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John Cale Releases New Single, 'Shark-Shark,' to Further Tease Upcoming New Album 'POPtical Illusion'
In an effort to keep the buzz going for his upcoming new album, POPtical Illusion, due on June 14, John Cale has released a new dance-punk single, “Shark-Shark,” along with a decidedly entertaining video to accompany the song. Yes, you read that descriptor correctly: “dance-punk.” How else to describe a song with a throbbing beat that also features a shredding guitar solo? “Sometimes you write a song purely for a mood,” Cale said in a statement. “‘Shark-Shark’ has two versions - both a nod to finding humor in music. When you’re feeling too much of the real world, the...
On This Day In Music… May 10, 1986: 'West End Girls' Tops the U.S. Charts
When the Pet Shop Boys burst into the public consciousness in early 1986 with “West End Girls”, it seemed the duo had arrived fully-formed with what most people assumed was their debut release. The reality was that the single had been written two years earlier, and in a different form had already been an underground hit in the clubs of Europe and the U.S.“West End Girls” would slowly climb up the British charts after its November 1985 release to finally hit No. 1 in January 1986 – and after breaking into the Billboard Hot 100 in March, gave the Pet...
The Beatles Announce New 'Let It Be' Music Video: Watch Here
The Beatles' new music video features clips from the restored 1970 Let It Be film, along with unseen outtakes from the rushes and filmed on the day after the January 30th rooftop concert. Watch the video below.The revamped documentary, streaming exclusively on Disney+, offers a chance to experience the band's creative process and performances with renewed clarity, courtesy of Peter Jackson's team at Park Road Post Production.Never miss a story — sign up for the Q newsletter for the latest music news on all your favorite artists, all in one place.Until its debut on Disney+, Let It Be had not...
Q: The Music for the Weekend (May 10, 2024)
It's Friday, which means that the weekend is afoot. As such, Q is here to provide you with 35 tracks to help kick things off in a very musical way. The Q staff has conferred and compiled a collection that includes artists we've written about this week, songs that got stuck in our head, and whatever else happened to strike our fancy as we were in the process of putting the whole thing together.With any luck, you'll find something you've never heard before, or maybe you'll just be reminded of an old favorite that hasn't crossed your mind in awhile. Whatever the case may ultimately prove to be, we nonetheless implore you to hit "play" and give it a listen!Never miss a story — sign up for the Q newsletter for the latest music news on all your favorite artists, all in one place.
Eurovision 2024: Your Complete and Utter Guide to the Best and (Mostly) Worst of This Year’s Runners and Riders (Plus the Disqualified Entry)
Strap in, it's going to be a bumpy rideWith no fewer than 26 songs contesting the live final on Saturday May 11, this year’s Eurovision Song Contest promises to be the biggest, campest, and possibly downright weirdest yet. It also presents us with a veritable smorgasbord of questions. Will last year’s strong showing for the United Kingdom mean that the rest of Europe has forgiven us for, well, *gestures at everything*? Will recent calls for boycotts tarnish the otherwise celebratory atmosphere in Sweden? Will ABBA surprise everyone with a half-time reunion (answer – no)?And, perhaps most pertinently, will there actually...
'Daytime Revolution' Doc Recalls John & Yoko's Week on 'The Mike Douglas Show'
A year after the announcement that the John Lennon and Yoko Ono documentary Daytime Revolution wrapped production, the film – a look into the Lennons' week-long hosting duties on The Mike Douglas Show in 1972 – will be distributed by Kino Lorber for theatrical release, followed by home video, educational, and digital platforms.Never miss a story — sign up for the Q newsletter for the latest music news on all your favorite artists, all in one place.Directed by Emmy and IDA-award winner Erik Nelson, the 108-minute doc brings us back to the week of February 14, 1972, when the Lennons...
Lady Gaga's 'Chromatica Ball' Concert Film to Debut on HBO and Max: Watch the Trailer
Lady Gaga's long-gestating concert film is finally ready for release. The film, titled Gaga Chromatica Ball, was shot during her performance at Dodger Stadium during her 2022 global tour. Watch the trailer below.Gaga Chromatica Ball debuts Saturday, May 25 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO, and will be available to stream on Max.on In an Instagram post on May 8, Gaga elaborated: "This film chronicles a time of immense creativity…the fashion, the dance, the music. Revisiting the tour leaves me speechless the way we had each other — you all showed up for music and art in a big way,...
