Black Midi: Hellfire review – gruesome rock opera is a little too clever | Music

Black Midi: Hellfire album cover

The third album by Black Midi is nothing if not wildly eclectic. You hear sleazy-sounding arrangements with tango-esque rhythms created under the influence of Kurt Weill; luscious, cinematic strings; ranting spoken-word passages delivered in a […]

The Retaliators Featuring Motley Crue, Papa Roach, FFDP Members: Trailer

the retaliators film poster

The official trailer, release date, and soundtrack details for upcoming horror-thriller The Retaliators have been revealed. The film will hit theaters September 14th via Better Noise Films and features appearances by a bevy of notable […]

Celebrity MasterChef 2022 contestants: Who is in the line-up for the BBC show?

Radio host Lisa Snowdon is set to appear on the competition

BBC One will welcome another round of celebrity chefs on Celebrity MasterChef 2022. Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace will return for another heated competition. Here’s a look at the line-up so far. Who is […]

Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” Enters Billboard Hot 100 for the First Time

Metallica's "Master of Puppets" Enters Billboard Hot 100 for the First Time

First Kate Bush, now Metallica: Thanks to a high-profile feature on Season 4 of Stranger Things, the metal legends have enjoyed a nice little bump on the Billboard charts, with the 1986 song “Master of Puppets” […]

‘We hear things no one else notices’: Proms composers on their extraordinary new music | Proms 2022

Mark-Anthony Turnage.

‘Apocalyptic nightmares fuel my music’Mark-Anthony Turnage Tell us about your Proms piece … I wrote Time Flies three years ago, in what seems a more innocent era. It was a reaction to getting older. Having […]

Cutting up the dancefloor: the glorious, dubious history of the disco edit | Disco

Larry Levan DJing at Paradise Garage, New York, 1979.

Triumphantly countering the racist, homophobic chumps who burned records during the Disco Sucks movement in the US in the late-70s, disco has continued to thrive in the past four decades. The frequently bombastic, sometimes camp […]

That syncing feeling: how Stranger Things supercharged the music industry | Music

John Cusack in Say Anything.

The impact of Running Up That Hill being used in Stranger Things was so great and so unprecedented that even Kate Bush was taken aback, calling it “quite shocking really” in a rare interview with […]

‘It’s manic!’ Turner-winner Mark Leckey’s dream comes true as he opens an art school in Cornwall | Art

Gathering place … young people experimenting at the Music & Video Lab.

It’s a bright summer Saturday in the old Cornish mining town of Redruth. White clouds are scudding picturesquely over Carn Brea, the hilltop monument that looms above town, but Liam Jolly has no time to […]

Claim to Fame: celeb relatives go undercover in desperate reality show | Reality TV

“BRITTANY”CLAIM TO FAME - “It’s All Relative” – Hosts Kevin and Frankie Jonas introduce the 12 celebrity relatives who will be living under one roof and concealing their identity and lineage in the quest for the coveted $100,000 prize. Contestants are tasked with competing in a talent show for their first challenge, with one contestant ultimately facing elimination in the premiere episode of “Claim to Fame,” MONDAY, JULY 11 (10:01-11:00 p.m. EDT), on ABC. (ABC/John Fleenor) “BRITTANY”

You might have thought that reality television hit its all-time undignified motherlode with The Masked Singer; a series in which various fading yet thirsty celebrities had to perform dress-up karaoke in the vain hope that […]

Frank Ocean Drops ‘Blonded Radio’ Episodes on ‘Channel Orange’ 10-Year Mark

Frank Ocean Drops ‘Blonded Radio’ Episodes on ‘Channel Orange’ 10-Year Mark

Frank Ocean celebrated the 10-year anniversary of his debut studio album Channel Orange with two new episodes of blonded RADIO on Apple Music 1.  The first episode, “blonded LSD,” features Frank speaking with Dr. James Fadiman about microdosing, with an […]