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David Crosby says he’s unimpressed by Joe Rogan and criticises streamers for “ripping” acts off
David Crosby has called Joe Rogan “not real impressive” amid detailing in a new interview his reasons for pulling all his music off of Spotify. READ MORE: Swift vs Albarn, Morrissey vs Marr and Young vs Spotify: dissecting pop’s Beef Week Earlier this month, the member of the disbanded folk supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash (which when completed by Neil Young were known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) joined his former bandmates in support of Young’s demand that his music be erased from Spotify. Young took particular aim at controversial podcaster Joe Rogan – a prominent skeptic of the COVID vaccine...
Porridge Radio announce new album and share ‘Back To The Radio’
Porridge Radio have announced details of their third album ‘Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky’ and shared its first single ‘Back To The Radio’. READ MORE: Porridge Radio: “I’ve always known that we’re the best band in the world” The band have also confirmed their biggest-ever UK headline tour alongside a series of intimate in-store shows around the record’s release. ‘Back To The Radio’ was written by frontperson Dana Margolin ahead of the release of the group’s acclaimed 2020 album ‘Every Bad’, a time when she felt like “a lot of things were coming that I wasn’t sure...
Dave Grohl on his hearing loss: “I’ve been reading lips for 20 years”
Dave Grohl has discussed his hearing loss, saying that he’s been lip-reading for years and that COVID mask-wearing has caused further issues for him over the past two years. READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music” The Foo Fighters frontman explained in a new interview how it impacts his life, highlighting that it somehow hasn’t affected his ability to tune into the specifics of recording music. “If you were sitting next to me right here at dinner, I wouldn’t understand a fucking word you were saying to me the whole fucking time,” Grohl told The Howard Stern Show....
Maggie Rogers’ new album is “done”
Maggie Rogers has revealed that she’s finished her second album. READ MORE: Maggie Rogers – “My story is the story of the internet” Writing in an Instagram message shared over the weekend, the singer-songwriter said that she was “celebrating” the achievement by going to watch a monster truck show. A photo of her posing from stadium stands accompanied the post. Rogers’ previous album, ‘Heard It It In A Past Life‘, was released in 2019. Her last release was the single ‘Love You For A Long Time‘ from the same year. Advertisement It’s not known at this stage when Rogers...
Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser announces first release in 13 years
Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser has announced her first new release in 13 years as part of this year’s Record Store Day output. The Cocteau Twins singer’s last record came in 2009 with the single ‘Moses’, although she has collaborated with other artists on their own material since then. In April, she will share a new five-song EP under the name Sun’s Signature – a new project she has formed with her partner Damon Reece, who has played the drums for Spiritualized among other artists. The self-titled EP will feature some familiar tracks to Fraser fans, including the rare 2000...
Tool anger fans by selling signed vinyl for £600
Tool have angered their fans by announcing plans to sell an ultra-deluxe vinyl version of their 2019 album ‘Fear Inoculum’ for $810 (£595). READ MORE: Tool – ‘Fear Inoculum’ review The album will only be available to fans who bought the Toolarmy VIP tickets to the forthcoming dates on their tour. For $810, the collection includes five discs of 180-gram vinyl, with music on one side and etched art on the other. The sets have also been autographed. The band made the announcement on their Instagram, posting a video of the full set and writing “There’s some late-breaking news from...
‘jeen-yuhs’ directors denied Kanye demands: “It’s not good for the filmmaking”
The directors of the new Kanye West documentary jeen-yuhs have opened up about denying the rapper and producer’s demands to have a say in the editing process. The new three-part Netflix film event released its first part last week, with the series following the star’s music career and rise to fame. READ MORE: First look: ‘jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’ review – the awakening of Mr West West – who is now legally known as Ye – previously demanded that he “must get final edit and approval” on the documentary so that he can “be in charge of own image”....
XXXTentacion’s ‘?’ passes Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ to become Spotify’s most streamed hip-hop album in history
XXXTentacion‘s 2018 album ‘?’ has become the most streamed hip-hop album in Spotify history, surpassing Drake’s 2018 LP, ‘Scorpion’. READ MORE: XXXTentacion’s death has sparked debate about art, abuse and the media Chart Data reported that as of last November, ‘Scorpion’ was ahead of ‘?’ by nearly one billion streams. XXXTentacion’s second studio album has since reached 7.884billion plays on the platform, with Drake currently sitting at 7.883bn. ‘?’ was released in March 2018, giving the rapper his first Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart. His track ‘Sad!’ topped the US singles chart a week on from his...
Here’s My Number: How Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Call Me Maybe’ Dialed In A Moment In Pop
Welcome to New Retro Week, a celebration of the biggest artists, hits, and cultural moments that made 2012 a seminal year in pop. MTV News is looking back to see what lies ahead: These essays showcase how today’s blueprint was laid a decade ago. Step into our time machine. By Ilana Kaplan Ten years ago, pop music underwent a pivotal shift. While glossy hooks dominated artists’ repertoires, so did alternative stylings, which helped usher in a gamut of subgenres and made critics and fans alike redefine the pop ethos. The release of Red prompted Taylor Swift’s evolution from diaristic...Recent Posts
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