Tributes paid to Glasgow venue Nice N’ Sleazy’s legendary doorman ‘Big John’
Tributes have poured in for ‘Big John’, the legendary doorman of Glasgow venue Nice N’ Sleazy, who died at the weekend. Franz Ferdinand‘s Alex Kapranos said he will remember John for being “very jovial” and “compassionate”, but who was “firm” in his job guarding...
The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings
A sprawling, symphonic rock ensemble from a country that has come to be known for them, The Besnard Lakes have been a constant at the coalface of Canadian independent music for some 15 years now. In this time, the group – which revolves around...
Dave Grohl: “There was a dysfunction in Nirvana that a band like Foo Fighters doesn’t have”
Dave Grohl has spoken about the “dysfunction” that he felt existed within Nirvana, adding that it is something that doesn’t exist within Foo Fighters. Grohl has looked back on his time with both Nirvana and Foo Fighters in a new interview ahead of the...
Sophie Is Gone But Left Behind A Whole New World
Sophie’s music oversaturated, overtook, and in my earliest listenings, it stirred something within my body that I didn’t know existed or, perhaps, didn’t yet have the courage to acknowledge. Even before the Glasgow-born producer introduced herself to the world, the sound she developed in...
Rivers Cuomo reflects on Weezer’s ‘Pinkerton’: “It was supposed to be our magnum opus and it just got destroyed”
Rivers Cuomo has reflected on the mixed response that greeted the release of Weezer‘s album ‘Pinkerton’ upon its release in 1996. The record, which was the band’s second studio album, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in September. Read more: Weezer: “This album is about...
Elton John hails ‘It’s A Sin’ as a “triumph of creativity and humanity”
Elton John has praised Russell T Davies’ Channel 4 drama It’s A Sin for providing “an incredibly moving account” of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. The drama, which stars Years & Years singer Olly Alexander, follows the lives of four friends living together...
Tony Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
Legendary crooner Tony Bennett has revealed that he has been privately battling Alzheimer’s Disease. The singer announced that he has been living with the neuro-generative disease via a new article published in AARP Magazine today (February 1). “Life is a gift – even with...
Big Latto Explains Hearing Gucci Mane’s Voice On Her Song: ‘It’s Done For These Bitches’
Big Latto will be the first to tell you her success was “far from overnight.” The 22-year-old MC — who grew up rhyming at block parties, eventually rising through the local scene in Atlanta and opening for bigger rappers when she was still a...
Josh Homme shares new poems ‘Glass Cars’ and ‘Where The Fog Begins’
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