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Arcade Fire Burn Through Rocking Cover of Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’
After burning up the stage on Saturday Night Live over the weekend Arcade Fire clearly had plenty more gas in the tank. The band stopped by the BBC’s iconic Maida Vale Studios this week to put their rocking spin on Harry Styles‘ most recent single, “As It Was.” The original version of the song from Harry’s upcoming third solo album, Harry’s House, has a kind of bouncy 1980s new wave A-Ha vibe, but the Arcade crew found a fifth, more raucous gear in their goosed arrangement. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Doubling the tempo, the band gave the track a renewed, frantic urgency, with singer Win Butler sounding angsty and breathless over a mix that included violin, keyboard, marimba, driving guitars and tubular bells. The session also found the ban...
Major Labels Bolster Diversity of Music Teams With ‘A&R Academies’
LONDON — Growing up in the town of Watford, located 15 miles outside of London, Zara Stewart dreamed of pursuing a music career. But she felt she lacked the connections or background to make it a reality. “I assumed it was an industry where it was all about who you know,” says Stewart. “And I didn’t know anybody.” Believing music wasn’t a viable option, Stewart focused her education on languages, studying Spanish and Portuguese at Leeds University. After graduating in 2019, she briefly worked in fashion retail and medical recruitment, but still found herself pining for a job in the record business. Now Stewart, 25, has landed her dream job as a paid A&R intern at Sony Music UK imprint Dream Life Records. She joined the company earlier this year as part of its A&R Academy – one of s...
Ashley Judd Reveals Mother Naomi Judd’s Cause of Death
Ashley Judd appeared on Good Morning America on Thursday morning (May 12) to discuss her mother country icon Naomi Judd‘s recent death by suicide. Speaking to Diane Sawyer from her home in Nashville, Ashley opened by thanking the everyone who has reached out with condolences and explaining why she’d been “deputized” by the family to share information about Naomi’s cause of death. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “She used a weapon… mother used a firearm,” Judd told Sawyer. “So that’s the piece of information that we are very uncomfortable sharing.” Judd said she did the interview because the family wanted to reveal the information on their own so they could control the news about their beloved matriarch’s death before autopsy results were releas...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Promotes Love, Forgiveness and ‘Uncanceling the Canceled’ at 2022 Billboard Music Awards
Love and forgiveness. Those are the two themes that Sean “Diddy” Combs is embracing for his first-time stint as host and executive producer of the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. As the countdown to the May 15 telecast begins, the impresario has already started raising the curtain a bit about what’s been happening behind the scenes. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news When it was announced earlier this week that Travis Scott would be joining a performer lineup that includes Morgan Wallen, Silk Sonic, Ed Sheeran and Megan Thee Stallion, Combs noted on Instagram, “I made a request; I made a demand. I said my brother Travis Scott has to perform … And NBC said yes.” This will be Scott’s first awards show performance since a crowd crush during his show at ...
Burna Boy – Last Last
Check out this brand new single from Burna Boy titled – “Last Last”. Grammy Award-winning singer Burna Boy drops his brand new anticipated single titled “Last Last“. The new record “Last Last” is off his forthcoming album tagged “Love, Damini” and was first performed live during his Madison Square Garden (One Night In Space) concert. “Last Last” is perceived to be about his breakup with the British-Jamaican rapper & singer Stefflon Don. However, it is an impressive track to be added to your playlist. Listen and share Burna Boy – “Last Last” below. Download coming soon.
Davido ft The Samples – Stand Strong
Check out this brand new single from Davido titled – “Stand Strong”. Nigerian singer Davido tries something different this time with a new single titled “Stand Strong“, inspired by years of ups and downs in his career but still always coming out stronger. The new record “Stand Strong” features The Samples and it is an impressive song for your listening pleasure. It serves as his first solo single for the year. Listen and share Davido ft The Samples – “Stand Strong” below. Download coming soon.
Death Cab for Cutie Announce New Album Asphalt Meadows and Tour, Share New Song: Listen
Death Cab for Cutie have announced their new album Asphalt Meadows, which arrives September 16 via Atlantic. The band has also shared the lead single “Roman Candles” and announced a forthcoming tour, which includes dates alongside Illuminati Hotties, Low, and Yo La Tengo. Find the dates, the album’s artwork (a photo by Benjamin Gibbard), and the new song below. “‘Roman Candles’ is about the crippling, existential dread that goes hand in hand with living in a nervous city on a dying planet,” the band said of the new song in a statement. “And that the only way to be in the moment is to let it all go.” The last Death Cab for Cutie album was 2018’s Thank You for Today. Death Cab for Cutie: Asphalt Meadows Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Death Cab for Cut...
