier new direction. Describing ‘Andrew’, the band said: “’Andrew’ is a cool example of how our collective songwriting process allows us come up with stuff we’d never be able to come up with if we were just writing individually. Advertisement “The song started with an idea Ola had for some...
Bruce Springsteen debuts new ‘The Rising’ video during Democratic National Convention
Bruce Springsteen has used his seminal track ‘The Rising’ to soundtrack a new advert supporting Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. The clip debuted during the first night of the Democratic National Convention yesterday (August 17), and features stirring images of health care workers, empty US streets and everyday people wearing masks to reflect the coronavirus pandemic. It then goes on to draw a parallel between the pandemic and the pain of 9/11 – which initially inspired Springsteen to write the 2002 song. Advertisement Springsteen and his wife Patty Scialfa are also seen briefly in the clip, which ends with footage...
London’s Clapham Grand pressing ahead with socially distanced gig plans, says venue boss
The boss of the London venue The Clapham Grand has said that they are going ahead with plans to hold more socially distanced gigs in the near future. The south London venue hosted Frank Turner for a government-backed trial show last month, although manager Ally Wolf later admitted that the pilot “did not succeed” in providing a blueprint for the return of live music in the coronavirus era. Read more: “It’s a moment in history” — on the scene at the first Government-backed socially distanced gig Despite that bleak outlook, Wolf has now said that the Clapham Grand is...
Kanye West wants to make “a Christian-monitored” version of TikTok
Kanye West has said that he wants to work with TikTok to build a “Christian-monitored” version of the social media platform. Posting on Twitter yesterday (August 17), West said that “a vision” came to him after watching his daughter playing on TikTok. Dubbing his idea “Jesus Tok”, the rapper and producer wrote: “I was watching Tik Tok with my daughter and as a Christian father I was disturbed by a lot of the content but I completely loved the technology. Advertisement “We pray we can collaborate with TikTok to make a Christian-monitored version that feels safe for young children...
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘WAP’ achieves record first-week streams
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s collaboration ‘WAP’ has broken the US record for the most first-week streams for a song. The track was confirmed as being the new US number one on the Hot 100 by Billboard yesterday (August 17), earning Cardi her fourth US number one single and Megan her second. Read more: How Cardi B squashed the concept of the female rap beef ‘WAP’ drew 93 million US streams in the week ending August 13, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data — the most for any track ever in its first week of release, surpassing Ariana Grande’s...Recent Posts
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