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Childish Gambino Drops New Album 'Atavista,' Reveals Cities for Upcoming World Tour
Childish Gambino released Atavista, the long-awaited complete version of his pandemic era 3.15.20 record, on Monday, May 13.The rapper, comedian and TV star who goes by Donald Glover outside the music industry has also revealed what cities he'll be visiting during an upcoming world tour. The trek will be his first time out on the road since 2019.Glover also dropped a music video for the song "Little Foot Big Foot," which is the only Atavista track that didn't also appear on 3.15.20."There's a special vinyl coming soon w/ visuals for each song," the rapper said in a tweet.Fans in the...
On This Day In Music… May 13, 1967: The Monkees' Second LP Hits No. 1 in Britain
By the beginning of 1967 the Monkees were already huge in America. On May 13 of that year, they sealed their status as the hottest band in the world by topping the British charts with their second LP, More of the Monkees. That album had come hot on the heels of their first long-player, The Monkees, which had already dominated the No. 1 spot for seven weeks through February and March.If one were to be only slightly facetious, one could even argue that in 1967 the Monkees were arguably bigger than the Beatles. During the entire year only four LPs...
On This Day In Music… May 12, 1967: Jimi Hendrix Releases 'Are You Experienced', Changes Rock Music Forever
Jimi Hendrix was never really a studio musician, so much as an incendiary live performer who also made some recordings. It just so happened that the three studio albums he wrote during his tragically short lifetime – 1967’s Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold as Love, and 1968’s Electric Ladyland – were also all bona fide classics. And of the three, it was the debut, released on May 12, 1967 in the U.K., that was the real game changer.Until Are You Experienced, albums were seldom regarded as an artistic entity in their own right, so much as a collection of...
After Chaos and Controversy Switzerland's Nemo Rules Europe as Eurovision Proves the Show Must Go On
After a day of chaos that at times threatened to derail the competition completely, Nemo, representing Switzerland with the song "The Code", triumphed at the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in the Malmo Arena, Sweden, winning 591 points from a combination of juries and public votes from each of the 37 countries who had originally entered the competition.Second and third places were taken by Croatia and Ukraine, while Norway picked up the wooden spoon with just 16 votes. Olly Alexander, representing the United Kingdom with the song “Dizzy”, scored 46 votes and finished in 18th place, after securing...
On This Day In Music… May 11, 1981: Reggae Pioneer and Activist Bob Marley Dies
Bob Marley knew that he would not make it home. On a flight from Germany where he was undergoing alternative treatments for cancer, the plane had to detour to Miami, Florida. Taken to the University of Miami Hospital, his condition progressively worsened. As his family gathered around him, his final words to his son Ziggy were uttered: "On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don't let me down." He died on May 11, 1981 at the age of 36.During his lifetime, Marley rose from the poverty of Kingston, Jamaica to worldwide critical and commercial success as...
Netherlands Entrant Joost Klein Has Been Disqualified From Eurovision
Joost Klein, the Dutch contestant for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, has been ejected from the final after a complaint made by a female member of the production crew.In a statement issued by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the body in charge of the annual song contest, just hours before the ceremony on Saturday May 11, they said that the disqualification came following “a complaint made by a female member of the production crew after an incident following his performance in Thursday night’s Semi Final”. The complaint is now being investigated by Swedish police.The EBU also added that incident did...
Duran Duran to Reissue First Five Albums on Vinyl and CD
Duran Duran will be re-releasing remastered versions of their self-titled debut album as well as Rio, Seven and the Ragged Tiger, Notorious and Big Thing. Long out-of-print, the albums will be available via Warner Music from July 5 - pre-order here.From the press release: "Both 1LP and 1CD formats will feature the latest album remasters, with vinyl editions cut at Abbey Road Studios. The album artworks have been closely restored to the original sleeve designs, overseen by Malcolm Garrett, the visionary designer behind the band's first three albums."Emerging from the U.K. New Romantic movement, the band – singer Simon LeBon,...
