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News: Last Night From Glasgow to release fundraising compilation
Not-for-profit label Last Night From Glasgow have launched The Isolation Sessions, a compilation to be released on vinyl, CD and digital download in order to raise funds for their beloved Glasgow venues and record shops affected by the Covid-19 lockdown.Featuring artists from the label’s roster covering their favourite past releases from LNFG acts. The project …
See: Papa Roach – Feel Like Home
Papa Roach has just released the official video for their track ‘Feel Like Home’. The minimalist, high-energy video was filmed at home under quarantine and provides a rare and very entertaining look into the band members’ home lives, their families (and dogs!). The band explain: “We’re all home, in quarantine, and decided to try and entertain our …
Obituary: Rock and roll legend Little Richard dies at 87
One of the pioneers of Rock and Roll, Liftle Richard, has died at the age of 87, his family have confirmed. He died of bone cancer with his brother, sister and so. beside him, Born Richard Wayne Penniman in 1932, he was one of 12 children children who performed t stand out from his brothers …
Track: Jacknife Lee – I’m Getting Tired ft Earl St Clair + Beth Ditto plus album news
An epic thundering excoriating track and video for the times, ‘I’m Getting Tired’ has just been released by legendary producer Jacknife Lee in anticipation of an album ‘The Jacknife Lee’ due out on 26 June 2020. ‘I’m Getting Tired’ features the vocals of Def Jam singer Earl St Clair and the iconic Beth Ditto The …
Obituary: UK rapper Ty, aka Ben Chijioke dies from COVID-19 at 47
Ty, the acclaimed, mercury-nominated UK hip-hop artists has died aged 47, his press team have confirmed. News came last month that he was hospitalised with Covid-19, shortly after followed by more news he was in a medically induced coma, but the signs had been more positive recently with a move out on intensive care in …
See: -(16)- releases new video for Me And The Dog Die Together and announce album news.
Godfathers of Sludge -(16)- share the official ‘Me and the Dog Die Together’ music video from their upcoming 8th full-length Dream Squasher via Relapse Records Guitarist and lead vocalist Bobby Ferry comments: “For this song we didn’t look far for inspiration. We already had unbreakable eye contact, constant love, and loyalty, so all that was left was to formally propose …
News: Snoop Dogg reschedules UK dates for February 2021
Snoop Dogg has announced rescheduled dates due to the global Covid-19 restrictions for his ‘I Wanna Thank Me’ UK and Ireland arena headline tour for February 2021. The forthcoming tour sees the West Coast rap legend touring in support of his 17th album I Wanna Thank Me and documentary of the same name. The album release and documentary celebrated …
Obituary – Florian Schneider
Florian Schneider was co-founder of Kraftwerk with Ralf Hutter. Originally a flautist and violinist, he began experimenting with effects such as echo and reverb to expand the instruments’ capabilities. Flute was predominantly used on the rare album ‘Ralf and Florian’. After their breakthrough album ‘Autobahn’, (that also featured the flute on its B-side), the duo …
News: Iron Maiden To reissue ‘The Live Collection – Remastered’
Parlophone Records will continue their reissues series of the IRON MAIDEN catalogue with a fifth set of Digipak CD titles in The Live Collection – Remastered, to be released on June 19th. The albums included in this release are the seminal live recordings Live After Death and Rock In Rio. Live After Death was recorded at Long Beach Arena, California in March 1985 …
Track: Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death plus album news
Last year, Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. released what what I considered to be one of the best albums of the year, if not decade, with ‘Dogrel’. All the more incredible considering it was their debut album. 2019 began with them playing small venues around the UK (see my review of their April 2019 Manchester gig) and …