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Avril Lavigne reflects on early career: “I didn’t want to be all bubblegum pop”
Avril Lavigne has reflected on her early career in a new interview and has spoken of the challenges of going against the pop norms of the day. READ MORE: Avril Lavigne – ‘Love Sux’ review: a modern update on early ’00s pop-punk Speaking to The Guardian, Lavigne discussed being a grungy, alternative musician in an early noughties landscape where “bubblegum pop” dominated. “I was getting out of high school and I just wanted to rock out,” Lavigne told the publication. “I want loud guitars, I want live drums … I want to write about the crazy stuff, the insane emotions,...
Listen to Beth Orton’s soaring new single, ‘Weather Alive’
Beth Orton has released a new single today (May 31) called ‘Weather Alive’ – check it out below. It’s the title track from her new album, which is released on September 23 via Partisan Records – her first for the label. You can pre-order it here. A statement about the new album describes it as “a record that collates memories and experiences spanning a lifetime, with stories that touch on struggles, on healing and of beauty.” Advertisement Collaborators on the album include The Smile’s drummer Tom Skinner, Mancunian jazz star Alabaster dePlume, multi-instrumentalist/composed Shahzad Ismaily, and The Invisible’s bassist Tom...
Kanye West features on new track from Vory, ‘Daylight’
Kanye West has teamed up with Vory on his new track, ‘Daylight’ – listen to it below. READ MORE: Divorce, Drake disses and problematic features: 10 talking points from Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ Vory featured as a guest on West’s last two albums, ‘Donda’ and ‘Donda 2’. The new track ‘Daylight’ will feature on Vory’s upcoming album, ‘Lost Souls’, which is released this Friday (June 3) via Dream Chasers/Universal Music Group. West produced the track alongside collaborators 88-Keys, Ojivolta, and Ratatat’s Evan Mast, aka E*vax. The song was mixed by Mike Dean. Advertisement Vory and West last worked together on ‘Donda 2′ track ‘Lord Lift...
Haçienda co-founder says club was nearly founded in a Castlefield warehouse
Alan Erasmus, co-founder of The Haçienda, has revealed that the iconic superclub was almost located in a warehouse in Manchester’s Castlefield area, rather than its now famous site. The club was started in 1982 by Erasmus and his Factory Records colleagues Tony Wilson, Rob Gretton, Martin Hannett and Peter Saville, and funded largely by the label and the band New Order. It was located in a former yacht builder’s shop on Whitworth Street West until its closure in 1997. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News to mark the club’s fortieth anniversary, Erasmus – who was already running The Russell Club in Hulme...
Lil Uzi Vert says Jack Harlow “doesn’t have white privilege”
Lil Uzi Vert has said that Jack Harlow “doesn’t have white privilege”, after question marks surfaced around Harlow’s chart success in the face of some poor reviews of his new album. READ MORE: Jack Harlow – ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You’ review: storytelling charm and filler tracks Harlow’s ‘Come Home The Kids Miss You‘, which was released earlier this month, has in general received average or poor ratings by critics despite debuting at Number Three on the Billboard 200 chart. It peaked at Number Three in the UK. As suggested by TMZ, which filmed a short...
London’s 12 Bar to reopen under new name alongside another new central London venue
London’s 12 Bar Club is reopening under a new name, The Lower Third, alongside the launch of the Outernet’s new 2,000-capacity live events venue called HERE this summer. READ MORE: Independent Venue Week 2022: “Now more than ever, small venues need to be shouted about” The landmark venue on Denmark Street, which closed for redevelopment in 2015, was renowned for hosting early shows for acts who went on to reach stardom including Adele, Regina Spektor and Jeff Buckley. Its location in the nicknamed “Tin Pan Alley” of London was at the heart of much British musical history. David Bowie famously...
See first image of Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in new biopic
The first image of Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in a forthcoming biopic has been released – take a look below. READ MORE: ‘A Star Is Born’ – soundtrack review The star and director of A Star Is Born will be playing the iconic Broadway composer in a new film called Maestro, released by Netflix. Cooper will play Bernstein alongside Carey Mulligan as the composer’s wife Felicia Montealegre, and Succession star Jeremy Strong has been cast as critic John Gruen. Advertisement Netflix shared the first images from the film’s set yesterday (May 30), which feature Cooper wearing heavy old-age makeup in...
Watch Yeah Yeah Yeahs debut new material at LA gig
Yeah Yeah Yeahs played new songs to fans at LA’s Teragram Ballroom last night (May 30) – watch them perform ‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’ and see the setlist below. READ MORE: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 10 best songs The New York band aired classics including ‘Maps’ and ‘Heads Will Roll’ but also treated fans to two new songs including ‘Spitting…’, which was announced last week (featuring Perfume Genius) and is released tomorrow (June 1). A song called ‘Black Top’ was also played, according to notes on setlist.fm. It’s not known if the new tracks will feature on a forthcoming...
Full line-up for Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ All Points East show announced
With Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds set to headline All Points East in London’s Victoria Park this summer, the festival has now announced the full schedule for the day. READ MORE: ‘This Much I Know To Be True’ review: an engrossing and intimate portrait of Nick Cave On August 28 Cave and his band will headline the final night of the Victoria Park festival. Today (May 31), longstanding space rockers Spiritualized, acclaimed poet Kae Tempest, jazz pianist and composer Robert Glasper and more have all been added to the bill. Hurray For The Riff Raff, Party Dozen (whose...Recent Posts
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