Jason Boland & The Stragglers The Light Saw Me
Country music has always been partial to a concept album, from Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash through to Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris and beyond. But sci-fi concept works are thinner on the ground, a rare recent example being Sturgill Simpson’s imperious Metamodern Sounds In...
Springtime Springtime
There’s a risk with any collaboration between players who each have a strong profile that it will be nothing more than the sum of those parts. Not so Springtime, which sees guitarist Gareth Liddiard, former helm of The Drones, now Tropical Fuck Storm, teaming...
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise The Roof
All too often a star-crossed collaboration can end up diminishing both parties, but when Robert Plant and Alison Krauss came together for 2007’s multi-award-winning Raising Sand, it had the opposite effect. The record’s rich and subtle readings of deep blues and country cuts allowed...
Bedouine Waysides
In 2020, with their flow of inspiration from new experiences staunched, some singer-songwriters and musicians found themselves turning to their own archives, finding not only purpose in the reassessment process but potential for new projects, too. Azniv Korkejian was one of them. The former...
Echo & The Bunnymen 2021 reissues
In late 1985, Echo & The Bunnymen released a singles compilation, Songs To Learn & Sing. The album provided a glorious summary of the band’s fertile early years: anthemic choruses, haunting vocals, big hair. But Songs To Learn & Sing also included one new...
BTS surprise fans with a “holiday remix” of hit single ‘Butter’
K-pop powerhouses BTS have released a “holiday remix” of their chart-topping English single ‘Butter’. READ MORE: Seven must-watch K-dramas to look forward to in December 2021 The “holiday remix” of ‘Butter’ is now the fifth version of the original song, which was first released...
Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s new band The Smile rehearse on Instagram
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BTS members RM, Jin and J-Hope sell HYBE stock worth over $8million
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NCT U to perform ‘Universe (Let’s Play Ball)’ for the first time at 2021 MAMA
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