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STING Sells Songwriting Catalog For An Estimated $300 Million
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Universal Music Group‘s leading global music publishing division, has announced the acquisition of 17-time Grammy Award winner Sting‘s career catalog of music. Financial terms were not disclosed, but according to The New York Times, the deal is estimated to be worth around $300 million. This historic, comprehensive worldwide agreement for the catalog of one of the most commercially successful and critically-acclaimed songwriters of the last half-century encompasses the entirety of both Sting‘s solo works as well as those with THE POLICE, including “Roxanne”, “Every Breath You Take”, “Shape Of My Heart”, “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You”, “Fields Of Gold”, “Desert Ros...
VIO-LENCE Shares Title Track Of Upcoming EP, ‘Let The World Burn’
San Francisco Bay Area thrashers VIO-LENCE have returned with “Let The World Burn”, their second new song in 29 years. It is the title track of their upcoming EP, “Let The World Burn”, their first original release since 1993’s “Nothing To Gain”. The five-song collection will be available worldwide on March 4 via Metal Blade Records. Frontman Sean Killian commented: “For 34 years, a creation called ‘Eternal Nightmare’ has been making memories for people around the world. Now, it is time to create some new memories in 2022. I am very proud of the new music we created, and we are fortunate to have worked with some very creative people. Nothing too polished here, unless fragments of glass and broken razor blades are what you consider ...
Fortune, Fashion, and Fraud: How Julia Garner Reinvented Anna Delvey
By Deepa Lakshmin The first thing you notice about Anna Delvey is her accent: husky German vocal fry, faint Russian twist, British-English spoken with the singsong musicality of an American making a name for herself in New York City. Her intonation shifts when she’s negotiating million-dollar business deals or clinking glasses on a yacht in Ibiza — or pleading “not guilty” to multiple felony charges, including grand larceny, attempted grand larceny, and theft of services. “To me, that gave a lot of direction [about] who the character is, just the accent alone,” the actress Julia Garner, who plays Delvey in a new limited series from Netflix, tells MTV News over video chat. “This is somebody that is trying to be something that she’s not.” Critically acclaimed for her role as Ruth Langmore on...
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Rickie Lee Jones
Name Rickie Lee Jones Best known for Wearing a hat very, very well. Current city New Orleans, the floating city. Really want to be In a very warm blanket with hot chocolate and my sweetheart, watching the Northern Lights. Excited about I am working on an episodic TV show, based on characters in my book, situations, and family stories that were not in the memoir. Also, a theater production. By myself or someone else, either one will be thrilling. Hopefully both. And I quite love a song I am working on. These things are enough to keep on writing. My current music collection has a lot of Old stuff. Lots of old rock (which meant pop, acoustic, electric, etc.). From when I was a teenager. And a little bit of Jazz. Great jazz instrumentalists. Don’t judge...
Jack White Shares ‘Fear of The Dawn’ Video
Jack White knows we can’t get enough. The blue-haired rocker just unveiled yet another single, the title track of his forthcoming record Fear of the Dawn. It’s the B-Side to the previously released “Love Is Selfish” The track was released via White’s Third Man Records. A music video for the single was also directed by White himself as he has directed his own music videos in the past. White has been teasing the single for days on his social media, posting cryptic stills from the music video to garner attention. [embedded content][embedded content] Last month, White released “Love Is Selfish,” following the unveiling of his first track in three years, “Taking Me Back,” last October. “Love Is Selfish” features White on the acoustic guitar serving sweet country melodies. The legend is only gea...
The Head and the Heart Release New Single ‘Virginia (Wind In the Night)’
The Head and the Heart released their latest single “Virginia (Wind In The Night),” the second single off of their upcoming album, Every Shade of Blue. This bittersweet track showcases the band playing to their strengths: a sturdy piano sound garnished with strings and perfectly paired with Jonathan Russell’s evocative lyrics. Russell drew inspiration for this single from the concept of place and how we interpret the meaning of physical locations. ”Being from Virginia, for me this song represents a long and winding relationship to place – a place that is grounding. I’m often drawing on my life through symbolism as a way into someone else’s psyche,” Russell said in a statement. “It’s part of my search for a deeper connection without having to compare our experiences directly. There is a rea...
