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Arca has premiered new music from upcoming album ‘XXXXX’ in an experimental livestream directed by Daniel Sannwald. Check it out below. The stream was held live on Twitch and YouTube last night (Thursday July 23), following the Grammy-nominated singer and producer announcing details of her long-anticipated album earlier this week. That record is set to drop on July 31 via XL Recordings, and marks her first new music since the expansive ‘Kick’ pentalogy ended in 2021. On last night’s livestream, Arca broke out an ambitious two-hour performance, giving fans a first glimpse of the album. Directed by Daniel Sannwald –…
The Motown saga is one of the most fascinating recording experiences in the history of popular music. The magazine Far Out has decided to dedicate an in-depth analysis to her, compiling an ambitious ranking entitled “The 100 greatest Motown songs of all time”. “Since its founding in 1959, in the industrial shadow of Detroit, Michigan, Motown Records has always been much more than a simple record label – underlines Ben Forrest in the introduction – In the history of music, especially from the point of view of the pop public, record companies have never enjoyed the same prestige or the…
Chris Brown has pleaded guilty to affray over an incident in a London nightclub, where he has been accused of striking a man over the head with a glass bottle. The R&B singer entered the plea at Southwark Crown Court today (July 24), alongside his vocal coach and co-defendant Omololu Akinlolu, also known as HoodyBaby, who also admitted affray. Both men will be sentenced at the same court on October 26. Brown had previously pleaded not guilty to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possessing an offensive weapon – a bottle – in a public place. Akinlolu had denied…
D4vd's attorneys offered a glimpse of their possible defense as they questioned a medical examiner about the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The lawyer, Marilyn Bednarski, pressed Dr. Grant Ho — who performed Rivas' autopsy — on how his office concluded that Rivas died from “multiple penetrating injuries” inflicted by another person. Over more than an hour, Bednarski suggested that Rivas may have taken some action that set in motion the events leading to her death. She first asked whether “collateral information” about a victim's history could help determine a cause of death, such as whether the person had…
Everything is ready for Lebonski Park, the great event that on Saturday 25 July will transform the Arzachena Hippodrome into a huge space dedicated to music and entertainment, with the “Salmo Live Show” at the center of a twelve-hour marathon of concerts, DJ sets, guests, attractions and games.Salmo plays at home and brings a particular format to Sardinia starting from the location chosen to host it: a former abandoned area, completely redeveloped and reclaimed and now returned to the community through an urban regeneration project in the heart of Gallura. The musical fulcrum of the day will be the Live…
Barry Can’t Swim has gone full French touch on his euphoric new single ‘Dance Dance Dance’ – listen below. The Edinburgh-born producer and DJ released the track today (July 24), marking his second single this year with Atlantic Records, after ‘Return To Bhibo’ arrived in May. Inspired by the golden era of French touch, ‘Dance Dance Dance’ sees Barry – real name Joshua Mainnie – pair shimmering synths and buoyant electronic beats with a playful keytar solo and euphoric French-language vocals. While ‘Return To Bhibo’ captured the producer’s emotionally charged, club-focused side, the new track finds him moving into more flamboyant and colourful territory. Listen to ‘Dance Dance Dance’ below. The single follows…
Producer-screenwriter also helmeted Erasers, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriorsand The Blob Charles “Chuck” Russell, the director of Hollywood blockbusters like The Mask, The Scorpion Kingand Erasershe died at the age of 74. The filmmaker died Wednesday at his home in San Diego, his attorney confirmed to Variety. While no cause of death was revealed, TMZ reported local authorities responded to a report of an unconscious man at Russell's house. Like many Hollywood filmmakers, Russell got his start in horror movies, working in production on indies like 1981's Hell Night before producing and co-writing his first screenplay, the…
Green Day arrive at the cinema with “Nimrods”, a wild coming-of-age comedy on the road inspired by the early years of the American band and its adventures on tour, when Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool crossed the United States in a van, long before the worldwide success of “Dookie”. The film will be in theaters around the world from August 11th to 18th as a special cinematic event, with an introduction by Green Day themselves and, at the end of the screening, exclusive live images recorded at the Palladium in Los Angeles. The band also appears in…
Giordana Angi is applying to Sanremo 2027and does it in the least formal way possible: a message on Instagram addressed directly to the official Festival account. “Dear @sanremorai, you and I have already seen each other in the past. I wanted to tell you that I just finished writing a song that moved my soul and it makes me think that the time has come to have the courage to present myself again with this new song that I already love madly.” The message ends like this: “Am I doing shit?”. Giordana Angi and Sanremo: the two participations The past…
The Sunshine Underground played their first show in nearly 10 years in Manchester last night – check out footage and the full setlist below. Last year, the Leeds indie-dance band revealed that they would be returning for a huge one-off show in their hometown this summer at Kirkstall Abbey, and with two days to go until the reunion, they played an intimate warm-up show in Manchester. They took to the stage at Gorilla last night (July 23), in their first full live performance since they played the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on December 10, 2016. They opened the 17-song set with ‘Wake Up’ and…