Ozzy Osbourne Reveals the Best Guitar Player He's Ever Worked With: 'He's F--king Great'
Ozzy Osbourne had some kind words for a former Black Sabbath bandmate while discussing exceptional guitar players."Tony Iommi was and is the best f--king guitar player I've ever played with," he said.The accolades came during an episode of the Madhouse Chronicles podcast, which Osbourne co-hosts with Mick Morrison. A brief preview was posted to Instagram on Tuesday, May 7."I've played 'Paranoid,' I've played 'Children of the Grave' and 'War Pigs,'" the vocalist added."[Other guitarists] do the notes but it's not the same. I find a lot of the American guys play too fast. Tony Iommi, for whatever reason, he's f--king...
The Killers' 'Mr. Brightside' Becomes Biggest UK Single Never to Hit No. 1
It’s the song that keeps on giving despite never having gotten to the top of the UK singles chart: The Killers' “Mr. Brightside” has been confirmed by OfficialCharts.com as the longest-running top-100 hit in UK chart history.Originally released on September 29, 2003, “Mr. Brightside” was actually the first song ever written by the band, and it’s fair to say that they’ve gotten some pretty solid returns out of it over the years. But there’s one accomplishment that the song has yet to achieve: making it to the top of the UK charts.Yes, it’s made it to No. 10, it’s racked...
Brian Wilson Placed in Court-Ordered Conservatorship Due to Dementia
The legendary Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson, 81, has been placed in a court-ordered conservatorship after being diagnosed with dementia.Rolling Stone reports that a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge granted the petition filed by his family on Thursday, finding that Wilson is living with a "major neurocognitive disorder" and requires outside assistance to address his needs.The conservatorship will be run by Wilson's longtime publicist and manager Jean Sievers and his business partner LeeAnn Hard and only covers his personal and medical affairs. His financial assets are held in a trust, with Hard named as trustee and given power of...
Third Annual David Bowie World Fan Convention Commences in July at Liverpool's St. George's Hall
Bowie superfans unite! The 2024 edition of the David Bowie World Fan Convention, aka BowieCon, is confirmed for the weekend of July 26 – 28 at Liverpool's historic St. George's Hall.In a year of plentiful Bowie anniversaries – 55 years since David Bowie, 45 years since Lodger, 40 since Tonight and 25 years since Hours – the theme for this year's BowieCon is his 1974 album Diamond Dogs. And the guests scheduled to appear are as diverse as Bowie's own storied and genre-bending music.To run down just a few: Ava Cherry was a Chicago-based singer and model, who met Bowie...
Ghost Shares New Trailer for 'Rite Here Rite Now' Film, Debuts First Single From Upcoming Soundtrack
The upcoming Ghost film Rite Here Rite Now will debut in theaters worldwide on Thursday, June 20 and Saturday, June 22. Tickets are currently available for purchase through the movie's website.The enigmatic Swedish hard rock band released a new trailer 9 alongside a live version of their track "Absolution" on on Thursday, May. The song is the lead single for the film's upcoming soundtrack, which is due out on July 26 via Loma Vista Recordings.Rite Here Rite Now will combine never-before-seen concert footage with narratives from the band's long-running "Chapters" series.Much of the film was shot during two sold-out 2023...
Beabadoobee Announces New Album 'This Is How Tomorrow Moves,' Shares Single 'Take A Bite'
Beabadoobee has announced her third studio album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves, out in August via Dirty Hit, and shared its lead single "Take a Bite" on May 9."It’s me feeling introspective about my thoughts and unhealthy way of living," Beabadoobee explains of the new song in a press release. "It's finding comfort in a familiar place – finding comfort in chaos, because that’s what I know. So, I bring it into every aspect of my life, especially with relationships. And it's just tapping into this part of my brain where I just jump straight to the most negative, most...
