IN FLAMES Releases New Single ‘State Of Slow Decay’, Announces Fall 2002 North American Tour

IN FLAMES Releases New Single 'State Of Slow Decay', Announces Fall 2002 North American Tour

IN FLAMES has just released a music video for a brand new song, “State Of Slow Decay”. The band performed the track — which was produced by Howard Benson, mixed by Joe Rickard and mastered […]

Ben Affleck & Matt Damon’s Upcoming Movie About Nike Gets Star-Studded Supporting Cast

Jason Bateman photo

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are teaming up again for a new movie that Ben is going to direct and the star-studded supporting cast was just announced. The untitled movie will tell “the incredible story […]

‘It drove New York crazy’ – Arthur Baker and Freeez on making club classic IOU | Music

Gargling whisky … John Rocca in the studio.

John Rocca, vocals, percussion We were a DIY band who had a jazz-funk hit with Southern Freeez, but we broke up because I kept having arguments with the bass-player. When we got back together a […]

Iconic Movie Quotes From the Summer of 1982

A side by side of Carol Ann from Poltergeist, Khan from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, ET dressed up like a girl in ET, and Apollo Creed in Rocky III

The summer of 1982 was legendary for cinema. Films across all genres made a splash, with several now considered classics. They live on through the films and shows they’ve influenced since—including the more recent overt […]

Spotify Introduces Open Source Audio-to-MIDI File Converter ‘Basic Pitch’

Spotify open source MIDI converter

Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify introduces Basic Pitch, an open source audio-to-MIDI file converter. Spotify’s R&D team has unveiled Basic Pitch, a free, open source tool to convert audio files into MIDI format. Using machine learning to transcribe […]

Ronnie Hawkins, key figure in formation of the Band, dies

A male singer poses in a suit

Ronnie Hawkins, the rowdy rockabilly singer who was instrumental in the formation of the pioneering Americana group the Band, died on Sunday. He was 87. His wife, Wanda, confirmed his death to the Canadian Press; […]

Lethal Bizzle: ‘Do you know what? ‘Pow 2011′ happened by mistake’ – Music News

Lethal Bizzle: 'Do you know what? 'Pow 2011' happened by mistake' - Music News

Lethal Bizzle joins The Dotty Show on Apple Music 1 for an extensive interview, in which he discusses his career highlights plus teases plans for future releases. During the chat, he shares his hopes to […]

Here’s How Apple Has Dominated Sync Licensing for Over Two Decades

Here’s How Apple Has Dominated Sync Licensing for Over Two Decades

An exterior shot of an Apple Store. Photo Credit: Laurenz Heymann From the way placements come to fruition to the number of opportunities available to artists, sync licensing has changed dramatically in recent years. Amid […]

Soul veteran Jean Carne: ‘Duke Ellington was a wonderful, grandfatherly gentleman’ | Jazz

Carne with Adrian Younge, left, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

At 21, the singer Jean Carne had uprooted her life in Atlanta, Georgia, to elope to Hollywood with jazz pianist Doug Carn. It was 1969, and like so many American kids of the flower-power years, […]

Colin Cantwell dead – Legend who created iconic Star Wars aircraft and Death Star dies aged 90

Colin Cantwell has died at the age of 90

LEGENDARY Star Wars aircraft creator Colin Cantwell has died at the age of 90 The artist’s partner Sierra Dall revealed that he passed away on Saturday in Colorado. 2 Colin Cantwell has died at the […]

Vangelis wasn’t just a film composer – he blew apart the boundaries of pop | Music

Demis Roussos, Vangelis and Lucas Sideras of Aphrodite’s Child.

Greek pop music of the 1960s is not an area of musical history where anyone who doesn’t fondly remember it first-hand is advised to dwell. There are a few exceptions – garage rock collectors have […]