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Argentina’s María Becerra Is Going Global
By Lucas Villa In the past year, María Becerra has become the biggest artist to emerge from Argentina. That’s thanks in part to her sex-positive album Animal, with its fierce title track featuring Cazzu and the girl-power anthem “Wow Wow” with Becky G, which pushes the boundaries of Latin music. As her country’s most-streamed act on Spotify with 23 million monthly listeners, Becerra and her captivating music are also making waves around the globe. The 21-year-old singer was even recognized by the Latin Grammy Awards with a Best New Artist nomination; she will find out if she takes home the...
Wyclef Jean drops Range Rover’s CEO on his head at corporate party
Wyclef Jean had an unfortunate incident on Monday (November 15) at the Range Rover Leadership Summit, where he was seen lifting and then dropping the company’s President & CEO Joe Eberhardt on his head. The corporate event in Los Angeles hired Jean as the evening’s entertainment. As a video obtained by TMZ shows, at one point Jean hoisted Eberhardt onto his shoulders, before accidentally dropping him on the floor. TMZ reported that Eberhardt wasn’t hurt after his fall, but that he left the party early. The party then continued on with no further incidents. Advertisement Meanwhile, Fugees announced a...
IDLES say they “lost the essence of our intentions as a band” on ‘Ultra Mono’
IDLES have reflected on their third album ‘Ultra Mono’, saying they “lost the essence of our intentions as a band” while writing the 2020 record. READ MORE: IDLES: “I wanted to be more than what we were becoming” The band were speaking to NME for a new Big Read feature about the ‘Ultra Mono’ follow-up ‘CRAWLER’, released last week (November 12) via Partisan. In the piece, the band described ‘CRAWLER’ as a reaction to ‘Ultra Mono’, and that the band “lost control of our narrative” on last year’s album. Advertisement “For me, IDLES has always been about subverting expectations,” guitarist...
Kacey Musgraves shares cover of Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’
Kacey Musgraves has shared her version of Coldplay’s 2005 song ‘Fix You’, recorded as part of a stop-motion animation film from Chipotle called ‘A Future Begins’. Watch the video below. READ MORE: Kacey Musgraves – ‘Star-Crossed’ review: a powerfully honest depiction of heartbreak In her cover, Musgraves is accompanied by a gently picked acoustic guitar, with added piano and strings as the song soars into its chorus. The animation shows young farmers at work, with the campaign created in support of Chipotle’s programme to help transition 1million acres of land to the next generation of farmers. The film has...
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard announce 2022 world tour
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced a colossal 2022 world tour, hitting Europe, the UK and both North and South America. READ MORE: King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard: “It’s cool how divisive we are” The tour will commence in late March with three festival dates in Argentina, Brazil and Colombia, respectively, before taking on a string of North American dates through to the end of May. The Australian band will then play a large run of festival dates throughout Europe from the beginning of June, including the sold-out Primavera Sound, before heading back to North America for...
Britney Spears hints at Oprah interview in new video posted to social media
Britney Spears has taken to social media to hint that she could be giving a tell-all interview with Oprah following the termination of her conservatorship. Taking to Twitter, Spears captioned a two-minute-long video with “I might as well do a hint of my thoughts here before I go and set things square on Oprah” before tagging the media mogul. Oprah has yet to publicly respond. READ MORE: Controlling Britney Spears review: toxic conservatorship back under the microscope In the video, Spears explained that she plans to use her platform to advocate for people with “real disabilities and illnesses” that have...
Kanye West and Drake finally reunite after seemingly ending their feud
Kanye West and Drake have posed together for a photo at the latter’s home, potentially signalling an end to the pair’s longstanding beef, which was been ongoing since at least 2009. In a photo West – who recently legally changed his name to Ye – shared on Instagram, the two rappers can be seen posing for a photo alongside Ye’s friend J. Prince. Ye captioned the image with an emoji of a white dove. Earlier this month, Ye extended an olive branch to Drake and invited him to appear at a forthcoming Los Angeles show on December 9 to...
Jarvis Cocker, Grace Jones and Tom Misch announced for first ever Kite Festival
Grace Jones, TLC and Tom Misch are among the first wave of acts announced for the first ever Kite Festival. READ MORE: Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes – ‘What Kinda Music’ review: probably more fun to make than it is to hear The multi-day festival is set to take place next year across June 10-12 at Kirtlington Park, Oxford. The event boasts an impressive musical line-up, as well as a number of influential speakers, including authors and activists. Besides the aforementioned names, other artists on the line-up so far include: Mavis Staples, This Is The Kit, Saint Etienne, Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, Nubiyan Twist, Flamingods, Mermaid...
Billy Bragg on why he’s made his lyrics trans-inclusive
Billy Bragg has spoken out about why he’s changed the lyrics to his iconic track ‘Sexuality’ to make it trans-inclusive. READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Billy Bragg The folk singer is currently on a UK tour and has changed the lyrics of the 1991 track from “Just because you’re gay, I won’t turn you away/ If you stick around, I’m sure that we can find some common ground” to “Just because you’re they, I won’t turn you away/ If you stick around, I’m sure that we can find the right pronoun”. In a new op-ed...Recent Posts
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