Eddie Vedder Unveils New Album Earthling: Stream
Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has unleashed his long-awaited new solo album, Earthling. Listen to the project below. Earthling marks Vedder’s first solo project since 2011’s Ukulele Songs. With a star-studded backing band featuring Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer, and guest appearances from Ringo Starr, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John, the LP moves beyond the angsty grunge that made the artist famous over three decades ago. Instead, Vedder dabbles in bluegrass, Americana, and straight-ahead rock, “a trial-and-error soundtrack to one man’s maturation,” as we put it in our review of the album. It features the previously released singles “Long Way,” “The Haves,” and “Brother the Cloud.” Advertisement Related Video Last week, Vedder kicked off his “Earthlings” t...
Kanye West Drops “City of Gods” with Fivio Foreign and Alicia Keys: Stream
Kanye West is set to return on February 22nd with Donda 2. In anticipation, he’s shared “City of Gods,” a new collaboration with Fivio Foreign and Alicia Keys. Decidedly an East Coast number, Brooklyn drill rapper Fivio Foreign and concrete-jungle native Alicia Keys help Ye celebrate New York with thunderous bass and a skittering beat. “New York City, please go easy on me tonight,” Keys sings gently, but West, meanwhile goes on the offensive. Threatening to pull up to SNL — where a certain someone works — West spits, “When I pull up, it’s dead on arrival/ They act like they love you, they don’t even like you.” Wonder what that’s about. Listen to “City of Gods” below. In other beef-related Kanye news, the rapper recently said he wouldn’t play Coachella unless fellow headliner Billie Eilish ...
Slowdive Confirm Work on New Album
Slowdive have confirmed they’re at work on a new album. On Thursday, Slowdive’s official Twitter account shared a photo of Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell with the caption, “Studio vibes.” Goswell quoted tweeted the photo on her personal Twitter account, writing, “LP5.” Slowdive released their self-titled fourth album in 2017. It marked the band’s first release in 22 years, following their reunion in 2014. Related Video This summer, Slowdive are lined up to play several European festivals, including Barcelona’s Primavera Sound and Porto’s NOS Primavera Sound. Advertisement Last year, Goswell and Slowdive bandmate, Christian Savill, collaborated with members of The Flaming Lips, Casket Girls, and The Soft Cavalry on an album under the moniker of Beachy Head. LP5 https://t.co/gtDt1OZF3N — R...
Ho99o9 Announce New Album and 2022 Tour, Share “Nuge Snight”: Stream
Ho99o9 (pronounced “horror”) have unveiled their new album Skin, produced entirely by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. They also shared the lead single “Nuge Snight.” The record comes out on March 11th, prior to Ho99o9’s spring US tour. The 22-date outing kicks off April 15th in Los Angeles and runs through May 14th in Houston. Get tickets via Ticketmaster. Ho99o9 previously offered up the Barker-produced single “Batteries Not Included.” At the time, the genre-defying duo of Yeti Bones and theOGM promised news on a new album soon, and they’ve followed through. Advertisement Related Video It turns out Barker produced the whole album. Instead of steering Ho99o9 in a new musical direction, he has instead bolstered the band’s harsh aesthetics with a hi-fi touch that only adds to the bruta...
Jordan Peele’s Latest Project ‘Nope’ Drops Its First Teaser
After an exceptional directorial debut with Get Out and his subsequent success with Us, actor-turned-director Jordan Peele is now working on his third project, titled Nope. The new film sees Peele team up with Universal Pictures once again, and its style will very much reflect his previous work, offering horror elements with social commentary. While he hasn’t revealed much about exactly what the plot of the movie will entail, a poster for the upcoming title spotlights a looming cloud in a dark and ominous sky over a small town, and the teaser itself showcases actors Steven Yuen, Daniel Kaluuya, and Keke Palmer all looking upwards with horrified expressions. For fans of the critically acclaimed director, Nope is slated to hit cinemas July 22. A full trailer is expected t...
Take a First Look at Amazon’s ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Series
Amazon has revealed the official first look images of its upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series, an adaptation from J.R.R. Tolkien‘s mythical world. The images were released on Vanity Fair as a part of the first-look feature that gives fans a glimpse of Middle-Earth. The series is set to take place in the Second Age of Middle-Earth, before the War of the Ring and the appearance of Frodo and Bilbo. The storyline follows the cast of characters as they confront the re-emerging and long-feared evil that hovers over Middle-Earth. The first look shows Ismael Cruz Córdova playing a silvan elf called Arondir wielding a flaming torch. Another image showcases Elrond and Galadriel reunited in the elven kingdom of Lindon, while another showcases the new character Halbrand portrayed...
