Author: James Evenden
This is one of the most beautiful tunes I’ve heard lately. It’s not a very usual thing to fuse vocal samples with jazz (more often they’re found in jazz beats) but Matt Wilde is always here to surprise us. The Manchester keyboardist shares the wonderful trumpet & key-driven “Get Along” – a genre-defying jazz piece you’ll likely be playing on repeat. It is part of his sophomore album Find a Way, out today – the debut release of his own imprint Hello World Records. The 9-track record started as “a series of journal entries, reflecting on life, creativity, and resilience…
Shaolinn is one of those young artists that feel like a source of hope for whatever’s next for music. The young (I believe early 20s) Virginia Beach-based artist lives at the cross-section of alt r&b and hip hop music and is equally skilled at dropping razor blade sharp bars and soulful lullabies. Her desire to make music sparked from childhood, first ignited by a game inspired many, Rock Band, and further enhanced by the thrill of imagining herself onstage. After years of channeling her creativity through poetry, she found her voice again in high school, turning her words into songs…
Neil Young has had enough of Amazon. The classic rocker has announced that he’ll be pulling his music from the massive online retailer, and is calling for a boycott of the Jeff Bezos-founded company. “FORGET AMAZON AND WHOLE FOODS. FORGET FACEBOOK. “BUY LOCAL. BUY DIRECT,” reads his post on the Neil Young Archives website. “BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME.” Young’s message continues: “The time is here.FORGET AMAZON.Soon my music will not be there. It is easy to buy local. Support your community.Go to the local store.Don’t go back to the big corporations who have…
Devo and The B-52s brought their co-headlining “Cosmic De-Evolution Tour” to the Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, on Sunday, October 5th. The two legendary bands were joined by pioneering new wave artist Lene Lovich as the opening act. In the midst of an unseasonably warm stretch of weather, it was a beautiful night on Long Island as Lovich kicked off the outdoor concert at 7 p.m. sharp. Dressed in gothic garb from head to toe, the 76-year-old singer performed a 35-minute set of her classic songs, including her signature tune “Lucky Number.” Get DEVO &…
Turning Point USA, the conservative political action group founded by Charlie Kirk, says it will stage its own “All American Halftime Show” to counterprogram Bad Bunny’s performance at Super Bowl LX. Performers and event details are “coming soon.” However, before officially announcing its halftime show, associates of Turning Point USA and The Charlie Kirk Show discussed the possibility of staging such an event with Creed as a potential headliner. 🚨 HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 It’s true, Turning Point USA is thrilled to announce The All American Halftime Show. Performers and event details coming soon. 2.8.2026https://t.co/HBHGfXj6yU pic.twitter.com/HYUs6BqgVL — Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) October…
Bradley Cooper is in negotiations to star in the Ocean’s Eleven prequel opposite Margot Robbie. Cooper is being tapped for the role after Ryan Gosling was previously attached. Meanwhile, Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung recently took over the helm from Jay Roach. Carrie Solomon is working on a screenplay based on characters created by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell. While the plot is being kept under wraps, it was previously reported that the prequel would be set in 1960s Europe. Related VideoIn other Ocean’s news, George Clooney told E! News earlier this week that he expects to begin shooting the upcoming…
No Doubt are heading to the Sphere. The Gwen Stefani-led band will headline the futuristic Las Vegas venue in 2026, according to a report from TMZ. While no exact dates have been revealed, TMZ has learned that the six-show residency will take place in May and June. No Doubt have not made any official announcements, but the band did post a career-retrospective video teaser on its social media pages on Thursday. An accompanying message urges fans to sign up for news by leaving their email at the band’s website. If confirmed, No Doubt would be the first female-led rock band…
During the fourth and final “Radical Optimism Tour” date at LA’s Kia Forum on Wednesday, October 8th, Dua Lipa continued spotlighting local legends by bringing out No Doubt vocalist Gwen Stefani for a duet of “Don’t Speak.” Watch a clip of the performance below. Before diving into the mid-’90s classic, Lipa called Stefani “one of my personal heroes, one of my favorite artists, someone who I’ve grown up listening to my whole life, who’s influenced my music, influenced my style, someone who I love as a performer, and someone who just constantly keeps redefining herself and music. And I just absolutely…
Veteran UK doom metal band My Dying Bride announced on Thursday that they’ve officially parted ways with founding singer Aaron Stainthorpe. Stainthorpe, who cofounded My Dying Bride in 1990, stepped away from touring last year amid tensions with guitarist Andrew Craighan, just a couple weeks before the release of the band’s latest album, A Mortal Binding. A year later, My Dying Bride decided to resume touring with Swallow the Sun’s Mikko Kotamäki filling in on lead vocals. Now, My Dying Bride have made the split with Stainthorpe permanent, releasing the following statement on their social media pages: “My Dying Bride…
A federal judge has thrown out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.” Drake sued his own label UMG earlier this year, accusing the label of having “approved, published, and launched a campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap track” that was “intended to convey the specific, unmistakable, and false factual allegation that Drake is a criminal pedophile, and to suggest that the public should resort to vigilante justice in response.” However, in her opinion issued Thursday, Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled that a “war of words” during a “heated…