Arooj Aftab Shares New Song 'Whiskey' Ahead of Forthcoming Album 'Night Reign'
After being nominated for two Grammy Awards (and winning one) for her work on 2021's Vulture Prince, the Pakistani-born, New York-based singer and composer Arooj Aftab is returning next month with her new album Night Reign.Today, she's sharing the beautifully shimmering song "Whiskey," which features Kaki King and Gyan Riley on guitars, Maeve Gilchrist on harp, Linda May Han Oh on bass, Jamey Haddad on percussion, and TimaLikesMusic on keyboard and electric piano.“‘Whiskey’ is about being out at night with someone you like, but the evening gets a little carried away,” Aftab explains in a statement. “My friend has had...
Jonny Greenwood to Score New Paul Thomas Anderson Film
In entirely unsurprising news, Radiohead multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood will be scoring the next film from director Paul Thomas Anderson, The Guardian reported via a profile of the musician on May 10. The film -- yet untitled, though reportedly set to star Leonardo DiCaprio -- will be Greenwood's sixth collaboration with the director.The pair's partnership has been an extremely fruitful one. Greenwood established his reputation as an adventurous, serious film composer with his score to Anderson's There Will Be Blood in 2007. He earned his first Academy Award nomination for his music in Anderson's The Phantom Thread, and has also scored...
Paul Weller Shares New Song 'Nothing' Ahead of Upcoming Album '66'
Paul Weller is releasing his 17th solo album 66 on May 24, the day before his 66th birthday.Today, the legendary former frontman of the Jam and the Style Council has given us another taste of the record by sharing the languid, jazzy new track "Nothing."Listen to "Nothing" below.Weller recorded 66 at his own Black Barn Studio, and the LP features contributions from friends and collaborators including Noel Gallagher, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, Madness’ Suggs, Richard Hawley, the Blow Monkeys’ Dr Robert, Le SuperHomard’s Christophe Vaillant, and Erland Cooper, plus string arrangements by Hannah Peel.The album's lead single "Soul Wandering," co-written...
Dutch Eurovision Contestant Joost Klein Barred From Dress Rehearsal Over Plans to Make Onstage Statement: Report
Eurovision's Dutch participant Joost Klein was barred from the contest's dress rehearsal on Friday, May 10. This came in response to an unspecified backstage "incident."Judges use this dress rehearsal to score performers ahead of the grand finale, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 11. They're evaluating Klein based on a taped performance from earlier in the week instead, BBC reported.Some of the props the musician used to perform his track "Europapa" were placed on stage and removed shortly thereafter.This year's contest has been embroiled in controversy due to the inclusion of Israel, which has drawn international scrutiny for its ongoing...
Jimmy Page and Foo Fighters Pay Tribute to Steve Albini
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl have added their voices to the growing chorus of bands and musicians paying tribute to the late Steve Albini, the legendary recording engineer and producer who died of a heart attack this week at the age of 61.Albini recorded Walking Into Clarksdale, the 1998 album by Page and his Zeppelin bandmate Robert Plant. He worked with Grohl when he produced Nirvana's 1994 album In Utero, and they later reunited when Albini recorded the Foo Fighters song "Something From Nothing" for their 2014 album and series Sonic Highways. ...
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Member Teases 30th Anniversary Celebration
A Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member teased a 30th anniversary celebration in a recent social media post. Creepin on ah Come Up, the group's first EP under the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony name, dropped in June 1994."We celebrating 30 years now," Layzie Bone said in a video posted to his Instagram on Tuesday, May 7."June 23, 1994, is the day that 'Thuggish Ruggish Bone' came out. The celebration of 30 years. Now you know you got your Bone and Biggies. You got your Tupacs and your Mariah Careys. And JDs, and Bow Wow. We done mixed and mingled with a lot of people. So...
