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The Futureheads announce new Christmas album and tour
The Futureheads have announced details of a new festive album ‘Christmas’ and an accompanying UK tour. The Sunderland indie band will release their first ever holidays-themed album on November 21. It will be comprised largely of reinterpretations of yuletide classics, as well as two original compositions, and you can pre-order it here. Advertisement A brand new song ‘The Coldest Winter In 100 Years’ will appear on the record, as will the band’s 2010 release ‘Christmas Was Better In The 80s’, the first festive song the band ever released. ‘Christmas’ has been arranged, recorded and produced by the band themselves...
Investigation launched after sheriff’s deputy appears to pepper spray Turnstile fan in Richmond
An investigation has been launched after a sheriff’s deputy appeared to pepper spray a Turnstile fan during a show in Richmond. The Baltimore band played at the Virginia city’s Brown’s Island venue on Wednesday (September 24), and as is customary at their shows, they encouraged fans onto the stage to join them during their performance of ‘Birds’. Advertisement In a fan video, a member of security situated at the front of the stage is seen attempting to intercept members of the audience at the same time that the band are inviting them on stage. In one instance, the official...
Björk joins No Music For Genocide campaign and removes catalogue from streaming in Israel
Björk has joined the ‘No Music For Genocide’ campaign, making her back catalogue unavailable on streaming services in Israel. The new campaign is a cultural boycott initiative encouraging artists and rights-holders to pull their music from streaming platforms in Israel in response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Advertisement To join the coalition, the artists involved have edited their own release territories or sent geo-block requests to their distributor or label. They are encouraging major label groups Sony, UMG, and Warner to follow suit, particularly as they blocked their entire catalogues from and closed operations in Russia a month into their invasion of Ukraine. Massive Attack, Fontaines D.C., Amyl...
Watch Sleep Token cover Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’
Sleep Token played a haunted version of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Dancing In The Dark’ in Philadelphia this week – watch footage below. The London masked metallers are currently midway through a US arena tour and they stopped off at Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Arena on Wednesday (September 24). Advertisement During the show, frontman Vessel took the centre stage and performed a tender, heartfelt rendition of the Boss’ classic single, which was originally released on 1984’s ‘Born In The USA’. Watch fan-captured footage of the cover here: Sleep Token’s current tour kicked off in Duluth, Georgia on September 16, where...
Dutch independent radio stations announce 15-hour broadcast in to raise money for Palestine
Ten independent Dutch radio stations are joining forces for a special 15-hour broadcast to raise money for Palestine. Find all the details below. The live-stream, dubbed ‘Transmission For Palestine’, is set to air between 10am local time on Sunday (September 28) and 1am on Monday (29). Advertisement Listeners will be able to tune into special programming on Radio Radio, Echobox, Folder FM, Pip Radio, Future Intel, Operator, Maxi Radio, Radio Hinter, Open Source Radio and Relate Radio. Organisers said fans can attend an in-person “community event” over the 15 hours, where they can enjoy music, drinks and food. “You...
Bruce Springsteen calls for Donald Trump’s impeachment, saying he should be “consigned to the trash heap of history”
Bruce Springsteen has called for Donald Trump to be impeached, saying that he should be “consigned to the trash heap of history”. During a new cover interview with TIME, the legendary singer-songwriter was asked about his ongoing beef with the US president. READ MORE: Bruce Springsteen live in London: the heartland hero remains firmly at his majestic peak Advertisement Trump called The Boss “highly overrated” earlier this year, after the artist hit out at his administration’s “corruption” and “incompetence” during a show in Manchester. The POTUS also shared a meme depicting him hitting Springsteen with a golf ball (see the...
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford says the US is “still incredibly homophobic”
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has spoken out about homophobia in the US in a new appearance on Jake Shears’ Queer The Music podcast, which you can watch below. READ MORE: Judas Priest legend Rob Halford: “Coming out happened in the right way – it wasn’t premeditated” Scissor Sisters singer Shears asked Halford, who came out as gay on MTV in 1998, if he thought attitudes towards sexuality had changed in the years since. The 74-year-old, currently on the road with Priest in North America on their co-headlining tour with Alice Cooper, gave a mixed response. Advertisement “Oh, yeah, although...
Florence + The Machine question “the cost of greatness” on transcendent new single ‘One Of The Greats’
Florence + The Machine have shared their transcendent new single ‘One Of The Greats’ – check it out here. READ MORE: Florence + The Machine – ‘Dance Fever’ review: the triumphant sound of a singer reborn It’s the second single from their upcoming album ‘Everybody Scream’ after the title track was released last month, and it comes a week after Florence Welch first shared a snippet online. Advertisement “I don’t really know how to explain myself with this one,” said Welch of the new track, which she wrote in one take with IDLES guitarist Mark Bowen. “It was sort of...
The sound of “Dubai Star” by HRISTELIN
HRISTELIN writes like a guitarist who trusts silence as much as sound. His sessions begin with a simple motif on a clean electric line, then he adds space, texture, and just enough tension for the melody to decide where it wants to go. The result is music that feels precise rather than ornamental, even when the arrangement grows large. Dubai is present in these tracks without leaning on clichés. The city’s pace shows up as crisp percussion and wide synth pads that leave room for air. You hear it in “Dubai Star” with Julia Kirilova on vocals, where the...Recent Posts
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