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New Order‘s Stephen Morris has spoken out about the chances of reconciling with “angry person” Peter Hook. The drummer recently spoke to Rolling Stone ahead of New Order and Joy Division’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame this year. The band was formed by Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Morris in the wake of Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis‘ death in 1980. Since New Order’s most recent reunion, the line-up has been centred around Sumner, Morris and Gilbert without Hook. Now, Morris has opened up about the potential of reconciling with Hook, telling the magazine: “He’s quite an angry person.…

Creative blocks come to the best of us, but it’s safe to say Natanya Popoola hasn’t been met by one yet. In just over the span of a year, the north Londoner has seemingly tapped into a boundless well of lyric and verse, spouting not one, but two EPs: ‘Feline’s Return’ and ‘Feline’s Return Act II’. Now, with her latest mixtape ‘Attitude Era!’, the singer, songwriter and producer debuts her most authentic self with a pose, wink and hair flip to boot. Collaborating with hit-making producer Oscar Scheller (PinkPantheress, Charli XCX, Rina Sawayama) is a no-brainer, and in keeping with…

Conor Oberst has made a short film starring Phoebe Bridgers. The Bright Eyes frontman has announced the news of his debut film, Invention 13, which is set to premiere on September 26 at LA’s Beyond Fest. The film will focus on a pianist who attempts to learn Bach’s “notoriously intricate ‘Invention 13′”, but encounters “strange obstacles”. “Music is an exorcism. Sometimes it won’t come out,” Oberst added on his Instagram. Invention 13 was co-directed with Shawn Foree, and will feature actors Emory Cohen and Olivia Howard. Pro skater Nelly Morville will also make an appearance in the film, while Phoebe Bridgers –…

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone shared an official apology for the delays around their forthcoming film collaboration with Kendrick Lamar. The musical, titled Whitney Springs, was originally announced in 2022. “We take full responsibility for the schedule delay of this movie,” Parker and Stone said in a statement to The Ankler. “We apologize to our partners at pgLang and Paramount, and we appreciate their patience. South Park and life’s circumstances have gotten in the way, but we still believe in the project.” Whitney Springs was written by Vernon Chatman, a longtime South Park writer, and set for…

Dolly Parton’s sister Stella has shared the reason the late country legend chose to keep her cancer diagnosis secret. In her first interview since Dolly’s death, Stella told Gayle King that the true nature of Dolly’s health was only known to select people. “Some of us knew, the ones of us that were closer,” she told King.  Dolly’s death was announced on August 25, and her cause of death was revealed as a “brief battle with cancer” a few days later. Though Dolly previously told fans she was “dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to”…

I blinked too fast, and all of a sudden, it was time to do retrospectives on the music of Young Thug. After briefly confronting my own mortality—Barter 6 and “2 B’s (Danny Glover)” are how old?—it’s staggering to consider just how large the YSL head honcho’s musical and cultural footprints are. Heads were using terms like “post-text” to describe the way his voice landed on people’s eardrums back in 2016, and there isn’t another rapper alive whose excitable flows and vocal tics could be credited with both reshaping Atlanta rap and inspiring Elton John. Even at what’s arguably the nadir…

Jimmy Kimmel says that his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will not air on TV after President Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) threatened Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC, their affiliates, and local stations. During his Wednesday monologue, Kimmel said that while Talarico would stop by the show for an interview on Thursday, viewers at home won’t be able to watch it on broadcast television. Instead, the interview with the Democratic nominee has been relegated to YouTube. “Tomorrow night, I’ll be interviewing James Talarico — tomorrow night, under unusual circumstances,” Kimmel began. “You know, for a lot of…

For nearly 40 years now, Jennifer Herrema has tuned her inner antennae to the sound of the radio—or at least, the experience of listening to it. Navigating her vast discography—with Royal Trux, then RTX, and now Black Bananas—feels a lot like randomly sliding back and forth on an FM dial, where you might bounce between classic-rock fist-pumpers, retro roller-rink jams, crackly country golden oldies, and whatever weird shit the overnight DJ at your local campus station can get away with playing at 3 a.m.The first Black Bananas album in 12 years exists in that space beyond the city limits where…

Not all of us can afford beachfront property with a convertible Bugatti to match, but thanks to the new album by Argento, we no longer need to. Inspired by the riches of the Tuscan coast, Miraggi is as sultry as music tagged “Balearic” gets. Breathy flutes wisp up and down, casting their ocean spray as they pass. Lithe basslines sway against windswept chimes, beckoning you to leave it all behind. New age, downtempo, and jazz fusion shimmer and swirl together like crisp white wine. That’s right, don’t resist. Summer never has to end.If this all seems like fantasy, it’s just…

None of them are touching “Get Me Bodied,” a Beyoncé all-timer. “The idea of ‘getting me bodied’ was basically Beyoncé loving New York guys,” Sean Garrett said in an interview about writing this track. “In New York, they say, ‘Imma body this nigga when I see him,’ and this was the flip of that.” You can sense that energy on the sexed-up hook, where she sounds so loose while keeping that Aretha-raised soul intact. Swizz, fresh off yelling all over singles like Remy Ma’s “Whuteva,” is more in DJ Webstar hypeman mode, which gives the track an almost mix-CD vibe.…