Watch Perfume Genius’ perform a stripped-back ‘Whole Life’ on ‘Colbert’
Perfume Genius performed a new, stripped-back version of ‘Whole Life’ on Friday (August 21) on a remote episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert – watch it below. The singer-songwriter, born Mike Hadreas, made up for the lack of studio lighting with a home...
Neil Young almost made a cameo in ‘Almost Famous’
Neil Young was meant to have a cameo appearance in Almost Famous, director and writer Cameron Crowe has revealed. The iconic film, which follows a young music journalist on his first assignment for Rolling Stone, celebrates its 20th anniversary next month. Read more: Why...
Behemoth announce immersive ‘In Absentia Dei’ livestream event
Behemoth are set to hold an immersive livestream event next month, dubbed ‘In Absentia Dei’ (or ‘In The Absence Of God’). The show, which a press release calls “groundbreaking” and a “theatrical extravaganza” will take place from a secret church location in Poland. Read...
Kanye West removed from the presidential ballot in two further states
Kanye West has been removed from the election ballot in Ohio and Illinois after being barred from featuring in Wisconsin. The rapper’s 2020 presidential campaign, under the banner of The Birthday Party, has hit several snags since he announced it earlier this year, including...
These shoes help you feel sound in your feet
Upgrades to shoes that enable wearers to feel the sounds of music, video games and movies have been unveiled. DropLabs, the first sonic-sensory footwear designed to enhance the way consumers experience digital entertainment, on Wednesday (August 19) announced the release of its Triple Black...
Coachella lawsuit over “restrictive radius booking clause” moving ahead
A lawsuit over Coachella’s radius clause is moving ahead, after the decision to dismiss it was reversed it earlier this year. Festival organisers Goldenvoice previously restricted artists booked for the California event from performing at any festival in North America between December 15 to...
Django Django’s Dave Maclean goes solo with house music project
Django Django drummer/producer Dave Maclean has launched a new house music project under the moniker Hugo Paris. Maclean, who last released a full-length album with Django Django in 2018 (‘Marble Skies’), revealed that his first love is house and techno music and that he’d...
Hear Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ in the style of Deftones
A YouTuber who performs songs in different styles has uploaded a cover of Radiohead‘s breakthrough 1993 single, ‘Creep’, altered to suit Deftones fans. Anthony Vincent of the YouTube channel Ten Second Songs shared his rendition today (August 21) on the same day Deftones released...
The Blessed Madonna talks about changing her name: “You know it’s going to suck, but that it’s the right thing to do”
The Blessed Madonna, FKA The Black Madonna, has addressed her recent name change in response to the amplified global conversation on race. The US DJ-producer, whose real name is Marea Stamper, said last month that she “should have listened harder to other perspectives” about...Recent Posts
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