Rock

K-pop boyband SHINee are set to release their own documentary film later this year. Today (July 5), SM Entertainment announced that a documentary film for boyband SHINee is currently in the works, and will be released this September to commemorate the group’s 15th anniversary. Titled My SHINee World, the upcoming film will include never-before-seen content

The best solo albums are more than just mere solo albums. They’re mad dashes toward freedom and expression, statements of purpose from voices who have been silenced too long and declarations of independence from creatively stagnant artists who have something to say outside of their stifling groups. In our look at 10 Declarations of Independence:

Kanye West once said that he believes Jewish people were “holding him back”, according to an interview in a new documentary. The statement was made in the new BBC documentary The Trouble With KanYe. Fronted by investigative journalist Mobeen Azhar, it explores “the complex journey that led Ye to become one of the most famous and

While our friends across the pond may try to argue otherwise, rock ’n’ roll is an inherently American creation. Many of the most successful artists in the genre’s history were born and bred in the U.S.A. But who is the greatest American rock band of all time? Assembling a list of the Top 50 American Bands of

Rookie K-pop boyband xikers are set to make their first-ever comeback this August. Yesterday (July 3), xikers released two teasers on their Twitter account. The first seemed to emulate the home screen of a phone, with an app called “Trickey” with a chat bubble that says: “Trick or search!” [💬] TRICK OR SEARCH! Come and

Elton John found himself in the south of France in 1983, scheduled to shoot a promotional video for his song “I’m Still Standing.” Directed by Russell Mulcahy, the video was shot in Cannes and Nice on the Cote d’Azur, and choreographed by Arlene Phillips. But the colorful location, which yielded an equally bright clip, didn’t

Sacha Lord, the founder of Manchester’s Parklife festival, has written to Home Secretary Suella Braverman protesting the government’s U-turn on drug testing. READ MORE: Why drugs testing at festivals is an excellent – and well overdue – idea Lord has been urging Braverman to allow on-site testing in “pop-up labs” to go ahead claiming that festivals

Peter Gabriel has released another song from his upcoming album i/o, “So Much.” It’s the seventh track from the album; each song arrived during 2023’s full moons. “I was trying purposefully not to be clever with this,” Gabriel said of “So Much” in a press release. “I wanted to get a very simple chorus but one which

MAMAMOO member Hwasa has joined K-pop agency P Nation, founded by Psy. Over the weekend during Psy’s 2023 Summer Swag event, he surprised the audience by out a table on stage telling the audience: “I run a small agency called P NATION. The company says we have an important contract to sign,” per Soompi. Hwasa

Steve Miller Band struck gold (and platinum) with their breakthrough 1973 album The Joker and its chart-topping title track, which introduced listeners to the space cowboy, the gangster of love and Maurice, who spoke of the pompatus of love. The head-scratching lyrics have become part of the pop-culture lexicon, but the band’s namesake frontman revealed there was a purpose

French rapper Ninho has shared a new collaboration with Central Cee. Listen to ‘Eurostar’ below. The song is taken from Ninho’s latest album, ‘NI’, which arrived on Friday (June 30). ‘NI’ is the follow up album to the award-winning ‘JEFE’, the most streamed album of 2022 in France. Other collaborations on the album include ones

By the summer of 1973, Grand Funk Railroad was an undeniably successful rock band: They’d sold out Shea Stadium in a fraction of the time that the Beatles did, had six albums under their belt and no plans to slow down anytime soon. But there was also something unsavory at play during this period: a

American singer and guitarist Rick Froberg, a founding member of influential post-hardcore bands Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes, has died at the age of 55. Froberg’s passing was confirmed by his longtime bandmate John Reis on Instagram earlier today (July 2). “Rick passed away suddenly last night from natural causes,” Reis wrote. “His art

Neil Young launched his first tour since 2019 last night (June 30) in Los Angeles. He performed a 17-song solo acoustic set at the John Anson Ford Ampitheatre. While career-defining hits such as “Ohio” and “Heart of Gold” were played, the show focused largely on rarer songs such as “I’m the Ocean” and “On the

Jamie T brought out The Maccabees‘ former guitarist Hugo White during his huge show at London’s Finsbury Park last night (June 30). White came out to perform ‘Sticks ‘N’ Stones’ with the singer, as he previously did at last year’s Glastonbury. White produced Jamie’s T recent album ‘The Theory of Whatever’, which came out last

Ringo Starr has confirmed that an upcoming “new” Beatles track uses only authentic parts recorded by John Lennon and George Harrison before their deaths. Last month, Paul McCartney revealed that the unnamed song was completed with the help of artificial intelligence, and was built off an old Lennon demo tape. “We were able to take John’s voice

The group shared: “Evidently, council budgets are tight. But elsewhere in the borough, Haringey Council is making great investments in parks. And perversely, this deal appears to deliver less money for Finsbury Park” The Highbury Community Association also opposed the deal citing similar concerns as well as warning standards could slip over the five-year period.

Motley Crue played an intimate a club show for approximately 450 fans in London on Friday night (June 30). The performance was not officially a Motley Crue gig. Instead, the band played under the pseudonym Dogs of War — which is reportedly the name of an upcoming song form the band, though it wasn’t featured in their

The Middle East is, to put it lightly, a complex region; especially so if you expand your view to include Arabic North Africa and the land stretching across to the Oxus, most of which comprises the ‘Middle World’ according to writer Tamim Ansary. It’s an area that’s been crucial to humanity, historically a cradle of