'Directors Are All Full of S--t': John Carpenter on His New Album 'Lost Themes IV: Noir,' Video Games, and Why He Can't Be Trusted
John Carpenter, occasionally referred to as the "Master of Horror," is best known as the director behind iconic 1970s and 1980s genre films like Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, Escape From New York, The Thing, and Big Trouble in Little China. He famously composed the synthesizer-heavy scores to nearly all of his movies, including the spine-tingling "Halloween" theme. And although he hasn't directed a feature in years, he's found a nice second act for himself as a musician, scoring the recent Halloween reboot trilogy and Firestarter remake with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, the son of the...
Paramore Plays Cover of Talking Heads' 'Burning Down the House' Live for the First Time
Paramore played their cover of the Talking Heads classic "Burning Down the House" live for the first time ever on Thursday, May 9.The band is currently on tour with Taylor Swift. The first leg of the trek is currently underway at the Paris La Défense Arena. They'll play three more shows there on May 10, 11 and 12 before moving onto Stockholm.The cover was the second track in Paramore's nine-song opening set. It will appear on an upcoming A24 tribute album in honor of Talking Heads' iconic 1984 concert movie Stop Making Sense. Lorde, the National and Miley Cyrus are...
R.I.P. Dennis 'Machine Gun' Thompson: Drummer and Last Surviving Member of the MC5, Dead at 75
Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, drummer for the MC5 and the last surviving member of the iconic proto-punk band, has died at the age of 75. Per the Detroit Free Press, Thompson died at MediLodge of Taylor in Michigan, where he had been recovering following a heart attack in April. At the time of his death, Thompson had high hopes for being able to attend the induction of the MC5 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence category, having learned the news from Becky Tyner, widow of MC5 vocalist Rob Tyner, while still in recovery at...
Drake's Toronto Mansion Targeted by Another Alleged Trespasser in Wake of Security Guard Shooting
Drake's Toronto mansion was allegedly the target of two separate alleged trespassing incidents this week. They came after one of the rapper's security guards was injured in a shooting at the property on Tuesday, May 7.The latest situation unfolded on the afternoon of Thursday, May 9. Police were called to investigate after the unidentified person showed up at Drake's home in the ritzy Bridle Path neighborhood."At approximately 3:30pm yesterday afternoon, police were called about a trespasser on the property," the Toronto Police Service told Q."That person got into an altercation with security guards prior to police arrival and was taken...
Travis Shares New Song 'Raze the Bar' With Coldplay's Chris Martin and the Killers' Brandon Flowers
Travis is returning this summer with the new album L.A. Times. They've already shared lead single "Gaslight," and now they're back with another new track featuring some big names."Raze the Bar" is a fictional story about a night in New York City's legendary East Village bar Black and White, which closed during the pandemic. Coldplay's Chris Martin and the Killers' Brandon Flowers help out with additional vocals, and you can listen to the song below."There was a great bar in New York City. It didn’t have a name but everyone called it Black and White on account of the black...
Kings of Leon Release 'Can We Please Have Fun': Stream Full Album Here
Grammy and BRIT award-winning rockers Kings of Leon have just dropped the Can We Please Have Fun LP, their first new material in three years. Check out the album stream below.The quartet – brothers Caleb, Jared and Nathan Folowill and cousin Matthew Folowill – will get behind the release with a North American tour starting on August 14 in Austin, Texas and wrapping up on October 7 in Boston. Tickets for those shows are available here.They have also announced their headline set at BST Hyde Park in London on Sunday, June 30. The UK, Ireland and European dates, beginning June...
Jane's Addiction Announces Surprise Show in Intimate London Venue: 'Limited Tickets Available'
Jane's Addiction has announced a surprise show in London later this month. The Los Angeles band will take over Bush Hall – a 400 capacity venue in Shepherd's Bush – on Thursday, May 23."Limited tickets available, get them while you can!" the band said in an Instagram post. They're available for purchase at this link for £57.50.The concert will kick off the band's first European headlining tour in eight years. The trek includes two more shows in London and a stop at the Bearded Theory Festival in South Derbyshire. It's slated to end in Luxembourg on Wednesday, July 3.Jane's Addiction...
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