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Watch Panic! At The Disco’s Pete Wentz-featuring video for ‘Sugar Soaker’
Panic! At The Disco have shared a new video for the song ‘Sugar Soaker’, which features a host of cameos including one from Fall Out Boy‘s Pete Wentz. READ MORE: Panic! At The Disco – ‘Viva Las Vengeance’ review: pretty odd jukebox rock‘n’roll ‘Sugar Soaker’ appears on Brendon Urie’s new album ‘Viva Las Vengeance’, which came out last week (August 19). “Sweetening the deal with the new video for Sugar Soaker,” he wrote on Twitter to announce the video, adding: “Brought a bunch of the Panic family out for this one.” Advertisement Alongside Wentz in the retro new video...
Here’s Metallica’s ‘Master Of Puppets’ reimagined as an “emo anthem”
Metallica’s iconic hit ‘Master Of Puppets’ has been reimagined as an “emo anthem” in a new YouTube video – check it out below. READ MORE: Horns up! What’s driving film and TV’s metal revival? Streams of the original song have increased significantly following its recent use in the finale of Stranger Things season four. In the finale, titled The Piggyback, Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) played the 1986 track on a rooftop to distract a horde of demonic bats protecting the lair of main villain Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower). Since then, it has been reimagined in the style of Rammstein and as if written by...
California Senate and Assembly approve bill limiting use of rap lyrics as evidence in court
The California Senate and Assembly have approved a bill limiting the ability for lyrics to be used against rappers in court cases. Bill AB 2799 is now awaiting the signature of Governor Gavin Newsom, who is expected to sign and confirm the bill as law. As Billboard report, the bill would restrict the use of song lyrics as evidence, and be banned from being referenced in court unless the prosecution can prove a direct relevance between the lyrics and the particular case, and that the process will not “inject racial bias into the proceedings”. Advertisement In a statement (via...
85 per cent of Britons say music is vital to their mental health
85 per cent of British people say music is vital to maintaining their mental health, according to a new survey. READ MORE: Mental health charities on post-lockdown pressure and the importance of reaching out: “We don’t have a clear route to normality” New research from the app FREE NOW says that over half of people polled see music as a reason for their closest friendships, with 31 per cent saying they met their partners through a connection with music. 85.7 per cent of those polled said that listening to music is an important part of maintaining positive mental health,...
Noel Gallagher to launch signature electric guitar with Gibson
Noel Gallagher is set to launch his own electric guitar model in partnership with Gibson. READ MORE: Noel Gallagher live at Glastonbury 2022: how The Chief owned the Pyramid Stage The former Oasis musician teased a new signature version of his Gibson ES-355 on social media back in May, writing that it’d be arriving at some point in “August 2022…”. It came after Gallagher joined forces with the US-based instruments manufacturer to release the ‘Noel Gallagher J-150’ acoustic guitar last year. Advertisement Today (August 23), the singer-songwriter shared an official image of himself holding his beloved ’60s Cherry Red Gibson...
Former Cradle of Filth guitarist Stuart Anstis has died aged 48
Former Cradle of Filth guitarist Stuart Anstis has died aged 48, it has been confirmed. The news was broken by another former member of the band, guitarist Richard Shaw. “Rest in peace, Stuart. It was an honour performing your music,” Shaw wrote in an Instagram post. He added: “Thoughts are with his friends and family at this difficult time.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Richard Shaw (@richardshawguitarist) The band’s vocalist Dani Filth also paid tribute, writing: “It is with a deeply saddened heart that I have heard of the passing of my former guitarist Stuart...
Here are the stage times for The National at All Points East 2022
The National will return to London on Friday (August 26) to headline All Points East 2022 – check out the full stage and performance times below. It will mark the band’s first show in the city since 2019, where they will be joined by a stellar cast of support acts including Mogwai, Fleet Foxes, Lucy Dacus, Kurt Vile and more. READ MORE: All Points East 2021 review: generations collide to end the summer in fervent style Across seven stages, the day also sees performances from Parcels, Tune-Yards, Perfume Genius and Rae Morris. Advertisement The performance comes just a few days after The National unveiled their...
Tim Burgess shares “old-school” new single ‘Sure Enough’ with stop-motion video
Tim Burgess has shared a new solo single called ‘Sure Enough’ – scroll down to listen to it below. The song will appear on the Charlatans frontman’s upcoming double album ‘Typical Music’, which is due for release on September 23 via Bella Union (pre-order here). Burgess has already previewed the 22-track project with its title track and ‘Here Comes The Weekend’. READ MORE: The best things we’ve learned from Tim Burgess’ Twitter ‘listening parties’ This morning (August 23), Annie Mac gave ‘Sure Enough’ its first play during her show on BBC Radio 6 Music. It arrived with an official stop-motion video...
Listen to Danny Brown’s first solo single in three years, ‘Winter’
Danny Brown has shared his first solo single in three years – listen to ‘Winter’ below. READ MORE: How Danny Brown called time on pill popping and returned with an extraordinary new album As Consequence Of Sound notes, the Detroit-born rapper and comedian premiered the track during the latest episode of the Your Mom’s House podcast last Wednesday (August 17). Later, he quietly uploaded ‘Winter’ to SoundCloud and posted a brief note note about it on his Twitter profile. “Produced by me as well,” Brown wrote of the atmospheric two-minute-30-second new cut. Advertisement Brown has since shared a link that...Recent Posts
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