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Foals announce intimate 2023 UK tour dates
Foals have announced details of an intimate UK tour for the start of 2023 – check out the full itinerary below. The band are set to release their new album ‘Life Is Yours’ next week (June 17) and recently finished up a huge UK tour throughout April and May. READ MORE: Foals live in London: arena-ready anthems from one of the UK’s greatest live bands Next January, they will play a week of small gigs across the UK in association with local record shops, finishing up with a hometown gig in Oxford at the O2 Academy. Advertisement Tickets for...
Soccer Mommy shares spiraling “magic” single, ‘Newdemo’
Soccer Mommy has released ‘Newdemo’, the latest single from her upcoming album. Hear the track and watch the video below. READ MORE: Soccer Mommy – ‘Color Theory’: a deeply moving account of personal pain set to warm lo-fi pop ‘Newdemo’ is the most recent teaser from Sophie Allen’s yet-to-be released record ‘Sometimes Forever’ which is set to drop June 24. The “magic” synth-laced track follows previously released singles from the album, ‘Bones‘, ‘Shotgun’, and ‘Unholy Affliction‘. Her third album to date follows 2020’s Grammy-nominated ‘Color Theory’. View the album artwork and tracklisting below. “I didn’t want to make something...
Kelly Clarkson shares studio version of Radiohead’s ‘Fake Plastic Trees’
Kelly Clarkson has shared a full, studio version of her cover of Radiohead’s ‘Fake Plastic Trees’ as she releases her ‘Kellyoke’ EP. The record, which also features covers of The Weeknd and Billie Eilish, was inspired by the opening segment of her daily chat show, where Clarkson sings a reworked version of a hit song. Clarkson has previously covered Sharon Van Etten’s ‘The End Of The World’, Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind’, and My Chemical Romance’s ‘Welcome To The Black Parade’ among others for the segment, notably delivering a moving cover of George Michael’s ‘Faith’ in a pre-recorded video when she was not...
Swedish House Mafia and IKEA share first products from collaboration
Swedish House Mafia and IKEA have shared details of the first products from their joint collaboration. READ MORE: Swedish House Mafia: “Dance music is freedom – that’s our language” Last year, it was announced that the band had teamed up with Swedish furniture brand for a collection of products including a chair for music production, a record player and an armchair. The collection is called OBEGRÄNSAD, the Swedish word for “unlimited”, and as a press release says, “the name hints at the target group of the collection: those with limited budget, but unlimited creativity. Advertisement “With the OBEGRÄNSAD collection,...
Watch the video for Queen Kwong’s ‘Without You, Whatever’
Queen Kwong has released the video for new track ‘Without You, Whatever’ taken from upcoming album ‘Couples Only’ – check it out below. The song is described as the only pop song Queen Kwong has ever released while the video features Blood Red Shoes’ Laura-Mary Carter, who also provides backing vocals across the record and co-hosts the Never Meet Your Idols podcast alongside Queen Kwong. “We filmed it the first two days of my trip, so I was really jet-lagged and felt delirious, but that added to the wackiness of the video,” said Queen Kwong’s Carré Kwong Callaway. “We...
Grammys announce new awards for 2023 including Songwriter Of The Year
The Recording Academy have announced details of brand new Grammy Awards for the 2023 ceremony. READ MORE: Ukraine, Billie Eilish, Louis CK: the biggest talking points from the Grammy Awards 2022 The new categories include Songwriter Of The Year (Non-Classical), Best Alternative Music Performance, Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games and Other Interactive Media, while a Special Merit Award will be handed out for Best Song For Social Change. “We’re so excited to honour these diverse communities of music creators through the newly established awards and amendments, and to continue cultivating an environment that inspires change, progress and collaboration,” Academy...
Watch Guns N’ Roses cover AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’ for the first time ever
Guns N’ Roses performed AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’ for the first time ever at a concert in Spain. READ MORE: Guns N’ Roses – Rank the albums The band were performing at Estadio Benito Villamarin when they debuted their cover of the classic track earlier this week. You can view the performance below. It was the second concert of their current European/UK tour which kicked off in Portugal last weekend. Advertisement During that show at at the Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras they also covered AC/DC’s ‘Walk All Over You’. During their concert in Spain the band also performed...
The Grammys Unveil Five New Categories, Including One To Honor Songwriters
The Recording Academy announced Thursday (June 9) several brand-new Grammy categories: Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical; Best Alternative Music Performance; Best Americana Music Performance; Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games And Other Interactive Media; Best Spoken Word Poetry Album; and the special merit award for Best Song for Social Change. All categories will go into effect in next year’s 2023 ceremony. “We’re so excited to honor these diverse communities of music creators through the newly established awards and amendments, and to continue cultivating an environment that inspires change, progress and collaboration,” Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said in...
WINNER are gearing up to release their first album in two years
WINNER are currently preparing to release their first album in over two years. READ MORE: ENHYPEN on their musical duality: “If there is light, there’s got to be a shadow” Yesterday, South Korean news outlet Newsen reported that the quartet are working on a new album with the goal of releasing it in July 2022. The report was later confirmed by the boyband’s label, YG Entertainment in a statement to Top Star News. “It’s true that WINNER are filming their music video,” said YG Entertainment, as translated by Soompi. However, the agency have yet to provide further details regarding an exact...Recent Posts
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