Watch Fontaines D.C. Debut New Songs at Brooklyn Show
Fontaines D.C. announced their new album Romance, their first since leaving Partisan and signing to XL Recordings, last month. And last night, they played the first show of their new era at Warsaw in Brooklyn, New York.The Irish post-punk band played the LP's lead single "Starburster," which they performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier this week, of course. But they also took the opportunity to debut some brand new material from the upcoming record.Fontaines D.C. walking out to their unreleased track ‘Romance’ from their upcoming LP of the same name at Warsaw, Brooklyn on May 8. pic.twitter.com/MiMgh7q0GX—...
R.I.P. Eric 'E.T.' Thorngren: Engineer, Producer, and Remixer for Everyone From Grandmaster Flash to Talking Heads and Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Eric “E.T.” Thorngren, whose work as an engineer, producer, and remixer for artists ranging from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five to Talking Heads, Squeeze and Kenny Wayne Shepherd kept him actively employed from the 1980s onward, has died. Thorngren’s death was revealed on his Facebook page by his wife, Monique, who wrote the following:It is with the deepest sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved husband of 39 years Eric ET Thorngren. I know many of you have been a part of his life and wish you to know that Eric deeply cherished his friends. Many of...
Noel Gallagher Shares Paul Weller Playlist With 'Two Hours of Music, Anecdotes and Impressions'
Oasis songwriter and guitarist Noel Gallagher has paid tribute to another English music legend: the Jam's Paul Weller.For BBC 6, Gallagher put together a career-spanning two-hour playlist of his favorite tracks from across Weller's discography interspersed with Gallagher's own "personal recollection, anecdotes, and impressions."According to the official description, "The programme also includes highlights from the Jam recorded live during what Noel Gallagher describes as their 'imperious phase' at the Rainbow Theatre in 1979 & the Golders Green Hipodrome in 1981."Noel was recently asked by @BBC6Music to put together a playlist of his favourite @paulwellerHQ tracks, which you can listen to...
PJ Harvey Pays Tribute to Steve Albini: 'He Taught Me So Much About Music'
PJ Harvey joined the chorus of musicians paying tribute to the late Steve Albini on May 9. Albini, the legendary recording engineer who passed yesterday at the age of 61, recorded Harvey's second album, Rid of Me, which has since come to be regarded as one of the landmark rock records of the 1990s.On Instagram, Harvey posted a picture of the 1993 album's back cover, offering some brief words of tribute in the caption. View this post on Instagram A post shared...
Biden Campaign References Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar Beef in Ad Knocking Donald Trump: 'You Sneak Diss on Truth Social'
President Joe Biden's campaign used Kendrick Lamar's viral diss track "Euphoria" in a campaign ad knocking his 2024 rival.The incumbent is drawing a comparison between his race against former President Donald Trump and the Los Angeles rapper's ongoing beef with Drake.The song plays over a slideshow that mostly includes images of Trump. The Biden campaign wrote their own alternate lyrics, which appear in text written over the video."It’s always been about love and hate, now let me say I’m the biggest hater," the campaign wrote. "I hate the way that you walk over women’s rights, the way that you talk...
People Don't Love Apple's New Ad About Crushing Human Creativity to Sell a Really Thin iPad
Apple just unveiled an ad for their new iPad Pro, and you can bet that people have some thoughts about it.The commercial shows creative tools like musical instruments, paints and paintbrushes, art supplies, cameras, books, sculptures, arcade games, turntables, and TVs being crushed and destroyed in a giant hydraulic press as Sonny and Cher's "All I Need Is You" plays. Then it reveals the new product that they're selling: a really, really thin iPad. "Meet the new iPad Pro: the thinnest product we’ve ever created, the most advanced display we’ve ever produced, with the incredible power of the M4 chip,"...
Read the Letter Steve Albini Sent to Nirvana Before Recording 'In Utero'
A letter Steve Albini sent to Nirvana before working on their 1994 record In Utero has gone viral following the legendary producer's death. He suffered a fatal heart attack at age 61 on Tuesday, May 7.Part of the four-page note was posted to the band's X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday, May 8. This came as a wide array of fans, celebrities and musicians mourned the legend on social media.Albini was not a big fan of Nirvana. He was once called them "R.E.M. with a fuzzbox." But the producer agreed to work with the band because he thought they were...
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