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Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer says producer Rick Rubin was a “hindrance”

Ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer has opened up about the band’s producer Rick Rubin, saying he was “more a hindrance than help” on their 2011 album. READ MORE: Red Hot Chili Peppers – “We feel fresh, like a new band” Klinghoffer was asked in a new interview to reflect on the two albums he made with the Chili Peppers – 2011’s ‘I’m With You‘ and 2016’s ‘The Getaway’, the former of which the interviewer called one of the band’s “best records” – when he addressed Rubin’s work. “I feel like this could be a long answer. Perhaps...
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The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz is suing the FBI

The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz is suing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to obtain any records that the organisation has on the band and its members. In 1967 an FBI informant attended a concert on the band’s first tour in the US and filed a report that claimed the concert featured “subliminal messages depicted on the screen which, in the opinion of constituted ‘left wing intervention of a political nature’”. The report continued to describe the messages as showing “riots in Berkley, anti-US messages on the war in Vietnam, racial riots in Selma, Alabama, and similar messages...
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My Chemical Romance’s ‘The Mad Gear And Missile Kid’ EP released on streaming

My Chemical Romance’s ‘The Mad Gear And Missile Kid’ EP has finally been made available on streaming, 12 years after it was first released. READ MORE: My Chemical Romance live in Cornwall: giddy rock’n’roll from returning emo heroes The three-track record was originally released in 2010 as the soundtrack for the fictional Killjoys who inhabit the cartoonish, post-apocalyptic world of My Chemical Romance’s ‘Danger Days’. Now ‘F.T.W.W.W.’, ‘Mastas Of Ravenkroft’ and ‘Black Dragon Fighting Society’ are available to listen on streaming services. Advertisement Announcing the news, My Chemical Romance’s Frank Iero said: “Originally released back in 2010 as part...
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Police issue statements after reports of “disorder and tent-burning” at Reading & Leeds

Police have responded to claims of “disorder and tent-burning” at both Reading & Leeds festival sites over the weekend. Over the Bank Holiday weekend, tens of thousands of music fans flocked to Little John’s Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds to see performances from the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Megan Thee Stallion, The 1975, Bring Me The Horizon, Halsey, Dave and many more. Footage from both sites was shared on social media showing tent-burning across both sites, with other reports of objects being thrown and other incidents of disorder. This is next to my tent. Another 3...
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Deluxe boxset of The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ to be released

The Beatles producer Giles Martin has confirmed a deluxe boxset of the band’s 1966 album ‘Revolver’ is in the works. READ MORE: Producer Giles Martin on remixing The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’: “I was surprised by the camaraderie” Previously ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, ‘White Album, ‘Abbey Road’ and ‘Let It Be’ have all received the deluxe boxset treatment, with the records being remixed and remastered by Martin (the son of late Beatles producer George Martin) and released alongside outtakes, unreleased tracks and demos. Now Martin has confirmed that ‘Revolver’ will receive the same treatment, with the boxset...
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Exclusive: Bastille’s Dan Smith wants to soundtrack ‘Red Dead Redemption 3’

The next Red Dead Redemption game could get a Brit rock edge, if one of the UK’s biggest bands have anything to do with it. Speaking exclusively to NME, Dan Smith, frontman of Bastille has revealed that he wants to compose the soundtrack to Red Dead Redemption 3. READ MORE: Bastille talk their “surreal, otherworldly” ‘Give Me The Future’ digital experience When asked which game series he’d most like to create an upcoming soundtrack for, the Bastille founder, singer and songwriter said, “I’d make a load of cowboy music for Red Dead Redemption.” “I want to make an epic...
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Rapper TKorStretch killed in stabbing at Notting Hill Carnival

Police have confirmed that Takayo Nembhard, a 21-year-old drill rapper from Bristol, was stabbed at Notting Hill Carnival over the weekend and later died. Nembhard, who performed under the stage name TKorStretch and had over 10,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, went to Carnival “with his younger sister and friends to have a good time,” said his manager Chris Patrick in a statement. “This is the worst possible ending for a talented kid.” In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said that at about 8pm on Monday evening (29 August) officers became aware of a stabbing in Ladbroke Grove, under the...
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HyunA and DAWN address departure from P Nation on Instagram

K-pop soloists HyunA and DAWN have opened up about their departure from Psy-led agency P Nation. READ MORE: TWICE: “Through honesty, we can protect ourselves” On August 29, P Nation released a statement, per News1, sharing that the two idols would be leaving the agency as their contracts had recently expired. In it, the agency had praised HyunA and DAWN, as soloists and as a duo, for their “bold music and unrivalled visuals and performances that only they could take on”. “Their passion as artists and their consideration and care for the staff became examples for everyone,” continued the...
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The War On Drugs announce deluxe ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’ box set

The War On Drugs have announced a limited-edition deluxe box set of their most recent album, 2021’s ‘I Don’t Live Here Anymore’. READ MORE: The War On Drugs live in London: a big-hearted, loosely spun rock’n’roll night out The new deluxe box set, which was announced yesterday (August 29), will feature the album on both 180-gram double vinyl and cassette tape. It will also feature a seven-inch record, which contains two previously-unreleased songs that were cut from the original album: ‘Oceans of Darkness’ and ‘Slow Ghost’. The latter track will also be included on the cassette tape version available...
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Parcels release ‘Day/Night’ remix EP featuring Folamour, Justice’s Gaspar Augé and more

Parcels have shared a new EP containing four remixes of tracks from their most recent album, 2021’s ‘Day/Night’. READ MORE: Parcels: “It’s almost a running joke for Australians to bring their problems everywhere they go around the globe” The EP features French DJ and producer Folamour putting his spin on ‘Free’, while Justice‘s Gaspard Augé remixes ‘Somethinggreater’ in collaboration with composer Victor La Masne. Manqo delivers a sprawling, seven-minute version of ‘Reflex’, while ‘Famous’ becomes a disco-tinged dancefloor burner courtesy of The Reflex. Listen to all four remixes below: Advertisement “Reinterpretation is a beautiful thing,” the band said in...