Riot Fest 2022 Lineup Announced: My Chemical Romance, Misfits, Nine Inch Nails, and More
Riot Fest is returning to Chicago’s Douglass Park from September 16-18, and, today, the lineup has been announced. My Chemical Romance, Nine Inch Nails, and the Original Misfits—performing the classic album Walk Among Us—will headline. The lineup also includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bauhaus, Sleater-Kinney, a reunited Sunny Day Real Estate, Descendents, Ice Cube, Bleachers, Action Bronson, Jeff Rosenstock, Alice Glass, the Wonder Years, Jimmy Eat World, the Linda Lindas, Cloud Nothings, Bully, Rocket From the Crypt, Mannequin Pussy, Bad Religion, and more. Find the full lineup poster below. The festival has also booked reunions of Yellowcard, the Academy Is…, and Midtown. “I think this year’s lineup really speaks to who we are; it’s been a minute since we’ve gotten to curate a lineup like ...
Circuit des Yeux Shares New Live From Chicago EP: Listen
Circuit des Yeux (aka Haley Fohr) has shared a new four-track EP called Live From Chicago—out now via Matador. Fohr recorded the live session at Jamdek Recording Studio in Chicago; the EP comprises songs from her 2021 album -io, tracked as she developed arrangements for her current tour. Fohr’s band included the musicians Whitney Johnson, Andrew Scott Young, and Ashley Guerrero. The recordings first appeared as part of the series Music Is Everything! with Elia Einhorn (Einhorn is a Pitchfork contributor who has run Pitchfork Radio). Check out the Live From Chicago EP, as well as Circuit des Yeux’s tour schedule, below. In February, Circuit des Yeux released “The Manatee (A Story of This World Pt. III),” a new song recorded during the sessions for -io. Read about Circuit des Yeux’s “Dogma” ...
Trevor Strnad, Singer for the Black Dahlia Murder, Dies at 41
Trevor Strnad, lead singer and founding member of Michigan death metal band the Black Dahlia Murder, has died. His bandmates revealed the news on their official Instagram page earlier today (May 11). “It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Trevor Scott Strnad. Beloved son, brother, and Shepard of good times, he was loved by all that met him,” the group wrote in their statement. The band added that Strnad was “a walking encyclopedia of all things music. He was a hugger, a writer, and truly one of the world’s greatest entertainers. His lyrics provided the world with stories and spells and horror and whimsy. It was his life to be your show.” At the end of their post, they left the number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Trevor Strnad was 41 years old. Strnad form...
Kid Cudi Teases Potential New Music With a Snippet From 2019
Kid Cudi appears to be taking a blast from the past, pulling up one of his earlier snippets from 2019. As one of this generation’s most influential artists, Cudi has paved the way for melodic artists including Lil Uzi Vert and Travis Scott. Cudi has also worked with some of the industry’s biggest names including Pusha T, Pharrell and more. Throughout the years, Cudi has engaged with fans on social media to see their reactions to snippets or teasers tracks before he releases new music. In this particular instance, Cudi retweeted a video he posted in 2019 of a track that never made it to release. It appears that Cudi might be second-guessing that choice, bringing back the short snippet of the track. The rapper took to Twitter to tease the track again, asking fans “Should I drop this,” sendin...
Joell Ortiz & Kxng Crooked “Look Mama,” Kehlani “Everything” & More | Daily Visuals 5.10.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Joell Ortiz and Kxng Crooked might be doing this Hip-Hop sh*t for the hardcore heads, but that doesn’t mean they can’t take a minute to pay homage to the mama’s of the world. In this Mother’s Day visuals to “Look Mama,” JO and KC take a backseat and showcase the various celebrity mother’s we’ve grown to know and love over our lifetimes including OG Aunt Viv (Janet Hubert), Clair Huxtable (Phylicia Rashard), and Afeni Shakur amongst many others. It was pretty dope. Elsewhere Kehlani has no problem kicking it with the homies and in her clip to “Everything” she sits on the curb while her peoples play dice behind her before heading off into the night to politic in front of the bodega. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Philthy Rich, Bruse Wane, a...
