‘A gambler’s wet dream and an accountant’s worst nightmare!’: the huge allure of the micro-festival | Music

Sea Power performing at Krankenhaus 2019.

“We started out with five of us putting £100 in a pot and hoping for the best,” says Henry Morris of the micro electronic music festival Field Maneuvers. Along with Leon Cole and Ele Beattie, […]

‘Better late than never’: how Brian Eno and David Byrne finally laid a musical ghost to rest | Pop and rock

Dunya Younes in the 1970s

In early 1970s Lebanon, a young singer from a hill town north of Beirut was on the up. Before the civil war in 1975, the capital was the Arab world’s thriving artistic centre, where folk-dance […]

Jarvis Cocker joins Pulp bandmate onstage to support Sheffield Leadmill | Music

The Leadmill was handed an eviction notice in March.

Pulp star Jarvis Cocker joined his former bandmate Richard Hawley in a surprise performance at Sheffield’s Leadmill music venue in support of the ongoing eviction battle against its Landlords. Cocker joined fellow Sheffielder Hawley on […]

Spotify Is Selling Concert Tickets Directly Through Its Platform

Spotify Is Selling Concert Tickets Directly Through Its Platform

Photo Credit: Benjamin Sharpe In late June, Spotify unveiled a revamped “Live Events Feed” – and touted its perceived role in helping fans to “find the perfect show.” Now, the streaming giant is officially selling […]

Chlöe Is Finding Her Power

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Reel lives: how I tracked down the class of NME’s C86 album | Indie

The Soup Dragons

It was in the last box I looked in. I reached in and there was the treasure I sought: a cassette tape, battered and scratched, but its gold cover nonetheless shining through the murk of […]

Judith Durham, voice of the Seekers and Australia’s first global pop queen | Music

The Seekers perform on the UK TV show Sunday Night at the London Palladium in 1966.

Judith Durham’s talent shone brightly across the Australian music landscape, her powerful bell-like voice, unpretentious nature and stoicism in the face of adversity securing her countless loyal fans. Durham, who has died in Melbourne aged […]

Tuning out of Triple J: why Australia’s youth station is losing its young listeners | Triple J

Lucy Smith, Dave Woodhead, Avani Dias and Bryce Mills

For more than a decade, it has been something of a national pastime to proclaim the irrelevance of Triple J. But while Australia’s national youth broadcaster has faced some controversies in that time – over […]

Giancarlo Esposito Has Had Talks with Marvel About Joining MCU, Eyeing This Major Character

Giancarlo Esposito Has Had Talks with Marvel About Joining MCU, Eyeing This Major Character

The “Breaking Bad” and “Mandalorian” star says he wants to “go for something a little bit different.” As the Marvel Cinematic Universe marches on, there will always be the need for more actors to fill […]