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Ex-Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall calls Spotify controversy “Soviet-style censorship”

Former Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall has written a piece for Bari Weiss’ Substack criticising artists taking action against Spotify. In the essay entitled ‘When Artists Become the Censors’, Marshall takes aim at those he believes are threatening free speech, including Neil Young, who recently pulled his music from Spotify. On January 24, Young published an open letter – which has since been deleted – expressing his feelings about content like the Joe Rogan Experience podcast “spreading false information about vaccines”. This sparked a wider protest, with the likes of Joni Mitchell and Crazy Horse member Nils Lofgren following suit. Advertisement “Something resembling...
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Joe Rogan apologises for racist slurs as Spotify removes 70 episodes of his podcast

Spotify has reportedly removed 70 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience that see the comedian using racist slurs. However, the controversial episodes about vaccine misinformation are still available to listen to despite Neil Young and Joni Mitchell removing their music from the platform. Yesterday (February 4) India.Aria shared a compilation of clips that featured Rogan using the N-word repeatedly and describing a Black neighbourhood as being similar to the Planet Of The Apes movie. Advertisement Earlier in the week, the singer announced they too were pulling their music from Spotify, citing their hosting of Rogan’s podcast and his “language...
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Watch the trailer for Kanye West documentary ‘Jeen-Yuhs’

Netflix have released a new trailer for the Kanye West documentary Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy – watch below. READ MORE: Divorce, Drake disses and problematic features: 10 talking points from Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ Act 1 of the three-part documentary arrives on Netflix on February 16, having initially premiered during Sundance’s virtual festival last month. Jeen-Yuhs is directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah and will capture two decades of the rapper’s life and career. It promises to showcase “both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist”. Advertisement A first-look clip of the...
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PJ Harvey appears to be back in the studio working on new music

PJ Harvey looks like she might be back in the studio working on new music, if her latest social media post is any indication. READ MORE: PJ Harvey: The evolution of an icon Earlier today (February 4), the iconic singer-songwriter shared a series of black and white photos of herself in the studio, taken by Steve Gullick, seemingly teasing the arrival of new music. Dated 2022, the three pics show Harvey playing a guitar, fiddling with some guitar pedals, and sitting in front of a mic stand. No further information or context has been shared. Advertisement You can take a...
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Watch Billie Eilish kick off the first night of her ‘Happier Than Ever’ world tour

Billie Eilish kicked off the first night of her ‘Happier Than Ever’ world tour last night (February 3) in New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center – see footage and photos below. READ MORE: Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’ review: an artist secures her status as a generational great The first show of the US leg of the highly anticipated tour, which will continue across North America tomorrow night (February 5) at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, saw the pop star deliver a jam-packed 90-minute set. Among the setlist, she performed the hits ‘Bury A Friend’, ‘Bad Guy’, ‘Ocean Eyes’,...
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TikToker sends dad’s unreleased song viral, 43 years later

A teenage TikTocker has sent his dad’s song viral, 43 years after it was first recorded. On January 4, Zach Smith played an old track he found in his car, not knowing it was written and recorded by his father 43 years earlier. Smith, who is also a musician, shared it on TikTok with his followers a day later. “There’s a horn section! Just wait…It’s so good!” he shouted in a video he posted on January 5. “And he never released it! I’m so mad at him.” Advertisement Soon after, the track, called ‘Surrender To Me’ had been played thousands...
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Kelis, Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Lady Leshurr among names added to Tramlines 2022

Kelis, Bad Boy Chiller Crew and Lady Leshurr are among the names that have been added to the line-up for Tramlines. READ MORE: Tramlines 2021 review: giddy crowds go wild for the return of festivals Sheffield’s biggest city-based music festival is set to take place at Hillsborough Park on July 22-24, with Sam Fender, Kasabian and Madness topping the bill as the event’s main headliners. Among the rest of the new additions are The Clockworks, Alfie Templeman, Crawlers, Bleach Lab, Scouting For Girls and Elvana. Advertisement Other acts on the line-up that were previously announced include: The Wombats, The Vaccines, James, Declan...
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The Cure’s Robert Smith gives update on band’s upcoming new album

Robert Smith has given an update on The Cure‘s upcoming new album. READ MORE: On the cover: Exclusive – Robert Smith on 40 years and the future of The Cure Taking to Twitter, Smith said that the group will be performing songs from their new album the next time they play. He explained: “We will be performing songs from a new album when we next play…or we won’t be playing at all! And I really want to play…so that means…” Advertisement He continued: “It means my desire to release a new album is overwhelming!” WE WILL BE PERFORMING SONGS FROM...
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Listen to Foals’ teaser of trance-y new single ‘2AM’

Foals have teased a trance-y new single called ‘2AM’ – listen to it below. READ MORE: Foals talk ravey single ‘Wake Me Up’ and party-ready new album The group shared a short video clip featuring frontman Yannis Philippakis soundtracked by a trance-led new single, which was captioned “#2AM.” You can listen to it here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by FOALS (@foals) Advertisement   Back in December, Foals shared a new remix of their recent single ‘Wake Me Up’ by Gaspard Augé and Victor Le Masne. The Oxford band returned with the track in November, marking their first...
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Sofi Tukker announce new album ‘Wet Tennis’, share self-love single ‘Original Sin’

Sofi Tukker have announced the details of their sophomore album ‘Wet Tennis’ and shared the new video for their single ‘Original Sin’. Check it out below. READ MORE: Friends Like These: Icona Pop and Sofi Tukker ‘Wet Tennis’ arrives on April 29 via Ultra / Sony Music and will be the follow-up to the electro-pop duo’s Grammy-nominated debut, ‘Treehouse’. The band’s new track is about rejecting imposed social mores. “‘Original Sin’” is the perfect way to introduce the world of ‘Wet Tennis’ and it’s very emblematic of “the freak fam”, our community,” said Sophie Hawkey-weld and Tucker Halpern of...
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