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Phoenix tease their new album is coming soon: “Done in the studio”
Phoenix have teased that fans won’t have to wait much longer for their next album, revealing that they are now “done in the studio” and have “new music coming”. READ MORE: 20 albums to get excited about in 2022 The French band, who returned recently with the song ‘Alpha Zulu’, have been working on their seventh album. It will be the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Ti Amo’ and has been described by the group as a “weird Frankenstein of an album”. According to a press release, ‘Alpha Zulu’ foreshadows the sound of Phoenix’s upcoming album, hinting at “bold new sonic horizons.”...
Beck announces intimate solo acoustic show at London’s Lafayette
Beck has shared details of an intimate solo acoustic show at London’s Lafayette next week. READ MORE: Beck – “Was the ’90s a golden time for rock music? It was more like tarnished brass” The Grammy award-winning artist will take to the stage at Lafayette in King’s Cross, London on Tuesday (September 6). Tickets go on sale at 9am local time tomorrow (August 31), with more information on where to purchase them expected to come in due course. “#London – see you next week”, Beck wrote on his Instagram alongside the ticket release date and a picture of him...
‘Terminator 2′ star Robert Patrick tried to get Nine Inch Nails on soundtrack instead of Guns N’ Roses
Terminator 2: Judgement Day actor Robert Patrick has spoken about the time he tried to get a Nine Inch Nails song on the 1991 film’s soundtrack instead of one by Guns N’ Roses. READ MORE: From the archives – 61 of the greatest film soundtracks ever In a new interview, Patrick revealed that it was lead star Arnold Schwarzenegger (the Terminator) who ultimately rejected the suggestion he’d put to director James Cameron. Instead, Guns N’ Roses soundtracked the sequel with an original song, ‘You Could Be Mine’. Patrick told The Guardian that his younger brother [Richard Patrick of the...
Music industry warns UK music studios could close without energy bills support
Figures from the UK music industry have warned that without support to combat rising energy bills, music studios, venues and other businesses could face closure. The government has committed to helping domestic households with rising energy bills, which are expected to soar by as much as 80 per cent in October with an updated price cap, however no price cap has been introduced for businesses in the music, leisure and hospitality sectors. Some music venues have reported their bills rising by between 300 and 740 per cent, according to Music Week, raising costs of running the spaces by tens...
Yungblud samples The Cure’s ‘Close To Me’ on buoyant new song ‘Tissues’
Yungblud has sampled The Cure‘s ‘Close To Me’ on ‘Tissues’, the latest cut from his self-titled album arriving this Friday (September 2). READ MORE: Yungblud – “This album is about reclaiming my name and humanising the caricature” The singer-songwriter, who grew up listening to the influential British band, has spoken about how the sample came about, including convincing singer Robert Smith to allow it. It’s the latest song shared from his third album ‘Yungblud‘, following ‘The Funeral‘, ‘Memories‘ and ‘Don’t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today‘. Advertisement Yungblud (real name Dominic Harrison) explained to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1...
Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer says producer Rick Rubin was a “hindrance”
Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer has opened up about the band’s producer Rick Rubin, saying he was “more a hindrance than help” on their 2011 album. READ MORE: Red Hot Chili Peppers – “We feel fresh, like a new band” Klinghoffer was asked in a new interview to reflect on the two albums he made with the Chili Peppers – 2011’s ‘I’m With You‘ and 2016’s ‘The Getaway’, the former of which the interviewer called one of the band’s “best records” – when he addressed Rubin’s work. “I feel like this could be a long answer. Perhaps...
The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz is suing the FBI
The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz is suing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to obtain any records that the organisation has on the band and its members. In 1967 an FBI informant attended a concert on the band’s first tour in the US and filed a report that claimed the concert featured “subliminal messages depicted on the screen which, in the opinion of constituted ‘left wing intervention of a political nature’”. The report continued to describe the messages as showing “riots in Berkley, anti-US messages on the war in Vietnam, racial riots in Selma, Alabama, and similar messages...
My Chemical Romance’s ‘The Mad Gear And Missile Kid’ EP released on streaming
My Chemical Romance’s ‘The Mad Gear And Missile Kid’ EP has finally been made available on streaming, 12 years after it was first released. READ MORE: My Chemical Romance live in Cornwall: giddy rock’n’roll from returning emo heroes The three-track record was originally released in 2010 as the soundtrack for the fictional Killjoys who inhabit the cartoonish, post-apocalyptic world of My Chemical Romance’s ‘Danger Days’. Now ‘F.T.W.W.W.’, ‘Mastas Of Ravenkroft’ and ‘Black Dragon Fighting Society’ are available to listen on streaming services. Advertisement Announcing the news, My Chemical Romance’s Frank Iero said: “Originally released back in 2010 as part...
Police issue statements after reports of “disorder and tent-burning” at Reading & Leeds
Police have responded to claims of “disorder and tent-burning” at both Reading & Leeds festival sites over the weekend. Over the Bank Holiday weekend, tens of thousands of music fans flocked to Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds to see performances from the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Megan Thee Stallion, The 1975, Bring Me The Horizon, Halsey, Dave and many more. Footage from both sites was shared on social media showing tent-burning across both sites, with other reports of objects being thrown and other incidents of disorder. This is next to my tent. Another 3...Recent Posts
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