The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn’t discriminate by genre and can include anything — it’s a snapshot of what’s on our minds and what sounds good. We’ll keep it fresh with the latest music, but expect a few oldies (but goodies) every once in a while, too. Get ready: The Bop Shop is now open for business. Cordae:...
Elza Soares, a legendary Brazilian singer with over three dozen albums to her name, has died at the age of 91. Her passing was confirmed in a statement shared to social media last night (January 20), with a group of her family and team members noting that she died at 3:45pm Thursday in her Rio de Janeiro home. It’s reported that she died of natural causes. Writing that Soares “had an apotheotic, intense life that moved the world with her voice, her strength and her determination”, the singer’s reps celebrated her legacy by declaring: “The beloved and eternal Elza...
Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) has announced a 10th anniversary reissue of her seminal 2012 album ‘Visions’. READ MORE: Grimes – ‘Miss Anthropocene’ review: an iconoclast continues to march to the beat of her own drum The reissue will be sold exclusively through the vinyl subscription service Vinyl Me, Please. The LP will come on 180-gram magenta and green galaxy vinyl, and will ship with an exclusive art print and liner notes written and illustrated by Boucher herself. It’s available for purchase here. Reflecting on opening track ‘Infinite Love Without Fulfillment’, Boucher commented: “Wow, I can hear myself learning how to...
My Bloody Valentine has criticised Spotify for showing incorrect lyrics on the shoegaze pioneers’ songs on the platform. Spotify launched its lyric feature for all users in November of 2021, allowing fans to read along to lyrics while they listened to a song. “Just noticed that Spotify has put fake lyrics up for our songs without our knowledge. These lyrics are actually completely incorrect and insulting,” the band tweeted. “We’re not sure where they got them from, probably one of those bullshit lyrics sites on the internet.” Advertisement At the time of its announcement last year, the streaming giants...
The Lazy Eyes have welcomed in the new year with an enticing new single titled ‘Hippo’, taken from their forthcoming debut album, ‘SongBook’. READ MORE: The Lazy Eyes: Sydney psychedelic rock upstarts bringing the escapist jams “‘Hippo’ is my favourite song on the record,” said The Lazy Eyes’ bassist Leon Karagic in a press release. “You can really feel the energy coming together as a group, given that it was one of the three songs on the album that we recorded as a band.” Dropping today (January 21), ‘Hippo’ sees the Sydney-based psych-rock upstarts saunter through some laidback, but still...
Adele has announced the postponement of her Las Vegas residency in an emotional video. READ MORE: Adele – ‘30’ album review: dependable pop titan finally mixes things up Adele’s Las Vegas residency was scheduled to kick off at the Colosseum in the Caesars Palace hotel from January 21, and was slated to run for 12 weeks, through April 16. The concerts were also supposed to be her first since 2017. Adele took to Instagram on Thursday night (January 20) to break the news to her fans via a video. She said, teary-eyed: “I’m so sorry, but my show ain’t...
The National Independent Venue Foundation (NIVF) has announced the reopening of its Emergency Relief Fund (ERF) to provide economic relief to independent music and comedy venues, festivals, and promoters across the US. READ MORE: “We wanted togetherness and community”: how gigs came back with a bang in 2021 Originally launched in October 2020 by NIVF’s parent group, the National Independent Venue Association, the fund is intended to offer support to venues affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The relief fund will now cover additional unforeseeable events, including natural disasters, “the lasting effects of COVID-19”, and potential future pandemics. Advertisement “These...
A viral Facebook event that was billed as a “Christmas Rave” at 10 Downing Street has raised over £100k for homeless charity Shelter. The fictitious event was set up by Scottish DJ Jon Mancini following the news that a number of members of government, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, attended parties at Downing Street during lockdown. Any such event would have breached government-enforced coronavirus regulations at the time, the guidance for which stated: “Although there are exemptions for work purposes, you must not have a work Christmas lunch or party, where that is a primarily social activity and is not otherwise...
A Day To Remember have released a new version of their single ‘Re-Entry’ featuring Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our ‘In Conversation’ video chat with A Day To Remember The release marks another major return to recording music for Hoppus since breaking the news that he was cancer-free last September. The singer and bassist had previously been diagnosed with 4-A diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. On re-recording the song with Hoppus, A Day To Remember vocalist Jeremy McKinnon said: “When this song originally took shape it was without a doubt massively influenced by Blink-182, so...
Rage Against The Machine have pushed back the start of their upcoming US tour with Run The Jewels, resulting in a number of dates being postponed. READ MORE: Run The Jewels: “The world’s gonna reset and then we’re gonna burn that motherfucker down” Zack de la Rocha and co. were initially due to hit the road between March and May 2020, with RTJ appearing as their support act. However, the tour became one of the first to be shelved as a result of the coronavirus crisis in March 2020 – and in May was rescheduled for summer 2021. It...