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Chaka Khan reminds people she wasn’t fond of Kanye West’s ‘Through The Wire’
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Ride on the creation of all their albums: “It’s a hell of a thing to be inside”
Taken from Uncut’s September 2019 issue It’s been five years since Ride reformed, and according to guitarist and vocalist Mark Gardener, the creative energies sparked by this momentous event are as strong as ever. “When you still have the creative magic, you can just...
Jack White steps in as the last-minute musical guest for this weekend’s ‘Saturday Night Live’
Jack White has been booked as the last-minute replacement musical guest for this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live. The weekly live variety show’s musical guest for this week had been set to be the country artist Morgan Wallen, but he was removed from...
Afel Bocoum Lindé
When Ali Farka Touré died in 2006, Afel Bocoum seemed perfectly placed to take over the great man’s mantle. Touré’s compelling desert blues had earned him a roster of western admirers ranging from Ry Cooder to Jimmy Page to John Lee Hooker, and a...
Soccer Mommy’s Space-Age Synths, Junglepussy’s Salad Slams, 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...
Phoebe Bridgers, Mac DeMarco, Angel Olsen and more to play Planned Parenthood gig
Phoebe Bridgers, Mac DeMarco and Angel Olsen are among the artists set to play a virtual fundraiser for Planned Parenthood this month. The event, billed as ‘Village Of Love Planned Parenthood’, will be held online on October 25 and also feature a raffle, auction...
How Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory Design Helped Define The Band
It’s an image of contrast: a soldier with dragonfly wings rendered in bleeding graffiti sprays, the personification of the title Hybrid Theory. On the cover artwork of Linkin Park’s masterful, ground-moving debut, the entire concept is there: loud guitars with hip-hop beats, rap verses between...
Thurston Moore By The Fire
The mission statement that accompanies this album might seem like an uncharacteristic hippie flex, but anyone who’s paid even slight attention to Thurston Moore’s output down the decades will recognise it. Here, then, is a newly urgent formulation of a long-standing belief in music’s...Recent Posts
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