Jonathan Davis reveals how Korn almost ended up with a very different band name
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Zayn’s Bare Hymn, Kota The Friend’s Brooklyn Bop, And More Songs We Love
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...
The Clash in New York: “De Niro took us out clubbing”
The new issue of Uncut – in shops now or available to buy online by clicking here, with no delivery charges for the UK – features an astonishing oral history of The Clash’s 17-date residency at Bond International Casino in New York, during which...
Cat Stevens Mona Bone Jakon/Tea For The Tillerman 50th Anniversary boxsets
By 1970, Cat Stevens had been absent from the charts for three years. Rendered hors de combat by a life-threatening bout of tuberculosis, the time out also offered an opportunity for a major reset. The likes of Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and James Taylor...
Farmer Dave & The Wizards Of The West Farmer Dave & The Wizards Of The West
You could get a contact high off “Cave Walls”, the first proper song on the self-titled debut by Farmer Dave & The Wizards Of The West. It opens in a cloud of rumbling guitars, hallucinatory synths and drums mixed to sound thick and gummy....
Michael Eavis says Glastonbury could still hold a “smaller” event in September
Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has said he is considering holding a smaller event in September after it was confirmed that the coronavirus pandemic has forced the festival’s cancellation for the second year running. Speaking to LBC, Eavis said he hoped to hold a smaller...
Listen to Django Django’s hypnotic new single ‘Free From Gravity’
Django Django have shared their hypnotic new single ‘Free From Gravity’ – you can watch the song’s extraterrestrial-themed video below. The track is the latest to be previewed from the four-piece’s forthcoming fourth album ‘Glowing In The Dark’, which is set for release on...
Itzy’s English Album Not Shy Is An Electric Reintroduction
By Lai Frances “English queen!” That’s what a fanboy in the audience enthusiastically yelled after Ryujin introduced herself in my native tongue during our live interview at Build Series in January 2020. At the time, Itzy, whose name is a play on the Korean...
Watch Pa Salieu make his US TV debut on ‘Fallon’ with ‘Frontline’
Pa Salieu made his US TV debut yesterday (January 21) with a performance of his track ‘Frontline’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – check out the performance below. The major TV appearance comes in the same month that the Coventry rapper was...Recent Posts
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