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Pop Smoke’s family detail Shoot for the Stars Foundation
The family of Pop Smoke, aka Bashar Jackson, have detailed the Shoot for the Stars foundation set up by the rapper before his passing. The foundation will be led by Jackson’s mother and aims to provide technology and other means to “help urban youth everywhere turn their pain into champagne”. Read More: Pay Tribute to the late, great Pop Smoke with his 10 best tracks “As traveled around the city, he realized that the technology he had access to during his school years was not the norm for urban schools,” Pop Smoke’s mother Ms. Jackson said. Advertisement “It was...
Tash Sultana releases cover of ‘The Last Of Us Part II’ song ‘Through The Valley’
PlayStation Australia has picked Tash Sultana to perform a rendition of ‘Through The Valley’, the song taken from highly anticipated game The Last Of Us Part II, which has launched today (June 19). READ MORE: Tash Sultana: “I have always had a plan, like A, B, C, D, all the way through” The song originally premiered with the reveal trailer for the highly anticipated The Last Of Us sequel way back in 2016, and subsequently went viral. “This is the first time I’ve done a collab like this,” Sultana said in a press statement. Advertisement “Usually it’s kinda just like writing...
Deftones invite fans to join them for ‘White Pony’ 20th anniversary listening party
Deftones are readying themselves for the 20th anniversary of their celebrated album ‘White Pony’ with a global virtual listening party. Fans can join the event hosted on Deftones’ YouTube channel on Monday (June 22) at different times depending on where they’re tuning in from. The Californian band’s third record was released on June 20, 2000. Album track ‘Elite’ secured the band a Grammy for Best Metal Performance at the 43rd awards. View this post on Instagram As its 20 year anniversary approaches, we invite you to our #WhitePony global listening party – taking place Monday, June 22, on our...
Alanis Morissette shares revised ‘Jagged Little Pill’ tour dates and details of 25th anniversary album reissue
Alanis Morissette has announced rescheduled tour dates for her ‘Jagged Little Pill’ anniversary tour as well as details of a deluxe reissue and a 1997 concert film screening. As is the case with countless musicians worldwide, Morissette was forced to postpone some of her upcoming shows due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the Canadian singer has shared the details of her rescheduled North American tour set to celebrate 25 years of her classic album 1995 album ‘Jagged Little Pill’. Read more: In Defence Of Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’ The North American tour is now set to run between...
Björk’s entire back catalogue now available on Bandcamp proceeds to go to Black Lives Matter
Björk‘s entire back catalogue has now been made available to stream and purchase on Bandcamp. Read more: Björk’s ‘Cornucopia’ live in London: an audacious, expectation-disrupting spectacular from an artist unbothered with people-pleasing The Icelandic artist’s extensive solo discography features nine albums total, including her classic 1993 ‘Debut’ record, 1995’s ‘Post’, 1997’s ‘Homogenic’, and 2001’s ‘Vespertine’. Other albums added to the Bandcamp website include ‘Vulnicura’ from 2015 and her last album, 2017’s ‘Utopia’. Advertisement Fans can purchase Björk’s albums on vinyl, CD, and cassette as well as in digital form. Proceeds from all sales made today (June 18) through tomorrow (June 19)...
Anderson .Paak to share new single ‘Lockdown’ on Juneteenth
Anderson .Paak has announced he’s releasing a new single tomorrow (June 19) titled ‘Lockdown’. Read more: Anderson .Paak live in Birmingham: a performance masterclass and a moving tribute to Mac Miller The Aftermath musician took to Instagram earlier today (June 18) to share two pieces of artwork along with the caption: “Dropping Juneteenth #LockDown.” In the first of the two images, .Paak is seen sporting a face mask while holding a sign that reads, “The people are rising.” It also features a list of names of people killed at the hands of the police, including George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks,...
Bad Rabbits share powerful new video for previously released ‘WWYD’
Bad Rabbits have shared a powerful new video for their 2016 track ‘WWYD’ – you can watch it below. Originally featured on the band’s second album, ‘American Nightmare’, the song talks about police brutality and the injustices suffered by the black community, asking questions like “What would you do when triggers are pulled before questions are asked?” It comes following the death of George Floyd, an African-American man, who was killed when a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes as he lay on the ground during an arrest. Mass protests calling out racism have since taken...
Watch Creeper’s brooding new animated video for single ‘Be My End’
Creeper have released an animated video to accompany their new single, ‘Be My End’ – watch it below. Read more: Creeper live in London: The resurrection of Britain’s most exciting punk band Taken from the band’s forthcoming new album ‘Sex, Death & The Infinite Void’, the new single follows the release of ‘Born Cold’ and ‘All My Friends’. “‘Be My End’ is the opening song on our new album ‘Sex, Death & The Infinite Void’,” explained frontman Will Gould. “Thematically it introduces the ‘apocalyptic romance’ that the album deals in.” Advertisement Directed by Marco Pavone, whose credits include Dua Lipa, the...
Liz Phair records song using Twitter’s new audio tweet feature listen
Liz Phair has jumped straight into using Twitter’s new audio tweet tool by recording a song. The unnamed track was posted by the singer-songwriter yesterday (June 17), which contains lyrics about how impressed Phair is by the new feature. “Twitter’s a smart cookie/ ‘Cus it’s got me hooked already/ I think I’m playing hookie/ I think I’ll probably go back to work after this verse“, Phair sings over acoustic guitar in a seemingly improvised performance. Advertisement Elsewhere in the track Phair laments that the tool is a distraction from her work. “I like it a lot/ I think I’ll...Recent Posts
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