Bush Tetras Rhythm and Paranoia: The Best Of the Bush Tetras
When Bush Tetras drummer Dee Pop died unexpectedly in October, plans were already well underway for this career-spanning retrospective. Confirming they would press ahead, bandmates Pat Place and Cynthia Sley noted that much of what went into Rhythm And Paranoia came from Pop’s own...
Bola Sete Samba in Seattle : Live at the Penthouse
In the pantheon of guitar gods, from Delta blues sliders and ferocious rock gunslingers to fingerpicking folk stylists and bold American primitives, the gentle maestros of the Brazilian nylon-stringed acoustic (violão in Portuguese) too often get forgotten. The likes of Joao Gilberto, Luiz Bonfa...
Alt-J’s Thom Green on returning to touring in a pandemic: “We’re just going to have to be extra vigilant”
Alt-J’s Thom Green has spoken about returning to touring in a pandemic as someone who is considered clinically extremely vulnerable. The drummer has a rare genetic condition, which meant he had to have a kidney transplant when he was a student. He now has...
Madame Tussauds’ Rihanna wax figure bears no resemblance to the singer
Rihanna‘s wax figure at the German Madame Tussauds has been given a Christmas makeover, with the final statue failing to look like the pop star. The Berlin branch of the effigy outlet has on a display a Christmas-themed Rihanna figure, bearing little to no...
An agreement may soon be reached on the total value of Prince’s estate
An agreement on the total worth of Prince‘s estate may soon be reached, following court proceedings set to begin in February 2022. As reported by Billboard (via The Minneapolis Star Tribune), tax filings made in November of this year show an agreement was made...
Nightlife industry urges Boris Johnson to “let us dance” on New Year’s Eve
The UK’s nightlife industry is calling on Boris Johnson to let clubs and venues operate on New Year’s Eve amid rumours of an imminent lockdown in England. Although the Prime Minister has not yet announced any plans for one, reports have been circulating over...
Ed Sheeran sings in Yorùbá on the remix of Fireboy DML’s ‘Peru’
Ed Sheeran has collaborated with Nigerian singer-songwriter Fireboy DML on a forthcoming remix of the latter’s hit song, ‘Peru’, in which Sheeran sings in the Niger-Congo language Yorùbá. Fireboy DML – the stage name of Adedamola Adefolahan – tweeted a snippet of the song...
Nightclubs in Scotland to close for three weeks over Omicron concerns
Nightclubs in Scotland will close for three weeks from December 27 amid concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Yesterday (December 22), Public Health Scotland reported an estimated 22,000 cases of the latest variant of the virus had been recorded in the country as...
Listen to EMA cover Modest Mouse’s ‘Trailer Trash’
South Dakota genre-bender EMA (aka Erika Anderson) has shared a dizzying cover of Modest Mouse’s 1997 track ‘Trailer Trash’. READ MORE: Modest Mouse on their most hopeful album yet: “I found optimism – because I needed it” She puts an emotive spin on the...Recent Posts
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