Green Man Festival has announced over 70 new acts for their 2022 festival, with Kraftwerk, Beach House and Metronomy set to headline. The festival in Brecon Beacons, Wales had already confirmed that Michael Kiwanuka will co-headline their 2022 event. This year’s festival will take place from August 18-21, and will serve as the 20th anniversary of Green Man Festival. READ MORE: Green Man festival 2021: there’s magic in the mountains, and a sense of renewal Kraftwerk’s headline set at Green Man will mark their first-ever appearance at the festival. Advertisement Bicep have also been added to the line-up today...
Stray Kids members Han and Seungmin have unveiled their cover of Day6‘s ‘Zombie’. READ MORE: Stray Kids’ ‘Christmas EveL’ is a festive flex of creativity and originality The new rendition of the Day6 song was uploaded to Stray Kids’ official YouTube channel yesterday (February 9), marking the latest addition to the eight-piece’s ongoing series of song covers, called ‘SKZ-RECORD’. ‘Zombie’ was the title track of Day6’s 2020 ‘The Book Of Us: Demon’ record. The duo largely stay faithful to the original, with the pair harmonising on the chorus: “I feel like I became a zombie / Not alive, but...
By Dani Blum Raveena needs you to believe that you’re the only one who can heal yourself. The kaleidoscopic R&B singer-songwriter is adamant about this, anchoring her chin on her hand on the other side of the Zoom call, blinking at the bright pixels and saying, again, that nobody else can create your happiness. She knows. She’s tried. Raveena went to the mountains every two or three days for the first stretch of quarantine in Los Angeles in 2020 and communed with aliens, or God, or both (she views these as “two sides of the same coin.”) She spends...
Her Instagram bio declares her an “emo alphabet girl,” but Gayle grew up making country music. Or at least, that’s where she started. At 17 years old, the Nashville-based artist still has many years of growing up ahead of her. But you wouldn’t necessarily know it from the cheekily titled “ABCDEFU,” her power chord-aided single that’s currently sitting at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The electric guitars that mark “ABCDEFU” help accentuate the kiss-off the chorus revels in — hint: focus on the final two letters in the title — and the raw emotion in the...
Billie Eilish demonstrated how much she cares about her fans during a recent concert, where she paused the show to pass an inhaler to an attendee. In crowd-shot footage from her Saturday night (February 5) performance in Atlanta, Eilish can be seen looking into the crowd with concern, as she spotted someone having difficulty breathing. “You need an inhaler?” she asks someone in the audience, before turning to her crew and saying, “Do we have an inhaler? Can we just grab one?” Advertisement A team member then goes into the pit with the inhaler, with Eilish saying “It’s OK,...
Syl Johnson – an icon of the R&B, soul and blues scenes in the 1960s and ‘70s – has died at the age of 85. Johnson’s family confirmed his passing in a statement to Pitchfork, writing: “It is with extreme sadness that our family announces the passing of Soul & Blues Hall of Fame Legend, Syl Johnson (born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, MS). “Dad, Brother, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Uncle, Friend & Artist, he lived his life as a singer, musician, and entrepreneur who loved black music.” Describing him as “fiery, fierce, fighter, always standing for the pursuit of...
A savvy heavy metal fan has brought together two of the genre’s most iconic bands, Metallica and Slipknot, to demonstrate how easily they can crossover. As reported by Loudwire, heavy metal fanatic Pete Cottrell – whose channel sees the Briton reinterpret songs and riffs of many bands, among other audio oddities – posted a video to YouTube titled ‘What if Slipknot sounded like Metallica?’ With a focus on ‘Enter Sandman’ – the opening track of Metallica’s self-titled 1991 album – Cottrell’s video demonstrates how with a little technological tweaking and a good ear, a Metallica classic can be made to...
Lil Uzi Vert (aka Symere Woods) has pleaded no contest to a 2021 assault case – wherein he’s alleged to have struck his ex-girlfriend and threatened her with a firearm – and has been sentenced to three years of probation. TMZ broke the news on Sunday (February 5), reporting that Woods appeared in court to strike a plea deal with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. By pleading no contest to “one count each of felony assault with a firearm and misdemeanour injury to a girlfriend”, Woods accepts his conviction, but denies admission of guilt. In addition to...
Country artist Sam Williams – the son of Hank Williams Jr, who himself is the son of western legend Hank Williams – has revealed to fans that he’s been placed under a conservatorship against his will, declaring that he wants the arrangement brought to an end. The admission came in a video that Williams shared to his YouTube page last week (the clip was since deleted, but has been re-uploaded by TMZ). It shows the singer holding up handwritten signs to explain his situation, telling viewers that he was placed in the conservatorship by his father, half-sister Holly Williams...
Almost three decades on from the 1993 release of ‘Psychoderelict’, Pete Townshend – best known as the founding guitarist and singer for The Who – seems to be working on a new body of solo material. READ MORE: The Who – ‘WHO’ review: 13 years since their last album, this stands up alongside their classics Over the weekend, Townshend was spotted in the studio with session bassist Guy Pratt (whose portfolio includes work with Pink Floyd, Madonna, The Smiths and more) and drummer Ged Lynch (a longtime collaborator of Peter Gabriel). The former posted a photo of the trio on...